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Even some teachers of English confuse the present participle with a gerund. Both have the -ing form, but the present participle is verbal, while the gerund is a noun.
Look at these two sentences:
I'm driving the car.
('driving' in this case is a verbal form, therefore it's a participle)
I like driving.
(In this example 'driving' is the noun (gerund) and 'like' is the verb)
Likewise, you can say:
I loved swimming
I was swimming in the sea
Can you see the difference?
- The Participle
The participle work like both a verb of and an adjective, it is also called verbal adjective There are three Kind of participle Present participle (Verb+?ing?) He is reading a news paper.Reading novel is a fun.He likes readings books.Look...
- The Gerund
The form of the verbs which ends with ?ing? and has the force of noun and verb, like walking, reading, running, writing, driving are gerunds?. Function of Gerund As the subject of verbReading is a good habit.Walking is beneficial for health....
- Use Of Non-finites - Part - 8
3. THE PARTCIPLE Participle: A participle acts as an adjective in a sentence and is made with a verb. A participle is also called 'verbal adjective'. A participle has three forms:- 1. Present Participle 2. Past participle 3. Perfect participle...
- Uses Of Different Forms Of Verbs
Uses of Different Forms of Verbs We now know that Verb has six forms: 1. Present Form 2. Past Form ...
- Combination Of Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs It is clear that Auxiliary Verbs are used only with the Non-finite Forms of a Verb when they are used as a verb taking a Subject. We now know that Verb has six Forms, namely:1. Present form2. Past form3. Present Participle4. Past...
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Gerund / Participle ? Do you know the difference?
Even some teachers of English confuse the present participle with a gerund. Both have the -ing form, but the present participle is verbal, while the gerund is a noun.
Look at these two sentences:
I'm driving the car.
('driving' in this case is a verbal form, therefore it's a participle)
I like driving.
(In this example 'driving' is the noun (gerund) and 'like' is the verb)
Likewise, you can say:
I loved swimming
I was swimming in the sea
Can you see the difference?
- The Participle
The participle work like both a verb of and an adjective, it is also called verbal adjective There are three Kind of participle Present participle (Verb+?ing?) He is reading a news paper.Reading novel is a fun.He likes readings books.Look...
- The Gerund
The form of the verbs which ends with ?ing? and has the force of noun and verb, like walking, reading, running, writing, driving are gerunds?. Function of Gerund As the subject of verbReading is a good habit.Walking is beneficial for health....
- Use Of Non-finites - Part - 8
3. THE PARTCIPLE Participle: A participle acts as an adjective in a sentence and is made with a verb. A participle is also called 'verbal adjective'. A participle has three forms:- 1. Present Participle 2. Past participle 3. Perfect participle...
- Uses Of Different Forms Of Verbs
Uses of Different Forms of Verbs We now know that Verb has six forms: 1. Present Form 2. Past Form ...
- Combination Of Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs It is clear that Auxiliary Verbs are used only with the Non-finite Forms of a Verb when they are used as a verb taking a Subject. We now know that Verb has six Forms, namely:1. Present form2. Past form3. Present Participle4. Past...