What are gerunds, infinitives, and participials ?

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A Gerund/ Gerund Phrase is a verb form that acts like a noun and ALWAYS ends in -ing. Hint: Replace the gerund with "this thing," or, "that thing" to test your answer.

A participle / participle phrase is a verb that functions in a sentence as an adjective. It described nouns and pronouns.
Present -> ends in -ing
Past -> ends in - ed
Irregular -> various endings

Infinitive / infinitive phrases is a verb form preceded by the word "to"

Don't confuse with the preposition "to"

Infinitive = to + verb
Preposition = to + noun or pronoun
sometimes the "to" is dropped.

I hope this helped. Of course, this is the 11th-grade versions of English. Also, if you have any other questions let me know :)

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