Los gerundios y las frases con gerundios cumplen la misma función que un sustantivo.

1. ESCUELA : Ciencias de la Educación – Carrera de Inglés. NOMBRES: COMMUNICATIVE GRAMMAR 4 FECHA: ABRIL – AGOSTO 2009 Lic. César Ochoa Cueva. II BIMESTRE

15. Too+ Adjective / Adverb Infinitive The project is too complicated to finish on time. Luis works too slowly to meet the deadline.

16. Adjective / Adverb + enough Infinitive Arthur is intelligent enough to complete the task. He didn’t study hard enough to pass the test.

17. Enough + Noun Infinitive They have enough patience to teach kids patience enough

19. Function To modify verbs The topic often causes controversy. To modify adjectives The topic is extremely controversial. To modify other adverbs He treated the topic very fairly. To modify entire sentences Unfortunately , the topic is controversial.

20. Types Manner Carol performed the play amazingly. Time Researchers discovered a new vaccine recently . Place We can camp here . Frequency We apply questionnaires very often .

21. Sentence Adverbs: Placement Beginning Definitely , she is an excellent student. Definitely , she works hard. Middle She is definitely an excellent student. She definitely works hard. End She is an excellent student, definitely . She works hard, definitely .

22. Focus Adverbs: Placement and Meaning They just don’t support what he says. They think he’s wrong. don’t just They agree with him 100%. Even she can do that. Anyone can do that She can do even that. It’s amazing how many things she can do. Only men can participate. Women can’t. Men can only participate. They can’t do anything else.

23. Negative Adverbs: Placement and Inversion We rarely agree on such things. Rarely do we I have seldom heard that idea. Seldom have I They never disagreed with him. Never did they disagreed

24. Other adverbs that force inversion Here is your money. There goes the bus. Here it is. There it goes.

33. Wh-questions