GERUND

Definition Of Gerund:

Gerunds are present participles that are used as nouns and end with an -ing. Gerunds can function as the subject of a verb, the object of a verb, a predicate nominative or complement, or the object of a preposition.

The -ing form is a general term for words called either 'gerund' or 'present participle' in traditional approaches to grammar.

List Of Gerunds

e.g.

answering	arriving	asking	reading
carrying	cleaning	closing	enjoying
finishing	disscussing	helping	consulting
inviting	listening	watching	looking
fitting	joining	working	raining
receiving	remaining	walking	washing
visiting	smoking	starting	staying
studying	waiting	talking	taking
running	selling	sending	singing
sleeping	spending	eating	fishing
fixing	doing	coming	asking for
writing	wearing	trying to	travelling

Gerund With Examples

e.g.

Getting up

Having a bath

Having breakfast/lunch/dinner

Getting dressed

Going home/to work/to the office

Driving home/to work/to the office

Reading letters/the newspaper

Working in the office

Talking with friends

Buying the paper/cigarettes

Watching TV

Writing to a friend

Calling up a friend

Playing cards/soccer

Walking to the park

Running across the park

Visiting a museum

Washing the car

Cooking a meal

As the subject of the sentence

e.g.

Singing is her favourite pastime

Singing is formed from the verb sing by adding -ing. We also see that it is here used as the subject of a verb, and hence does the work of a Noun. It is therefore a Verb-Noun and is called a Gerund.

As the object of the sentence

e.g.

I like playing cricket

We have improved our speaking

As the complement of the sentence

e.g.

My only physical work is walking

His hobby is reading and painting

As the object of a preposition

e.g.

She is fond of reading books

He was prevented from meeting his friend