A gerund is a type of verbal. it is a noun that adds "ing" to the end of a verb gerunds act as nouns. example: runing example: runing is fun

a gerund is a type of verbal .

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

the turtle carries new life, oat seeds, over to the other side of the highway and plants them there.