GERUND - created from Mind Map

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Has the properties of verb and noun.

AUTHOR: STEEVEN CHIMBA

It can be modified by an adverb and can take a direct object.

The -ing "is used to refer specifically to the gerund.

The "gerund" as a subject of prayer

Flying makes me nervous.

EXAMPLE

Hunting tigers is dangerous.

The "gerund" as a complement to the verb to be

EXAMPLE

One of his duties is attending meetings.

One of life's pleasures is having breakfast in bed

COURSE: 5F2