Use the drop-down menus to identify each underlined verb form as a participle, gerund, or infinitive.
A) Climbing a rope is not as difficult as you might think.
B) I plan to compete in a chess tournament this weekend.
C) Kali loves the smell of roasting garlic.
A gerund is a verb form which acts as a noun in a sentence. An example is provided in option A), where "climbing" is used as a noun.
An infinitive is a verb form which consists of the word "to" and the base verb form. For instance, "to complete" in option B) is an infinitive.
Finally, a participle is a verb form used as an adjective or a verb. "Roasting" (option C) is a participle which is used as an adjective, since it describes the noun "garlic."
