How to know whether a "ing" form is a gerund

[goelmohit2002]

Hi All,

Can some one please tell how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a gerund or a verb ?

Working overtime, John accompolished...
>> Here Working is verb.

Jogging is good for health.
>> Here Jogging is acting as noun.

Basically in a long complex sentence, how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a noun or verb.

Thanks
Mohit

[El Cucu]

Hi All,

Can some one please tell how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a gerund or a verb ?

Working overtime, John accompolished...
>> Here Working is verb.

Jogging is good for health.
>> Here Jogging is acting as verb.

Basically in a long complex sentence, how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a noun or verb.ou

That shouldn´t be a problem. Always look for the meaning of the sentence.
By the way. your sentence "Jogging is good for health", you can see that jogging is acting as a noun, as it is the subject of the sentence.

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

Easy way to think of a gerund is to ask if the word is being used as a noun or a verb. If the -ing word is used as the subject or object of a sentence (noun) then it's a gerund, as in "running is a fun way to exercise." Running in this sentence is the subject of the sentence and is used as a noun, and therefore is a gerund....

hope this helps.

[goelmohit2002]

Easy way to think of a gerund is to ask if the word is being used as a noun or a verb. If the -ing word is used as the subject or object of a sentence (noun) then it's a gerund, as in "running is a fun way to exercise." Running in this sentence is the subject of the sentence and is used as a noun, and therefore is a gerund....

hope this helps.

Thanks Bryan.

Can you please give one example of the case of object ?