A new way to learn...........: April 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

GERUNDS AFTER VERBS.............

first of all......................
How to make a gerund?
We add (ING)
For example:

play = playing
dance = dancing (notice that we're changing the final (E) in the word dancE for the ING. ending).
get = getting ( notice that we're writing a double T before the ING.)
lie = lying (notice that the ending ( IE ) changes to ( Y ) and then we add the ING.)

Now that we now how to make a gerund........ lets see how to use them.

We use gerunds after the following verbs.

Like
Love
Hate
(Don't) mind
Prefer

For example:

I love talking in class.
They hate listening to Justin Biever.
He prefers staying at home on the weekends.

She doesn't mind sharing her ice cream with her pet.

Now how do we make questions?????????????

Yes / No questions

Do / Does + subject + base form + gerund + complement

Ex.

Do you like watching soccer?
Does she mind sharing her ice cream?

To answer..........................Short answers

     1. Do you like watching soccer?
       - Yes, I do or No, I don't.
     2. Does she mind sharing her ice cream?
       - No, she doesn't or Yes, she does.

Information questions

We add a question word................

What
Why
Where
etc....

Ex.

1. Where do you like watch soccer?
- I like watching soccer at home on my couch.

REMEMBER!!!! There are not short answers in this kind of questions.