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Gerund Phrases

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  • The role the gerund plays in a sentence shifts from describing the action to being a focal point.
    False
    True
  • Hamal turned off his phone and shut the door so he could focus on studying.
    This is a correct example of a gerund
    This is not a correct example of a gerund
  • Gerunds are verbs in the present participle form. This means they’re the root verb + “ing”. That’s what makes them gerunds.
    True
    False
  • To be a gerund, a verb has to act as a noun in its sentence.
    False
    True
  • While acting as a noun, the gerund can now be the sentence’s subject, direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition.
    True
    False
  • She is seeing the painting for the first time.
    The word "seeing is describing the action.
    The word "seeing is acting as a noun.
  • Traveling through the Southwest, Sam learned a great deal about American culture.
    It's a gerund phrase.
    It's not a gerund phrase.
  • Running was key to Angela’s weight loss journey.
    "Running" is not being used as a gerund.
    "Running" is being used as a gerund.
  • Gerund phrases can convey complete ideas.
    True
    False
  • A gerund is a verb that is acting as a noun.
    True
    False
  • Gerunds are verb forms ending in -ing.
    False
    True
  • Once a verb becomes a gerund, it stops being a verb.
    False
    True
  • Present participle verbs are gerunds when they describe the action in a sentence.
    False
    True
  • What are gerunds?
    Gerunds are verb forms ending in -ing.
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