The World of Gerunds

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The World of Gerunds
By Nick Leevathana
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How to Spot a Gerund...

• A Gerund is a verb used as a noun that ends in
  -ing. Every gerund, no matter what, ends in -ing.
  Gerunds are not that easy to pick out. The
  problem is that all present participles also end
  in -ing.
• Gerunds function as nouns. Gerunds could be
  subjects, subject complements, direct objects,
  indirect objects, and objects of prepositions.

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Examples of Gerunds

• Jumping
• Typing
• Writing
• Talking
• Sleeping

• Swimming
• Running
• Eating
• Watching
• Studying

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Contextual Illustrations

• The clones felt like surrounding Homer.
• Since the word surrounding ends in ing, the
  gerund in this sentence is surrounding and is
  the object of the preposition like.

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• Bart likes taking pictures of himself.
• Answer taking, direct object
• Homer gives eating donuts his highest
  endorsement.
• Answer eating, indirect object

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• Getting a tattoo is what Bart wanted.
• Answer getting, subject
• Lisa and Bart to be playing hockey.
• Answer playing, object of infinitive

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• Barts favorite pastime is staring into space.
• Answer staring, predicate nominative
• Bart was scared of standing in his fathers
  shadow.
• Answer standing, object of preposition

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• Flanders disliked having paper cuts.
• Answer having, direct object
• Homer loved watching TV late at night while
  drinking beer.
• Answers watching, direct object drinking,
  object of preposition

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• At the crack of dawn they started drinking.
• Answer drinking, direct object

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