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**** where the simple past tense of a verb is used to show a condition of something | **** where the simple past tense of a verb is used to show a condition of something | ||
*** examples: | *** examples: | ||
**** "Boiled water is sanitized" | **** "Boiled water is sanitized" ("boiled" and "sanitized" are both adjectives that describe the noun, "water") | ||
*** "present participle" | *** "present participle" | ||
**** uses the -ing form | **** uses the -ing form | ||
examples: | *** examples: | ||
**** " | **** "The boiling water is hot" ("boiling" describes the water) | ||
** gerund | ** gerund | ||
*** verbs that act as nouns | *** verbs that act as nouns | ||
*** use the -ing form | *** use the -ing form | ||
*** examples | *** examples | ||
**** "to swim" + -ing = "swimming" = a noun for the act of swimming | |||
**** "Boiling water sanitizes it" ("boiling" is an act, therefore a noun, from the verb "to boil") | |||
*** 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 | * See | ||
** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbforms Grammar: Verb Forms: "-ing," Infinitives, and Past Participles (Walden Univ)] | ** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbforms Grammar: Verb Forms: "-ing," Infinitives, and Past Participles (Walden Univ)] | ||