Fishing can either be a gerund phrase or a participial depending on how you use it in a sentence. For example, "Fishing is fun." is a sentence in which fishing is used as a gerund. To use fishing as a participial an example would be, "When I go camping I like to use my fishing gear." In the first sentence fishing is used as a noun and in the second fishing is used as an adjective. Gerunds are nouns with -ing and they can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and object of a preposition.
That depends on how it's used in a sentence.
As a present participle, fishing is used with an auxiliary verb to create the progressive tenses. "Henry will be fishingtomorrow."
Fishing is gerund (verbal noun) in the sentence "Fishingis very relaxing."
Fishing can also be used as an adjective. "Henry needs a fishing pole for his trip."
"New fishing pole" is a noun phrase. New is an adjective, fishing is a noun adjunct (gerund or adjective), and pole is a noun.
A gerund phrase cannot have a direct object, but it can function as a direct object, since gerunds function as nouns in a sentence.Dad hates cutting the grass.Dad loves fishing on Saturdays.Mom hates nagging Dad.Mom loves hugging Dad.
Fishing can be a verb (the gerund of "to fish") or a noun, the sport of fishing.
This would be the phrase "climbing trees." It is because this phrase works in the sentence to be the direct object.
There is no gerund phrase in that example.
Defeated is participle and to put is infinitive. And marias singing is a gerund phrase. And fishing is a gerund. And the thrilled that she had gotten the job is a participial phrase.
"New fishing pole" is a noun phrase. New is an adjective, fishing is a noun adjunct (gerund or adjective), and pole is a noun.
A gerund functions as a noun, representing an action or activity. A gerund phrase includes the gerund plus any modifiers or complements, and can act as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence.
A gerund phrase cannot have a direct object, but it can function as a direct object, since gerunds function as nouns in a sentence.Dad hates cutting the grass.Dad loves fishing on Saturdays.Mom hates nagging Dad.Mom loves hugging Dad.
Fishing can be a verb (the gerund of "to fish") or a noun, the sport of fishing.
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.
The gerund in the sentence is "driving carelessly," which is functioning as the subject of the sentence.
The gerund phrase in the sentence is "talking to my friend in Omaha," which functions as the object of the preposition "for."
A gerund is a verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun. A gerund phrase includes the gerund, any modifiers or complements related to the gerund, and all words that come before the gerund and act as its subject. You can identify a gerund or gerund phrase in a sentence by looking for verbs ending in -ing that function as a noun.
There is no gerund phrase in that example.
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).