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Identify The Present Participle

You are going to watch a video of Queen singing "Don't Stop Me Now" with lyrics. If you listen and read carefully, you will see many present participles (ing-forms). Can you identify their function in the sentence? Are they continuous verb forms, adjectives, or... a gerund?

00:31

"I'm TURNING" & "I'm FLOATING" are examples of a(n) ... ?

1. gerund
2. present continuous
3. adjective
4. past continuous

00:53

"a RACING car" & "a SHOOTING star" are examples of a(n) ... ?

1. gerund
2. present continuous
3. adjective
4. past continuous

00:58

"There is no STOPPING me" is an example of a(n) ... ?

1. gerund
2. present continuous
3. adjective
4. past continuous

It's worth ... an effort.

1. to make
2. making

They would love ... the lottery.

1. to win
2. winning

Angelina doesn’t mind … care of the kids.

1. to take
2. taking

Don’t you think it’s time to stop … video games?

1. to play
2. playing

In the end, we decided … early.

1. to leave
2. leaving