what is the gerund or gerund phrase in the sentence. Cheering the team gave me a sore throat.

Gerunds are verbs with -ing endings that are used as nouns in a sentence: subject, direct object, object of a preposition, etc.

Tell me what words in that sentence make up the phrase starting with the -ing word.

To find the gerund or gerund phrase in a sentence, you need to identify a verb that ends in "-ing" (the present participle form of the verb) and determine if it is being used as a noun.

In the given sentence, the verb "cheering" is the present participle form of the verb "cheer." To determine if "cheering" is functioning as a gerund, you need to see if it is acting as a noun in the sentence.

In this case, "cheering" is acting as the subject and describes the action being performed: "Cheering the team." Therefore, the gerund phrase in the sentence is "Cheering the team."