动名词和名词一样,可作句子主语、宾语、补语,也可作介词的宾。此外动名词本身也可以有宾语、补语,形成动名词短语。
1.作主语，例如
Seeing is believing.(眼见为实。百闻不如一见。)
Driving safely is my motto.(安全地驾驶是我的座右铭。)
2.作补语，例如
The only thing that interested Stevens was watching television.(惟一让史蒂芬感兴趣的事就是看电视。)
My hobby is shooting.(我的嗜好是射击。)
3 .作宾语，例如
My grandfather remembers seeing the sad event.(祖父记得看过那件悲惨的事件。)
I have just finished reading the detective story.(我刚看完那部侦探小说。)
4.作介词的宾语，例如
They are proud of being honest.(他们以诚实为荣。)
He insisted on going out in the storm.(他坚持在暴风雨中出去)
动名词(短语)也作like, worth等形容词的宾语,这些形容词已被视为具有介词的性质了。例如
I felt like crying when I heard that.
(我听到那件事的时候很想哭。)
This book is worth reading once.(这本书值得读一遍。)
