The document discusses gerund phrases and their functions in sentences. It begins by defining a gerund phrase as starting with a gerund (an -ing word) and including other modifiers and/or objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns, serving as subjects, subject complements, or objects. Examples are provided to illustrate gerund phrases functioning as subjects and subject complements. The document then instructs students to think of gerunds as verb forms that function as nouns, and can be subjects, objects, or complements. It provides additional examples of gerund phrases with objects functioning in different roles in sentences. Finally, it notes gerunds can take adjectives like nouns but generally do not

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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 10th
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Tema: Gerund phrase as subject and object
Indicador Students will be able to identify the gerund phrase.
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Exploración The gerund phrase
Contextualización
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Conceptualización

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A gerund phrase will begin with a gerund, an ing word, and will include other modifiers and/or
objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns, so they will be subjects, subject complements, or
objects in the sentence. Read these examples:
Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, unt amed
hair.
Eating ice cream on a windy day = subject of the verb can be.
A more disastrous activity for long -haired people is blowing giant bubble gum bubbles
with the car windows down.
Blowing giant bubble gum bubbles with the car windows down = subject complement of the verb is.
Wild food adventures require getting your hair cut to a short, safe length .
Getting your hair cut to a short, safe length = direct object of the verb require.
Producción
GERUNDS AS SUBJECT, OBJECT OR COMPLEMENT
ACCIÓN
Try to think of gerunds as verbs in noun form.

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Like nouns, gerunds can be the subject, object or complement of a sentence:
Smoking costs a lot of money.
I don'tlike writing.
My favourite occupation is reading.
But, like a verb, a gerund can also have an object itself. In this case, the whole expression [gerund +
object] can be the subject, object or complement of the sentence.
Smoking cigarettes costs a lot of money.
I don't like writing letters.
My favourite occupation is reading detective stories.
Like nouns, we can use gerunds with adjectives (including articles and other determiners):
pointlessquestioning
a settling of debts
themaking of Titanic
hisdrinking of alcohol
But when we use a gerund with an article, it does not usually take a direct object:
a settling of debts (not a settling debts)
Making "Titanic" wasexpensive.
The making of "Titanic" was expensive.
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