The sentence "Writing an essay is a complex task" begins with...

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a prepositional phrase.
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an appositive phrase.
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a gerund phrase.
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an infinitive phrase.
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The sentence "Writing an essay is a complex task" begins with a gerund phrase. "Writing" is the gerund, and it functions as the subject of the sentence.