<h3>Gerunds may sound very spooky when it comes to hard grammar rules but they are simply: verb + ing. Yep, that's it!</h3>A gerund can be walking, drinking, swimming, etc. These are all gerunds, and they act as a noun. Yes, you heard it right, gerunds are not verbs although they have a verb word in them.<blockquote>Gerund rule: verb + ing</blockquote>But hold on, you might ask then what of Present Participles (continuous tense)? We can differentiate Present Participles from Gerunds. Since Present participles do not act as nouns. Gerund examples:1. He had taught us swimming.Here, the word "swimming" was not used as a verb but rather as a noun. More specifically, as the object of the sentence.2. Apologizing is not enough this time.Here, "Apologizing" is used as the subject of the sentence. This is also a noun. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://baalish.com/mr_rahman/grammar-how-to-find-the-subject-of-a-sentence">How to know if it is the subject? </a>We can know this is the subject since it is directly connected to the main verb of the sentence: "is".So, remembering this rule will help you quickly identify which is a verb and which is a gerund.

Gerunds may sound very spooky when it comes to hard grammar rules but they are simply: verb + ing. Yep, that's it!

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Aneek Rahman

Verb Grammar: What are gerunds?