From a verb by adding -ing; that is, a present participle used as a noun
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Gerund
Gerund
“Running is fun.” In this sentence, “running” is the gerund. It acts just like a noun. If you look up the definition of gerund you will find that it means “an English noun formed from a verb by adding -ing”; that is, a present participle used as a noun. Traveling is a good way to expand your worldview. My passion is reading.
My doctor suggests running to improve my health. In all three of these examples, words ending with -ing are acting as nouns. Traveling is the subject of the first sentence. In the second sentence, reading is a predicate nominative, a word (or group of words) that completes a linking verb and renames the subject. The verb is, a form of the linking verb to be, is followed by reading, which renames the subject my passion. In the third sentence, the gerund running is acting as the object of the verb suggests.
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