Direct Object

I enjoy travelling.

Do you mind waiting a moment?

Imagine never having been abroad.

The gerund is used after certain verbs, such as:

admit detest justify resist resent

advise dislike mention risk

allow endure mind save

anticipate enjoy miss suggest

appreciate escape permit tolerate

avoid excuse practise deny

confess face put off imagine

delay forget recommend involve

The Gerund as a direct object is also used after the adjective worth.

The book is evidently worth reading.

Prepositional object

In this function the gerund is used after such verbs as:

admit to depend on

(dis)agree with insist on

aim at object to

apologize for pay for

(dis)approve of put up with

believe in rely on

benefit from resort to

care for succeed in

confess to think of

count on vote for

worry about

Jake is thinking of selling his motor-bike.

We believe in giving people the freedom to choose.

The gerund can also follow a verb+object+preposition.

The article accuses the government of concealing important information.

We find the gerund after such verbs as:

accuse of deter from prevent from stop from

blame for discourage from punish for thank for

charge with excuse for/from remind of use for

congratulate on forgive for tell about warn about

The gerund is used as a prepositional object after certain adjectives, such as:

afraid of capable of grateful for sorry for

amazed at content with guilty of surprised at

angry about/at dependent on happy about/with used to

annoyed about/at different from/to interested in worried about

anxious about excited about/at keen on wrong with

ashamed of famous for nervous of satisfied with

aware of fed up with pleased about/with

bad at fond of ready for

bored with good at responsible for

I’m nervous of saying the wrong thing.

My husband isn’t very good at cooking.

She’s keen on riding.

Part of a Complex Object

The Gerund can be part of a complex object when used as the verbal element of a predicative construction (see 10).

How can they justify lives being put at risk?

I hate people asking me personal questions.

Attribute

In this function the Gerund is always preceded by a preposition.

I noticed Jeff’s success in getting the price down.

There’s a small advantage in moving first.

How would you like the idea of living in a caravan?

Some other nouns can also take a preposition+gerund:

aim of/in excitement about/at possibility of

amazement at fear of problem of/in

anger about/at gratitude for prospect of

anxiety about idea of reason for

apology for job of surprise at

belief in objection to task of

danger of/in pleasure of/ in work of

effect of point of/ in worry about

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