08/07/2025
Verb+ing â āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ āϰā§āĻĒ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ!
āĻāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϏā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦ verb+ing āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠noun, verb, adjective, āĻāĻŦāĻ adverb āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž + āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ â
Verb+ing as a Noun (Gerund)
Verb+ing = name of an action
Examples:
Reading is my hobby.
(Reading = subject, a noun)
āĻĒā§āĻžāĻļā§āύāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻāĨ¤
I love singing.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĨ¤
Verb+ing as a Verb (Continuous Tense)
Used in continuous tenses with am/is/are/was/were/have been, etc.
Examples:
She is singing.
āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
They were playing football.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Verb+ing as an Adjective (Participle Adjective)
Describes a noun, tells what kind of thing it is.
Examples:
It was a boring movie.
āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻžāĨ¤
The running water was cold.
āĻŦā§ā§ āĻāϞāĻž āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Clue: It answers âWhat kind?â about a noun.
Verb+ing as an Adverb (Participle Phrase)
Describes how, when, or why something happens.
Often used to show two actions happening at the same time.
Examples:
She walked home, crying.
āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻĻāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
Smiling, he entered the room.
āĻšā§āϏ⧠āϏ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻĸā§āĻāϞā§āĨ¤
Clue: It answers âHow?â or âWhen?â about the verb.
Challenge
(Identify the function of verb+ing)
In the sentence: "The barking dog seldom bites." (barking) verb+ing acts as a/an:
a) Noun
b) Verb
c) Adjective
d) Adverb
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