Grade 6 gerunds — dinosaurs

Students will identify and use gerunds — verbs ending in -ing that act as nouns — in sentences.

After Q5, pause and ask students to point to the gerund in Leo's sentence on the board. Have pairs check: does the -ing word do a noun's job — subject, object, or complement? This anchors the rule before the harder Q6–Q8 questions.

• Circle the sentence that uses a gerund correctly. A gerund is a verb ending in -ing that acts as a noun.
• Which sentence uses a gerund as the subject? Circle the correct answer.
• Fill in the blank with the correct gerund form. Leo loved ________ (dig) near the meteor crater for fossil bones.

...plus 5 more questions in the full worksheet

Instructions: Read each question carefully and look for the -ing word used as a noun. Choose the best answer or write the gerund in the blank provided.

Standard: L.6.1

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