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.

1. Do you like watching soccer?
2. 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.