Gerunds and Infinitives Gerunds and infinitives – every gerund, without exception, ends in ing. Gerunds are not, however, all that easy to identify. Gerunds function as nouns. Thus, gerunds will be subjects, subject complements, direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions. Read these examples of gerunds: Since Francisco was five years old, swimming has been his passion. Swimming = subject of the verb has been.…
