So make sure that you follow them with a gerund.

一定要在后面跟着一个词。

Also the noun in the gerund, okay?

后面也是词。

The second main reason that English speakers use the by-passive is because the agent noun phrase is long.

词短语过长。

First things first, what are gerunds and infinitives?

首先，什么是词和不定式？

He is using gerunds quite effectively.

他有效地使用了词。

After having, the verb is in the gerund.

After having，词用的是词形式。

The gerund, " buying" is the subject of what is being said.

词" buying" 是谈的主题。

The -ing form of a verb is called a gerund.

词的-ing形式叫做词。

We use the ending -ing to create a gerund.

我们用结尾加 -ing 构成词。

We can use gerunds to talk about activities instead of objects.

我们用词来表示做某事而不是特指某物。

In this example, both seeing and believing are gerunds.

在这个例子中，看到和相信都是词。

And foisting is its continuous and gerund form.

而 foisting 是它的连续和词形式。

Studying, the noun, is part and parcel of going to university.

学习（词）是上大学的重要组成部分。

Remember how gerunds act like nouns?

还记得词是如何充当词的吗？

The the verb have is acting as a gerund, it's acting as a noun there.

词“have”这里是词，它相当于词。

As a reminder, a gerund is a noun ending in -ing.

提醒一下，词是以 -ing 结尾的词。

The present participle can act as a gerund, adjective or part of a verb.

现在分词可以作为词、形容词或词的一部分。

Congratulations, you've successfully learnt about the differences between infinitives and gerunds.

恭喜你，你已经成功地了解了不定式和词。

Now, a gerund " ing" is basically the activity of the verb.

所以，以ing结尾的词基本上就是这个词的作。

Another verb-like structure we examined are gerunds.

我们研究的另一个类似词的结构是词。