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Neither of your answers fit, but here is a correctly finished sentence with most of the phrases and words:.Despite his fondness for writing involved stories in which dying women are threatening evil villans, his appealing children's stories are his staples. Despite his fondness for writing...

HiYour sentence is in the present perfect. "Have you ever had ...""the feeling" is a gerund, and acts as if it were a noun (it's the direct complement of "have had"). Try and replace it with "idea", "impression" etc (I'm not saying they...

when i teach the Present Continuous tense (elemenentary level) I usually ue these easy steps:1. Introduce/ review the Verb BE, in it's different forms..AM, IS, ARE ( Present Tense)2. Introduce/revi Personal Pronouns, I , HE, SHE, IT, WE, YOU, THEY.3. Explain/expound the relationship of...

For gerunds and participles, see Post:437399. Present continuous and present progressive are two names for the same thing: the tense made by combining a form of to be followed by an -ing form of the verb, e.g., are going, were doing, have been seeing, etc. CJ

Hi,I have been to China twice. - Past Participle. Used in several tenses, like the present perfect. Sometimes used as an adjective.Studying history is a good way to waste your time. - Gerund. A verb used as a noun.Call me later, I'm busy. I am burning a couple of grammar books. - Present...

Cool Breeze wrote:1) Leaving taps on and using too much water is very bad for the environment. (Easy, 2 gerunds right?) Right.2) Everyone should be recycling rubbish. Should is a modal auxiliary or a defective auxiliary as these verbs are also called. It is always followed by an infinitive. Be...

1) Leaving taps on and using too much water is very bad for the environment. (Easy, 2 gerunds right?) Right.2) Everyone should be recycling rubbish. Should is a modal auxiliary or a defective auxiliary as these verbs are also called. It is always followed by an infinitive. Be recycling is a...

Goodman wrote: Jackson, With all seriousness, I am not sure if we are broadcasting the information on the frequencies you can receive…Hello, Earth to Jackson! I hope this will help set you straight from the confusions. I’d rather go sailing – gerund He is a fishing fanatic –...

Jackson, With all seriousness, I am not sure if we are broadcasting the information on the frequencies you can receive…Hello, Earth to Jackson! I hope this will help set you straight from the confusions. I’d rather go sailing – gerund He is a fishing fanatic – adjective He is looking...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi Yoong,yeah, of course that's not a gerund, but does that present participle act as ad adjective or as a part of a present continuous?I saw him entering the building. ---> I saw him. He was entering the building. (present continuous, ongoing action)I saw him sitting on a...