Download A “Gerund”

- the
use of Gerund
Do you remember what Joey loved doing?
Joey loved painting waterfalls, trees and
birds.
•How many verbs can you find in this
sentence? What are they?
•loved , painting
•Actually the main verb is “loved” and
“painting” is only a gerund.
What is a “Gerund”?
•A “Gerund” is verbal that ends in
~ing (e.g. painting).
•It functions as a noun rather than a
verb.
e.g. John loves apples.
John loves reading.
Both “apples”
and “reading”
are the objects
in the
sentences and
they function
as nouns.
Points to Note:
•We can use “Gerunds” after certain verbs.
The following are some common examples:
-love, like, enjoy, hate, dislike, go, stop,
start.
What did all the elephants enjoy doing?
play in the
forest
All the elephants enjoyed playing in the
forest.
What did all the children enjoy doing?
sing in the
music room
All the children enjoyed singing in
the music room.
What did the students enjoy doing?
eat at school
The students enjoyed eating at
school.
What did Gillian love doing?
read in the
library
Gillian loved reading in the library.
What did Angie love doing?
eat ice cream
in summer
Angie loved eating ice cream in summer.
What did Jack love doing?
listen to music
Jack loved listening to music.
What did Carrie hate doing ?
Why does my mum
always ask me to do
exercise?
do exercise
Carrie hated doing exercise.
What did Ginny hate doing ?
shop with her
mum
Ginny hated shopping with her
mum.
What did Mrs. Mok dislike doing ?
When can I finish
this boring work?
wash dishes
Mrs. Mok disliked washing dishes.
Where did your mother go?
shop in the
supermarket
My mother went shopping in the
supermarket.
What did Mary stop doing?
cry when she
got the candy.
Mary stopped crying when she got
the candy.
Where did they go?
camp in the
country park.
They went camping in the country
park.
What did they start doing?
cook after they
set the tent up
They started cooking after they
set the tent up.
•Play the music.
•Pass a bean bag round the whole
class.
•When the music stops, the classmate
who is holding the bean bag has to
make a sentence which starting with: