Question

Locate the gerund. Since it is used as a noun, determine its noun use.

Reckless driving is dangerous.

Gerund:
Use:

Answer 1

Reckless is the gerund and it is being used as an subject of this sentence (which would mean it is a noun).

Answer 2

Answer:

• Gerund: Driving.
• Use: Subject.

Explanation:

The gerund would be: driving.

Whereas the use would be: subject.

The adjective reckless modifies the verb driving turning the phrase into a noun, reckless driving, whose main function is as a subject for the rest of the sentence.

Another example would be: creative filmmaking is not common nowadays.