Gerund

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Gerund

Goals of today

- Learners are able to identify the gerund in sentences

- Learners are able to correctly form the gerund in practice sentences

- Learners are able to create their own sentence using a gerund correctly

What do you notice about these sentences?

• Smoking is forbidden in the barbershop.
• I look forward to seeing you next week.
• Could you start doing your homework? 
• That dress isn't worth buying.
• He started running.

• -ing staat achter sommige woorden
• Vraag de leerlingen: Welk woord staat er voor? 

Gerund

You use the '-ING form' as a  noun:

 1. As the subject of the sentence.

Example: Biking in the mall is forbidden. 

2. After prepositions. 
Example: She's fond of cycling.

3. After certain verbs. (like, love, hate, enjoy, etc.)

Example: I love going to the movies. 

Gerund

You also use the '-ing form' as a kind of noun:

1. After verbs indicating 'begin', 'end', or 'continue' aangeven. (start, begin, finish, go on, etc.)

Example: Everybody had finished writing. 

2. After certain verbs. (delay, postpone, put off, imagine, consider, avoid, etc) 

Example: I put off learning vocabulary for a whole week.

3. After certain expressions. (it's no good, it's no use, it's worth, can't help, to be busy, etc)

Example: She can't help singing all day long. 

Exceptions

After the verbs below, you can also use the whole verb with 'to'.

1. Start
   
2. Begin
3. Continue 
4. Like
5. Love
6. Hate
7. Prefer
8. Stop 

e.g: I hate getting up early / I hate to get up early. (de betekenis is hetzelfde)

....(write) in English is easy.

I love ... (go) out to restaurants.

That make-up product isn't worth ... (buy)

I'm looking forward to ... (receive) your letter.

My mother considers ... (leave) Rob.

They suddenly stopped ... (run).

Make your own sentence with a Gerund!

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Do you think you reached your goals of today?
- Learners are able to identify the gerund in sentences
- Learners are able to correctly form the gerund in practice sentences
- Learners are able to create their own sentence using a gerund correctly