A gerund always ends in ing and is used as a noun. Eating is fun. Find the gerunds in the following sentences and tell if they are used as subject, direct object, predicate nominative, appositive, indirect object, or object of the preposition. My father's occupation was farming. My desire, traveling, may happen soon.
Writing is sometimes difficult.
By saving, we can do our traveling. Some people give gossiping too much time. A gerund always ends in ing and is used as a noun. Eating is fun. Gerunds can have with them direct objects, predicate nominatives, predicate adjectives or modifiers to form what is called a gerund phrase .