Gerund and Gerund Phrase

What is the gerund or gerund phrase in the sentence:

The students stopped teasing the new boy.

What is the function of the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentence? The students stopped teasing the new boy.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Subject Complement/Predicate Noun

• Object of Preposition

What is the function of the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentence? Pitching a tent is not as easy as it seems.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Subject Complement/Predicate Noun

• Object of Preposition

What is the function of the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentence?

John is good in orating.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Subject Complement/Predicate Noun

• Object of Preposition

What is the gerund or gerund phrase in the sentence:

Jaqui loves writing poems.

What is the function of the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentence?

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Subject Complement/Predicate Noun

• Object of Preposition

What is the gerund or gerund phrase in the sentence:

John is good in orating.

Gerund is an -ing form of a verb that functions as a ________ in a sentence.

• verb

• verbal

• noun

• adjective

"Wishing you'd get slimmer despite not doing any exercise everyday is a pipe dream." "Wishing you'd get slimmer despite not doing any exercise everyday" is a gerund phrase which functions as ________ in the sentence.

• subject

• direct object

• complement

• object of the prep

Making this film is a gerund phrase that functions as the _______in the sentence.

• subject

• direct object

• complement

• OP