A Verb Doing a Noun’s Job

Grade 8 · Grammar · Page 1 of 2

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DIRECTIONS: Write noun or verb for each bold -ing word: what job does it do in this sentence?
Put it in the word’s place. It is hard stands, so “swimming” is a noun.
Done for youSwimming is hard.
noun
Because it is what the sentence is about.
  1. My brother hates waiting.
  2. By the end of August she was swimming the whole length.
  3. Cooking for eight people takes all afternoon.
  4. We were waiting outside the office for an hour.
  5. Dad is cooking something that smells burned.
  6. She apologized without meaning it.
  7. Nobody thanked him for driving everyone home.

What a Gerund Is Actually For

Grade 8 · Grammar · Page 2 of 2

DIRECTIONS: Rewrite each one so the action is the thing the sentence is about. Start with an -ing word.
  1. He interrupts constantly, and it drives me up the wall.
  2. We got up at five, and that was the worst part of the whole trip.
  3. She practices every day, and that is why she is good.
  4. I lied to my mother about it, and I still feel sick when I think about that.
One of your own.
  1. Write one sentence about something you did this week, with the doing of it as the subject — the thing the sentence is about.