[Grammar] pursuing

[sania-baharat]

Hello,
Could anyone please tell me what the use of verb+ing in the underlined part is?
As children enter adolescence, they start spending too much time on the internet, pursuing educational and social activities.

 

[bhaisahab]

What do you mean by 'what the use of verb+ing.... is'?

 

[sania-baharat]

What do you mean by 'what the use of verb+ing.... is'?

I meant how the whole underlined part would be like if we didn't want to use verb +ing form?

 

[Lynxear]

The underlined part of your sentence is a present participle phrase.

"pursuing educational and social activities" acts as an adjective which modifies "time".

 

[sania-baharat]

Wow!! How did you know that? That is so complicated to understand, but how interesting and amazing English language is.Thanks all for your helpful and informative responses.

 

[Raymott]

As children enter adolescence, they start spending too much time on the internet, during which (time) they [STRIKE]pursued[/STRIKE] pursue educational and social activities.

I'm sure this was a simple typo.
Since this is a habitual action, or a general truth, it's written in the simple present tense.