Sentence: "Recipe for cooking macaroni and cheese simple."
Gerund Phrase: "cooking macaroni and cheese"
Function: In this sentence, the gerund phrase "cooking macaroni and cheese" acts as an adjective modifying the noun "recipe".
Think of it like this: the phrase tells us what kind of recipe it is. It's not just any recipe, it's a recipe specifically for "cooking macaroni and cheese".
Here's a breakdown of the sentence structure:
* Recipe: Noun (the subject)
* for cooking macaroni and cheese: Adjective phrase modifying "recipe"
* simple: Adjective modifying "recipe"
The sentence could be rewritten to make the function more explicit:
"This is a simple recipe for cooking macaroni and cheese."
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