English Preparation

A participle and a gerund both end with '-ing'; however, they play different roles. A gerund acts as a noun, whereas a participle acts as an adjective or helps in forming verb tenses.

Examples:

• Singing loudly annoys the neighbors. (Gerund phrase, subject)
• The singing bird woke me up. (Participle, describing a bird)

The '-ing' form of a verb is called the present participle. It can act as:

• A gerund (noun)
• A participle (adjective)
• Part of a continuous tense

Examples:

Cooking is relaxing. (Gerund)

The boiling water is hot. (Present Participle)

She is cooking dinner now. (Continuous Verb)

In English, a gerund phrase is a gerund plus any object, modifier, or complement that goes with it. Just like a gerund, a gerund phrase also works as a noun. 

Example: Watching movies at night helps me relax.

Here, Gerund is “Watching” and Modifier is “movies at night”.

A gerund is a verb ending with '-ing' and functioning as a noun. Gerunds in English grammar can be used in many positions:

• As a subject
• As an object
• As a subject complement

For example, His hobby is painting.

Students who want to master the active and passive voice topics are advised to follow the above-mentioned questions to practise. It will help them develop an understanding of the topic. Along with the above mentioned questions candidates can check the some standards books to prepare for the active and passive voice. 

To convert a sentence from active to passive voice, we first need to make the object of the active sentence the subject, and subject to object. After that we need to convert the sentence as per the active-passive rules mentioned on the page above as per active and passive grammar rules. . 

When using either/or neither/nor, the verb agrees with the subject the closest to it.

Example:

• Neither my friend nor her parents have arrived yet.
• Either my brothers or my sister is going to help you.