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"The winning contestant" would be the subject phrase, with the gerund, "winning" functioning as the adjective to describe the contestant. "Diving for hours every day" would be a prepositional phrase, with the gerund, "diving" acting as the object of the prepositional phrase. "Diving" in this case would be the object because it receives the action of the preposition. It's also important to note that this phrase would be a sentence fragment. Although gerunds are often present in verb phrases, they usually need a helping verb with them to act as a verb.
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).
a noun
Gerunds function as nouns in a sentence, representing activities or actions as subjects, objects, or complements. They are formed by adding the suffix "-ing" to a verb.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
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.
Gerunds are used as nouns. In this case, the gerund (laughing) is the subject of the sentence.
In that sentence, "crying" functions as a noun.