GERUND is the “continuous form of a verb".
Read this sentence.
. Smoking is prohibited here.
The word “smoking" is formed from the verb smoke by adding –ing.
You can see that here in this sentence, the word “smoking" does the function of a subject (Noun). So, it is a Verb-Noun.
That is called Gerund.
On many occasions the “continuous form of the verb" can be used as a noun.
“Smoke" is the simple present-tense form.
“Smoked" is the past-tense form of the verb “smoke".
“Smoking" is the continuous form of the verb “smoke".
Those continuous forms of many verbs can be used as nouns.
Those nouns are called “verbal nouns".
“GERUND" is one of the two verbal nouns.
The other verbal noun is “Infinitive".
We have seen the “Infinitive" in another section.
Let us see “Gerund" now.
A gerund is that form of the verb which ends in –ing and has the force of a noun and a verb. right
