The Participial Phrase and the Gerund Phrase: How to Tell Them Apart

In this lesson, we'll learn about the participial phrase and the gerund phrase. The participial functions as an adjective and the gerund functions as a noun.

Participles and gerunds are types of verbals. A verbal is a verb form that can function as a noun, an adjective, or even an adverb.

Because the participial and the gerund both end in -ing, this causes confusion for many students.

In this video, you'll learn how to distinguish the participial phrase from the gerund phrase.

A short quiz is given.

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I BRING A NATURAL POSITIVITY AND A CAN-DO ATTITUDE, "ALLOWING ME TO EFFECTIVELY SOLVE CHALLENGING PROBLEMS EVEN UNDER PRESSURE"
- "allowing me to effectively solve challenging problems even under pressure"
is gerund clause acts as an adjective that for the main clause
- regarding the independent clause is this analyzation correct

"allowing me to effectively" is a gerund phrase that functions as the subject
"solve" is the main verb
"challenging problems" is the direct object
"even under pressure" is a prepositional phrase that provides additional information about

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