Gerund and Gerund Phrase
Hello. Here I come again. I hope you are not bored with me. I, Mr. Enjoy, now will talk about gerund phrase. Ha-ha.
So, what is the meaning of gerund? Have you heard about it? It is a strange word, isn’t it? Ha-ha. No, it is not a food.
“Gerund is the –ing form verb that functions as a noun.”
So, is it clear now? I hope so. Gerund has many positions like:
· As a subject of sentence
· An object of sentence
· Complement
· Adverb
The formula of gerund phrase is: Gerund + Object/Complement/Adverb
Take a look at these examples:
a. Gerund as a Subject: Fishing is an expensive hobby.
b. Gerund as a Complement: My hobby is reading.
c. Gerund as an Object: Mona likes running
d. Gerund as an object of preposition: Ivan is interested in fishing:
Now, take a look on these Gerund Phrases:
a. Gerund Phrase as a subject: Reading books is Danny’s hobby.
b. Gerund Phrase as an object: John likes fishing on the sea.
c. Gerund Phrase as a complement: Dona’s hobby is reading magazines.
d. Gerund Phrase as an object of prepositions: Alfred is interested on reading poetry.
So that’s all. Thanks for viewing my writing. I hope my writing can make you understand. Keep studying English. See you in the next post! ^_^
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