Grammar 4.4 Gerunds & infinitives & reading 4.3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

To & infinitive or -ing?

verb+ing / to-infinitive

Unit 4 h2b

Lesson goals

At the end of this lesson:

• You can make sentences with to (infinitive) and -ing (gerund)
• You can read a text about technology and answer questions.

verwijzen naar/verbinden met vorige les:

Ging over past simple 

Nu ander 'verb pattern'

Can you live without your phone?

Listen carefully.

Can you hear verbs with -ing?

Write those down.

verwijzen naar/verbinden met vorige les:

Ging over past simple 

Nu ander 'verb pattern'

Do these two sentences have the same meaning?

1. "Stop to buy bread at the supermarket!" his mum yelled.

2. "Stop buying bread at the supermarket!" his mum yelled.

What do they mean? Discuss with the person next to you.

Do these two sentences have the same meaning?

1. "Stop to buy bread at the supermarket!" his mum yelled.

2. "Stop buying bread at the supermarket!" his mum yelled.

GERUND (verb+ing) & TO INFINITIVE

to buy is an example of a to infinitive (hele werkwoord)

buying is an example of the gerund (verb+ing)

But wait, what's a gerund? 

A gerund is a word that looks like a verb, but is actually a noun.

It looks like this:  verb + ing. So:
buy + ing = buying
fly + ing = flying
shop + ing = shopping
eat + ing = eating

(zelfstandig nw: in het Nederlands kun je er 'het' voorzetten)

gerund = '-ing' after...

can't stand, 

don't mind, 

enjoy, finish, 

hate, keep, 

like, love, 

prefer, stop

to & infinitive after...

agree, decide, forget, learn, remember, need, 

try, want,

would like, 'd like

would love, 'd love

Copy this in your notebook!

remember the examples in the text you heard.

Gerund (-ing): 

I stopped singing when I was 12.

I love texting my friends!

To & Infinitive :

She forgot to visit her grandmother.

The teacher decided to write on the whiteboard.

Let's practice!

Anna and Charles want ... to a festival this summer.

1. going
2. to go

Do you enjoy ... on a campsite?

1. staying
2. to stay

We'd like ... to Italy next year.

1. going
2. to go

Ben / enjoy / see his friends
/ after school

we / would like /
have a barbecue / today

do / you / want / come /
to the festival / with me

she / always / forget /
use sun cream

I love ...... to this city
because it's so exciting!

1. came
2. coming
3. to come

This year I've decided .....
my cousins at the summer festival.

1. meet
2. meeting
3. to meet

The festival lasts for 11 days and it's great for people who want ..... something different.

1. to do
2. doing
3. do

I enjoy ..... the sport events, and so far I've seen a BMX competition and a boxing match.

1. watches
2. to watch
3. watching

If you prefer ..... sport there are free judo classes every day.

1. does
2. doing
3. to do

Reading

Read Tim's diary and Tina's blog on page 49.

Do exercise 2, 3, 4 & 5.

Start doing this in silence & on your own.

Then check your answers with a partner.

Questions? Ask classmate or teacher. 

Finished early? 

Start doing homework: the online assignments of 4.3 & 4.4.

Want to know the answers?

Ex. 2: 1d, 2a, 3c, 4e

Ex. 3: Tim, Tim, Tina, Tina, Tim

Ex. 4: look for, hang up, checked out, give up

Ex. 5: 64Kb, letter, phone, keep, cassettes

Lesson goals

At the end of this lesson:

• You can make sentences with to (infinitive) and -ing (gerund)
• You can read a text about technology and answer questions.

Homework: 

• finish the online assignments of 4.3 and 4.4.
• have a look at the word list for Unit 4 in Classroom.