“Ing Form” (Gerund) Or Verbal Noun

“Ing Form” (Gerund)

Let us look at the sentences:

i. Gardening is my hobby.
ii. We continued playing.
iii. I prevent him from stealing.
iv. The game was an exciting.

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In sentence (i) “gardening” is a non-finite verb ending in “ing” which works as a subject of “is”.

In sentence (ii) “playing” is a non-finite verb ending in “ing” which works as an object of “continued”.

In sentence (iii) “stealing” is a non-finite verb with ending “ing” which works as object of the proposition “from”.

In sentence (iv) “existing” is a non-finite verb with ending “ing” which works as an object of verb “was”.

These verbs (gardening, playing, stealing and existing) are called gerunds. A gerund is a non-finite verb that functions as a noun in a sentence.

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