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• Children love watching cartoon films.
- Here, "watching" is- Gerund.

- এখানে, 'watching' শব্দটি 'love' - Verb -এর Object হওয়ার কারণে এটি Noun হিসেবে কাজ করছে।
- আর Verb+ing মিলে Noun হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হলে এটা Gerund হয়।

• Gerund:
- Verb -এর সাথে ing যোগ হয়ে যদি noun -এর কাজ করে অর্থাৎ, একই সাথে Verb ও noun -এর কাজ করে, তখন তাকে Gerund বলে।
- সহজে → Gerund = Verb + ing = noun = Verb + noun -এর কাজ করে।
- Gerunds don’t describe action—they act as nouns.

• Functions of the Gerund:
1. Subject of a verb: Rising early is a good habit.
2. Object of a verb: I like reading poetry.
3. Object of a preposition: I am tired of waiting.
4. Complement of a verb: Seeing is believing.
5. As absolutely (part of a compound noun): This is my drawing-room.

• অন্যদিকে,
- Present Participle (verb+ing) হলো verbal adjective যা noun/pronoun কে modify করে অর্থাৎ, adjective-এর কাজ করে।

- Infinitive হলো Verb এর base form এবং to + base form.

- Finite verb হলো যা tense এবং subject verb agreement দেখায় (here, love is the finite verb).

Source: High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren And Martin.