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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