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11 Mohammad Mahfooz Hussaino Let's flip it: %u201cReading is his hobby.%u201do Result: Makes perfect sense. %u201cReading%u201d is a Gerund (Noun).Example B: %u201cThe movie is exciting.%u201do Let's flip it: %u201cExciting is the movie.%u201do Result: This sounds broken. %u201cExciting%u201d cannot act as the subject. Therefore, it is a Present Participle (Adjective).Test 2: The %u201cVery%u201d Test (The Intensifier Test)Adjectives are gradable, meaning they can be scaled up or down. You can be a little tired or very tired. Therefore, you can put an intensifier like %u201cvery,%u201d %u201creally,%u201d or %u201cextremely%u201d right in front of an adjective.Nouns (gerunds) cannot be modified by %u201cvery%u201d. You cannot be very a basketball, and you cannot be very reading.Example A: %u201cThis situation is frustrating.%u201d%u2022 The Test: %u201cThis situation is very frustrating.%u201d%u2022 Result: Makes perfect sense. %u201cFrustrating%u201d is a Present Participle (Adjective).Example B: %u201cHis biggest mistake was cheating.%u201d%u2022 The Test: %u201cHis biggest mistake was very cheating.%u201d%u2022 Result: Complete nonsense. You cannot say %u201cvery cheating%u201d.Therefore, %u201ccheating%u201d is a Gerund (Noun).