19/03/2026
đ MASTER POST: Verb + ING (V-ing) â āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϏā§āĻā§āĻ āϏāĻŦ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ! đĨ
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āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϏā§āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāύâāĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§ V-ing āĻšā§ đ
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đš 1. āϏāĻāϞ Continuous Tense active voice āĻšāϞā§
am/is/are/was/were/will, shall be + V-ing
â
I am reading.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋ
āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ
āϏāĻāϞ perfect continuous tense active āĻšāϞā§
She has been sleeping for two hours.
They have been working since morning.
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đš 2. Preposition āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§
đ in, on, at, for, of, after, before, withoutâĻ + V-ing
â
She is fond of playing.
đ āϏ⧠āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§
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đš 3. Subject āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ (Gerund)
đ V-ing + verb
â
Reading is good.
đ āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§
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đš 4. Object āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ (āĻāĻŋāĻā§ verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§)
đ enjoy, avoid, finish, suggestâĻ + V-ing
â
I enjoy reading.
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ
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đš 5. âBe verbâ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠(Complement)
đ is/am/are + V-ing
â
My hobby is reading.
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ āĻĒā§āĻž
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đš 6. No / Not expression
đ No + V-ing
â
No smoking.
đ āϧā§āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāώā§āϧ
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đš 7. There is / There are
đ There is/are + V-ing
â
There is no parking.
đ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āύā§āĻ
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đš 8. Possessive āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§
đ my, his, their + V-ing
â
I donât like his coming late.
đ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϏāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āύāĻž
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đš 9. Important Expressions
đ look forward to + V-ing
đ be used to + V-ing
đ canât help + V-ing
đ itâs no use + V-ing
đ itâs worth + V-ing
â
I look forward to meeting you.
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ
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đš 10. While / When (Short form)
đ While + V-ing
â
While walking, I saw him.
đ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞāĻžāĻŽ
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đš 11. Instead of
đ Instead of + V-ing
â
He left instead of working.
đ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āϏ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āϞ
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đš 12. By (āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§)
đ By + V-ing
â
He passed by studying hard.
đ āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰ⧠āϏ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻā§
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đš 13. Spend / Waste time
đ spend/waste time + V-ing
â
He spends time reading.
đ āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āĻžāĻļā§āύāĻžā§ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§
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đš 14. Go + V-ing (Activity)
đ go swimming / shopping
â
They go swimming.
đ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϝāĻžā§
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đš 15. Adjective āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ (Participle)
đ V-ing noun describe āĻāϰā§
â
a boring movie
đ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻž
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đš 16. Feel like
đ feel like + V-ing
â
I feel like sleeping.
đ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§
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đš 17. Prefer (2 verb āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§)
đ prefer + V-ing + to + V-ing
â
I prefer reading to watching TV.
đ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŋ
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đ âtoâ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ preposition āĻšā§ â V-ing āĻšāĻŦā§ âī¸
đ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧠â base verb
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