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An example of a gerund used as a direct object is "She enjoys swimming." In this sentence, "swimming" is a gerund that acts as the direct object of the verb "enjoys."
In the sentence "She loved walking," the word "walking" is a gerund, which functions as a noun. It serves as the object of the verb "loved."
A gerund becomes an object in a sentence when it directly follows a verb and functions as the receiver of the action. It can serve as the direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition in a sentence.
The sentence "The laughing boy sat down" contains a gerund phrase "laughing boy," where "laughing" functions as a gerund that acts as a noun.
The gerund in the sentence is "driving carelessly," which is functioning as the subject of the sentence.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
YesThe gerund is trapping. The phrase is the trapping of gas. Yes it is the direct object.
An example of a gerund used as a direct object is "She enjoys swimming." In this sentence, "swimming" is a gerund that acts as the direct object of the verb "enjoys."
There is no gerund phrase in that example.
In the sentence "She loved walking," the word "walking" is a gerund, which functions as a noun. It serves as the object of the verb "loved."
This would be the phrase "climbing trees." It is because this phrase works in the sentence to be the direct object.
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).
I think it is A direct object
The nouns is the sentence, 'Thinking is hard work.' are 'thinking', a verbal noun called a gerund, is the subject of the sentence; and work, the direct object of the linking verb 'is'.
object of preposition
A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun. It can be used as the subject or object of a sentence. A gerund phrase includes the gerund and any modifiers or complements, and it functions as a noun in a sentence.