Activities On gerund

1. Engage in this activity
entitled “ Choose Me”

2. I am going to pose four sentences on the
board and choose the appropriate
answer from the choices provided to
make the sentences grammatically correct.
You are given ten seconds to answer each
question. Just write the letter of the correct
answer on the slate board. The group that
shall garner the highest point wins the
game.

3. 1. (Singing, to sing, sings) is one of my hobbies.
2. (Studying To study Studies )will help you earn.
better grades.
3. Kyle’s favorite pastime is (To garden Gardening,
garden).
4. Jana’s best subject is (To write Writing writer).
A B C
A B C
A B C
A
B C

4. What did you notice about the words
or answers in the sentences class?
Words end in ING.

5. Gerunds
Expected to:
Give the meaning of gerund, identify the
at least two functions of gerund in a
sentence, and construct sentences using
gerunds.

6. 1. Singing is one of my hobbies.
2. Studying will help you earn better grades.
3. Kyle’s favorite pastime is gardening.
4. Jana’s best subject is writing.
Take a look on these previous examples
1. What are the underlined words? What is
common to these words?
2. The underlined words class are examples of
gerund. Are the words derived from verbs ?
3. Therefore, what are gerunds?

7. A type of verbal that ends in
ING and is used like a noun.
It can functions as subject
and subject complement,
direct object and object of
the preposition to.(
The formula of gerund is
Verb+ING.

8. Time to think…
Let’s study this examples class.
Exercising is good for health.
Sleeping is important for your mental health.
Breathing is essential to life.
1. Where can you find the gerunds in the sentences?
2. What now is the function of gerunds in the
sentences?
SUBJECT

9. Time to think again…
Omar’s favourite game is fencing.
Kyla’s favourite exercise is stretching.
A good career for me might be nursing.
1. Where can you find the gerunds in the sentences?
2. What now is the function of gerunds in the
sentences?
3. Do the underlined words add information about the
subject?
SUBJECT
COMPLEMEN
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10. Group Verbs Function
1 Cook subject
2 jump Subject complement
3 eat subject
4 play Subject complement
5 draw Subject
Using the given chart, construct one sentence following the
function of gerund assigned to your group.

11. For three(3) minutes, do your assigned
task.
Groups 1 and 2: Make an acrostic
about the word HOBBY using gerund.
Criteria:
Content-4
Presentation- 3
Discipline-3
For three(3) minutes, do your assigned
task.

12. Groups 3 and 4: Create
one stanza poem with five-
line as a reflection in the
lesson discussed on
gerunds and its functions .
For three(3) minutes, do your assigned
task.

13. Group5: Construct a paragraph
about your hobby using the two
functions of gerund.
Criteria:
Content-5
Grammar and Mechanics-2
Discipline-3
For three(3) minutes, do your assigned
task.