Participles & Gerunds Hunt

Do you know that some verbs can change their job in a sentence? This playsheet helps you hunt for participles and gerunds so you can see how -ing and other verb forms work in different ways. By practicing, you’ll learn to recognize and use them with confidence.

As you move through the activities, you’ll see that a gerund is a verb ending in -ing that acts as a noun, like “Swimming is fun.” A participle is a verb form that acts as an adjective, like “The swimming child won the race.” You’ll practice spotting the difference in real sentences.

Each exercise strengthens your grammar and writing skills. You’ll underline gerunds, circle participles, and explain how each functions. You’ll also rewrite sentences to show how changing the verb form can shift meaning and add variety.