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Ing Forms As Nouns

This document discusses the use of -ing forms (gerunds and present participles) in English. It explains that -ing forms can be used as nouns or adjectives. As nouns, -ing forms can be subjects, objects, or objects of prepositions. As adjectives, -ing forms can come before or after nouns or verbs like "be". Common -ing adjectives include interesting, boring, worrying. Because -ing forms are derived from verbs, they can take objects or clauses like verbs.

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Ing Forms As Nouns

This document discusses the use of -ing forms (gerunds and present participles) in English. It explains that -ing forms can be used as nouns or adjectives. As nouns, -ing forms can be subjects, objects, or objects of prepositions. As adjectives, -ing forms can come before or after nouns or verbs like "be". Common -ing adjectives include interesting, boring, worrying. Because -ing forms are derived from verbs, they can take objects or clauses like verbs.

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'-ing' forms

Level: beginner

We can use the -ing form of a verb:

 as a noun:

I love swimming.
Swimming is very good for your health.
You can get fit by swimming regularly.

 as an adjective:

The main problem today is rising prices.


That programme was really boring.
He saw a woman lying on the floor.

-ing forms as nouns
-ing nouns are nearly always uncount nouns. They can be used:

 as the subject of a verb:

Learning English is not easy.

 as the object of a verb:

We  enjoy learning English.
Common verbs followed by an -ing object are:

admit like hate start avoid

suggest enjoy dislike begin finish

 as the object of a preposition :

Some people are not interested  in  learning  English.


-ing forms as adjectives
The -ing adjective can come:

 in front of a noun:

I read an  interesting  article in the newspaper today.


We saw a really exciting  match on Sunday.

 after a link verb like be, look or sound:

Your new book sounds very interesting.


The children can be really annoying.

 after a noun:

Who is that man  standing over there?


The boy  talking to Angela is her younger brother

 especially after verbs of the senses like see, watch, hear, smell,


etc.:

I heard someone  playing the piano.


I can smell something  burning.

The commonest -ing adjectives are:

amusing interesting worrying shocking


boring surprising exciting terrifying
disappointing tiring frightening annoying

Patterns with -ing forms


Because an -ing noun or adjective is formed from a verb, it can have any of
thepatterns which follow a verb. For example:

 it can have an object:

I like playing  tennis.
I saw a dog  chasing  a cat.

 it can be followed by a clause:


I heard someone saying  that he saw you.

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