Gerunds: Understanding Verbals

A Grade 10 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying, understanding, and correctly using gerunds in sentences.

Grade 10 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsParts of SpeechVerbalsGerunds

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1.b

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Gerunds: Understanding Verbals

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Read each section carefully and follow the instructions provided. This worksheet will help you practice identifying and using gerunds in various sentence structures.

A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. It can act as the subject of a sentence, a direct object, an indirect object, an object of a preposition, or a predicate nominative. Understanding gerunds is crucial for constructing complex and varied sentences.

Examples:

1. Subject: Swimming is my favorite exercise.

2. Direct Object: I enjoy reading historical novels.

3. Object of Preposition: She is good at solving puzzles.

For each sentence, identify the word that functions as a gerund.

1. is believing.

Seeing

Believing

Both a and c

2. My cat's favorite activity is .

Sleeping

Activity

None of the above

Complete each sentence by filling in the blank with an appropriate gerund formed from the verb in parentheses.

3. She excels at (write) poetry.

4. (run) a marathon requires intense training.

5. They are considering (travel) to Japan next year.

6. Write two sentences. In the first sentence, use a gerund as the subject. In the second sentence, use a gerund as the object of a preposition.

Determine if the following statements about gerunds are true or false.

7. All words ending in -ing are gerunds.

True

False

8. A gerund always functions as a noun in a sentence.

True

False