Gerund

Gerund is a verbal noun. Since we add -ing to a verb to make gerund, it looks like a present participle.

Gerund can be:

• subject of a sentence (Drawing is fun.)

object of a verb (Stop talking!), preposition (Jane is fond of jogging.) or adjective (Is the film worth seeing?)

predicate nominative (His hobby is fishing.)

part of a noun compound (Mark has bought a swimming suit. = a suit for swimming)

Gerunds are also used in short prohibitions (No smoking).

There are a lot of verbs followed by gerunds. You can see a list of these verbs here.

For more visual explanation, watch this video: