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Gotta’ Get a Gerund
Pa Pa Pa Participle
Give me a
DO orPN
Subject or participle
Whichis it?
These are ING words that can
function as Nouns: Subject/Direct
Object/Predicate Nominative/Object
of Preposition
What is a gerund?
How does the gerund function in the sentence below?Going to the beach is the plan.
What is a Subject?
How does the gerund function?
She hates doing the dishes.
What is direct object?
Which sentence contains a gerund predicate nominative?
A. Swimming is so much fun.
B. She chose watching a movie instead of playing a game.
C. A difficult sport is swimming.
D. I will call you after arriving at the party.
What is C?A difficult sport is
swimming.
Which sentence does NOT function as a gerund object of
the preposition?
A. She hates doing the worst..
B. Please have a talk before leaving.
C. I will call you after arriving at the party.
D.
What is A?A. She hates doing the
worst.
This is what participles and
participial phrases do.
What is describe nouns? OR What is act as
adjectives?
In the following sentence:
The broken arrow fell to the floor.
What is the participle?
What is broken?
In the following sentence:
Sitting like a duck, the boy quacked
around. What does the participial phrase modify?
What is boy?
In the following sentence:
The baking bread smelled delicious.
What is the participle? What does it modify?
What is baking?What is bread?
Which of the following contains a participle OR participial
phrase?
A. Sharon wanted to dance.
B. Writing is not my favorite thing.
C. I love sleeping late.
D. Frozen blueberries are his favorite desert.
What is (D) Frozen
Which describes a noun—a gerund or a
participle?
What is a participle?
How do the underlined words function?
Standing in the rain, the couple kissed.
What is a participial phrase modifying
couple?
In the following sentence: She never was good at
managing money.
How does the underlined portion function?
What is gerund object of preposition
AT?
Which of the following contains a participle?A. Do you like sailing on the lake?B. Driving a car takes concentration.C. Devoted soccer fans look forward to the season.D. She began her career by dancing with amateur groups.
What is C?Devoted soccer fans look
forward to the season.
Which of the following is a gerund direct object?A. She shouted loudly to the man.B. She could not stop humming that tune. C. Listening is important. D. Driving in a crowded city is crazy.
What is B?
B. She could not stop humming that tune.
What does a direct object follow?
What is an action verb?
What does a predicate nominative follow?
What is a linking verb?
In the following sentence, how does the gerund function?The grandest movement of ballet is leaping.A. SubjectB. Direct ObjectC. Predicate Nominative
What is C. Predicate Nominative??
In the following sentence, how does the gerund function?
One of his skills was leaping.
A. Predicate NominativeB. SubjectC. Direct Object
What is (A)? Predicate Nominative
Which of the following functions as a gerund Direct Object?
A. Rising with the sun does not appeal to me.B. In the 1920s, modern dancers started moving in a new way.C. Preparation for dancing begins early in life.D. Dancing takes many forms.
What is (B) B. In the 1920s, modern dancers
started moving in a new way.
What comes at the beginning of the sentence
and tells what the sentence is about?
What is a subject?
Which describes a noun? Gerund subject OR
participle?
What is a participle?
Which of the following contains a gerund subject?A. Her weakness is managing money. B. Don’t try managing money.C. Managing money is never easy.
What is C. ? Managing money is
never easy.
How does the underlined part of the sentence
function?Going the extra mile, the
teacher pressed on.
What is a participial phrase modifying
teacher?
Daily Double—Make a bet!
Give me 2 sentences, and you must get both right.
One functioning as a gerund predicate
nominative….One with a
participle/participial phrase
