top of page

5. Gerund in Non-finite Clause and as Object

Verb + Gerund a) Gerund follows verb when the complement of the main verb is about some activity or action and when the main verb and activity/action relate to the same subject. avoid taking sweets , can’t bear staying away from home any longer, didn’t bother calling/ inquiring, completed proofreading, considering lifting sanction, continued working till morning, the summary facilitates quick and comprehensive understanding, finished eating, couldn’t help crying, hate wasting food, look forward to meeting you soon, don’t mind shifting to middle seat, would miss hanging out in pubs, practice rehearsing, resumed taking drugs and alcohol, risked driving alone, started working, the screen stopped flickering, tried convincing; have you tried fixing with glue? b) Gerund follows Prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs with particles

Want to read more?

Subscribe to www.grammarwithstyle.net to keep reading this exclusive post.

Subscribe Now
99 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Unlike Verb as a Part of Speech which must have a Subject, a Verbal though derived from Verb, doesn’t carry any Subject. Therefore rules of Subject-Verb agreement do not apply in absence of Subject.

Infinitives are verbs preceded by ‘to’, which can function as object of verb just like a noun. Infinitive Phrases which follow Verb as direct object of verb fulfil the function of an action or that of

Nouns derived from verb are called Deverbal Noun (DVN) because such nouns cannot take subject or object like a verb and hence deverbalised. Such nouns can however function partially as verb only in th

bottom of page