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Gerunds
Participle
Infinitive
Phrases
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2 parts: A gerund can act as what?
What does a gerund always end in?
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Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP
Always ends in “ing”
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Name the gerund and tell what it
is acting as in the following
sentence:
After building her strength, she
could walk with a little help.
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Building - OP
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Name the gerund and tell what it is
acting as in the following sentence:
From her mother, she learned
balancing.
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Balancing - DO
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Name the gerund phrase and tell what
it is acting as in the following
sentence:
Horseback riding has many benefits
for people with disabilities.
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Horseback riding - Subject
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Name the gerund phrase and tell
what it is acting as in the following
sentence:
Cory’s hobby is reading mystery
novels.
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Reading mystery novels - PN
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2 Parts: A participle acts as
what?
What does a participle end in?
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Participles act as adjectives
They end in – “ing”, “d or ed”, or
change spelling
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Name the participle and tell whether it
is present or past in the following
sentence:
In the finished commercial, the dog
disappears right through the cabinet
door.
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Finished - Past
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Name the participle/participial phrase
and tell whether it is present or past in
the following sentence:
Have you seen the commercial
that shows a dog chasing a
squirrel?
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Chasing a squirrel - present
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Name the participle/participial phrase and
tell whether it is present or past in the
following sentence:
Staring at the door, the dog waited for the
trainer to open it.
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Staring at the door - dog
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Name the participle/participial phrase and
tell whether it is present or past in the
following sentence:
The chosen dog earned a million
dollars to star in that commercial.
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Chosen - past
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What is an infinitive?
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To + verb
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Name the infinitive and infinitive phrase:
Ringo the cat liked to nap indoors every
morning.
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(To nap) indoors every morning do
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Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase:
To play outside was for
afternoons.
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(To play) outside - subject
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Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase :
Meowing, the cat went to the gas meter
and began to dig.
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To dig - do
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Revise the following paragraph by
substituting infinitives for the underlined
words.
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1. Having a dog or gerbil was out of the
question for Duane Wright. He had trouble
breathing whenever he came in contact with
fur. So he found Goliath, a female iguana.
She seemed happy 2. while keeping Duane
company. One night, Duane stopped
breathing. With her sharp claws Goliath
started scratching hard 3.with the hope of
waking Duane. She also began 4. whipping
his face with her scaly tail. Eventually, Duane
began to breathe again. Who would believe
that an iguana would come 5.around rescuing
a man?
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Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is
gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell
what it is functioning as in the
following sentence:
Strolling around the neighborhood
pleased Priscilla, a three-month-old
piglet.
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Strolling around the neighborhood –
gerund phrase
subject
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Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is
gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what it is
functioning as in the following sentence:
Walking, Victoria would wave to the
neighbors.
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walking – present participle
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Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is
gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what
it is functioning as in the following
sentence:
Priscilla was taught to swim with the
family dogs.
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To swim with the family dogs
Infinitive
do
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Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is
gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what
it is functioning as in the following
sentence:
Grabbing Priscilla’s leash, the boy
held on tightly.
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Grabbing Priscilla’s leash –
participial phrase
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Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is
gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell
what it is functioning as in the
following sentence:
The 45-pound piglet began pulling
the 90-pound boy back to shore.
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Pulling the 90-pound boy back
to shore – gerund DO
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What is the difference between a
misplaced modifier and a dangling
participle?
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Misplaced modifier is in the wrong place.
Dangling participle has something
missing from the sentence.
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Where do you put punctuation
in a quotation?
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Inside the quotation marks
“That was fun!”
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A preposition needs to be
how many letters to be
capitalized in a title? (if
it’s not the first/last word)
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Five letters
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What is the difference
between a hyphen and
a dash?
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A hyphen separates or
connects words - a dash
separates phrases or clauses
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Fill in the following charts.
You MUST put the helping
verbs!!
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present
past
Present
participle
Past
participle
drink
run
lie
lay
sink
bring
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What type of sentence has 1
Ind. Clause and one or more
Dep. clauses?
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complex
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What type of conjunction starts a
dependent clause?
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subordinating
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Name the coordinating
conjunctions known as
FANBOYS.
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For, and, nor, but, or, yet,
so
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What is the question we should
always ask ourselves when we
are trying to determine if a verb is
active or passive voice?
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Is the subject doing
anything?
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She has (lain, laid) the wreath on
the door.
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laid
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Verbals
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Final
Jeopardy
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What is the definition of a
verbal?
How can we tell that it is not the
verb in the sentence?
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