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Certain things can seem deceptive in the English language, and gerunds are one such thing. Gerunds come from verbs, but they do not act like them. So how do you use them in sentences? We will figure it out here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are Gerunds?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A gerund<\/strong> is a form of a verb that ends with an \u2013ing<\/em>. A verb is a word that refers to the state of being or an action. A noun is a word used to refer to places, people, ideas and things. A gerund is a blend of nouns and verbs, and it feels similar to the verb but acts in the form of a noun. Swimming, for example, is a gerund. You can use the word swimming in the form of a noun in a sentence as an act of moving in the water. For example, you use the word swimming as a gerund when you say that Swimming is fun<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When using gerunds in sentences, you treat them as a third-person singular noun. The gerund phrase is a phrase that includes the gerund, its modifiers and objects. Since gerunds are derived from the verbs, they can take objects, or the adverbs can modify them. Similar to the noun phrases, the gerund phrases are treated in the form of nouns in a sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To turn a verb into a gerund, you need to add ing<\/em> to the base form of the verb. However, you need to be careful about a few things when you use gerunds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the verb ends in ‘ie’<\/em> or ‘ee’,<\/em> you drop the ‘e’ <\/em>in the verb before adding ‘-ing’<\/em> to it. Like joke<\/em> becomes joking<\/em> and make<\/em> becomes making<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the verb ends with an ‘ee’,<\/em> then you can add ‘-ing’<\/em> normally like agree becomes agreeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the verb ends with an ‘ie’,<\/em> you will replace it with a ‘y’<\/em> and then ‘-ing’<\/em> to it, like lie<\/em> becomes lying.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like in the case of present participles, you double the final consonant when you make a gerund. Like the gerund of run<\/em> is running<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the rules when you will have to double the final consonant for the gerund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If one of the syllable verbs ends with a consonant-vowel-consonant, you double the final consonant like cutting and strumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You ignore the above rule if the verb ends with aw<\/em> or ay,<\/em> like playing and knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the longer verbs, which ends with a consonant-vowel-consonant, you double the final consonant if the last syllable feels stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

How do gerunds function?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Like nouns and noun phrases, you can use the gerund<\/strong> and the gerund phrases in various sentences. The gerunds can be used as subjects, as subject complements, direct objects and objects of prepositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerunds as nouns<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gerunds look like verbs, but these behave like nouns. Gerund phrases behave just like noun phrases. This means that the gerund and the gerund phrase can be the subject of the clauses and sentences or the subject competent connected to the subject by the auxiliary verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n