Transcript Part of Speech

Gerund 2
Grammar and Vocabulary Ⅱ
October 25, 2011
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Gerund

Verbal noun which has exactly the
same form as the present participle:
running, speaking, working, etc.
 It can be used in the following ways:
(a) as subject of a sentence:
Fishing is a lot of fun.
(b) as complement of a verb:
My hobby is painting.
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(c) after prepositions:
He is interested in collecting stamps.
(d) after certain verbs:
He kept talking.
(e) in noun compounds:
living room, driving license,
swimming pool
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Mini conversation practice
I am fond of reading detective stories.
And you?
 I am interested in visiting old temples.
And you?
 I never get tired of seeing Kurosawa
movies. How about you?
 I enjoy listening to music. How about
you?
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A: I don’t have any plans for this
weekend. What would you like to
suggest doing?
B: How about going on a picnic?
青字の部分をいろいろ変えて尋ねてみま
しょう！
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Exercise 4（p.58）
(1) To quit drinking alcohol is difficult.
〔動名詞を用いて〕
⇒ Quitting drinking alcohol is
difficult.
(2) It is convenient to send e-mails.
〔Itを用いず、動名詞で〕
⇒ Sending e-mails is convenient.
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(3) I love to take a walk on sunny days.
〔動名詞を用いて〕
⇒ I love taking a walk on sunny
days.
(4) It makes me happy to sing karaoke.
〔Itを用いず、動名詞で〕
⇒ Singing karaoke makes me happy.
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51.4
Use your own ideas to complete these
sentences. Use –ing.
1. She’s a very interesting person. I
always enjoy ____________.
2. I’m afraid there aren’t any chairs. I
hope you don’t mind ____________.
3. It was a beautiful day, so I
suggested ____________.
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4. It was very funny. I couldn’t stop
____________.
5. My car isn’t very reliable. It keeps
____________.
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WEB Exercise
Gerund_01
 Gerund_02
 Gerund_03
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GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
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Regret
How can we use the word regret as a verb?
In this week's grammar challenge, we asked
Mariela to form correct sentences about
things that happened in the past, that she
wishes she could change now...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learni
ngenglish/radio/specials/1748_gramchall
enge4/index.shtml
See you next week!
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