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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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the frog is sitting on a rock is SITTING a noun
  

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Hi, No. 'is sitting is the Present Continuous tense. Have you learned this tense yet?

  • Hi, No.
  • 'is sitting is the Present Continuous tense.
  • Have you learned this tense yet?
  • is - auxiliary verb sitting - present participle Clive
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Hi,

No. 'is sitting is the Present Continuous tense. Have you learned this tense yet?

is - auxiliary verb
sitting - present participle

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AnonymousThe frog is sitting on a rock. Is "sitting" a noun?
No, it's a verb, more accurately a present participle. Verbs ending in -ing can sometimes function as nouns. These are called gerunds:

Sitting is not exercise.


For more info on -ing forms…

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