Gerunds and listening tests

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

First of all...

A recap about the imperative.

Do you remember?

Make an imperative.

Ga zitten!

Make an imperative.

Kijk uit!

GERUND

Noun looking like a verb

GERUND

infinitive + -ing 

(no to)

I love dancing.

He is really good at swimming.

Parking is forbidden here.

GERUND

We use Gerunds:

1. as the subject (onderwerp) of a sentence 

--> Parking is forbidden here.

GERUND

We use Gerunds:

2. after prepositions (voorzetsels)

He is really good at swimming.

GERUND

We use Gerunds:

3. after verbs which tell how you feel about something (love, hate, like, enjoy ect.)

I love dancing.

Fill in the gerund:

Don't you know he hates _______ (walk).

Fill in the gerund:

______________ (cook) takes so much time.

Waar zie je de gerund?

1. wonderful
2. wonderfully
3. watching
4. is watching

Een goede gerund is

1. We are eating right now
2. I love eating outside

Een voorbeeld van een gerund is

1. I am thinking of helping him.
2. I am helping him move

He refuses to play the piano.

Gerund

Infinitive 

I can't stand running

I want to run

He is good at playing the piano. 

We expect to win

I don't mind walking to school

Achter welke werkwoorden mag je een Gerund (ww + ing) gebruiken?

Gerund

Geen gerund

like

start

plan

walk

learn

hate

finish

promise

prefer

show

love

stop

Begrijp je de 'gerund'?

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