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The gerunds They are verbs that are characterized by indicating that the action is being carried out. Finish in –Ando or in –In. For example: singing, knowing.
Sometimes they can function as adverbs as they provide information about the way the action is carried out. For example:I came running. /With the sun rising we went for a walk.
Along with the participle and the infinitive. they constitute non-personal forms of the verb, which means that they do not conjugate and, therefore, do not present person, number, mood, time or gender.
See also:
- Infinitive, gerund and participle
- Non-personal forms of the verb
Gerund modalities
There are two ways to build gerunds:
- In verbs that end in -ar in the infinitive. The gerund is constructed with the ending or ending -ando. For example: walk / walk; jump jumping; loving / loving.
- In verbs that end in the infinitive in –er or –ir. The gerund is constructed with the ending or ending -going. For example: to run running; eat / eat; Lie lying; say / saying.
But there is also a irregular construction what happens in those verbs that, when the infinitive have the structures i (unstressed) + vowel, e (unstressed) + a, e + e, a "y" is added. For example: read reading; hear / hear; go / going; falling / falling.
- See also: Examples of gerund
Examples of gerund verbs
- Read - reading
- Study - studying
- Sing - singing
- Link - uniting
- Wait - waiting
- Clear out - clarifying
- Wake - awakening
- Tell - counting
- Understand - understanding
- Remark - remarking
- Attract - attracting
- To film - filming
- Cook - cooking
- To write - writing
- To correct - correcting
- Bring - bringing
- Park - parking
- Hear - listening
- Paint - painting
- Clean - Cleaning
- Miss - missing
- Dilute - diluting
- Answer - responding
- Provide - providing
- Write - drafting
- Ask - asking
- To warm - warming up
- Sunset - sunset
- To compose - composing
- Collapse - contracting
Sentences with gerund verbs
Below is a list of sentences that have gerund verbs for better understanding:
- Now I can't go to the movies; am studying because tomorrow I take an exam.
- My mom is cooking a baked chicken with potatoes. I am smelling A while ago.
- My cousin, who is an actress, is acting in another movie. They are filming in Spain.
- Could you lower the volume of the music? Am looking television.
- We're preparing the mockup for next week's science fair.
- I have everything messy because I am arming Bag.
- I am preparing a sandwich because I didn't eat lunch, I'm dying starving.
- Look how beautiful the landscape: it is Sun rising.
- My sister should have called me hours ago. I'm already worrying.
- We're arming a 2000 piece puzzle, it's quite a challenge.
- The boys are Playing to football in the little field on the corner.
- Am reading an excellent book by Gabriel García Márquez. It's called "One Hundred Years of Solitude." I was coming recommending my mother years ago.
- We were Cleaning the garage when you called, that's why we don't hear the phone.
- The library was a mess, that's why I am sorting out.
- We're practicing English because next week they will take us an oral lesson.
- Right now I don't feel like going for a walk, I'm looking a very good spy movie.
- Am writing a very good suspense story. When I finish it, I'll pass it on to you like this, tell me what you think.
- We were walking through the streets of Paris when we met some childhood friends. We couldn't believe it.
- When you are rehearsing for the choir, I ask you to close the door. Otherwise I cannot concentrate with my studies.
- Am fixing up This lamp. I was nervous that it would turn off while I was studying.
- See also: Sentences with verbs
