Gerunds

Gerunds 

Although the term, gerund might sound foreign, it is a common part of speech that most of us use every day. The term "-ing" is often used in English to refer to gerund specifically. Gerunds are not easy to identify. The problem is that all present participles also end in "ing".

In generally present participles complete progressive verbs or act as modifiers. But gerunds function as nouns. Thus, gerunds will be subjects, subject complements, direct objects, indirect objects etc.   

Study following examples, 

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