How is the underlined gerund used in the sentence?

Stop talking for a few minutes, please.

A.
direct object

B.
predicate nominative

C.
subject

D.
object of a preposition

(Talking is underlined.)

Question

How is the underlined gerund used in the sentence? 

Stop talking for a few minutes, please.
 
 A.
direct object
 
 B.
predicate nominative
 
 C.
subject
 
 D.
object of a preposition

(Talking is underlined.)

anonymous · Answer

Stop "talking" for a few minutes, please ? 

What should be stopped? The answer coming out of this question is "talking", so, the direct object of the principal verb "stop" is "talking" which itself is a gerund.

indiiavery · Answer

Okay, Thank you for helping and explaining. :)

anonymous · Answer

np:)

ondinana · Answer

Lol they got their answer from Yahoo!, I just felt the need to point that out because I noticed it and was like; yeah. XD

jabez177 · Answer

So Direct Object?