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-ing forms in English ‘’-ing’’ is a suffix used to make one of the inflected forms of English verbs. There are four important ways to use this form in English #1: Present participle in progressive or continuous tenses Present participles are used to produce adjectival or adverbial phrases. Examples: I am talking to you right now. (present progressive or present continuous) I have been thinking a lot about this decision. (present perfect progressive or present perfect continuous) You were already sleeping. (past progressive or past continuous) I will be taking my friend to the airport. (future progressive or future continuous) #2: Gerund (the form that names the action of a verb) Gerunds are used to produce noun phrases. Examples: Reading books is fun. (gerund as a subject) I like swimming. (gerund as direct object) #3: Pure adjectives and nouns These forms are called deverbal adjectives or nouns. Examples: Loud shouting is annoying. (shouting is a pure noun, modified by the adjective loud) It was a very exciting game. (exciting is a pure adjective, modified by the adverb very) #4: -ing form after certain prepositions and verbs These exceptional cases must be learned by heart. Examples: I improved my English by practicing each day. I’m sorry for being late. I enjoy playing basketball. I keep asking questions intelligent questions.