english 5 worksheet infinitives,gerund

ENGLISH 5

I. Identify which sentences uses a gerund. Put a check before the number.

______ 1. Blocking requires strength.

______ 2. The novel was interesting to read.

______ 3. My friends are walking down the lane.

______ 4. They do not appreciate my singing.

______ 5. The winning team scores the most point.

______ 6. Bears are eating the salmon.

______ 7. Giving money and time to those who are less fortunate marks a person as generous and compassionate.

______ 8. Decorating our house has been a family tradition at Christmas for generations.

______ 9. My last activity before I sleep is brushing my teeth.

______ 10. Bill and Tony are running in a marathon.

B. Encircle the gerund or gerund phrase in each sentence and write its function in the blank before the sentence.

_______________ 11. Swimming is a good exercise.

_______________ 12. The grandest movement of ballet is leaping.

_______________ 13. Preparation for dancing in a troupe begins early in life.

_______________ 15. My cat’s favorite activity is sleeping.

_______________ 16. Mary hates biting her fingernails.

_______________ 17. The police arrested him for speeding.

_______________ 18. Driving a car takes concentration.

_______________ 19. Paul finished painting the ceiling.

_______________ 20. After hiking for two hours, we sat down to rest.

II. Underline the infinitive in each sentence. Identify its function in the sentence: N- noun; ADJ-adjective; ADV- adverb.

______ 21. To drive a car properly requires practice and a respect for the rights of others.

______ 22. The fastest train to take is the MRT.

______ 23. I need the care to get home.

______ 24. We must study to learn.

______ 25. To skate was his only desire.

______ 26. Fred is looking for a book to learn French.

______ 27. To study English is very difficult for me.

______ 28. The book to read for information is at the library.

______ 29. This song will be easy to play.

______ 30. Jason’s group was the last to arrive.

III. Choose the meaning of the following vocabulary words in column A to its meaning in column B. write the letter of your choice on the line provided before the number.

COLUMN A

______ 31. potential

______ 32. obliged

______ 33. scenarios

______ 34. rummaging

______ 35. straightforward

______ 36. scrawl

COLUMN B

a. search in a disorderly way

b. arranging neatly

c. ordered

d. a roll of paper for writing

e. escape routes

f. has a capacity to develop

g. honest and frank

IV. Choose the letter of the following. Write your answer on the line.

______ 37. It is a tale of traditional narrative spread by word of mouth among the common folk.

a. novel

b. short story

c. limerick

d.folktale

______ 38. It compares or contrasts two subjects, usually opposites.

a. novel

b. limerick

c. diamante

d. folktale

______ 39. A fictional work of narrative prose that may contain 1 000 to 20 000 words only.

a. novel

b. short story

c. cinquain

d. haiku

______ 40. Haikus are formed by:

a. five-seven-five syllables

b. seven-five-seven syllables

c. one-word-seven syllables

d. five-one-word syllables

______ 41. A long fictitious narrative prose.

a. novel

b. folktale

c. diamante

d. short story

______ 42. A beautiful expression of the spontaneous emotions and imaginations of a poet.

a. novel

b. poetry

c. haiku

d. folktale

______ 43. It is an unrhymed five-line poem.

a. haiku

b. limericks

c. cinquain

d. title-down

______ 44. A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out the poem.

a. diamante

b. cinquain

c. haiku

d. title-down

______ 45. It is a funny little poem with a rhyme scheme of “aabba”.

a. haiku

b. diamante

c. cinquain

d. limerick

V. ESSAY: Explain: “The truth will set you free”.

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