The gerund form of "walked" is "walking." It functions as a noun and indicates the action of walking.
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It is what is known as a gerund. It is a verb in its -ingform that is being used as a noun.In the sentence, this gerund is the direct object.
Walking is the present participle of walk. It can be used as a verb to create the progressive tense, as a gerund (verbal noun), and as an adjective.Verb: I was walking home when the rain came.Gerund: Walking is good exercise.Adjective: I can't find my walking shoes.
Walking is the present participle of walk. It can be used as a verb to create the progressive tense, as a gerund (verbal noun), and as an adjective.Verb: I was walking home when the rain came.Gerund: Walking is good exercise.Adjective: I can't find my walking shoes.
No, the word 'walking' is a gerund, the present participle of the verb 'to walk' that functions as a noun or an adjective.Example:Jack is walking his dog. (verb)I bought some new walking shoes. (adjective)Walking is good exercise (noun)A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.Jack is walking his dog. It is a beagle. (the pronoun 'it' takes the place of the noun 'dog' in the second sentence)
The gerund for of the verb "caminar" (to walk) is "caminando".
A present participle has the same form as a gerund. Gerund is to used to refer to a verb that is being used as a noun. Present participles are constructed by adding -ing to the end of the verb.eg:She is going to school now. -- here going is a verb.I like walking. -- here walking is a gerund.
In your "fragment", walking is a participle. Think of it this way; while (doing what?) walking, and since this word adds -ing to the end of the verb "walk", it is therefore a participle.
The pronouns that take the place of the gerund 'walking' are:Walking is the only exercise I get. It also gets me to where I want to go. (personal pronoun)Walking is good exercise. Its benefits are well known. (possessive adjective)Walking itself is all the exercise you need if you walk enough. (reflexive pronoun)
A gerund is the present participle of a verb (the -ing word) that functions in a sentence as a noun. Some examples are:playingreadingdancingswimmingfishingrunningthinkingwishinghopingguessing
Partly right - a gerund is a verb ending in -ing. But it is used as a noun. egI like reading. Walking is good exercise. I have never liked swimming that much.