Gerunds & Gerund Phrases

Gerunds

100

What do gerunds always end in?

-ing

200

What is the definition of a gerund?

A verb that acts as a noun

300

Identify the gerund in the following sentence AND the noun job it performs: Running quickly can be hazardous.

Running - subject

400

GROUP QUESTION

Identify the noun jobs of the gerunds in the following sentences: 

Laughing is contagious.

The lecture was disrupted by laughing.

I like laughing.

Give laughing a try.

The best cure for sadness is laughing.

Subject

Object of the Preposition

Direct Object

Indirect Object

Predicate Nominative

500

Create a sentence that uses "flying" as a gerund and another that uses "flying" as a verb.

Examples:

Flying is fun (gerund)

I was flying above the llamas.

Gerund Phrases

100

True or False: Gerunds share qualities with both verbs and nouns.

True.

Like verbs, they can have                      or                .

Like nouns, they can be modified by                         .