gerund

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GERUND
Gerund is the – ing form of a
verb used as a noun, A
gerund is used in the same
ways as a noun, as a subject
or as an object.

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a. Playing tennis is fun
b. We enjoy playing
tennis
c. He’s excited about
playing tennis.
In (a): playing is a gerund. It is used as the subject of
the sentence. Playing tennis is a gerund phrase.
In (b): playing is a gerund used as the object of the
verb enjoy.
In (c): playing is a gerund used as the object of the
preposition about.
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Compare the uses of the –ing form of verb:
Walking is good exercise.
walking= a gerund used as
the subject of sentence.
Bob and Tom are playing tennis.
playing = a present participle used as part
of the present progressive tense.

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1. I don’t like....
A. smoke
B. smoking
C. smokes
2. He gave up ......
A. To smoking
B. Be smoked
C. Smoking

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1. I used to enjoy .... The mountain
A. Climbed
B. To climbed
C. climbing
2. As a child he used to like ....
A. playing
B. Is playing
C. Was playing