Verbals Lesson, Grades 6-8: Gerunds & Gerund Phrases

"Folding the laundry takes Grandpa about ten minutes." Which word does the noun's job here? In about 45 minutes, students learn that a gerund is an -ing verb form that does the job of a noun, and that a gerund phrase is the gerund plus the words that complete or describe it.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 6 pages: lesson plan, Rule Notes, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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