Gerund or Continuous Form
Is it a Gerund or a Continuous Form?
Even though both forms end in -ing, it is easy to find out whether it is a Gerund or a Continuous form.
1. Continuous Tenses
These tenses are formed with to be and the infinitive + –ing.
Sentence | Tense |
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She is watching television. | Present Continuous |
She was watching television. | Past Continuous |
She has been watching television for two hours. | Present Perfect Continuous |
She had been watching television before Jane came in. | Past Perfect Continuous |
She will be watching television when I get home. | will-future Continuous |
She will have been watching television. | Future Perfect Continuous |
She would be watching television if she had time. | Conditional Continuous |
She would have been watching television if she had had time. | Conditional Perfect Continuous |
2. Gerund
The Gerund is formed only with infinitive + –ing.
Sentence |
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Watching television is great fun. |
She likes watching television. |
She is looking forward to watching television tonight. |
She keeps on watching television. |
How about watching television? |
She is crazy about watching television. |
After watching television, he went to bed. |