A summary of the usage of the verb ing in primary schools

Express the ongoing progress, be the subject of the sentence, and be the predicative.

The verb "ing" as a predicative has two obvious characteristics: one is to express the content of equivalence, that is, the predicative and the subject are "equivalent" to indicate the specific content of the subject. At this time, the verb "ing" is a gerund in traditional grammar.

The second is to express the nature or characteristics of the subject. At this time, the verb ing form is a present participle in traditional grammar, but this ing form has usually been transformed into an adjective.

A gerund in the form of the verb ing can be the subject in a sentence.

The verb ing form can be used in sentence patterns with it as the formal subject.

The general form of the verb ing can be used to refer to general actions and has no special time significance.

There are eight main rules for the change of the verb ing form, namely: verb plus+ing; Double the last consonant letter and add+ing; Remove the verb ending in the silent letter e and add+ing; The verb ending in y is directly+ing; The verb ending in ie is changed from ie to y, and then +ing is added.

Generally speaking, the ing form of verbs expresses general, habitual or abstract actions, and the concept of time is not strong. The actions expressed by infinitives are often concrete or one-off actions, especially future actions.