Identify the gerund phrase and its noun use.
driving carelessly increases the likelihood of an accident.

In the sentence:

Driving carelessly increases the likelihood of an accident

The gerund phrase is ‘Driving carelessly’.

Gerund are verbs used as subjects in a sentence with the root word added by ‘-ing’. Verbs are simply known as the ‘action’ words – may it be mental, physical or mechanical. Nouns are names of a person, animal, place, event, etc. It could be proper or common noun.

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i would say years or cherry blossoms

he agrees with the monk's positions.