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- 2. Why do we say: I enjoy walking But: I love to walk
- 3. Why not: I enjoy to walk. But: I love to walk
- 4. Why do we say: I plan to come But not: I plan coming.
- 5. That’s all about gerunds and infinitives
- 6. Gerunds 01
- 7. Do you know what is gerunds?
- 8. Gerund: Verbs Ends in –ing Act as nouns
- 9. Basedonthedefinitionlet’sanalyze thissentences: 1. Walking always puts me in a good mood. 2. Reading helps me keep my mind sharp. 3. He considered moving to Spain last year. 4. Jack denied cheating on his test. 5. Cheating will never get you anywhere in life! 6. By going to bed early,I am ready for my morning runs. 7. I have been thinking of him nonstop since meeting him. 8. A good way to improve your English is watching American TV series.
- 10. So…… based on the example, where can we put gerunds in the sentences?
- 12. But… Not all V+Ing is gerund. Do you know why?
- 13. Verb +INGcanbe functionedasfollows: 01 Asgerunds Already discussed 02 asanAdjective Growing plants in your backyard need more care. 03 asaVerbwithahelpingverb I am growing aromatic plants in my garden.
- 14. Infinitives 02
- 15. Have you ever heard the word ‘infinitives’?
- 16. Infinitives: Simplest form of a Verb To + base verb
- 17. Basedontheexplanationlet’s analyzethissentences: 1. To swim gives me great pleasure. 2. To help me like this was very kind. 3. To get there, take the bus to the high street and then cross the road. 4. I wanted to make sure that my grammar was as good as it could be. 5. To improve my IELTS score,I joined a writing class at a college in my hometown. 6. I joined the exercise class to lose weight. 7. I was careful not to speak too loudly.
- 18. So…… based on the example, where can we put infintives in the sentences?
- 21. Let’stake alookatthissentencesanddecidedwhich oneiscorrect? 1. We appreciate to hear from you. 2. We appreciate hearing from you. 1. They agreed signing it. or 2. They agreed to sign it. 1. They avoid to debate the subject. Or 2. They avoid debating the subject. 1. We pretended laughing. 2. We pretended to laugh..
- 22. Let’stake alookatthissentencesanddecidedwhich oneiscorrect? 1. We appreciate to hear from you. 2. We appreciate hearing from you. 1. They agreed signing it. or 2. They agreed to sign it. 1. They avoid to debate the subject. Or 2. They avoid debating the subject. 1. We pretended laughing. 2. We pretended to laugh.
- 23. Thereare certainverbsthatareonlyfollowedby gerunds. appreciate avoid consider delay deny discuss dislike enjoy finish involve miss postpone practice quit recall recommend resent risk stop suggest
- 24. Thereare certainverbsthatareonlyfollowedby infinitives. afford demand hope offer seem agree deserve intend plan tend appear expect learn prepare threaten ask fail manage pretend wait claim forget mean promise want decide hesitate need refuse
- 25. Thereare certainverbsthatfollowedbyeither infinitivesor gerunds. attempt love begin prefer cease propose continue start hate try like
- 26. Let’sPractice! Create one sentence using gerund as a subject. Create one sentence using gerund as an object. Create one sentence using infinitives as expressions to show purpose. Create one sentence using infinitives as a direct object.
- 27. Let’sPractice! So Ali could now go and study abroad.Although he was happy,unfortunately,it did mean (leave) ______ his wife and children for a year. He considered (take) ______ them with him but it would be too expensive. He knew he would miss (see) ______ them everyday but his parents offered (take) ______ care of them and promised (make) ______ sure they were safe. Ali did love (travel) ______ though so he knew he would enjoy the trip. He began (prepare) ______ his trip immediately.
- 28. Thanks