Name
Language Arts
Grade 8
Participles and Gerunds
Read each sentence carefully. Identify the underlined words by choosing one of the answers listed below.
The using of flags was started by the Greeks.
1. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
The defeated army was saved by the hoisting of a red cape.
2. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
3. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
4. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
The painting of flags is depicted in ancient Chinese art.
5. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
6. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
The displaying of flags soon spread to neighboring Arabia.
7. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
Europeans, however, did not begin the designing of flags until the Middle Ages.
8. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
The Olympic Games, which will began in Greece, is a time for the showing flags as signs of a country’s
identity and patriotism.
9. a) participle as main verb b) participle as adjective
d) gerund as direct object e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
The fans were asked to refrain from rushing onto the court until the basketball game was officially over.
10. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
11. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
We greatly admire the dogged determination and patience that the disabled veteran showed in learning
to master a wheelchair.
12. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
13. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
Visiting the school, which I had attended so many years before, made me feel like a creature from the
past.
14. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
15. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
After straining and sweating in the sun for an hour, we realized that we had only pushed the stalled car a
scant quarter mile.
16. a) participle as main verb
b) participle as adjective
c) gerund as subject
d) gerund as direct object e) gerund as object of prep. f) gerund as predicate noun
17. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
18. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
Spending a great deal of time watching TV instead of reading will not help you to achieve above average
grades.
19. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun
20. a) participle as main verb
d) gerund as direct object
b) participle as adjective
e) gerund as object of prep.
c) gerund as subject
f) gerund as predicate noun