EXAMPLES

A gerund can be:

1. the subject of the sentence: Swimming is my favorite sport.
2. the object of the sentence They enjoy watching movies.
3. the object of the preposition He’s concerned about passing Grammar 5.

 To make a gerund negative, put not before it: Not arriving on time makes me uncomfortable.

Note: A gerund subject takes a singular verb. Eating raw oysters is disgusting.

Gerund subjects examples:

Learning English is Learning Culture.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. Mark Twain
More gerund examples examples:

The hardest thing about learning English is understanding the gerund.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.
Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.

MORE EXAMPLES
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain* Don't let schooling interfere with your education. Mark Twain

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.

Stupidity really gets me going. 

get someone going: to get someone excited; 2. to get someone talking excitedly.

I guess I really got him going on the subject of politics. The whole business really makes me mad. Don't get me going.

get (you) going also get (you) started; to cause you to become excited or interested:

My Dad was the one who really got me going on baseball.

get something going. Start something, get something into full swing. For example, Once we get production going we'll have no more problems. This usage also appears in when the going gets tough, the tough get going, meaning that difficulties spur on capable individuals; the first tough here means "difficult," whereas the second means "strong-minded, resolute." For example, That problem won't stop Tom; when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Also see swing into action.

3. Make someone talkative or active, as in:

Once he got her going on her grandchildren, there was no stopping her.

Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely. 

Sometimes when the going gets tough, people give up.

Love means never having to say you're sorry. (Love story)

"They can't help liking me," she thought. 

  Mean and help can be followed by either a gerund or a to-infinitive but with different meanings:

- In those days, being a student meant spending long hours in the library. (In those days if you were a student, it meant that you spent long hours in the library.)
- I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. (I didn't intend to hurt your feelings.)

- I can't help thinking that you are hiding something. (only in the negative: I have to think that you are hiding something.)
- Could you help me (to) undo my shoelaces? My fingers are frozen. (Could you undo my shoelaces?) * Help can be followed by a bare infinitive or a to-infinitive.

Research has proved that the learning of primitives languages facilitates the mastery of the Second Languages.