See p.
765 Bedford Handbook, 5th ed. about
Participial Phrases & Gerund Phrases .
GERUNDS
function as
O
U
N
S. [ By
the way, remind me- What’s
a noun? ]
Copy the examples & compose original sentences following the same patterns.
2- Drinking Electric Lemonade and eating
oysters refreshed me.
Compound Subject
Verb Object
[ Gerund –
Obj. ] and [ Gerund Obj. ]
3- She enjoys practicing swimming laps
for the competitions.
Subject – Verb
- Object - Prepositional Phrases.
Gerund – Object
– Mod.
{Gerund Phrase within a Gerund
Phrase}
Hang in there, we’ll discuss phrases much more.
Let’s move on to CLAUSES!
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