gerund verbs definition and examples
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Gerunds and Infinitives A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions as a noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. Any action verb can be made into a gerund.
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Gerunds and Infinitives Some verbs can be followed by an infinitive or a gerund but with a change in meaning: 1  He stopped drinking coffee. ( 2 He never drank coffee again.). 3  He stopped to drink coffee.
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- Examples of the three basic forms. When you look up a verb in the dictionary, you will often find the three forms listed together, especially for irregular verbs. Here are some examples (regular verbs are printed in blue; irregular verbs are printed in black). base form. past simple. -ed form.
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Gerund Phrase Gerund Phrase. Sometimes a word or phrase appears to be a verb when, in fact, it’s something else. It’s important to look at the function that a word or phrase plays in a sentence before determining its part of speech.
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- A gerund phrase is a group of words consisting of a gerund and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state expressed in the gerund, such as: The gerund phrase functions as the subject of the sentence. A gerund is a verbal ending in-ing that is used as a noun. 2  A gerund phrase consists of a gerund plus modifier(s), object(s), and/or complement(s). 3  Gerunds and gerund phrases virtually never require punctuation.
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10 common verbs followed by gerunds In this lesson, I look at some of the most common verbs that are followed by gerunds. Never say “I enjoy to do” ever again! After the video, check out our resource page for a detailed list of verbs that are followed by gerunds and infinitives. Quiz.
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The -ing forms A verb ending in -ing is either a present participle or a gerund. These two forms look identical. The difference is in their functions in a sentence. A present participle is most commonly used as part of the continuous form of a verb, after verbs of perception, after verbs of movement, or as an adjective. Present participles are an element in all continuous verb forms (past, present, future, conditional, etc.).
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- 1 A gerund is a verbal ending in -ing that is used as a noun. 2  A gerund phrase consists of a gerund plus modifier(s), object(s), and/or complement(s).  Gerunds and gerund phrases virtually never require punctuation.
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Gerunds and Infinitives: Their Noun Roles Here are five noun-uses of gerunds and infinitives (and one additional non-noun use, the adjective complement, that we throw in here, free of charge). Gerunds and infintives can both function as the subject of a sentence: Playing basketball takes up too much of her time.
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- A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that is used in a sentence  as a noun rather than as the verb. Some examples of gerunds as the  subjects of sentences appear below. …    Knowing the truth has helped them a lot.   Helping the poor has always been his main goal.
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- You might be confusing a gerund after to with the infinitive form of a verb which does require the helping verb to, as in to see, to hear, and to speak. A gerund has no helping verb. When it follows to, the to is a preposition and the gerund, working as a noun, is its object.
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Grammar to Go Because gerunds and gerund phrases are nouns, they can be used in any way that a noun can be used: 1  as subject: Being king can be dangerous for your health. 2  as object of the verb: He didn't particularly like being king. 3  as object of a preposition: He wrote a book about being king.
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Gerund Gerunds are distinguished grammatically from other uses of a verb's-ing form: the present participle (which is a non-finite verb form like the gerund, but is adjectival or adverbial in function), and the pure verbal noun or deverbal noun. gerund behaves as a verb within a clause (so that it may be modified by an adverb or have an object); but the resulting clause as a whole (sometimes consisting of only one word, the gerund itself) functions as a noun within the larger sentence.
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Gerunds and Infinitives: Their Noun Roles 1 When the noun preceding the gerund is modified by other words, use the common form of that noun, not the possessive. 2  Federico was pleased by Carlos's making the Dean's List for the first time.  Federico was pleased by Carlos, his oldest son, making the Dean's List for the first time.
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The Special Verbs That Are Also Nouns Definition. A gerund is a verbal that ends in-ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial or gerundival. The term gerund is used in traditional grammar. Many contemporary linguists prefer instead to use the term-ing form.A gerund accompanied by its objects, complements, and/or modifiers is called a gerund phrase or simply a noun phrase.Like nouns, gerunds and gerund phrases can function as subjects, objects, and complements in a sentence.Unlike nouns, however, gerunds do not take inflections; in other words, they don't have distinct plural forms.ike nouns, gerunds and gerund phrases can function as subjects, objects, and complements in a sentence. Unlike nouns, however, gerunds do not take inflections; in other words, they don't have distinct plural forms.
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Verbals: Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles The three verbals— gerunds, infinitives, and participles—are formed from verbs, but are never used alone as action words in sentences. Instead, verbals function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. These verbals are important in phrases. The gerund ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Jumping is fun.
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- Participles, Gerunds and Infinitives are called verbals. Verbals are words which are formed from a verb but which function as a different part of speech.
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What is a gerund phrase? ). A gerund phrase will begin with a gerund, an ing word, and might include other modifiers and/or objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns, so they will be subjects, subject complements, or objects in the sentence, e.g.: Eating ice cream on a rollercoaster can be a messy experience.
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Gerund Gerund. Definition: A gerund is the form of a verb when it acts as a noun; a gerund (often known as an-ing word) is a noun formed from a verb by adding-ing.For example: 1  Studying is good for you.erund. Definition: A gerund is the form of a verb when it acts as a noun; a gerund (often known as an-ing word) is a noun formed from a verb by adding-ing. For example:
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- The -ing forms. A verb ending in -ing is either a present participle or a gerund. These two forms look identical. The difference is in their functions in a sentence. Present participles. A present participle is most commonly used as part of the continuous form of a verb, after verbs of perception, after verbs of movement, or as an adjective.
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participle Participles are words formed from verbs that can function as adjectives or gerunds or can be used to form the continuous tenses and the perfect tenses of verbs. There are two participle forms: the present participle and the past participle.
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- The noun 'nursing' is a gerund, the present participle of the verb to nurse that functions as a noun. A gerund is an uncountable noun with no plural form. The possessive form …is nursing's. Example: Marcy loves her job, but nursing's rewards are not monetary.
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- [The gerund phrase is used as the object of the verb feared. The gerund skiing is modified by the prepositional phrase down the mountain and by the adverb alone .] My dog’s favorite game is bringing me the newspaper. [The gerund phrase is used as a predicate nominative.
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Italian Gerund In Italian, the gerund (il gerundio) is equivalent to the -ing verb form in English. Forming the Gerund. To form the simple gerund in Italian, add -ando to the stem of -are verbs and -endo to the stem of -ere and -ire verbs. There is also another form of the gerund, the compound gerund (il gerundio composto). It is formed with the either the gerund form of either avere or essere + past participle of the action verb (see the table below). The Italian gerund is equal to the English present participle — i.e. the part of the verb ending in -ing, like thinking, running, talking, speaking, drinking, etc. Also called the adverbial present participle, the gerund (gerundio) is formed by adding a suffix to the verb.
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Gerunds A gerund phrase is a group of words consisting of a gerund and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state expressed in the gerund, such as:The gerund phrase functions as the subject of the sentence.oints to remember: 1  A gerund is a verbal ending in-ing that is used as a noun. 2  A gerund phrase consists of a gerund plus modifier(s), object(s), and/or complement(s). 3  Gerunds and gerund phrases virtually never require punctuation.