Gerunds, Infinitives and Participles
 
Compounding and Coordination
 
Subordination
 
Subordinate Adverb Clauses
 
Subordinate Noun Clauses
 
Subordinate Adjective Clauses
 
Reduced Subordinate Clauses
 
Focus Structures
 
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Sentence Complexity and Embedding

Gerunds, Infinitives and Participles

Activity 12.1: Answers

Find and label the syntactic roles of these sentences.  What type of word is used for each syntactic role?

Su
V
SuComp
1. Running
is
fun.
Gerund
LV
A

 

Su
V
DO
2. Sean
likes
skiing
N
AV
Gerun

 

Su
V
IO
DO
(P OP)
3. I
gave
jogging
a chance
in my 3os.
Pro
AV
Gerund
NP
P NP

 

Su
V
(P OP)
(P OP)
4. Sue
talked
about swimming
with Jim
N
AV
(P Gerund)
(P N)

 

Su
V
SuComp
5. My favorite sport
is
sailing.
(Det A N)
LV
Gerund

 

Su
V
DO
OComp
6. Ann
considers
her favorite sport
bowling
N
AV
(Det A N)
Gerund

 

Su
App
V
DO
7. Josh's favorite sport
golfing
bores
me
(Det A N)
Gerund
AV
Pro

Define gerunds:
The –ing form of a verb that is used in the grammatical/syntactic roles usually filled by nouns

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