Softskill "Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Berbantuan Komputer" (Tugas 3) - "Ing-form"

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The -ing form

The –ing form can be used like a noun, like an adjective or like a verb.

We can use the -ing form of the verb:

•  as a noun:

I love swimming.

Swimming is very good for your health.

You can get fit by swimming regularly.

-ing nouns are nearly always uncount nouns

•  as an adjective:

The main problem today is rising prices.

That programme was really boring.

He saw a woman lying on the floor.

Because the -ing noun or adjective is formed from a verb it can have any of the patterns which follow a verb, for example:

•                     ... an object:

I like playing tennis.

I saw a dog chasing a cat.

• ... or an adverbial:

You can earn a lot of money by working hard.

There were several people waiting for the bus.

•  ... or a clause:

I heard someone saying that.

The -ing noun can be used:

•  as the subject of a verb:

Learning English is not easy.

•  as the object of a verb:

We enjoy learning English.

Common verbs followed by an -ing object are:

Admit	Like	Hate	Start	Avoid
Suggest	Enjoy	Dislike	begin	finish

• as the object of a preposition

Some people are not interested in learning English.

The -ing adjective can come:

• in front of a noun:

I read an interesting article in the newspaper today.

We saw a really exciting match on Sunday.

 The commonest –ing adjectives used in front of the noun are :

Amusing	Interesting	Worrying	Shocking	Disappointing
Boring	Surprising	Exciting	Frightening
Tiring	Annoying	Terrifying

•  after a noun:

Who is that man standing over there?

The boy talking to Angela is her younger brother.

• and especially after verbs like see, watch, hear, smell etc.

I heard someone playing the piano.

I can smell something burning.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/ing-forms

And than for my softskill assignment, this is the example ing-form that I take from an article :

  

And than for my softskill assignment, this is the example ing-form that I take from an article :

Profiles OCTOBER 27, 2014 ISSUE Thirty-Three-Hit Wonder Billy Joel still lives on Long Island, still rules the Garden. BY NICK PAUMGARTEN http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/27/thirty-three-hit-wonder Billy Joel sat smoking a cigarillo on a patio overlooking Oyster Bay. He had chosen the seating area under a trellis in front of the house, his house, a brick Tudor colossus set on a rise on the southeastern tip of a peninsula called Centre Island, on Long Island’s North Shore. It was a brilliant cloudless September afternoon. Beethoven on Sonos, cicadas in the trees, pugs at his feet. Out on the water, an oyster dredge circled the seeding beds while baymen raked clams in the flats. Joel surveyed the rising tide. Sixty-five. Semi-retirement. Weeks of idleness, of puttering around his motorcycle shop and futzing with lobster boats, of books and dogs and meals, were about to give way to a microburst of work. His next concert, his first in more than a month, was scheduled to begin in five hours, at Madison Square Garden, and he appeared to be composing himself.

 

 There are the "ing-form" from the article above :

1. Billy Joel sat smoking a cigarillo

    > Ing- as a noun because that is gerund

2. overlooking Oyster Bay

    > Ing- as an adjective because overlooking refers to Bay

3. He had chosen the seating area under a trellis in front of the house

    > Ing- as an adjective because seating refers to noun from the word erea

4. Out on the water, an oyster dredge circled the seeding beds while baymen raked clams in the flats. 

    > Ing- as an adjective because seeding refers to noun from the word beds

5. Joel surveyed the rising tide.

    > Ing- as an adjective because rising refers to noun from the word tide

6. Weeks of idleness, of puttering around his motorcycle shop and futzing with lobster boats,

    > Ing- as a noun because it is gerund ( after the word "of" must be followed by gerund that have a function as a noun)

7. he appeared to be composing himself.

    > Ing - as a verb