READ: Gerunds, Participles and Infinitives

I see your eyes starting to glaze over as you read the complicated terms that title this assignment. Trust me, grammar is never as complicated as it appears to be at first. Use this lesson to help you with your grammar assignment for the week; pay close attention to the examples to help clarify the meaning of each term. If you need to (and you probably will) read each example more than once, or until it makes sense!

Gerunds, participles, and infinitives are all forms of verbs that function differently within a sentence. Lets take a look at each individually.