Question

Write ten sentences using the following terms as participles: feel, ride, smoke, pray, kneel, sacrifice, steal, talk, hit, and freeze. Five of the terms must be used as present participles, while the other five must be used as past participles.

Then choose five of these verbs to write five sentences containing gerunds or gerund phrases. For these, identify the noun function of each gerund.

(I could do these but after doing five triangle congruency assignments where I had to do proofs, my brain power has just flatlined - can someone help me make sentences? I mostly don't wanna mull over the ones where I have to do the gerunds + noun functions. The more I type the more I realize it sounds dumb but your help is appreciated!)

Answer 1

Terms used as Present Participles:

1. Feel: They have felt very good with their new laptops.

2. Ride: We have ridden for two hours.

3. Smoke: Brad has smoked cigarettes all day.

4. Pray: I have prayed to God in my room.

5. Kneel: Charles has knelt before his girlfriend.

Terms used as Past Participles:

1. Sacrifice: He had sacrificed many things in his life.

2. Steal: Several rings had been stolen from my daughter last week.

3. Hit: the ball had been hit many times the night before.

4. Talk: I had talked to Sarah a lot.

5. Freeze: The fruits had frozen in the refrigerator yesterday.

Five sentences containing gerunds or gerund phrases.

1. Feeling love is a great value.

2. Horse riding is an excellent sporting activity.

3. Smoking is dangerous to our health.

4. Kneeling is a sign of repentance.

5. Freezing the food keeps its savour.