the meaning of life
her beautiful singing
chemical engineering
oil painting
A gerund begins with a verb and a -ing after the verb.A gerund phrase is a phrase that includes the gerund and the rest of the sentence.
The gerund is "Driving" and the gerund phrase is "Driving carelessly".
for joggingThe gerund is jogging, in the prepositional phrase "for jogging." The gerund is a noun here.
This would be the phrase "climbing trees." It is because this phrase works in the sentence to be the direct object.
A gerund phrase is form of a phrase that starts by using a gerund word with an â??ing and consist of objects and modifiers. A gerund is a noun but operates as a verb.
Yes, "talking to my friend" is the gerund phrase.
There is no gerund phrase in that example.
A gerund phrase becomes an action verb by appending the suffix, "ing" to a noun.
The first part of the sentence, "winning the race", is a gerund phrase, and "winning" is the gerund. "Winning the race demanded speed and endurance" is an entire sentence, because it contains a subject (the gerund phrase) and a verb (demanded).
there is no phrase, the gerund is catching.
The word singing is the gerund; the phrase is 'with beautiful singing'.
A gerund phrase is not considered a sentence. See below: waiting for the bus (a gerund phrase, not a complete sentence) While waiting for the bus, I like to listen to music. (complete sentence)