Question

Select all the statements that apply to the sentence below:

I would like to pursue cooking as a career.

. The sentence contains an infinitive.
. The sentence contains a present participle.
. The sentence contains a past participle.
. A gerund is inside the infinitive phrase.
. An infinitive is inside a participial phrase.

Select all the statements that apply to the sentence below.
Knowing that time was short, he worked diligently to complete the project.

. The sentence contains an infinitive.
. The sentence contains a present participle.
. The sentence contains a past participle.
. A participle is inside the infinitive phrase.
. An infinitive is inside a participial phrase.

Answer 1

Question 1

The correct answers are A and D.

A- The infinitive is the basic form of the verb. This sentence contains the infinitive verb "to pursue" since it is not conjugated in any subject or verbal tense.

D- A gerund is a verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun. Here, the word "cooking" does not refer to the action but to the career.

Question 2

The correct answers are A and B.

A- Following the description given above, "to complete" is an infinitive verb, since it is not conjugated.

B- In this sentence, the word "knowing" is not working as a noun, and therefore is not a gerund, but a present perfect, which is the form of a verb ending in -ing that shows continuity.

Answer 2

I would like to pursue cooking as a career.
. The sentence contains an infinitive ("to pursue")
. A gerund is inside the infinitive phrase ("cooking")

Knowing that time was short, he worked diligently to complete the project.
. The sentence contains an infinitive ("to complete")
. The sentence contains a present participle ("knowing")