Question

1)he wanted to become Duke (gerund and underline to become)

2)he knew that people liked the Duke find the close

Answer 1

A gerund is the “ing” form of a verb that is used as a noun in the subject or object (complement) position.

Fishing (subject) is (verb) fun. Here, the “ing” form of the verb to fish is the subject.

He (subject) enjoys (verb) fishing (object). Here, the gerund fishing is the object (complement).

He’s excited about (prep.) fishing (object). Here, fishing is the object of the preposition.

An infinitive is the simple, base form of the verb preceded by to (to + verb) as in to fish.