INGILIZCE GERUNDS AND PAST PARTICIPLES – TÜRKÇE KONU ANLATIMI

We use verb + ing (gerunds):

– as an adjective

eg. The way the police were questioning me was rather intimidating.

– in reduced relative clauses

eg. People (who are) living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

– after certain verbs

eg. I regret going to the party last night.

– after prepositions

eg. She displayed her generosity by donating all the money to charity.

We use past participles:

– in reduced relative clauses where the original clause contains a passive verb

eg. The framed football jersey, (which was) signed by the team, hangs in his office.

– as an adjective

He was interested as soon as I mentioned the money.