Cooking - noun, verb or adjective?

China
March 2, 2009 8:58am CST
I am a little confused about -ing endings on verbs. Eg. Cooking: I can say "I will be doing some cooking over the weekend", in which case it appears to be noun. I can say "I have been cooking", in which case it is part of a verb. Persent prefect progressive? Or I can say "I am using some new cooking techniques", in which case it appears to be adjective.What is it?
5 responses
thecrazyjogger
@thecrazyjogger (3178)
• India
6 Mar 09
hmm interesting one happy lottin and have a nice day!
ronharold
@ronharold (555)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
Hehe.. I'm not in english also. I'm here in mylot to train myself in english.
rroshanr
@rroshanr (35)
•
2 Mar 09
hehe. I have the same problem. It is really a headache.
Archie0
@Archie0 (5636)
•
2 Mar 09
well its verb absolutely because its describing the action right? i think then cooking is a verb itself
kirei24
@kirei24 (251)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
its a verb. ever heard of the -ing form of the verb. cooking is an example.