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The progressive tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going, also called continuous tense verbs (the -ing words). This tense of verbs also serve as verbal nouns called gerunds. Some examples of gerunds are:

  • asking
  • borrowing
  • calling
  • dancing
  • earning
  • foraging
  • giggling
  • helping
  • icing
  • joking
  • kissing
  • laughing
  • making
  • noticing
  • opening
  • playing
  • questioning
  • renting
  • speaking
  • trading
  • undoing
  • verifying
  • watching
  • yelling
  • zoning

Note that the progressive tense verbs are also used as adjectives.

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