Question

2 part question please!

1) PERSEVERING will help you achieve your goals.
Perseving is used as what part of speech? noun, verb, adjective or adverb
Same sentence:

2) PERSEVERING is an/an? participle, coordinating conjunction, gerund or modal?

Answer 1

#1 That is a Noun.

Answer 2

In English, the -ing form can be a participle or a gerund. A participle can be part of the verb of the sentence (predicate) or an adjective. A gerund acts like a noun (subject or object).

Answer 3

it is not a gerund because I missed it on the first exam. If it is a participle, can it still be a noun