Gerunds

In this sentence “Swimming in the ocean has been Sharon’s

passion since she was five years old.” the main verb is:

• has been

• swimming

• has

• was

The subject in “Swimming in the ocean has been Sharon’s

passion since she was five years old.” is:

• Sharon

• Sharon’s passion

• the ocean

• Swimming

In the sentence “Swimming in the ocean has been Sharon’s

passion since she was five years old.” has a gerund (swimming). It has the

function of:

• subject

• direct object

• predicate noun

• object of the preposition

In the sentence “Let’s go dancing at the club

tonight.” a gerund is:

• dancing

• go

• let

• night

In the sentence “Let’s go dancing at the

club tonight.”, the gerund (dancing) functions as:

• subject

• direct object

• predicate noun

• object of the preposition

In the sentence “Holly decided (that) flying above the

clouds was the most incredible experience she’d ever had.” the gerund (flying)

is the:

• subject

• direct object

• predicate noun

• object of the preposition

“Bill is doing his math assignment

while the World Series is on.” doing functions as:

• verb

• subject

• direct object

• predicate noun

1. “Eating people is wrong.” The gerund (Eating) functions as the:

• subject

• direct object

• predicate noun

• object of the preposition

“One of his duties is attending meetings.” In this sentence the gerund is:

• attending

• meeting

• attending and meeting

• is

“One of his duties is attending meetings.” In this sentence the gerund (attending) functions as the:

• subject

• direct object

• predicate noun

• object of the preposition