Review of the Uses of the Gerund

Write a sentence using a gerund noun (single) as a subject. You may not use “to be” verb or “to have”. Student samples below.

Write a sentence using the gerund as a subject complement.

Types of Sentences: Review of their uses

Reading increases our knowledge, and writing gives us practice. (compound) We put compound sentences together when we with to compare two things. Or, we do it because what we describe has more than one feature.

Although reading increases our knowledge, to read too much decreases our social skills. (complex) A complex sentence helps us express complicated or related ideas.

When you wish to be clearly understood, use a simple sentence. Or, when you wish to emphasize, use one as well.

When you see good writing, it has been constructed to help you understand the ideas the writer wants to convey. Everything the writer does is for a purpose. A short sentence shocks us. A long sentence, with its complex ideas and dependent clauses, communicates more difficult ideas because it has more space to put them in.

Some thoughts on punctuation: