Gerunds and Infinitive Phrases

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Warm-up 1

Determine whether the sentence contains a gerund or an infinitive phrase and write "gerund' or "infinitive" accordingly.  HINT: Below, there are four gerunds and two infinitive phrases.

Gerund or Infinitive Phrase? Subject or Object?
Ex. She was trying to keep it a secret. to keep inf. phrase object
1.  ...interested in studying abroad. studying abroad gerund object
2. ...sad to see me leave. to see me leave inf. phrase object
3. Bowling is ... bowling gerund subject
4. ... how to do it. to do it inf. phrase object
5. We are going shopping ... shopping gerund object
6. We are devoted to helping our country. helping our country gerund object