A) 1)Identify whether the underlined word is infinitive, gerund or
participle.
i)To respect our teachers is our duty.
Answers
Answer:
"To respect" is a infintive here.
Step-by-step explanation:
Infinitives, gerunds and participles are non-finite verbs that do not change according to the tense of the semtence.
For example :- Dancing is my hobby.
So this sentence is in simple present, on changing it to simple past it would be:
Dancing was my hobby.
So here when tense changes, the verb "is" changes to "was" but "dancing" doesn't changes. Hence it is a non-finite verb.
Non-finite verb are of three types:-
infinitive , gerund and participle.
Infinitives are base form of verbs which are written along with "to" like - to write , to study , to cry etc.
Gerunds are ing form of verbs used as a noun.
For example:- Swimming is her passion.
So here swimming is gerund which is used as a noun.
Participles are also ing form of verbs but they aren't used as a noun.
Example:- They have been walking.
Hope that helps you