Ah, the ubiquitous gerund. Gerunds are verbs ending in 'ing. So, it's 'giving'. Gerunds are, particularly, these forms used as "action nouns", as in the question. Doesn't this produce some interesting tension between the ideas of noun and verb? It certainly does for me.
In the sentence "Royce enjoyed building his sailboat," the gerund phrase "building his sailboat" functions as the direct object of the verb "enjoyed." It specifies what Royce enjoyed doing, thereby providing clarity and detail to the action he takes pleasure in.
Talking is the gerund.
In that sentence, "crying" functions as a noun.
In this sentence "preparing dinner" is the gerund phrase. A gerund is a verb doing the job of a noun. Preparing is the gerund form of the verb prepare.
"Which diddn't leave to much time for discussion" is this a nonrestrictive clauserestrictive clauseparticipial phrase or gerund
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.
Dancing is the gerund (there is no gerund phrase ).It is the noun that shows us what Nicole loves.Actually this sentence is better written in present simple:Nicole loves dancing.State verbs like love / know / own etc do not usually have an -ing form:loving / knowing
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 is "Driving" and the gerund phrase is "Driving carelessly".
Yes, "talking to my friend" is the gerund phrase.
In the sentence "Royce enjoyed building his sailboat," the gerund phrase "building his sailboat" functions as the direct object of the verb "enjoyed." It specifies what Royce enjoyed doing, thereby providing clarity and detail to the action he takes pleasure in.
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).
No. The phrase "announced next week" seems to be incomplete. It seems that it is from a portion of the phrase "to be announced next week". I think "announced next week" is rather a participal phrase.
The gerund phrase in the sentence is "talking to my friend Omaha."