What is gerund
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April L. asked • 01/31/13
what's the difference between a gerund and a participle?
what's the difference between a gerund and a participle?
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Kelsie T. answered • 02/15/13
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Hey April,
Gerunds and participles both derive from verbs. However,
-A gerund is a verbal noun. As a noun, it stands alone in the sentence.
In English, gerunds always end in -ing (walking, thinking, sleeping).
Again, gerunds are nouns. They stand alone.
All of these are gerunds, because they stand alone. "Walking is a great form of exercise. Thinking about statistics makes my head hurt. I love sleeping."
-A participle is a verbal adjective. As an adjective, it must describe something else in the sentence.
In English, participles end in -en (fallen), -ed (killed), -t (slept), or -ing (thinking).
*Notice that the -ing ending can indicate either a gerund or participle. The way to determine if an -ing word is a gerund (noun) or participle (adjective) is by checking whether the word describes something else.
All of these are participles, because they describe something else: "I bought walking shoes today. Put on your thinking caps! Sleeping pills are terrible for you."
Other, non -ing participles are fairly easy to identify: they describe another word, and they come from verbs.
All of these are non -ing participles: "The trapped fly buzzed about inside the jar. There are far too many tales about fallen angels. The fundraiser, begun too late, was doomed to fail."
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Gerund is a type of non-finite verbs. Its structure is like--verb+ing. It looks like a verb ..but acts like a noun.
Participle is a form of non-finite verbs. There are two types of participles--presrent participle and past participle .
It looks like a verb ...but acts like an adjective. Present participle has been+ing structure . Past participle has third form of verb like structure....