Question

* Identify the gerund and state its use.

1)My friend is good at playing volleyball

2)She complains about bullying.

3)They are afraid of losing the match.

4)Dancing is great fun.

5) She hate going out at night.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1) playing

2) bullying

3)losing

4) Dancing

5)going

Answer 2

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1)My friend is good at playing volleyball.

• Gerund : playing
• Use : Object of a preposition (at).

2)She complains about bullying.

• Gerund : bullying.
• Use : object of preposition. (about)

3)They are afraid of losing the match.

• Gerund : losing
• Use : Object of preposition (of).

4)Dancing is great fun.

• Gerund : Dancing.
• Use : Subject of a verb.

5) She hate going out at night.

• Gerund : going
• Use : object of a verb.

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➟ Gerund : The verb-noun combination is called the Gerund. It used like verb-ing.

➟ Gerund is used as -

• The subject of a verb ( Gerund + verb) [eg : Walking is good exercise]
• The object of a verb ( Verb + Gerund) [eg : Stop talking]
• The object of a preposition (Preposition+gerund) [eg : I'm fond of reading books.]
• Complement of a verb [eg: His habit was sleeping]

★ Gerunds mostly abstract nouns do not have plural form.