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Understanding Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives

The document contains exercises focused on gerunds, participles, and infinitives in sentences. It includes directions for identifying and writing these grammatical elements along with their functions. The exercises are structured in sections with specific tasks for students to complete.

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Understanding Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives

The document contains exercises focused on gerunds, participles, and infinitives in sentences. It includes directions for identifying and writing these grammatical elements along with their functions. The exercises are structured in sections with specific tasks for students to complete.

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COPY AND ANSWER IN YOUR FT

NOTEBOOK.
Label it as: FT 3.1
We will check your work on Thursday.
I. A. Directions: Write the gerund/ gerund
phrase in the sentence.

1. On their vacation, the family discovered


snorkeling.
2. We expanded our vocabulary by reading.
3. Waiting for the bus exhausted him.
B. Directions: Identify the function of the
gerund/ gerund phrase in the sentence. Write
SUBJECT, PREDICATE NOMINATIVE, DIRECT
OBJECT, or OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION.

1. On their vacation, the family discovered


snorkeling.
2. We expanded our vocabulary by reading.
3. Waiting for the bus exhausted him.
II. Directions: Write the participle/participial phrase
in the sentence. Write your answers in small letters.

1. The girl looking at us is my sister.


2. The exhausted swimmer finally reached shore.
3. Expecting good news, the student raced to the
mailbox.
4. The slouching model soon found herself out of a
job.
5. Having been praised, we felt proud.
III. Directions: Identify the infinitive/ infinitive phrase
in each sentence.

1. Bill’s goal is to become a doctor someday.


2. The players decided to throw the ball.
3. Who wants to go to the game?
4. To listen well is an important skill.
5. To save time, playwright George Bernard Shaw
learned shorthand.
III. Directions: Identify the function of the infinitive/
infinitive phrase in each sentence. Write SUBJECT,
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE, DIRECT OBJECT, OBJECT
OF A PREPOSITION, ADJECTIVE, or ADVERB.
1. Bill’s goal is to become a doctor someday.
2. The players decided to throw the ball.
3. Who wants to go with to the game?
4. To listen well is an important skill.
5. To save time, playwright George Bernard Shaw
learned shorthand.

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