Question

A) 1)Identify whether the underlined word is infinitive, gerund or
participle.


i)To respect our teachers is our duty.​

Answer 1

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