Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Dangling Participles, Gerunds, Vocab

What's wrong  with this sentence?

Carrying a heavy pile of books, his foot got caught on a step.



Carrying a heavy pile of books, he caught his foot on a step.

Please work together to complete workbook page 65 B.



Verbs can also be used as nouns. A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun.

Swimming can help improve lung capacity.

A gerund phrase  may include a direct object and modifiers.

Riding an old rusty bike is dangerous.


HW: 1.  65 A
         2. Scan your book for 3 possible vocab words and write them in your notebook

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