Here the verb trip occurs in its gerund form tripping but this tripping is still a verb.

Example of gerund clause. The result is still a verb and it exhibits ordinary verbal properties such as taking objects and adverbs. She hates driving during rush hour. I talked her out of resigning from that job.

FUNCTION - GERUND. Making noise is what happy children and almost all teenagers do best. For example we can use the gerund phrase being rich again with a noun function.

Some scholars eg Fukushima 1999297 298. In the following examples the gerund phrase is acting as the subject of the sentence. Preposition Gerund.

The gerund phrase is the direct object of the verb hates. You may also see clause examples. Postal tape is for taping packages.

String is for tying up newspapers. Eating ice cream on. His passion was biking.

Here the gerund phrase is the subject of the verb is She hates waiting for trains. The tiger killed someone or something where tiger is subject. An example of a gerund act as a predicate noun would be Lola is sleeping Additional examples include.