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Locate and identify the -ing form. The boys were going down to the lake to fish. Verb phrase Participle Gerund

Locate and identify the -ing form. The boys were going down to the lake to fish. Verb phrase Participle Gerund
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Locate and identify the -ing form.

The boys were going down to the lake to fish.
Verb phrase
Participle
Gerund

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The correct answer is verb phrase.

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Going is the -ing form, and it is a participle, because it is used to create past continuous/progressive tense, where participles are used. Therefore it cannot be a gerund, because gerunds are used as nouns, not verbs.
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