Points to remember: 1  A gerund is a verbal ending in-ing that is used as a noun. 2  A gerund phrase consists of a gerund plus modifier(s), object(s), and/or complement(s). 3  Gerunds and gerund phrases virtually never require punctuation.owever, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence that a noun ordinarily would, for example: subject, direct object, subject complement, and object of preposition. Gerund as subject: 1  Traveling might satisfy your desire for new experiences. ( 2 Traveling is the gerund.).
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.
The other type of instrument that gives music is the keyboard instrument. The keyboards are available in different types and one is the percussive like the piano. There is another type that can be plucked and played. The strings are plucked or striked to give you the sound.iolin (Image source: sxc.hu). The string instruments are used to produce sound with the help of vibration. The strings are to be pulled or plucked. The mode of use to create the vibration makes the difference in different string instruments.