Gerunds A3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Gerunds

Goal of this lesson:

- you understand what gerunds are and can explain it in your own words. 

- you can use the gerunds correctly in a sentence.

I stayed with my cousins last weekend. I enjoyed ___ them all, except my cousing Arash.

1. see
2. seeing
3. saw
4. seen

He knows I can't stand ___ to his stupid jokes.

1. listen
2. to listening
3. listening
4. listened

But he likes ___ them

1. to tell
2. told
3. tell
4. telling

and he enjoys ___ me.

1. annoying
2. to annoy
3. annoy
4. annoyed

I helped my aunt make lunch. I don't mind ___ her some help because she is very kind.

1. giving
2. to give
3. giveing
4. give

She is a good cook, so everyone loves ___ her food.

1. eat
2. eaten
3. to eat
4. eating

Gerunds

The ing form of the verb is sometimes called the present participle or gerund. We use it for: 

1. after verbs which mean like/don't like: like, love, enjoy, dislike, hate, not mind, can't stand. 

2. after sone adjectives (bijv. nw) and prepositions (voorzetsels) which say how well people do things or how they feel about doing them: good at, bad at, keen on, interested in, crazy about, afraid of, tired of, ... 

3. as part of a subject in a sentence. Most often it can be found at the start of the sentence: Playing online games is very addictive. 

_____ (play) football is a good exercise.

_____ (study) with friends is fun.

_____ (stay in touch) with old friends is sometimes difficult.

____ (worry) about things is a waste of time.

____ (listen) to other people's ideas is useful to do.

The best thing you can do is _____ (hang out) with friends.

Transform the sentence using a gerund.
James makes friends easily. (good at)

Transform the sentence using a gerund.
Lisa gets up early because she doesn't want to miss her bus. (afraid of)

Transform the sentence using a gerund.
Nick doesn't want to play football any longer. (tired of)

Transform the sentence using a gerund.
Keira plays video games all the time. (crazy about)

Write down a sentence using a gerund.