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Verbals. Is it a…… Participle Gerund or Infinitive ????. Sitting in the rain , the child was soaked. Participle. Gerund. Infinitive. Incorrect You are not Smarter than a 5 th grader!. Try Again. Correct!!!. Next Question. To be or not to be , that is the question:.
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Verbals Is it a…… • Participle • Gerund or • Infinitive ????
Sitting in the rain, the child was soaked. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect You are not Smarter than a 5th grader! Try Again
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To be or not to be, that is the question: • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect To study or not to study, that is the question: To study is the answer. Try Again
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The National Guard was called in to handle the rising waters. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
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Waiting in line, I grew impatient. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect Notebooks are not pillows! Try Again
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Waiting in line made me impatient. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect Your parents will get angry if you fail your test. Try Again
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Reading is an important skill to learn. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect “No soup for you!” Try Again
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I am going to go to the store. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect You’d better go study. Try Again
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Preparing for a bad snowstorm, I bought plenty of food. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect Preparing for a bad grade on the test, the student better study. Try Again
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My house destroyed in the storm and my family missing, I began to feel helpless. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
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We had to look quickly, or we would have missed it. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect I hope you have plans for your future, because becoming an English teacher is probably not going to work out. Try Again
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Catching up to the car, the police officer turned on his siren. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect Wooo-OooWooo-Ooo! This is the grammar police. You are under arrest. Try Again
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Seeing the police car frightened the driver into fleeing. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect Your head should not just be holding your shoulders down. Try Again
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As they sped through town, the danger appeared to increase. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect As they answered the questions wrong, the danger of failing appeared to increase. Try Again
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The car sped past a school without slowing down. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect Ben Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends. “ I think you had better start investing. Try Again
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Officer Smith called to the officers waiting to ambush the speeder. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect “Chance favors only the prepared mind.” Stop guessing. Try Again
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The tires shredded by the spikes, the car suddenly flipped. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive
Incorrect “Nobody’s a natural. You have to work hard to get good and then work hard to get better.” Try Again
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Their giggling annoyed the other viewers. • Participle • Gerund • Infinitive