There are 3 tenses of verbs
Answer:
Starting to panic, Deidre sought some escape route.
I believe you mean to say 'gerund' phrases, not rerun phrases - there is no such term in grammar.
Anyway, gerund phrases look like verbs - they are formed by adding -ing to the verb itself (sleeping, drinking, eating, etc.). However, they are not used as verbs - they are used as nouns in a sentence. For example:
Sleeping is good for you.
Romeo is more of a shoot first ask questions later kind of guy.
In better words he acts before thinking through the consequences and this is what led to his downfall
