Gerunds and Gerund Phrases mdcat

Object of 'Stop'.

Object of 'with'.

'Reading' and 'writing' are gerunds.

Object of 'enjoy'.

Subject.

Object of 'by'.

'Baking cakes' follows 'of'.

It is the subject.

It completes the adjective 'busy'.

It follows the preposition 'of'.

'Crying' functions as the subject.

It functions as the object of 'regret'.

It follows the preposition 'on'.

It is the verbal noun/subject.

'Painting' is the gerund, the rest are modifiers.

'Running' acts as the noun base.

'Making' (subject) and 'learning' (object of 'of') are both gerunds.

It is the object of 'avoids'.

It is the subject of the sentence.