PPT-Possessives with Gerunds

From the UWF Writing Labs 101 Grammar MiniLessons Series MiniLesson 89 A gerund is the ing form of a verb and is used a noun Winning the lottery surprised them Like nouns gerunds are modified by possessive forms of nouns and pronouns. Gerunds. Gerunds . are . verbals. that function as nouns and have an . –. ing. . ending. Since gerunds are . derived from . verbs and have an . –. ing. . ending, they do express action. However, because gerunds . Focus on Academic English. Why study them?. Gerunds and infinitives are common features of both spoken and written English. A person who tries . __________ . English without . __________ . gerund and infinitives will produce very unnatural-sounding sentences. . More . verbals. , baby. . Gerunds. Gerunds are the . base form of a verb . + an ‘. ing. ’ ending. . They function as . NOUNS. . . Example:. Frolick. ing. is relaxing. . I dislike . knit. t. ing.. Grammar. A gerund is a verb form ending in –. ing. that is used as a noun. Gerunds, like nouns, can be used as subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions.. 31. Gerunds. Gerundives. The Passive Periphrastic. 1. Gerunds. If participles are verbal adjectives, . gerunds. . are . verbal nouns. .. We have gerunds in English, just like we do participles. In English, gerunds end in . Phrases. A group of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both. fearing an accident. at the lake’s edge. Categories of Phrases. I. Prepositional Phrases. A. Adjectival. B. Adverbial. Basic Info about Gerunds and Gerund Phrases. Gerunds - words that look like verbs and act like a nouns.. You can spot a gerund by looking for a verb + . ing. that is acting as a noun.. Swimming. is fun.. VERBALS Gerunds A gerund is a verbal that ends in – ing and functions as a noun . It can take on the role of a subject, direct object, subject complement, and object of preposition. Gerund They function as nouns!. How a noun can function in a sentence:. Subject. Direct object. Indirect object. Predicate noun /predicate nominative. Object of the preposition. Noun as the Subject of a sentence. Knowing How to use the apostrophe + S. Possessive Nouns--Singular. A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what has something…hence the word . possessive. …. Most singular nouns require an ’s to show possession.. Verbals. Participle. A . participle. is a verbal, which looks like a verb. And acts like an adjective. . Present participles end in –. ing. (as in swimming).. Past participle end in –. ed. (as in remembered),. A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else.. Example:. . The musket that belongs to Pa. was lost.. . Pa’s musket. was lost.. 김진아 . & . 유시현 . Approaches to English Grammar . Explanation . 유시현. (. Sihyeon. . Yoo. ). Overview. . 1. Basic Forms . 1) Infinitives. 2) Gerunds. 3). Bare infinitives . He. . AFTER. the noun instead of before.. Normally you used . mi(s), . tu. (s), . su. (s), y . nuestro. (as). in front of a noun.. Example: . mis. amigos, . tu. . libro. , . su. casa, . nuestro. . amario.