Formación del Gerundio La regla general para construir el gerundio es añadir el sufijo -ing al verbo. Pero esta regla tiene 3 excepciones: Doblado de Consonante en el Gerundio Algunos verbos doblan su consonante final en la formación el gerundio. Esto sucede cuando se cumplen las siguientes condiciones: El verbo es monosílabo o recae el acento en la última sílaba o bien que termina en "L". El verbo termina en una sola consonante (sin ser r, w, x ó y). Que la última consonante sea precedida de una única vocal. Verbo Gerundio Significado to swim swimming nadar to run running correr to win winning ganar Verbos terminados en "-ie" Para estos verbos, la "i latina" pasa a ser "y griega". Se ve más fácil con unos ejemplos Verbo Gerundio Significado die dying morir lie lying mentir tie tying atar Verbos terminados en "-e" Los verbos terminados en "-e", pierden esta letra al formar el gerundio. Solo el verbo to be, la conserva. Verbo Gerundio Significado to make making hacer to cause causing causar to be being ser INFINITIVO – GERUNDIO agree – agreeing fill – filling make – making speak – speaking allow – allowing find – finding mean – meaning spend – spending answer – answering finish – finishing meet – meeting start – starting ask – asking fly – flying move – moving stop – stopping be – being follow – following need – needing study – studying become -becoming forget – forgetting open – opening suggest – suggesting begin – beginning get – getting pay – paying take – taking believe – believing give – giving play – playing talk – talking borrow – borrowing go – going promise – promising tell – telling break – breaking have – having put – putting think – thinking bring – bringing hear – hearing read – reading travel – travelling buy – buying help – helping run – running try – trying carry – carrying hold – holding say – saying turn – turning change – changing know – knowing see – seeing use – using close – closing learn – learning seem – seeming wait – waiting cut – cutting leave – leaving sell – selling walk – walking do – doing like – liking send -sending want – wanting eat – eating listen – listening set – setting watch – watching explain – explaining live – living show – showing work – working fall – falling look – looking sit – sitting worry – worrying feel – feeling lose – losing sleep – sleeping write – writing