Question

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They felt sorry that they lost the 11
The patient was sure that he would recove
She did not seem hopeful that he would a
It will be seen that the preposition of,
construction to the succeeding Noun
a noun or a gerund instead of the Cla
hopeful of, and the noun or gerund we
Clause in each of the Complex Senter
ter the intransitive verb constructio
Note- From the above examples it
subordinating Conjunction
(that) he did it.
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Write down a dozen Complex sentences
three, the Object in the next three, and
predicatively in the last three.
Point out the Noun Clause and say v
complement of some verb, or in Appo
1. Tell me how you found that out.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The gerund looks exactly the same as a present participle, but it is useful to understand the difference between the two. The gerund always has the same function as a noun (although it looks like a verb). Some uses of the gerund are covered on this page. A separate page deals with verbs that are followed by the gerund.