No, the verb "laughing" is not being used as a noun, it's an adjective.
An interesting novel provides good entertainment W?
"Winning the race demanded speed and endurance" contains a gerund phrase "winning the race," where "winning" is the gerund form of the verb "win."
Laughing is a verb form from the verb, to laugh. It is either a present participle, which is used as an adjective or a gerund which is used as a noun or a progressive verb form.Examples (particple) : The laughing boy jumped up and down with glee. (gerund) : Laughing is good therapy. (verb) : We were all laughing at the funny clown.
And pooped in his pants?
The preposition is "down." The phrase "down the banister" modifies the verb slid.
An interesting novel provides good entertainment W?
No, the sentence does not contain (or form) a gerund phrase.A gerund is a verb in -ing form acting as a noun.Gerunds can be subjects, objects, or objects of prepositions.Examples of gerunds and gerund phrases as subjects:Eating is fun. (gerund)Eating spinach is good for you. (gerund phrase)Eating while driving can be dangerous. (gerund phrase)Your example above is the verb -ing form used as an adjective. (Laughing describes boy.)Therefore, it is a participial adjective, not a gerund.
The laughing boy: adjective phrase An interesting novel: adjective phrase Good entertainment: adjective phrase Winning the race: gerund phrase Going home: verb and object.
"Winning the race demanded speed and endurance" contains a gerund phrase "winning the race," where "winning" is the gerund form of the verb "win."
Laughing is a verb form from the verb, to laugh. It is either a present participle, which is used as an adjective or a gerund which is used as a noun or a progressive verb form.Examples (particple) : The laughing boy jumped up and down with glee. (gerund) : Laughing is good therapy. (verb) : We were all laughing at the funny clown.
And pooped in his pants?
Chris did not find it difficult to open the files but analyzing them proved more difficult than expected
Laughing Boy was created in 1929.
In the term, "laughing boy", the word "laughing" is an adjective describing the noun"boy".
Laughing Boy - song - was created in 1962.
By not laughing.
Laughing Jack or Laughing Jack was an imaginary friend to a little boy.