Eating is a noun, as in the act of a person that eats. It is also an adjective as in eating apples or eating utensils. As a verb it refers to anything taken into the mouth, chewed and swallowed. "Are eating" is the present progressive tense of the verb eat and is used for plural subjects. Examples: We are eating, you are eating, they are eating.
yes eating is a verb
No, it is not a preposition. Eating is a verb form or noun (gerund) of the verb "to eat."
Eat is a verb.
Not really. It may be a gerund-a verbal noun. "The eating of the meal." Or it may be a past principle of a verb-"John is eating a meal."
"Have been eating" is the present perfect progressive form of the verb "eat" when the subject of the verb is plural
The word 'ate' is a verb. It can also be eat, or eating.
No and adverb. Adverbs add information about the verb. I hate eating vegetables. I truly hate eating vegetables. (truly has given us more information about the verb hate)
EATING
If it is used as a noun, it is a noun. Verbs are not really converted to nouns it is just that the same form can be used as a noun or a verb or an adjective. For example eating: as a verb - I am eating an apple. as a noun - I like eating. as an adjective - Eating apples are sweet and juicy.
With 'be' the -ing form makes the continuous form of the verb phrase:were eating, was playing, is having.without be it forms the -ing participle, which is the first verb of an -ing clause:I like eating, I like eating fruit.
Fast is both a verb meaning to stop eating (or refrain from eating) and an adjective meaning "quickly"
No. Verb phrases are the same as verbs.Sometimes a single verb is used in a sentence:I like ice cream. The verb is like, it is a single word.Sometimes more than one verb is used, then you have a verb phrase:We are eating ice cream. The verb phrase are eating is be + present participle of eat.They have eaten lots of ice cream. The verb phrase is have eaten it is have + past participle of eat