Uses of "Gerund ".

 A Gerund is a verbal noun , it is formed by adding -ing, to the end of the first form of the verb.

As. A noun it is used in various ways:

A) A Gerund can be used as a Subject.

As: Swimming is a good exercise.

     Smoking is injurious to health.

    Walking is good for health.

    Telling a lie is a sin.

    Learning English is easy. 

    Walking is a good exercise. 

    Smoking is bad habit. 

    Walking in the morning is useful for health. 

     Running a shop is not easy. 

 Sleeping is necessary to life. 

Singing is an art. 

B) A Gerund can be used as an Object.

As: I like painting.

       She hates smoking.

      I know swimming.

      He enjoyed drinking. 

My job is teaching. 

Her hobby is reading. 

I dislike talking to an impudent person. 

He denied having hand in  her murder. 

      I know driving.

Ram stopped working. 

My father doesn't enjoy going to a doctor. 

I like swimming in the river. 

I like watching cricket. 

Flying planes is not an easy job. 

I don't like waiting here for an hour. 

Seeing is believing. देखकर ही विश्वास किया जा सकता है।

Mohan is fond of eating. 

He assisted me in doing this work. 

C) A Gerund can also be used after Preposition.

As: He stopped me from smoking.

      Supriya is used to reading  at night. 

     Shyam is used to working at night. 

      She helped me in doing this work. 

       He saved me from drowning.

      She was punished for coming late.

       I was punished for smoking.

      My friend is fond of swimming. 

       On reaching home, he wrote a letter to me.

       After taking dinner, he went to his home .

    Mohan is fond of eating.

D) A Gerund is used as a compliment of a Sentence.

    His  bad habit is gambling.

    Saloni's hobby is reading.

   My job is teaching.

   And your job is reading.

 My good habit is walking in the morning.

   E) A Gerund is used as a Apposition of a noun. 

उसका विचार,  ग्रामीणों को संगठित करना, प्रशंसनीय हैं। 

His view, uniting the villagers, is praiseworthy.

तुम्हारा अपराध, एक पुलिस ऑफिसर तथा उसके परिवार की हत्या करना, जधन्य है। 

Your crime, killing a police officer and his family, is heinous. 

F) Gerund can be used after possissive adjectives. 

You should not mind her coming late. 

He postponed his wife's going to Delhi. 

I appreciate Mahi's dancing. 

She doesn't approve of her husband's working as a clerk.