GRAMMAR TOPIC

3. LET US ADD
–ING
IN EVERY
VERBS

4. WHAT DO
YOU CALL A
WORD WITH –
ING?

5. GERUND

6. GERUND

7. GERUND

8. GERUND
FUNCTION
S/USES OF
GERUNDS

9. GERUND AS SUBJECT
1. EXERCISING IS GOOD
FOR OUR HEALTH.
2. THROWING GARBAGE
IS NOT ALLOWED.

10. GERUND AS SUBJECTIVE
COMPLEMENT
1. LYKA’S FAVOURITE
EXERCISE IS JOGGING.
2. MY HOBBIES ARE
SINGING AND

11. GERUND AS OBJECT OF A
PREPOSITION
1. MERLA KEEPS HERSELF
IN GOOD SHAPE BY
DANCING.
2. LOCK THE DOOR

12. PREPOSITIONS
Off
Off
On
Out of
Outside
Over
Regardi
ng
Through
By
Despite
For
From
Inside
Inspite
Instead
of
Into
Like
Near
In
About
Above
After
Across
Against
Througho
ut
Together
with
Toward
Under
Undernea
th
With
Within
without
Among
At
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Between
but

13. GERUND AS DIRECT
OBJECT
1. LESTER DOES BOXING
IN THE GYM TWICE A
WEEK.
2. A SUCCESSFUL CHEF

14. GERUND AS APPOSITIVE
1. MY ONLY EXERCISE,
WALKING IS NOT TAXING.
2. ONE FIELD,
ENGINEERING, HAS AN

15. GERUND
FUNCTION
S/USES OF
GERUNDS

16. ACTIVITY
UNDERLINE THE GERUND IN SNETENCES AND
IDENTIFY THE FUNCTION/USE OF THE GERUND.
1. SWALLOWING HURT MY SORE THROAT.
2.WE WERE INTRIGUED BY THEIR
PANTOMIMING.
3.AN OBESE LADY SHOULD DO EXERCISING.
4.MY FAVOURITE HOBBY, WATCHING TV, GIVES
ME A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT.

17. 5. Her worst fault is lying.
6. We can be entertained through
listening
7. I love dancing cha-cha.
8. Speaking is a very challenging task.
9. She limits herself from eating junk
foods.
10. Traveling tires me out.