Презентация : "Герундий и его роль в предложении"

The functions of the gerund in the sentence

Talking mends no holes.
Waiting for the Professor was a lame excuse for doing nothing.
1. The gerund as a subject

The only remedy for such a headache as mine is going to bed.
2. The gerund as a predicative

A) With verbs and verbal phrases denoting modality forms part of a compound verbal modal predicate
B) With verbs denoting the beginning, the duration, or the end of an action forms part of compound verbal aspect predicate
3. The gerund as part of compound verbal predicate

Direct
I simply love riding
Prepositional Indirect
Charlie did not succeed in talking things easily
4. The gerund as an object

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