Participles and gerunds

Playing tennis professionally requires hard work and dedication.

b

Gerund (noun)

Present participle (adjective)

Present participle (continuous tense)

The world's top earning sportsman is a football player.

a

Gerund (noun)

Present participle (adjective)

Present participle (continuous tense)

Originally lacking emotional control, Federer later became known for his cool attitude under pressure.

a

Present participle (continuous tense)

Gerund (noun)

Present participle (adjective)

Data science is about crunching numbers to provide knowledge and create strategy.

b

Present participle (continuous tense)

Present participle (adjective)

Gerund (noun)

The gymnast Simone Biles is competing again after taking a mental health break.

c

b

Present participle (continuous tense)

Present participle (adjective)

Gerund (noun)

To create winning strategies, sports teams are exploiting performance data.

• gerund (noun)

• participle (noun)

• participle (adjective)

• participle (continuous tense)

The swimmer currently (a)   ​ the record for gold medals at the world championships is Katie Ledeycki ​

• holding
• is holding
• holds

I find that watching esports is exciting.

• present participle (verb)

• gerund (noun)

• present participle (verb)

• present participle (adjective)

After captaining Team USA at the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019, Megan Rapinoe became a symbol of gender equality activism.

Since setting the world records for both the 100m and 200m races in 2009, Usain Bolt has become the symbol of sprinting.

d

c

2 - present participle (gerund)

1 - present participle (gerund)

1 - present participle (continuous)

1 - present participle (adjective)

2 - present participle (continuous)