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Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives October 27, 2016 Grammar Notes Gerund: A verb that acts like a noun; always ends with "ing" The constant running hurt my legs. (The green pen) Downhill skiing takes great concentration. Your talking was incessant. (Your book...) A gerund behaves like a "thing" in a sentence, even though it is a verb. Participle: A verb that acts like an adjective; always end with "ing" or "ed" The dripping faucet kept me up. (The purple pen) We adopted the frightened dog. Infinitive: the root of a verb plus the word "to" (has no tense). To run To dream to + verb = infinitive Common Grammatical Error = Split Infinitive Do not place a word between the word "to" and the root verb Incorrect: To boldly go into battle... Correct: To go boldly into battle... 1 Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives October 27, 2016 Grammar Practice 1 Directions: Label all parts of speech and antecedents (including the preposition in parentheses); find and fix the one grammatical error. 1. Winning inspires our bowling team to diligently practice. 2. Tex wanted to take Mason fishing, but they needed to sell their fishing poles to get money (for) basic necessities. 2