Participle versus gerund - Lesson 2

This lesson looks at the immense confusion in distinguishing a gerund from a participle. A gerund functions as a noun, while a participle functions as an adjective. Nonetheless, we seem to use some ____ING verb forms as both at the same time! I hope this lesson manages to clear up at least some of the confusion. Secondly, there are a number of words which look like gerunds and participles though they are actually adverbial phrases.