Verbal: Gerund

3. Gerund as predicate nominative

   Sentence	Subject	Verb	Gerund as a Predicate Nominative
   The favorite pastime of young Indonesian boys is shooting the breeze.	pastime	is	shooting the breeze
   Hurip’s passion is talking about politics.	passion	is	talking about politics

4. Gerund as appositive

   An appositive is a noun or a noun phrase that renames the noun right beside it (noun, noun). The noun being renamed may be found in the subject, direct object, or predicate nominative.

   Sentence	Subject (Noun)	Direct Object (Noun)	Gerund as Appositive (Noun)
   The young boy’s pastime, shooting the breeze, is time-consuming.	pastime		shooting the breeze
   Hurip has a passion, talking about politics.	Hurip	passion	talking about politics

5. Gerund as object of preposition

   Sentence	Preposition	Gerund as Object of Preposition
   Hurip talked about working for the government.	about	working for the government
   Young people were held for speaking against the government.	for	speaking against the government