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Adjectives provide further description for nouns, adverbs add on to verbs. It's how we know the
woman was gorgeous or the sunset was glittering.
Gerunds
Gerunds belong on the same branch of the family tree as adjectives and adverbs. Gerunds are created
out of verbs, but function as nouns. Take a look at this sentence:
"Do you mind my borrowing your hair straighteners?" It seems like borrowing should be the verb, right?
In fact, borrowing is the gerund, acting as a noun, and mind is the verb.
In English, gerunds end in -ing. Gerunds can be descriptive words because are often used to describe
the actions of an individual.
In the examples below, baking is first up. Here's an example of baking functioning in a sentence as a
gerund: "The party's success was all due to my baking of the apple pies." Enjoy this sampling:
Anger - Hostility
Agitated Savage Nasty Hateful Defiant Bullying
rotten
Distress
Affected ridiculous disturbed unlucky offended disgusted
Inability - Inadequacy
anemic incompetent unfit frail sickly defective