Gerunds online activity for Grade 10 - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to solve this worksheet. The task is to pick a verb from the box and change it into its gerund form (verb + -ing) to complete each sentence correctly.

First, here are the verbs in the box:
- wear → wearing
- make → making
- read → reading
- shop → shopping
- follow → following
- fix → fixing
- run → running
- do → doing
- play → playing
- listen → listening

Now let’s look at each sentence one by one:

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1. I _______________ a comic book everyday.
→ You “read” a comic book. Gerund: reading
But wait — the sentence says “everyday”, which suggests habit. However, the instruction says to use gerunds. But note: “I reading...” is not grammatically correct without a helping verb like “am”. Let’s check other sentences — many have “is/are/am” before the blank, so they’re using present continuous tense, which uses gerunds. Sentence 1 doesn’t have that. Hmm... maybe it’s a trick? Or perhaps we should still use gerund even if grammar feels off? Wait — let’s re-read instructions: “change verb to gerunds form to complete sentences.” So regardless of tense, we must use gerund. But sentence 1: “I reading a comic book everyday” is incorrect English. Maybe it’s meant to be “I am reading”? But it doesn’t say “am”. Let’s hold on and come back.

Actually, looking again — maybe sentence 1 is supposed to be in simple present? But the whole worksheet is about gerunds. Perhaps there’s a mistake in the worksheet? Or maybe we ignore grammar and just plug in gerund? That seems odd.

Wait — let’s look at sentence 5: “What are you _______________?” → clearly needs gerund after “are you”.

Sentence 6: “I’m _______________ NCT Dream...” → “I’m” = “I am”, so needs gerund.

So probably, for sentence 1, even though it lacks “am”, we still use gerund as per instruction. But that would be ungrammatical. Alternatively, maybe the worksheet expects us to assume the auxiliary verb is implied? Not likely.

Another idea: perhaps sentence 1 is miswritten, and it should be “I am reading...” but since it’s not, maybe we choose “reading” anyway because it’s the only logical verb.

Let’s proceed with logic first, then adjust.

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Better approach: Match each sentence with the most logical verb from the list, then convert to gerund.

Let’s go sentence by sentence with context clues:

1. I _______________ a comic book everyday.
→ Action: reading a comic book → verb: read → gerund: reading

Even though “I reading” is wrong, perhaps the worksheet has a typo, or we’re to ignore that. We’ll go with reading.

2. Maagy likes to _______________ a pink skirt.
→ “likes to” is followed by base verb, NOT gerund! Oh no — this is a problem.

The instruction says: “change verb to gerunds form to complete sentences.”

But “likes to” requires infinitive (to + base verb), not gerund.

Example: “She likes to wear” — correct. “She likes wearing” — also correct, but different structure.

Here it says “likes to ________”, so we need base verb, but the task says to use gerund. Contradiction?

Wait — maybe the worksheet made a mistake? Or perhaps we’re supposed to ignore the “to” and just put gerund? That would be wrong.

Let me check all sentences:

Sentence 2: “Maagy likes to _______________ a pink skirt.” → If we put “wearing”, it becomes “likes to wearing” — which is grammatically incorrect.

This is confusing.

Perhaps the instruction means: select a verb from the box, and use its gerund form where appropriate in the sentence — meaning, don’t force gerund if the sentence structure doesn’t allow it? But the instruction explicitly says “change verb to gerunds form to complete sentences.”

Maybe for sentence 2, we should use “wear” as base verb, but the task says gerund. This is messy.

Alternative interpretation: Perhaps “gerunds form” here is being used loosely, and they mean “use the -ing form when needed”, but for “likes to”, we use base verb.

But the box contains base verbs, and we are to change them to gerunds — so for every blank, we output the -ing form.

Let’s look at sentence 4: “Dustin go to _______________ at Siam Paragon.” → “go to” can be followed by gerund (e.g., go shopping). So “shopping” fits.

Sentence 3: “John and Fairy _______________ badminton at Gym.” → No auxiliary verb. Should be “play” (base) for simple present, but we need gerund? “Playing” would require “are playing”. Again, mismatch.

This worksheet seems to have inconsistent grammar. But since the instruction is clear: “change verb to gerunds form”, we will do that for every blank, even if the resulting sentence is not perfectly grammatical. It might be an exercise focused only on forming gerunds, not full sentence grammar.

So, proceeding under that assumption:

We match the most logical verb to each sentence, then write its gerund form.

Let’s list possible matches:

1. comic book → read → reading
2. pink skirt → wear → wearing
3. badminton → play → playing
4. Siam Paragon (mall) → shop → shopping
5. What are you ___? → open-ended, but common: doing (what are you doing?)
6. NCT Dream on Instagram → follow → following
7. broken jar → fix → fixing
8. water from waterfall → run → running (water runs)
9. music on Spotify → listen → listening
10. stupid things → make → making (make stupid things/comments)

That uses all 10 verbs:

Verbs used:
- read → 1
- wear → 2
- play → 3
- shop → 4
- do → 5
- follow → 6
- fix → 7
- run → 8
- listen → 9
- make → 10

Perfect — all verbs used once.

Now, even though some sentences may not be perfectly grammatical with gerunds (like #1 and #2), we follow the instruction strictly: change the selected verb to gerund form.

So final answers:

1. reading
2. wearing
3. playing
4. shopping
5. doing
6. following
7. fixing
8. running
9. listening
10. making

Let’s double-check sentence 2: “Maagy likes to wearing a pink skirt.” — This is incorrect English. It should be “likes to wear” or “likes wearing”. But since the task forces gerund, and “to” is there, it’s problematic. However, given the constraints, we have to go with the matching.

Perhaps the worksheet intended for sentence 2 to be “Maagy likes _______________ a pink skirt.” without “to”, then “wearing” would fit. Maybe a typo in the worksheet.

Similarly, sentence 1: “I reading...” should be “I am reading...”

But since we must follow the instruction as given, and all other sentences work better with gerunds (especially those with am/is/are), we’ll proceed.

Final decision: Use the gerund forms as matched above.

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Final Answer:
1. reading
2. wearing
3. playing
4. shopping
5. doing
6. following
7. fixing
8. running
9. listening
10. making