Baking is a major project for the holidays.

Question

Is the verbal baking?
Is this a gerund or a participle and why?

Baking in the oven, the bread smelled delicious.

Is the verbal baking in the oven?
Is this a gerund or a participle and why?

Answer 1

They are verbals. In the second sentence, "baking in the oven" is a phrase. The verbal is "baking."

Gerunds act as nouns. Participles act as adjectives. Which kind of verbal is "baking?"

Answer 2

In the first sentence I think it is a noun but in the second sentence I think it is an adjective? Is that correct?

Answer 3

Right.

:-)

Answer 4

What about this one.

Seeing the old slides remind reminded me of the good times we had.

The verbal is seeing and it is a gerund?

Answer 5

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