Name: ___________________________________________
Period: ________ Date: ________________
Verbals: Gerunds
Directions:
 CIRCLE each gerund.
 BOX the gerund phrase (that’s everything that gives
info. about the gerund).
 LABEL the gerund as a S, DO, IO, OP, or PN.
______ 1. The first step was my scraping away the old paint.
______ 2. Elephants have excellent hearing.
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It HELPS to
label the subject
3. Thank you for listening.
& its verb, so
4. One good form of exercise is roller skating.
you can’t
confuse the
5. My exercise schedule includes playing tennis.
verbal with the
verb.
6. He gave studying all his attention.
Verbals and
verbs are NOT
7. An act that required considerable self-discipline is my dieting.
the same thing!)
______ 8. In cooking, use salt sparingly.
______9. Leonardo da Vinci invented shoes for walking on water.
______ 10. Lock the door before leaving.
______ 11. Having a part-time job may interfere with your
schoolwork.
______ 12. Flying a glider must be difficult.
______ 13. Start doing your homework!
______ 14. The harsh yelling of the teacher made us upset.
______ 15. One highlight of my vacation was seeing the
Washington Monument.
______ 16. Stella enjoys planning parties.
REMEMBER:
If you can
replace the
suspected
gerund
(phrase) with
IT
—and the
sentence still
makes
sense—
then you’ve
got a word
that’s 100%
gerund!
______ 17. The prisoner admitted to killing the other prisoner.
______ 18. The teacher's warning of the upcoming test motivated me to study early.
______ 19. Don't read an AR book without getting it approved.
______ 20. My friend, studying in the library, is a straight A student.
______ 21. The next assignment was completing Exercise 7 and writing our own
sentences.
______ 22. Traveling alone around the world was her great desire.
23. Create your OWN sentence using a gerund/phrase like #22 (as a subject). Circle
and box.
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24. Create your OWN sentence using a gerund/phrase like #3 (as an object of the
preposition). Circle and box.
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