In the sentence, "You are going home.", the parts of speech are:
No. "Are going" is one of the forms of the verb to go. You go, you do go, you are going.
A gerund phrase would be: Going home to see mom always pleases me. "Going home" acts as a noun subject in that sentence.
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.
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).
there is no phrase, the gerund is catching.
'Floating' is the gerund. Therefore the gerund phrase is 'Floating down the river on a raft'.
The laughing boy: adjective phrase An interesting novel: adjective phrase Good entertainment: adjective phrase Winning the race: gerund phrase Going home: verb and object.
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.
"Winning the race demanded speed and endurance" contains a gerund phrase "winning the race," where "winning" is the gerund form of the verb "win."
No. A phrase you are looking for would be posed as a question.
The gerund in the sentence is "driving carelessly," which is functioning as the subject of the sentence.
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.
Yes, "talking to my friend" is the gerund phrase.
There is no gerund phrase in that example.
A gerund phrase is used as a noun in a sentence. It functions as the subject or object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition. For example, in the sentence "Swimming in the ocean is my favorite activity," "swimming in the ocean" is the gerund phrase acting as the subject of the sentence.
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, "announced next week" is not a gerund phrase. A gerund phrase consists of a gerund (a verb ending in -ing used as a noun) and its modifiers. In this case, "announced" is a verb acting in the past participle form, not a gerund.