ING Functions

       1)   After a preposition: Before leaving, you need to speak to Dulce.

       2)   As a noun or noun phrase: I love swimming. Swimming is very good for your 

health.

       3)   As an adjective: That movie was really boring.

       4)   After certain 

verbs : like see, watch, hear, smell etc. I heard someone playing the guitar.

       5)   Present participles : The present participle of most verbs has the 

form base+ing and is used in the following ways:

a). as part of the continuous form of a verb: I am working

 b). after verbs of movement/position in the pattern: verb + present participle: She 

came running towards me

      c). after verbs of perception in the pattern:  verb + object + present participle: I heard 

someone singing.

      d). as an adjective: Amazing

     e). with the verbs spend and waste, in the pattern: verb + time/money expression + 

present participle: Don't waste time playing computer games!

       6)   As a gerung phrase: A gerund phrase consists of a gerund, its object, and all 

modifiers: Eating blackberries without washing them will make you ill

    7)     Progressive tenses: These tenses are formed with von to be and the infinitive 

+ - ing.

Others uses: 

Phrases with mind:

wouldn’t mind (= would like)

don’t mind (= I am willing to)

would you mind (= will you please...?)

I don’t mind waiting for a few minutes.

Verbs of saying and thinking:

•       admit,  consider,deny, imagine,remember, suggest

      Sources: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/

verbs-followed-ing-clauses, http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/

gerund_progressive.htm, http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/

present_participle.php,http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/gerund_phrase.htm.