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Decide Whether The Sentences Contain A Gerund or A Progressive

The document discusses gerunds and progressive/continuous verb forms. It provides 10 sentences and identifies whether each contains a gerund or progressive/continuous verb form. It then discusses gerund phrases functioning as subjects and objects. Finally, it distinguishes between gerund phrases and present participle phrases, providing examples of each.

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Decide Whether The Sentences Contain A Gerund or A Progressive

The document discusses gerunds and progressive/continuous verb forms. It provides 10 sentences and identifies whether each contains a gerund or progressive/continuous verb form. It then discusses gerund phrases functioning as subjects and objects. Finally, it distinguishes between gerund phrases and present participle phrases, providing examples of each.

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Decide whether the sentences contain a Gerund or a Progressive

1. He likes reading books. OBJECT


 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
2. He is reading books. PRESENT CONTINUOS
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
3. Reading books can be great fun. NOUN BUBJECT
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
4. He is interested in reading books. COMPLEMENT PREPOSICION
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
5. He was reading books. PAST CONTINUOUS
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
6. He has been reading books for two hours. PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
7. Instead of reading books Henry went to bed. NOUN SUBJETCT
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
8. Do you like reading books? OBJECT
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
9. He had been reading books. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous
10. His hobby is reading books. COMPLEMENT TO BE
 Gerund
 Progressive/Continuous

GERUND PHRASE AS SUBJECT AND OBJECT


Subject, Object or complement

Gerund is subject
1. Cooking is my hobby. →          
Gerund is subject
2. Doing homework is boring. →          
Gerund is complement
3. What he really likes is going by bike. →          
Gerund is object
4. Why don't you like writing essays? →          
5. My favourite activity is using my smartphone. →        
Gerund is complement

Gerund is subject
6. Dancing is great fun. →          
Gerund is subject
7. Smoking is bad for your health. →          
Gerund is object
8. She hates going out at night. →          
Gerund is object
9. Do you enjoy swimming? →          
Gerund is subject
10. Geocaching can be dangerous. →           .
Don't mistake a gerund
phrase for a present
participle phrase.
Gerund and present participle phrases are easy to confuse
because they both begin with an ing word. The difference is
that a gerund phrase will always function as a noun while a
present participle phrase describes another word in the
sentence. Check out these examples:

Jamming too much clothing into a washing


machine  will result in disaster.

Jamming too much clothing into a washing


machine = gerund phrase, the subject of the verb will
result.

Jamming too much clothing into the washing


machine , Aamir saved $1.25 but had to tolerate the
curious stares of other laundry patrons as his
machine bucked and rumbled with the heavy load.

Jamming too much clothing into the washing


machine = present participle phrase describing Aamir.
Bernard hates  buttering toast with a fork .

Buttering toast with a fork = gerund phrase, the direct


object of the verb hates.

Buttering toast with a fork , Bernard vowed that he


would finally wash the week's worth of dirty dishes
piled in the sink.

Buttering toast with a fork = present participle phrase


describing Bernard.

My dog's most annoying habit is  hogging the


middle of the bed .

Hogging the middle of the bed = gerund phrase, the


subject complement of the linking verb is.

Last night I had to sleep on the couch because I


found my dog Floyd  hogging the middle of the
bed.

Hogging the middle of the bed = present participle


phrase describing Floyd.

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