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Gerunds

Gerunds. Gerund phrases. Gerunds help form a second kind of verbal phrase. Gerunds are words that end with “ing” that look like they should be verbs, but in a sentence, they function as nouns. Gerund phrases. Example: Climbing Mount Everest was his lifelong ambition.

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Gerunds

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  1. Gerunds

  2. Gerund phrases • Gerunds help form a second kind of verbal phrase. • Gerunds are words that end with “ing” that look like they should be verbs, but in a sentence, they function as nouns.

  3. Gerund phrases • Example: Climbing Mount Everest was his lifelong ambition. • What was his lifelong ambition? • Climbing Mount Everest. • Climbing is a noun. • Climbing tells “what” was his lifelong ambition.

  4. Gerund phrases • Example: Agnes enjoys listening to chamber music. • What does Agnes enjoy ? • Listening to chamber music. • Agnes was listening to chamber music last night. • Was listening is a verb.

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