Lista de exercícios As Formas Nominais Do Verbo Em Língua Inglesa T Gerunds can be used to perform different syntactic roles such as: subject, subject complement, direct object, just to name a few. Bearing this information in mind, read the sentence below. "Most people avoid talking about religion, politics, or gender issues in public events." The gerund form in the sentence above functions as A subject. B subject complement. C direct object. D prepositional complement. E indirect object.