Directions: Underline each gerund or gerund phrase. In the blank, write how it is used: S for Subject, PN for Predicate Nominative, DO for Direct Object, or OP for Object of the Preposition.

1. For a crisp texture, avoid overcooking the vegetables.
2. Before running, Jim always stretches.
3. Omar preferred watching the hockey game.
4. For Joanna, making a papier-mache globe was a messy project.
5. Marcello’s specialty is sculpting.