VERB + –ING (GERUNDS AND PARTICIPLES)

1. The verb + –ing used as a Noun or Gerund
2. The verb + –ing used as the Present Participle
3. The verb + –ing used as an Adjective.

The –ing form is used in three ways:

a) The –ing form is used as a verb (present participle).
EXAMPLE: Adam is jogging in the park. / Eve saw a pickpocket stealing a wallet.

b) The –ing form is used as a noun (gerund)
EXAMPLE: Everyone in the family likes cooking.

c) The –ing form is used as an adjective.
EXAMPLE: They managed to save the drowning child.