A. Identify and write down whether the underlined words ending in -ing is a Gerund or a
Present Participle. Fill your answers in the blanks given.
(1x8=8 marks)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Shaking convulsively, he tried to walk away from the wrecked car. ____P__________
Barbara came to visit us, bringing her elder sister with her. ________P__________
Mr. Aiden enjoyed taking care of his students. ___________G___________
The boy delivering pizza to us has got coronavirus. _________P_____________
Turning on the light, I found what had happened in the room. _______P________
I hate your hanging around here. _________G_____________
Shouting loudly as they were, the boys got quite hoarse. _______P_____________
Standing here all day makes me very tired. ____________G__________
B. Identify whether the sentences given below are Simple, Compound, Complex or
Compound-Complex. Fill your answers in the blanks given. (1x6=6marks)
1. If you are going to walk to school, be sure to stay on the path; you will not get lost.
______CC________________
2. She rarely takes vacations because she is the CEO. _________complex_____________
3. I can’t figure out what he wants. _______complex_______________
4. You don’t look so happy to see me. _________S_____________
5. The plane and the helicopter flew over the stadium and turned north.
__________S____________
6. Mila registered for all of her classes by mail; however, Brady was not able to do
so.___________COMPOUND___________
1. Life became a race with the fire, and the boys scattered through the upper
forest.___________metaphor____________________
2. A
blur
of
sunlight
was
crawling
across
his
hair.
_________personi______________________
3. Clouds of birds rose from the treetops, and something squealed and ran in the
undergrowth. ___________metaphor________________________
4. Echoes and birds flew, the forest down below shook as with the passage of an
enraged monster. _____________simiile__________________
5. He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred
_____________onom_____________.
6. The swirling waters slipped over rocks in the stream, splashing as they
went.______________allite_________________.