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Towson University

Towson University: Distinguishing Between Participles and Gerunds Exercise 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-graded quiz/exercise for students' ability to distinguish between participles and gerunds.
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Handout
University of Washington

Mary Nell's Grammar Summaries

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Washington provides an excellent collection of grammar-related summaries. The collection includes material on verb tenses, agreement, noncount nouns, and many other topics.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Dynamite Diamante Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about parts of speech, gerunds, and vocabulary by having students write diamante poetry. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Activity
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Grammar Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of concise explanations of various aspects of English grammar and usage. All topics include exercises that can be done, checked, and corrected online. Solid resource for English language learners at the intermediate...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Nominalizations

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial begins with a slide show which defines nominalizations; gives examples of adjectives and adverbs changed into nouns, gerunds, and infinitives. Practice with simplifying nominalizations is provided. It also offers a YouTube...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Gerunds

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a very good synopsis of the uses of verb forms called gerunds, participles, and infinitives. Each section has a short practice exercise for which the answers are available.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Grammar: Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on verbs including functions and categories of verbs, types of verbs, irregular verbs, verb tenses, tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, verbals, and a variety of verb practice activities. It offers several...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Verbals Are

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Verbals are verbs disguised as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Verbals come in three forms: gerunds, infinitives, and participles. Gerunds are verbs that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Participles end in "-ing," "-ed," "-d," "-t,"...
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Handout
Grammar Tips

Grammar Tips: Nonfinite Verb Forms (Verbals)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource offers a clear explanation of verbals and their proper use. There are some examples, but the resource is primarily devoted to definition.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Gerunds and Infinitives: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces gerunds and infinitives and how they are used. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Gerunds and Infinitives."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Correcting Sentence Fragments: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson goes over how to identify and correct sentence fragments. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Correcting Sentence Fragments."