23. The gerund phrase in the sentence below is used as a ___
Everyone enjoys watching a dolphin show.
a. subject.
b. direct object.
c. predicate nominative.
d. predicate adjective.
struggling with this one
Which gerund phrase answers "what" after the verb? Everyone enjoys what?
Oh is it C ?
No.
A predicate nominative means the same as the subject.
What is the subject?
What is the verb?
What is the gerund phrase?
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/gerundphrase.htm
Read this whole page very carefully. Then decide.
The subject is the dolphin
The verb is watching
The gerund phrase is watching a dolphin show?
You have the phrase right.
But you have the subject and verb of the sentence wrong;
What are you going to do with the two words left over?
To identify the gerund phrase in the given sentence, we first need to understand what a gerund is. A gerund is a verb that acts as a noun and ends with "-ing." It functions as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence.
In the sentence "Everyone enjoys watching a dolphin show," the gerund phrase is "watching a dolphin show." To determine how it is used in the sentence, we need to analyze the sentence structure.
In this case, "Everyone" is the subject of the sentence, and "enjoys" is the verb. The gerund phrase "watching a dolphin show" follows the verb "enjoys" and acts as a direct object.
Therefore, the answer to the question is:
b. direct object.