1. Gerunds

2. Gerund phrases Gerunds help form a second kind of verbal phrase.
Gerunds are words that end with “ing” that look like they should be verbs, but in a sentence, they function as nouns.

3. Gerund phrases
Example: Climbing Mount Everest was his lifelong ambition.
What was his lifelong ambition?
Climbing Mount Everest.
Climbing is a noun.
Climbing tells “what” was his lifelong ambition.

4. Gerund phrases Example: Agnes enjoys listening to chamber music.
What does Agnes enjoy ?
Listening to chamber music.
Agnes was listening to chamber music last night.
Was listening is a verb.