Nouns: -ing Forms as Subjects

-ing Forms as Subjects

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Words that end in -ing are NOT always verbs!

Sometimes they are used like nouns to be the subject of the sentence.

When -ing words are nouns, the subject of the sentence we call them...

Gerunds

Multiple Choice

Words ending in -ing are always verbs!

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A gerund is...

• a subject/noun formed from the -ing form of the word.

• any -ing word

Multiple Choice

_______ Jaydrick practicing his coreography in the mornings is a regular thing.

• See

• To see

• Seeing