A gerund is a type of verbal that ends in -ing and is used like a noun. Examples of gerunds include actions like chewing, writing, whispering, and snoring. Similar to infinitives, gerunds can also function as the subject of the sentence, the direct object, or as the subject complement.
She taught her the names of things by writing the words on Helenâs hand. Helen's first word was water. She learned this word when Anne put Helen's hand under some water and wrote W,A,T,E,R on her hand. Then she learnt the words with this method. In 1890, Helenâs family sent her to the Perkins Institute to learn how to speak and communicate.
Helen Keller. Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Escumbria, Alabama. She learned to talk at an early age of 6 months. She walked when she was 1 year old. However, when she was 19 months old, after a severe fever, her mother noticed that she could neither hear or see. She was blind and deaf for the rest of her life.