Ing-formen er hovedverbet i de aktive former. Verbet foran er en form af to be.
Tider i aktiv
Eksempel
Udvidet nutid
am/is/are walking
Peter is walking to school.
Udvidet datid
was/were walking
Mary was walking to school.
Udvidet førnutid
have/has been walking
They have been walking.
Udvidet førdatid
had been walking
She had been walking.
I passiv er de udvidede tider formet med et hjælpeverbum + being + kort tillægsform.
Tider i passiv
Eksempel
Udvidet nutid
am/is/are being bought
The flowers are being bought.
Udvidet datid
was were being bought
They were being bought.
2. I stedet for en relativsætning
Nogle gange er det muligt, at fjerne relativpronomenet og ændre verbet (eller første hjælpeverbum) til ing-form:
The woman who lives down the road in the green house is my aunt.
The woman living down the road in the green house is my aunt.
I sætning 2 er relativsætningen “who lives down the road in the green house” ændret således, at who lives er blevet til living.
3. I stedet for en bisætning
En bisætning er en sætning, der starter med en underordnende konjunktion. De mest almindelige er as, if, since, when, because, after, before, so that, unless, until, although, even if, even though.
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