In this case the English word 'shampoo' means 'the soap for shampooing'.' Thanks a lot for sharing. You should think positive thoughts. Some verbs have different meanings when they are follow. ESL Gerunds and Infinitives Game - Grammar, Writing and Listening: Gap-fill, Binary Choice, Writing Sentences, Guessing - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 40 minutes. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions of fair use. swimming or the infinitive: to + verb e.g. tnq very much for the stories they helped me very much. his constituents (direct object of action expressed in gerund). Gerund Worksheets 3. (correct), What chore do you detest to do the most? Using the sentences on the board as an example, have the students write their own sentences about the unique job they find the most interesting. We were winning by 16 points, but the other team, All at once, my teammates all ran towards me and, (rule note: If you want to follow a preposition with an action/activity, it must use a gerund. This week we will conclude our gerund and infinitives activities by practicing giving and receiving travel advice. Grammar can be very dry but partner activities liven things up a bit. Great material! Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions of fair use. But he had a problem. Like most teenagers, I found new hobbies, new interests, and new friends. The gerund functions as the subject of the sentence and therefore as a noun: Remember the trick to finding the subject of a sentence is by asking the question, what? Next, on the board write the word E-Sports. Begin this activity by writing the year that is twenty years in the future on the board. Getting up early is a good habit. Generate points along line, specifying the origin of point generation in QGIS. When I Was a Kid: A Story to Practice Gerunds and Infinitives I remember playing basketball with my friends at school and wanting to be "like Mike." Thank you. (The gerund phrase "saving money" is the subject of the sentence; the noun "money" is the direct object of the gerund "saving.") However, some video gamers have made their hobby into a career! Now, his girlfriend has suggested _________________ (join) a gym. She promised _________________ (make) him a lot of healthy food, and she did. Many streamers need _______________ (broadcast) up to eight hours a day _______________ (keep) people _______________ (watch) their channel. After students have had the opportunity to do their research homework, begin the class by having students present their homework. Cut out the Unique Jobs cards to make a stack of job title cards and job description cards. Both gerunds and infinitives can replace a noun as the object of a verb. Literature about the category of finitary monads, How to create a virtual ISO file from /dev/sr0. Are you going to stop _________________ (do) something on the way home today? He stopped __________ his beer __________ the phone. After a month, he had lost a few pounds. In these cases, we have to choose to use either an infinitive or a gerund. Therefore, a gerund can be easily spotted in a sentence since it takes the function of a subject. But in "I love reading" reading in this case is a noun, a gerund. Thanks for your creative solution to teaching this otherwise quite heavy grammar point! She saw him pass by McDonalds, but then he stopped _________. The gerund phrase functions as the subject complement. Ads by Newor Media, (i.e. Best wishes, Blandine. Otherwise it's only opinion. I have highlighted the gerunds and infinitives so you can see how they are used in context. The stories are great!