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** infinitive
** infinitive
** conjugations
** conjugations
** -ing forms
** participles
*** gerunds
*** verb forms that act like an adjective
**** verbs acting as nouns
*** "past participle"
**** example:
**** 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
*** example"
**** 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)]
*** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbtensesMost Common Verb Tenses in Academic Writing (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.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/ing-forms/ The -ing forms (ef.edu Resources for Learning English]
** see
** [https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participles.htm Grammar-Monster.com participles]


=== conjugations ===
=== conjugations ===