running on the track!
I think it is A direct object
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.
running on the track
Gerunds always end in "-ing". Running is the gerund in that sentence. It could also be written as, "Running is Ceil's favorite exercise."
running on the track
for joggingThe gerund is jogging, in the prepositional phrase "for jogging." The gerund is a noun here.
Yes, it is.
The gerund phrase in this sentence is "children singing."
The gerund phrase in the sentence is "children singing." It functions as the subject complement that describes the favorite sound.
No, "running late" is a present participle phrase, not a gerund. A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun, but "running late" describes the act of running or being late.
The gerund phrase "children singing" acts as the subject complement, describing the sound that is the favorite. It serves to describe or specify the favorite sounds.
"children singing" is the gerund phrase in this sentence. It serves as the object of the preposition "of".
"Gerund" is a grammatical term for a verb that is used as a noun, for example in the sentence "I like running" in which case "running" is a gerund.
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.