2. W are Gerunds ?
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Gerunds are words that are formed from verbs but
act as nouns.
Gerunds are used as subjects, direct objects, and
objects of prepositional phrases.
3. Used as the subjects
• Meeting people face to face is important.(p 188)
4. Used as the object of a
preposition
• He is inte re s te d in me e ting pe ople fa ce to fa ce .
(p188)
• The re is nothing like re turning to a pla ce . (p
195)
5. to is a preposition not part of an
infinitive form
• I’m looking forwa rd to me e ting you.
I’m looking forwa rd to our me e ting.
• Do you obje ct to working la te ?
Do you obje ct to this job?
• Tim a lwa ys dre a m a bout going on holida y.
Tim a lwa ys dre a m a bout holida ys .
6. Gerunds with common
prepositions
Wha t do you e njoy doing now? (p 190)
Would you mind moving? (p190)
I ca n’t s top fa lling in love with you. (from
a s ong)
7. Go out and get ‘em!
Re me mbe r, ge runds ma y look like -ing ve rbs
…
But the y a ct like nouns .
Find a nd us e the m a s the subject, object, or noun
complement in a s e nte nce .
H
appy H
unting!
