مثال:

• He is painting.
• She was waiting.
• They will be coming.
• We would be staying.
• I would have been leaving.

مثال:

• We saw him swimming across the pond.
• I watched her painting Sarah’s portrait.
• I couldn’t hear her singing because of the noise.
• I would like to see you knitting sometime.

مثال ها‌:

• She sat looking at the sea.
• He walks reading his newspaper.
• I cook listening to the radio.
• Sally lay listening to the bugs in the grass.

مثال ها‌:

• Did you read that amazing book?
• This movie is so exciting!
• His economics class is boring.

مثال ها‌:

• Eating people is wrong.
• Driving too fast is dangerous.
• Walking is good for you.
• Your knitting it beautiful.

مثال ها‌:

• Can you sneeze without opening your mouth?
• She is good at painting.
• I was the fastest at climbing the rope.
• He learns music by listening to the chords.

مثال ها‌:

• I like cooking.
• He enjoys walking.
• They hate milking cows.
• I can imagine drifting away in a balloon.

مثال ها‌:

• I took her to her driving lessons.
• We are going to the swimming pool.
• My uncle does a lot of bird-watching.
• I found this pie by dumpster-diving.