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Words ending in ing?

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Some words ending with 'ing' are:

  1. adoring
  2. burning
  3. caring
  4. driving
  5. earning
  6. ending
  7. facing
  8. fleeing
  9. grinding
  10. hiding
  11. inching
  12. jumping
  13. kicking
  14. learning
  15. loving
  16. mentioning
  17. nesting
  18. opening
  19. praising
  20. peeling
  21. quilting
  22. racing
  23. seeing
  24. steaming
  25. touring
  26. using
  27. vaulting
  28. watching
  29. examining
  30. yawning
  31. zoning

Is uncover a compound noun?

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No, the word 'uncover' is a verb (uncover, uncovers, uncovering, uncovered); meaning to remove a cover or hat; to reveal or disclose.

example: An investigation should uncover the truth.

The verb 'uncover' is not a compound word; the verb is made up of the verb to 'cover' and the prefix 'un-' (the prefix is not a word).

Is challenged a physical or mental verb?

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physical

Is the word 'overtake' a compound word?

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Yes, over + take= overtake (compound word).

Is found a linking or action verb?

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It is an action verb because it is something you do.

Is inches a verb?

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It can be. Then it would be the third person singular form of inch.

She inches her way to the table and reaches for the key.

Is atomic a verb?

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NO!!!

'Atomic' is an adjective, e.g. Atomic Mass.

What are two verbs describing car ending in ing?

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Verbs don't describe, they show actions or states.

The car was careering over the road.

His car is leaking oil.

careering and leaking are verbs.

-ing verbs to describe lamb?

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shinning

Is have a to be verb?

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'Have' is of the verb 'to have'.

'is' is of the verb 'to be'.

What is the verb of important?

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It indicates performance or action

Yesterday you went to the mall Is the verb transitive or intransitive?

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The only verb in the sentence, "Yesterday you went to the mall", is intransitive. (The verb is "went".)

What are the 20 rules of subject-verb agreement?

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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

The subject and the verb must agree in number: both must be singular or both must be plural. Students have problems with subject verb agreement when the verb is a form of be or have, or when the verb is in present tense.

Rules for subject verb agreement
  1. When words like the following are used as subjects, they take singular verb.

Everybody

Anybody

Somebody

Nobody

Each

Everyone

Anyone

Someone

No one

Either

Everything

Anything

Something

Nothing

Neither

Everybody knows the answer.

Nobody speaks German here.

Somebody was in the room.

  1. When every and each come before a singular subject joined by and, the verb is singular.

Every man and woman has the right to vote.

Each student and teacher was aware of the difficulty.

  1. Prepositional phrases that come between the subject and the verb do not change the number of the subject.

The teacher as well as the students was working on the problem.

The mother together with her children is waiting.

Some examples of prepositional phrases that function like that are:

As well as

In addition to

Together with

Along with

Except

  1. When the verb comes before the subject as in there or here sentences, it agrees with the subject that immediately follows the verb.

There is a tree in the garden.

There are many trees in the garden.

There is a pine tree and some oaks in the garden.

There goes the cat.

There seems to be a relationship.

There arise problems.

There arises a problem.

  1. "Introductory it" is always singular.

It is my sister who works in the hospital.

It is my cats which cause the trouble.

  1. Subjects joined by and take a plural verb (except for number 2).

My sister and brother live in Berlin.

Both the teacher and the student were surprised.

  1. Several, many, both, few are plural words and take a plural verb.

Both are happy with the grades they got.

Many were lost on the way.

Few have done their homework.

  1. Some nouns are always plural and always take a plural verb.
  • Trousers, pants, slacks, shorts, briefs, jeans
  • Glasses, sunglasses
  • Scissors, pliers, tweezers

My jeans are old.

This year shorts are in fashion.

Where are my scissors?

  1. Some words such as none, any, all, more, most, some, majority, half may take either singular or plural verbs depending on the meaning.

All the money has been spent.

All of the students know the answer.

  1. When subjects are joined by words such as neither, either, not only the verb must agree with the closer subject.

Either the man or his wife knows the answer.

Either the man or his friends know the answer.

Either the children or the man knows the answer.

  1. Collective nouns are usually singular when regarded as a unit.

My family lives in Ankara.

Our team has won every game this year.

Sometimes when the members are seen as functioning independently, these collective nouns may be plural.

My family have a lot of money. (members of my family)

Our team are working hard to win every game they play. (team members)

· Some collective nouns in this group are:

Family, team, crew, class, government, committee

  1. Some nouns have the same singular and plural form. They take singular or plural verb depending on the meaning.

This species of monkeys lives only in India.

There are many species of monkeys.

· Some nouns in this group are:

Species, series, deer, fish, sheep

  1. Expressions stating amount of time, money, weight, volume are plural in form but take a singular verb as in:

Three weeks is a long time.

Two hundred dollars is a lot of money.

  1. Some nouns look plural with -s but they take a singular verb.

Sciences

Abstract nouns

Diseases

Physics

Mathematics

Statistics

Economics

News

Politics

Ethics

Measles

Mumps

Maths is found difficult by many students.

Statistics requires complicated methods.

  1. Generic references with the require plural verb.

The rich are not always happy.

The young like to listen to loud music.

The old hate loud music.

The English are distant and the French are humorous.

Is have sold a verb adverb preposition conjunction or interjection?

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Have sold is present perfect tense verb in the active voice.

Is in the sky a verb?

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Is the word shoot a verb?

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YES!!!

If you can put the word to' in front of it, then it is a verb. Hence 'to shoot'.

Is hasn't a verb or noun?

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The word hasn't is a contraction, a verb-adverb combination; a shortened form for 'has not'. Examples:

He has not called. or He hasn't called.

Is penetrate a verb noun or adjective?

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penetrate is an adjective

Is 'ran' a verb?

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YES!!!

It is the verb 'to run; As 'Ran' it is in the Past tence. e.g. I ran for the bus.

NB Verbs have three tenses ; viz. Future, Present, and Past tenses.

How to be happy?

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Being happy comes down to our own choices. We humans are motivated by things that reward us in one way or another, and in that process we forget our own happpiness. Being happy is Peace, being happy is Sovereign.

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What is the verb of darkness?

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Verbs ending in ing for the word sun?

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what words end with ing for sun