Many students continued demanding their rights, despite the government's attempts to intimidate them.
Here, 'demanding' is a/an -

• Many students continued demanding their rights, despite the government's attempts to intimidate them.
- Here, 'demanding' is a - Gerund.

• Gerund:
- Verb+ing যদি একই সাথে Verb ও Noun এর কাজ করে, তখন তাকে Gerund বলা হয়।
- Noun হলে সাধারণত বাংলা অর্থে আ-কার যোগ হয়।
- যেমন- Swimming = সাঁতার কাটা, Walking = হাঁটা ইত্যাদি।
- Gerunds don’t describe action, they act as nouns.

Functions of the Gerund:
কোন বাক্যে Gerund ব্যবহৃত হয়:
1. As subject: Rising early is a good habit.
2. As object: I like playing Badminton.

3. As an object of a preposition: The old woman is tired of walking.
4. As a complement of a verb: Working is earning.