How do you tell the difference between a gerund and participle?
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- How do you tell the difference between a gerund and participle?
- How do you know if its a gerund?
- How do you identify a dangling participle?
- How to identify a gerund Phrase in English?
- When does a gerund act as a participle?
- When to use infinitives and gerunds in a sentence?
- What makes up a participial phrase in a sentence?
How do you tell the difference between a gerund and participle?
Gerunds are specifically placed in the noun position of a sentence whereas present participles are placed with the verb phrase, usually as modifiers.
How do you know if its a gerund?
A gerund is the –ing form of a verb that functions the same as a noun. For example, “Running is fun.” In this sentence, “running” is the gerund. It acts just like a noun.
How do you identify a dangling participle?
Participles are modifiers just like adjectives, so they must have a noun to modify. A dangling participle is one that is left hanging out in the cold, with no noun to modify. For example: Looking around the yard, dandelions sprouted in every corner.
How to identify a gerund Phrase in English?
- A gerund phrase is a gerund with a direct object. A gerund phrase can be a subject, subject complement, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition. To find gerund phrases, first look for the verb ending in '-ing' then determine if it is acting as a noun or if it is a present participle showing continuing action.
When does a gerund act as a participle?
- A gerund acts as a noun, either the subject of a sentence or the object of a verb or preposition. A participle acts as a verb (accompanied by a helping verb or verbs) or as an adjective. Thanks! Does a helping verb come after a gerund? No. Helping verbs are not associated with gerunds.
When to use infinitives and gerunds in a sentence?
- Confusion between gerunds and infinitives occurs primarily in cases in which one or the other functions as the direct object in a sentence. In English, some verbs take gerunds as verbal direct objects exclusively while other verbs take only infinitives and still others can take either.
What makes up a participial phrase in a sentence?
- A participial phrase is made up of a participle and its modifiers. A participle may be followed by an object, an adverb, a prepositional phrase, an adverb clause, or any combination of these. For example, in the following sentence the participial phrase consists of a present participle (holding), an object (the torch), and an adverb (steadily):
