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Notice that some adjectives in the unit reading ended with ''--ing". Students of English sometimes think that only verbs can end in --ing; however, some adjectives can as well. Take a look at the sentences below. Notice how in the first sentence, the 'ing' word is used as a verb, but in the second sentence the 'ing' word is used as an adjective. Notice the different positions of the verb and the adjective in the sentence a and sentence b below: Sentence a) The numbers of women benefiting from micro-credit programmes is increasing. Sentence b) Increasing numbers of women are benefiting from micro-credit programmes. Also, observe how sentence 'b' the information is presented more concisely. Now click to do some practice, transforming sentences with 'ing verbs into 'ing adjectives.
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