Question

Identify the following italicized word as a gerund, participle, or infinitive. Anticipating the taste of the food, Father sat down at the table and carefully adjusted his napkin. type of verbal: infinitive gerund participle

Answer 1

Although I cannot see which word is italicized, remember this:

Gerunds are verbs that function as nouns and end in -ing: “he liked skiing”

Infinitives are verbs that have the word “to” before the verb: “I like to ski”

Particles are verbs that function as adjectives: “The dancing parrot was funny”