Home / Grammar / Verbs / Gerunds vs. Infinitives Quiz 1 About We are dedicated to creating and providing free, high-quality English language learning resources. A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions as a noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. Any action verb can be made into a gerund. Verbing (Present Participle) Add ing to most verbs. Play playing, cry crying, bark barking; For verbs that end in e, remove the e and add ing. Gerunds & Infinitives – Gerunds are verbs that function as nouns. They end with –ing. Meanwhile infinitives are formed with the word ‘to’ in front of the verb. Both gerunds and infinitives can be used to replace a noun in sentence. Gerunds or Participals? Decide if each sentence contains a gerund or a participal, then locate the word which is the gerund or participle. There will either be a gerund or a participal in each sentence, never both.

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This is the infinitive and gerund section of Busy Teacher. You will find 134 worksheets on this topic as well as a very useful article with some suggestions on how to explain the difference between the two to your students. This worksheet has two straightforward infinitive and gerund practice activities for your intermediate level students.

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