plural noun abundant and valuable possessions; wealth.

Wealth is defined by Oxford American Dictionary as “riches, possession of these.” And riches are defined as “a great quantity of money or property or valuable possessions”. These are concrete things.

wealthy is an adjective. Abstract noun of wealthy is wealthiness. hope it helps!

improve. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

Again, love, like, hate, dislike, and enjoy are Transitive Verbs, so not only do they need Objects, but you CAN’T separate Transitive Verbs and their Objects like in the above sentences.

1[intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to be aware of sounds with your ears I can’t hear very well. hear something/somebody She heard footsteps behind her.

verb (used without object), heard [hurd], hear·ing. to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations. to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend. to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often followed by of): I will not hear of your going.

Yes, gerunds all end with -ing, simply by definition. A gerund is, in Latin, a form of the verb which can be construed as (i.e. has functional characteristics of) a noun – it can act as subject or object of a verb, for example, or can take a plural ending.

If you listened to the podcast on possessives and gerunds, you may remember that the “ing” form of a verb can also be a present participle, another funny-sounding name. This is always true, even for the most irregular verb in the language, “be.” The form “being” is both a gerund and a present participle.

No. All -ing words are the present participle form of verbs. Some of them are used verbally and adverbally; these function are called “participles.” However, when the -ing form is used as a noun, this function is called “gerund.”