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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved GerundsParticiple Verb, Gerund, or Participle? Phrases Misc review Miscellaneous review 2 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Round 2 Final Jeopardy Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 2 parts: A gerund can act as what? What does a gerund always end in? 2 parts: A gerund can act as what? What does a gerund always end in?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP Always ends in “ing” Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP Always ends in “ing” Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: After building her strength, she could walk with a little help. Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: After building her strength, she could walk with a little help.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: From her mother, she learned balancing. Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: From her mother, she learned balancing.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Horseback riding has many benefits for people with disabilities. Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Horseback riding has many benefits for people with disabilities.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Cory’s hobby is reading mystery novels. Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Cory’s hobby is reading mystery novels.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 2 Parts: A participle acts as what? What does a participle end in? 2 Parts: A participle acts as what? What does a participle end in?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Participles act as adjectives They end in – “ing”, “ed”, or change spelling Participles act as adjectives They end in – “ing”, “ed”, or change spelling Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Name the participle and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: In the finished commercial, the dog disappears right through the cabinet door. Name the participle and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: In the finished commercial, the dog disappears right through the cabinet door.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: Have you seen the commercial that shows a dog chasing a squirrel? Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: Have you seen the commercial that shows a dog chasing a squirrel?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Chasing a squirrel - present Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: Staring at the door, the dog waited for the trainer to open it. Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: Staring at the door, the dog waited for the trainer to open it.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: The chosen dog earned a million dollars to star in that commercial. Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: The chosen dog earned a million dollars to star in that commercial.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Many TV commercials feature acting animals.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Training any type of animal requires patience.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The dog dashed across the kitchen.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Meowing, the cat stared at its empty bowl.

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$500 Revise the following paragraph by substituting gerunds and participles for the underlined words.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 1. To have a dog or gerbil was out of the question for Duane Wright. He had trouble breathing whenever he came in contact with fur. So he found Goliath, a female iguana. She seemed happy 2.while to keep Duane company. One night, Duane stopped breathing. With her sharp claws Goliath started scratching hard 3.with the hope of to wake Duane. She also began 4. to whip his face with her scaly tail. Eventually, Duane began to breathe again. Who would believe that an iguana would come 5.around to rescue a man?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Strolling around the neighborhood pleased Priscilla, a three-month-old piglet. Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Strolling around the neighborhood pleased Priscilla, a three-month-old piglet.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Strolling around the neighborhood – gerund phrase subject Strolling around the neighborhood – gerund phrase subject

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Walking, Victoria would wave to the neighbors. Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Walking, Victoria would wave to the neighbors.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Priscilla liked swimming with the family dogs. Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Priscilla liked swimming with the family dogs.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Swimming with the family dogs Gerund phrase do Swimming with the family dogs Gerund phrase do

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Grabbing Priscilla’s leash, the boy held on tightly. Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Grabbing Priscilla’s leash, the boy held on tightly.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Grabbing Priscilla’s leash – participial phrase

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: The 45-pound piglet began pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore. Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: The 45-pound piglet began pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore – gerund DO

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What are the simple tenses?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Present, past, future

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the present perfect tense of walk?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Has walked

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 A preposition needs to be how many letters to be capitalized in a title? (if it’s not the first/last word)

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Five letters

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores A hyphen separates words - a dash separated phrases or clauses

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Fill in the following charts presentPresentparticiplepastPastparticiplebring sink presentPresentperfect Past perfect Futureperfectbring sink

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores presentPresentparticiplepastPastparticiplebring is bringing brought has brought sink is sinking sank has sunk presentPresentperfect Past perfect Futureperfectbring has brought had brought will have brought sink has sunk had sunk will have sunk

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What type of sentence has 1 Ind. Clause and one or more Dep. clauses?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 complex Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What type of conjunction starts a dependent clause?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name the coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the question we should always ask ourselves when we are trying to determine if a verb is active or passive voice?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Is the subject doing anything?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 She has (lain, laid) the wreath on the door.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 3 parts List five helping verbs. What is the difference in a predicate noun and a direct object? Which helping verbs are used in present perfect, past prefect, and future perfect tenses? 3 parts List five helping verbs. What is the difference in a predicate noun and a direct object? Which helping verbs are used in present perfect, past prefect, and future perfect tenses?

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