In the sentence "Walking is good for you," the gerund is "walking." A gerund is the -ing form of a verb that functions as a noun, and in this case, "walking" acts as the subject of the sentence.
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.
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)
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.
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.