Swimming is good

Grammar notes

🏊 Swimming Is the Star (Gerund as Subject)

An -ing word can be the subject of a sentence. That means the activity itself becomes the main thing in the sentence. So Swimming is good means the activity of swimming is the star.

• Example: Reading is fun.
• Example: Walking is healthy.

Quick Rule

• verb-ing can act like a thing
• it can stand at the start as the subject

Sometimes the action puts on a noun hat and walks to the front.