{"id":6748,"date":"2021-02-15T07:34:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T07:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=6748"},"modified":"2021-02-16T20:17:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:17:50","slug":"gerunds-in-english-and-words-ending-in-ing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/gerunds-in-english-and-words-ending-in-ing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerunds in English and words ending in -ing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gerunds in English and words ending in -ing<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>INDEX OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Definitions<\/li>\n<li>The gerund in English: the verb used as a noun<\/li>\n<li>The gerund retains its verbal qualities<\/li>\n<li>Verb nouns: nouns that are derived from verbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The English language does not use many grammatical &#8220;endings&#8221;, but some of the ones it does use have several different functions.\u00a0The ending -ing is one of them.\u00a0<strong>Words ending in -ing can be gerunds, verb nouns, or present participles.\u00a0<\/strong>Distinguishing (= gerund) between these and using them correctly isn&#8217;t always easy, until you understand these three simple rules.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"definiciones\">Definitions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The gerund is a verb that is used as if it were a noun<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Being a verb, it cannot be qualified by an adjective, nor preceded by an article, but, like other forms of the verb, it can be modified by an adverb and take a complement.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>verbal noun is a noun formed from a verb<\/strong>\u00a0;\u00a0some verb nouns end in -ing.\u00a0Verbal nouns, like other nouns, can take a determiner and be qualified by adjectives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A participle is an adjective or part of a participle phrase that qualifies a noun or pronoun.\u00a0<\/strong>The present participle is also used in the progressive aspect of verb tenses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the usage differences illustrated by these examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Seeing is believing.\/\u00a0<\/em>Ver es creer.<\/li>\n<li><em>Living cheaply in New York is quite possible. \/\u00a0<\/em>Vivir por poco dinero en Nueva York es bastante posible.<\/li>\n<li><em>The book was easy reading! \/\u00a0<\/em>\u00a1El libro fue de f\u00e1cil lectura!<\/li>\n<li><em>He managed to make a good living. \/\u00a0<\/em>Se las arregl\u00f3 para ganarse la vida.<\/li>\n<li><em>Smiling, the lady told them they\u2019d won the big prize. \/\u00a0<\/em>Sonriendo, la se\u00f1ora les dijo que hab\u00edan ganado el gran premio.<\/li>\n<li><em>I heard them arguing last night.\/\u00a0<\/em>Los escuch\u00e9 discutir anoche.<\/li>\n<li><em>I\u2019m taking my brother to the station tonight. \/\u00a0<\/em>Esta noche llevo a mi hermano a la estaci\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li><em>The man was phoning his friend, when the lights went out. \/\u00a0<\/em>El hombre estaba llamando a su amigo cuando se apagaron las luces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"gerundio\">The gerund in English: the verb used as a noun<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The gerund in English has the form of the present participle in -ing<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0It is the most common form of the verb that is used as a noun and can be the subject, the object of a sentence, or follow prepositions.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Reading that book was very interesting. \/\u00a0<\/em>Leer ese libro fue muy interesante.<\/li>\n<li><em>Drinking is essential \/\u00a0<\/em>Beber es fundamental<\/li>\n<li><em>Drinking too much pop can make you fat<\/em>. \/ Beber demasiada gaseosa puede engordar.<\/li>\n<li><em>Taking the bus was rather a good idea. \/\u00a0<\/em>Tomar el autob\u00fas fue una buena idea.<\/li>\n<li><em>Swimming regularly is very good exercise.\/\u00a0<\/em>Nadar con regularidad es un ejercicio muy bueno.<\/li>\n<li><em>Taking too many aspirins is dangerous<\/em>. \/Tomar demasiadas aspirinas es peligroso.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"cualidades\">The gerund retains its verbal qualities<\/h2>\n<p>As the examples above show,\u00a0<strong>the gerund is a verb that is used as if it were a noun, but not in the same way as a noun<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0In other words, it retains its verbal qualities.\u00a0Since it is not used as a noun, it cannot be qualified with an adjective;\u00a0on the contrary, it maintains some of the essential characteristics that distinguish a verb, in particular, that it can take a direct object, and \/ or be qualified by an adverb.<\/p>\n<p>When gerunds are used as verb complements (second verbs after a first verb), they can often be rephrased using an infinitive instead of the gerund.<\/p>\n<p>However, some verbs require a gerund, not an infinitive.\u00a0<strong>The most common are<\/strong> : <em>consider, dislike, deny, enjoy, end, involve, lose, think, suggest<\/em> (considerar, desagradar, negar, disfrutar, terminar, involucrar, perder, pensar, sugerir)<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sustantivos\">Verb nouns: nouns that are derived from 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