Gerunds, participles and infinitives

Worksheet: Gerunds, participles and infinitives

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Answer the questions.

1. Which sentence contains a gerund?
   a) Reading is relaxing.b) She is reading now.c) The sun is shining.d) They are running home.
2. In "She enjoys reading," what job does "reading" do?
   a) Adjectiveb) Main verbc) Object of the verbd) Subject of the verb
3. A gerund is the -ing form of a verb that works as a noun.
   a) Trueb) False
4. Which phrase has a past participle used as an adjective?
   a) a running tapb) the breaking newsc) the broken windowd) the window breaks
5. In "The crying baby smiled," what is "crying"?
   a) A gerundb) A past participlec) A present participled) An infinitive
6. Give the past participle of the verb "freeze" used in "the ___ lake".
7. Which is an infinitive?
   a) to winb) winningc) winsd) won
8. In "I want to leave early," the infinitive is "to leave".
   a) Trueb) False
9. In "To learn takes time," what is the role of "To learn"?
   a) Adjectiveb) Main verbc) Objectd) Subject
10. Which sentence has a gerund, not a participle?
    a) Painted walls look fresh.b) Painting relaxes me.c) She is painting now.d) The laughing boy waved.
11. Which of these is a verbal?
    a) happyb) to singc) underd) very
12. In "She is singing," the word "singing" is a gerund.
    a) Trueb) False
13. What is the infinitive of the verb in "He ran home"?
14. Which sentence has a participle phrase describing the girl?
    a) Laughing is the girl's hobby.b) Laughing loudly, the girl ran off.c) The girl likes laughing loudly.d) The girl ran off to laugh.
15. In "Her hobby is baking," what kind of word does "baking" act as?
16. In "I stopped to rest," what does "to rest" show?
    a) A noun subjectb) A past actionc) The purpose of stoppingd) The thing stopped