Department of Education

Region V
Division of City Schools
USAB HIGH SCHOOL
Usab, Masbate City

GERUND
I. What is gerund?

A verb form that ends in -ing and is used as a noun. This looks
exactly as a present participle, and for this reason it is now common
to call both forms “the -ing form”.

However it is useful to understand the difference between the

two. The gerund always has the same function as noun although it
looks like a verb.

II. What is gerund phrase?

It is a phrase introduce by a gerund.

e.g.

Striving to promote the cause of peace was foremost in her mind

when she was still living.

III. Uses or Functions of Gerunds

A. Subject:

1. Attaining global unity and peace is an elusive dream.

2. Eating people is wrong.
3. Flying makes me nervous.
4. Striving to promote the cause of peace was foremost in her
mind when she was still living.
B. Object of the verb

1. The UN strives to in attaining global unity and peace.

2. She loved writing and speaking and made them her vehicle in
telling the message that peace would depend on international
friendship.
3. Development means creating jobs for people.

C. Subjective Complement

1. His priority is attaining global unity and peace.

2. Eleanor Roosevelt’s dream was uniting not only America but
the whole world as well.
3. One of his duties is attending meetings.
4. One of life’s pleasure is having breakfast in bed.

D. Object of the preposition

1. She was admired for creating something of unique value….an

example.
2. Everybody must get involved in attaining global unity and
peace.
3. She is good at painting.
4. They’re keen on windsurfing.
5. We arrived in Madrid after driving all night.

E. Appositive

An appositive is used to identify or explain a noun.

1. His priority, attaining global unity and peace, seems to be an

elusive dream.
2. Everyone has one vision for the next century, raising the
quality of living of all people of the world.
3. She thought she would have more time doing other activities
outside of her busy schedule, reading, relaxing, and perhaps
gardening.
IV. Exercises / Activities

A. Identify the sentence that uses a gerundial phrase by underlining

it. If the sentence does not use a gerund or gerundial phrase mark
it with an X.

_____1. The dream of everyone is seeing friendship in the face

of each other.
_____2. In many developing countries, cities are growing faster
than the capacity of their governments to provide needed
services.
_____3. The world has always been changing and will continue
to change.
_____4. Improving the quality of life of the people is one of he
blessings of technology.
_____5. Although technology has produced global problems, it
has yielded tools for studying, understanding, and solving these
problems.
_____6. Living this life means facing the changes that go with
it.
_____7. Technology has done so much in fulfilling the dream of
a modern future.
_____8. The wonders of technology have been pushing life into
a faster pace.
_____9. Believing in the virtue of change is one tough act
towards progress.
_____10. People are believing, changing, and submitting to the
call of progress.

B. Complete each sentence with a correct gerund form from the

parentheses. Identify the function of the gerund. Write the
function in the space provided before the number.

________________1. (Draw)_______________on the natural and

human resources of the entire world is what industrial nations are
doing to meet their needs.
________________2. (Rely) These nations find________________
On a worldwide trade network an effective means to obtain
resources and goods.
________________3. (See) I think my dream,
__________________
the Philippines become an industrialized nation, is not a
farfetched idea.
_________________4. (Pour) What developing nations need and
welcome is the __________________in of foreign investments to
help finance development.
_________________5. (Sell) Faced with a need for money to
finance development, Some tropical, and semi-tropical developing
countries are forced to do something,
________________renewable natural resources like rainforest
trees of lumber.
_________________6. (Produce) A healthy economy means
__________________an abundant source of livelihood brought by
the improvement of technology.
_________________7. (Uplift) Developing countries have the
responsibility of __________________people’s standard of living.
_________________8. (Create) Meeting the needs of its people, the
government should focus on_________________jobs and sources
of livelihood.
_________________9. (Attain) I believe it is __________________
a certain level of discipline that is necessary for us to grow as a
nation.
_________________10. (Set) I feel we can attain our dreams of
modernization by ___________________our priorities right.

Prepared by:

FELIROSE IBAÑEZ ABENIR-PONSONES

T-I/ English Teacher