This document provides information on gerunds in English grammar: 1. Gerunds are verb forms ending in "-ing" that function as nouns. They are used after forms of "to be" like "I am talking" or "she is eating". 2. For verbs ending in "e", the "e" is dropped before adding "-ing". 3. For single-syllable verbs ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, the final consonant is doubled when adding "-ing", like "get" becoming "getting". 4. Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using gerunds after forms of "to be" are provided,

2. Form
[SUBJECT] + am / are / is (verb to be) + [verb -ING (gerund)]
Example:
• I am talking, eating, learning, doing, going…
• he, she, it is talking, eating, learning, doing, going…
• you, we, they are talking , eating, learning, doing, going…

3. The verbs ending in -e
the "-e" end is replaced by "-ing“
Example:
• Use / using
• Have / having
Construction of the gerund

4. Bending of the final consonant in
the formation of the gerund
For the bending is made must be fulfilled these three
conditions:
1. The word ends in a single consonant (other than r, w, x or
y) [example: set]
2. The last consonant is preceded by a single vowel.
[Example: let]
3. The word is monosyllabic or falls the accent on the last
syllable or word ending in "L“
Example:
• Get / getting
• Set / setting
• Forbid / forbidding

5. Structure
Affirmative Sentences
[SUBJECT] + am / are / is (verb to be) + [verb -ING (gerund)]
Example:
• I’m talking
• He’s eating
• They’re learning

6. Negative sentences
[SUBJECT] + am / are / is (verb "to be") + not + [verb + ING
(gerund)]
Example:
• I’m not talking
• He’s not [He isn’t] eating

7. Questions
am / are / Is (verb to be) + [SUBJECT] + [verb + ING (Gerund)]
+ ?
Example:
Is she sleeping at home?
Yes, she is / No she isn’t
Are you warking in the house?
Yes, I am / No I’m not
Is running in the school?
Yes, it is / No it isn’t

8. Practice
─ Hi, Carlos. Where are you going?
─ Hi Susan, I am going to school.
─ On saturday? What are you studying?
─ I'm studying the Italian language.
─ Really? Why? will Your travel to Italy?
─ Yes Susan, my family will travel to Rome in summer. We'll
going to visit my grandparents.
─ Thats so nice.

9. Members:
Ana Elizabeth García Gallegos
Iván Arturo Gómez Hernández
Kelly Johana Pérez Bocanegra
C.P 2 M1
GROUP: 745