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GERUND AND GERUND PHRASES
BY: GEORGE FANELLI, FRANK SHEEHAN, AND BRENDAN LEVINS
GERUND
-A gerund is a verb form that ends in -ing.
GERUND PHRASES
-A GERUND PHRASE INCLUDES THE GERUND, PLUS ANY MODIFIERS AND COMPLEMENTS
EX.
"EATING PIZZA IN THE PARK"
GERUND PHRASES CAN SERVE AS:
- Subject
- Direct Objects
- Indirect Objects
- Object of Prepositions
- Predicate Nominative
- Appositives
SUBJECT EX.
"SWIMMING HAS BEEN HIS PASSION FOR HIS WHOLE LIFE"
DIRECT OBJECT EX.
"BRENDAN ENJOYS WATCHING TV"
INDIRECT OBJECT EX.
"FRANK GIVES FLIRTING ALL OF HIS TIME AND EFFORT"
OBJECT OF PREPOSITIONS EX.
"WHEN BRENDAN BROUGHT POP TO THE PARTY, EVERYBODY KNEW HE WAS DEVOTED TO PARTYING"
PREDICATE NOMINATIVES EX.
"BRENDAN'S FAVORITE ACTIVITY IS DRAWING"
APPOSITIVES EX.
"JOHNNY'S BAD HABIT, DRINKING, COULD CAUSE FUTURE PROBLEMS FOR HIM"
PRACTICE
- Walking is an underappreciated form of exercise.
- Right after a big meal, one should avoid swimming.
- To appreciate the art of pitching is to understand the essential aspect of baseball.
