Grammar music - gerund

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Gerund

Gerund = werkwoord dat als zelfstandig naamwoord wordt gebruikt.

I hate doing homework.

GERUND = ww op -ing gebruik je

• na voorzetsel:                      Just keep on dreaming.
• na bepaalde werkwoorden (vooral met gevoel)                    I love gaming.
• In ALGEMENE situaties:          I hate cycling

TO +infinitive
gebruik je:
om een wens uit tedrukken:
 I hope to become a millionaire
om een bevel te geven:
The policeman demanded to see my passport.
Im SPECIFIEKE situaties:
I hate to cycle when it's rainy.

Don´t ever ... .... me

1. stop controlling
2. start controlling
3. quit controlling
4. try controlling

from the day that I met you I
... ... afraid.

1. stop feeling
2. stop and feel
3. start to feel
4. am never

... Probably 'cause my lies just
... ... deeper .

1. keep getting
2. want to go
3. start to get
4. started getting

Gerund after:

Don't ever STOP controlling me.
I can't STOP the tears from falling down.
My  lies just STARTED getting deeper.

I ... ... on my own.

1. will dance
2. keep dancing
3. like to dance
4. must dance

Look mami I got the X if you into ... ... I'm into ... ... , I ain't into ... ...

1. taking drugs
2. having sex
3. making love
4. classical music

I am not that mad though, I just don't ... ... lied to

1. want to be
2. hate to be
3. like being
4. accept being

And I keep ... ... how the boys want to eat it
But I'm tryin to tell that

1. on repeating
2. to repeat
3. just to repeat
4. just repeating

I am so done ... ... through all the things I could've been

1. with sinking
2. at chasing
3. with thinking
4. in chasing

I don´t want to die, but am not ... ... living either.

1. stuck on
2. happy with
3. keen on
4. keep on

I just keep ... ... back to you.
That's true.

1. on comming
2. from coming
3. on coming
4. on getting

You can´t stop the tears ... ... down.

1. on coming
2. from coming
3. from falling
4. keep falling

... ... whispering in my ear.

Gerund after:

Keep ON repeating.
I am not INTO making love.
a preposition

Which gerund do you remember?

Are you interested in ... new clothes?

1. design
2. designing
3. designed

I demand --- to the manager of the hotel immediately.

1. talking
2. to talk

I would hate ... too late.

1. to arrive
2. arriving

This broken bicycle needs ---- before someone can ride it.

1. fixing
2. to fix

My grandmother recalled ---- a plane for the very first time when she was six.

1. seeing
2. to see

I offered ...

1. to help
2. helping

She delayed ...
out of bed.

1. to get
2. getting

I miss ... to the beach.

1. to go
2. going

I chose ... here.

1. to work
2. working

That Italian girl loves ...

1. taking pictures
2. to take pictures

That Italian girl loves ... pictures when all her friends have a bad hair day!

1. taking
2. to take

Which words
before a
gerund?

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