Gerunds Flashcards by Lee Matthew Sagitarios | Brainscape

Q

It is when a verb is not used as a verb, but as a noun.

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Gerund

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Identify the gerund and function:

Sleeping is my favorite activity.

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Sleeping — Subject of the sentence

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Q

Identify the gerund and function:

My dog likes napping.

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Napping — Direct object of the sentence
My dog — Subject

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Identify the gerund and function:

The climb up the hill was challenging to finish.

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Challenging to finish — Subject compliment of the sentence.
The hill — Subject

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Identify the gerund and function:

I have to go home after exercising.

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Exercising — Object of preposition of the sentence.
After — Prepositon

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