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** infinitive | ** infinitive | ||
** conjugations | ** conjugations | ||
** -ing | ** participles | ||
*** | *** verb forms that act like an adjective | ||
**** verbs | *** "past participle" | ||
**** | **** use the -ed forms | ||
**** where the simple past tense of a verb is used to show a condition of something | |||
*** examples: | |||
**** "Boiled water is sanitized" | |||
*** "present participle" | |||
**** uses the -ing form | |||
examples: | |||
**** "Boiling water becomes sanitized" | |||
** gerund | |||
*** verbs that act as nouns | |||
*** use the -ing form | |||
*** examples | |||
***** "to swim" + -ing = "swimming" = a noun for the act of swimming | ***** "to swim" + -ing = "swimming" = a noun for the act of swimming | ||
*** gerunds are often interchangeable with infinitives | *** gerunds are often interchangeable with infinitives | ||
**** I hate doing math" versus "I hate to do math" | **** I hate doing math" versus "I hate to do math" | ||
* See | |||
** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbforms Grammar: Verb Forms: "-ing," Infinitives, and Past Participles (Walden Univ)] | |||
** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbtensesMost Common Verb Tenses in Academic Writing (Walden Univ)] | |||
** [https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/ing-forms/ The -ing forms (ef.edu Resources for Learning English] | |||
** | ** [https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participles.htm Grammar-Monster.com participles] | ||
=== conjugations === | === conjugations === | ||