Underline the gerund in each setences ([]). Then, on the line provided, identify its functions in the sentence. Write subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, or appositive.

1. When the rippling began, I took it for sea-wind, [coming] to our valley with rumors of salt, of treeless horizons. --apositive

2. And what I felt was no longer a dry [tingling]. --predicate nominative

3. It was a wave that bathed me as if rain rose from below and around me instead of [falling]. --object of a preposition?

4. When he leaned on my trunk, I could not stop my [trembling]. --object of preposition

5. The balm, his [singing], soaked in through my roots and flowed to the tips of my branches. -- direct object

6. His music gave [living] a new significance. -- indirect object

4. No. Trembling is the direct object of the verb, stop.

5. No.

The rest are right.

1. The gerund in this sentence is "coming." Its function in the sentence is an appositive, as it renames or gives additional information about the sea-wind.

2. The gerund in this sentence is "tingling." Its function in the sentence is a predicate nominative, as it renames or identifies the subject "what."

3. The gerund in this sentence is "falling." Its function in the sentence is the object of a preposition, as it follows the preposition "of" and shows what the rain is rising from or around.

4. The gerund in this sentence is "trembling." Its function in the sentence is the object of a preposition, as it follows the preposition "on" and shows what the subject (trunk) is being leaned upon.

5. The gerund in this sentence is "singing." Its function in the sentence is a direct object, as it receives the action of the verb "soaked."

6. The gerund in this sentence is "living." Its function in the sentence is an indirect object, as it receives the action of the verb "gave" along with the pronoun "me." It shows what the music gave (a new significance) to.