Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.

This page, from a site for University of Oregon journalism students, provides definitions of phrase, prepositional phrase, participial phrase, gerund phrase, and infinitive phrase. It also provides a brief description of how phrases...

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a gerund in the context of a sentence.

This site gives a very clear explanation of a gerund and its noun qualities. This resource explains how to use the possessive case with a gerund. A quiz is provided to check understanding of this concept.

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a phrase in the context of a sentence.

Defines and provides examples of seven different types of phrases. The following types of phrases are included: absolute, appositive, gerund, infinitive, noun, participial, and prepositional. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses

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This lesson introduces gerunds and infinitives and how they are used. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Gerunds and Infinitives."

List the different types of phrases with examples and a fun exercise to try.

Good exercise for practicing time phrases and verb conjugations! A true test of a student's comprehension of time and tenses. Matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and crossword exercises provide excellent practice with gerunds,...

Practice creating the gerund form of words by typing them into boxes within a set of ten sentences. Hints are available if needed, and answers can be checked when the exercise is finished.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples to demonstrate how to identify independent and dependent clauses, prepositions and prepositional phrases, participle phrases and gerund...

This Grammarly Handbook resource explains how to use commas after introductory phrases in sentences.

What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.

What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.

This lesson introduces gerunds and infinitives and explains how they are used. This lesson is part 2 of 3 in the series titled "Gerunds and Infinitives."

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This tutorial begins with a slide show which defines nominalizations; gives examples of adjectives and adverbs changed into nouns, gerunds, and infinitives. Practice with simplifying nominalizations is provided. It also offers a YouTube...

Verbals are verbs disguised as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Verbals come in three forms: gerunds, infinitives, and participles. Gerunds are verbs that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Participles end in "-ing," "-ed," "-d," "-t,"...

This entry defines verbals, gerunds, participles, and infinitives; discusses each their different functions in sentences, and provides examples of each.

This site defines gerunds as verbal phrases and provides several examples, but it also goes through several steps to gerund identification.

This quiz is "a very basic quiz" that covers the various parts of a sentence (clause, gerund, adjective, preposition) in a ten question matching format.

An extensive look at verbs in all their various forms and uses. A very valuable and easy to understand resource with many examples.