curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-have-a-conversation-about-preferences-and-motivations/65811619cf9fad1fe57fd7b8.md
Verbs ending in -ing can be gerunds or present participles.
A gerund acts like a noun and is used to talk about the activity itself. For example, in Coding is fun, Coding is a gerund because it's the subject of the sentence, just like a noun.
The present continuous tense is formed using the verb to be and a present participle to describe actions that are happening right now. For example, in She is coding, is coding is in the present continuous tense because it shows what she is doing at this moment.
In I love exploring many new technologies, how is exploring used?
As a verb in the present continuous structure
Present continuous are for actions happening now. This is not showing an action happening now.
As a verb in the simple present structure
Simple present verbs don't end in -ing.
As a verb in the gerund form
As a verb in the past participle form
Past participles are for perfect tenses or as adjectives. This is not used like that here.
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