Question

the teacher spend the whole day revising gerund in class. state ing form off the verb gerund or participle?

Answer 1

noun GRAMMAR

a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing, e.g., asking in do you mind my asking you?.

Definition of Gerund  

1 : a verbal noun in Latin that expresses generalized or uncompleted action

2 : any of several linguistic forms analogous to the Latin gerund in languages other than Latin

especially : the English verbal noun ending in -ing that has the function of a substantive and at the same time shows the verbal features of tense, voice, and capacity to take adverbial qualifiers and to govern (see GOVERN sense

4) objects

Examples of Gerund in a Sentence

In the sentence “Learning can be fun,” “learning” is a gerund.

First Known Use of Gerund

1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1