GERUNDS AND PRESENT PARTICIPLES EXERCISE
We can use -ing forms (e.g. drinking, singing, smoking, running etc.) not only as verbs, but also like adjectives, adverbs or nouns.
You are drinking too much these days. (Here the -ing form is part of the present continuous verb.)
Barking dogs seldom bite. (Here the -ing form is used like an adjective. It modifies the noun dogs.)
She ran out of the room crying. (Here the -ing form is used like an adverb.)
Smoking is injurious to health. (Here the -ing form is used like a noun.)
When -ing forms are used as verbs, adjectives or adverbs, they are called present participles. Note that a present participle can refer to the present, past or future.
When -ing forms are used like nouns, they are called gerunds.
Participles and Gerunds Exercise
State whether the –ing forms given in the following sentences are participles or gerunds.
1. Hearing a loud
noise, we ran to the window.
2. The
motorcyclist was fatally injured in the accident and is now fighting
for his life.
3. He ruined his sight by
watching TV all day.
4. We saw a clown
standing on his head.
5. Asking questions is a
whole lot easier than answering them.
6. Waving
their hands, the audience cheered the winner.
7.
Plucking flowers is forbidden.
8. Jumping
over the fence, the thief escaped.
9. I was
surprised at John’s being absent.
10. We
spent the whole day playing cards.
11. A miser
hates spending his money.
12. John was angry
at Alice trying to lie to her.
13. Praising
all alike is praising none.
14. Are you afraid
of speaking the truth?
15. Singing to herself
is her chief delight.
Point out the present participles and gerunds in the following sentences.
1.
He has ruined his lungs by smoking.
2. He hates spending
money.
3. Waving their hands, the spectators cheered the
runners.
4. We are fighting a losing battle.
5. It is
freezing cold.
6. We are confident of winning the election.
7.
The boy cried thinking that he would be whipped.
8. Can you
teach me painting?
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