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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

GERUNDS



"In English the gerund is identical in form to the present participle (ending in -ing) and can behave as a verb within a clause (so that it may be modified by an adverb or have an object), but the clause as a whole (sometimes consisting only of one word, the gerund) acts as a noun within the larger sentence. For example:

Editing this article is very easy." (Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund)
READINGS

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_1.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_2.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_3.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_4.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/gerund.htm

EXERCISES

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_quiz.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisegerunds.htm
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/gerund1.htm

Posted by Colin Scheyen at 11:42 AM

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