Gerunds, participles and infinitives
Grade 8 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
Cooking the soup took all evening, so the hungry campers waited. Bo marks sentences for the school newsletter. Which word is the verbal, a verb form that works as a noun or a describing word?
- took
- Cooking
- evening
- hungry
The club loves hiking in the early morning. Jun marks sentences for the school newsletter. Which word is the verbal, a verb form that works as a noun or a describing word?
- hiking
- early
- loves
- morning
[Painting] the banner is the art club's weekend job. Kira marks one word in a sentence frame. What kind of word is the bracketed word?
- infinitive
- main verb
- participle
- gerund
The [frozen] pond sparkled in the morning light. Luz marks one word in a sentence frame. What kind of word is the bracketed word?
- main verb
- gerund
- infinitive
- participle
The scouts were glad [to see] the lake. Milo marks two words in a sentence frame. What kind of word is the bracketed pair?
- participle
- gerund
- infinitive
- main verb
The band is [practicing] in the gym. Noah marks one word in a sentence frame. What kind of word is the bracketed word?
- infinitive
- participle
- main verb
- gerund
The [melting] snowman slumped beside the fence. Pia draws an arrow from the bracketed describing verb form to the word it tells about. Which word gets the arrow?
- fence
- slumped
- snowman
- beside
[Humming] softly, the baker iced the cake. Ren draws an arrow from the bracketed describing verb form to the word it tells about. Which word gets the arrow?
- cake
- softly
- baker
- iced
The tent, [sagging] under the rain, still kept the campers dry. Tala draws an arrow from the bracketed describing verb form to the word it tells about. Which word gets the arrow?
- tent
- still
- kept
- rain
[Soaked] by the sudden storm, the hikers ran for the shelter. Zee draws an arrow from the bracketed describing verb form to the word it tells about. Which word gets the arrow?
- ran
- for
- storm
- hikers