Gerund Examples. Gerunds can appear at the beginning of a sentence when used as a subject: Jogging is a hobby of mine. Gerunds can act as an object following the verb: Daniel quit smoking a year ago. Gerunds can serve as an object after a preposition: I look forward to helping you paint the house. Sources for ESL Gerund Games. YourDictionary has taken the work out of finding other online ESL gerund game resources. The following links are excellent online resources for students to practice identifying gerunds. All of the links are associated with college and university language programs and contain credible and accurate information.
A power point presentation of when gerunds and infinitives change the meaning of the sentence after the same verb 2,809 Downloads. To infinitive or ing form. By Pacchy Students have a nice presentation about the use of to infinitive or ing form and do exercises about it. Nice and useful. In English, we use the verb form ending in -ing quite often without distinguishing between the use cases. This makes it difficult when we switch to Spanish, since we now must make that distinction. In Spanish, we have to distinguish between using el gerundio and el infinitive, the gerund and the infinitive forms.
Synopsis of English / ESL Video
This creative & engaging animated ESL video teaches learners about gerunds and infinitives (verbs) at the upper-intermediate level. Use this in class and have a blast!
Title of English / ESL Video
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Target English Grammar
Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs):
– Gerund verbs.
– Infinitives with 'to'.
– Infinitives without 'to'.
Student Proficiency Level
Upper-intermediate level grammar.
Suggested Courses
General English
Instructions
– Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first.
– Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs).
Summary of English Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives (Verbs)
Approximate chronological order:
Gerunds:
– Elicitation of target grammar.
Form:
– Verb + ing
Function:
– Gerunds act as nouns or pronouns.
Specific Uses:
– Likes/dislikes: I love shopping.
– General activities: I'm good at dancing.
– Abstract ideas: I'm not used to working late.
– When there is no noun to describe something: Catching the train during peak hour is really annoying.
– When speaking or writing in incomplete sentences: What are your hobbies? Watching TV and surfing the Internet.
Use Gerunds:
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– As the subject of a sentence: Flying makes me nervous.
– As the object of a sentence: I find listening to music very relaxing.
– After prepositions: The police arrested her for speeding.
– After phrasal verbs: She ended up going to prison.
– After some verbs including: admit, avoid, can't help, carry on, consider, deny, finish, give up, imagine, involve, keep on, miss, postpone, practice, risk, spend, stop, suggest.
– Example: You should avoid taking a stroll outside during a hurricane.
– After words for expressing like/dislike: can't stand, crazy about, enjoy, fancy, hate, like/dislike, keen on, love, don't mind, prefer.
– Example: I love skydiving.
Use Infinitives (with 'to'):
Gerund Vs Infinitive Games
– To express a reason or purpose: He ran to avoid being caught.
– After adjectives: This safe is easy to break open.
– After some verbs, including: can/can't afford, agree, appear, be able to, can't wait, decide, expect, forget, happen, have (got), help, hope, learn, manage, need, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, remember, seem, teach, tend, threaten, try, want, would like.
– Example: He threatened to hurt the man.
*Infinitives are not generally used as the subject of sentences.
Use the Infinitive (without 'to') after:
– Modal verbs: You should see a doctor.
– Auxiliary verbs: We‘ll go swimming tomorrow.
– let, make and help.
– Example 1: Let‘s go shopping.
– Example 2: Help me carry my shoes.
– Example 3: Sometimes she makes me want to scream!
Negative Forms:
Specific Uses:
– Likes/dislikes: I love shopping.
– General activities: I'm good at dancing.
– Abstract ideas: I'm not used to working late.
– When there is no noun to describe something: Catching the train during peak hour is really annoying.
– When speaking or writing in incomplete sentences: What are your hobbies? Watching TV and surfing the Internet.
Use Gerunds:
Gerund Vs Infinitive Game Of Thrones
– As the subject of a sentence: Flying makes me nervous.
– As the object of a sentence: I find listening to music very relaxing.
– After prepositions: The police arrested her for speeding.
– After phrasal verbs: She ended up going to prison.
– After some verbs including: admit, avoid, can't help, carry on, consider, deny, finish, give up, imagine, involve, keep on, miss, postpone, practice, risk, spend, stop, suggest.
– Example: You should avoid taking a stroll outside during a hurricane.
– After words for expressing like/dislike: can't stand, crazy about, enjoy, fancy, hate, like/dislike, keen on, love, don't mind, prefer.
– Example: I love skydiving.
Use Infinitives (with 'to'):
Gerund Vs Infinitive Games
– To express a reason or purpose: He ran to avoid being caught.
– After adjectives: This safe is easy to break open.
– After some verbs, including: can/can't afford, agree, appear, be able to, can't wait, decide, expect, forget, happen, have (got), help, hope, learn, manage, need, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, remember, seem, teach, tend, threaten, try, want, would like.
– Example: He threatened to hurt the man.
*Infinitives are not generally used as the subject of sentences.
Use the Infinitive (without 'to') after:
– Modal verbs: You should see a doctor.
– Auxiliary verbs: We‘ll go swimming tomorrow.
– let, make and help.
– Example 1: Let‘s go shopping.
– Example 2: Help me carry my shoes.
– Example 3: Sometimes she makes me want to scream!
Negative Forms:
Target language form the negative with 'not':
– Gerunds: I don't like shopping.
– Infinitives (with 'to'): I don't want to go shopping.
– Infinitives (without 'to'): I won't go shopping.
These verbs can be followed with either the gerund or infinitive (with 'to') with no difference in meaning:
– begin, continue, prefer, start. For example:
– I prefer doing yoga.
– I prefer to do yoga.
These verbs can be followed with either the gerund or infinitive (with 'to'), but the meaning is different:
– try, remember, forget, need.
– Example 1:
– Try not to hurt yourself again. (This means, make an effort to do something.)
– You should try going to an Italian restaurant. (This means, try something to see if you like it.)
– Example 2:
– Remember to fasten your seatbelt. (This means, don't forget something.)
– I remember seeing you in high school. (This means, having a memory of something.)
– Example 3:
– I forgot to bring my luggage. (This means, you didn't remember something.)
– I'll never forget seeing the beautiful scenery. (This means, you did something and you won't forget it. It's more common in the negative form.)
– Example 4:
– You need to buy a new car. (This means, you must do something.)
– That car needs repairing. (This means, the subject needs something.)
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