PPT-BUILDING SENTENCES: NORMAL INFINITIVES & GERUNDS (PART 2)

By AsstProf Muayad R Habib Dept of English English Grammar For All Third Year Students College of Basic Education Al Mustansyria University Apr2020 Decide whether the sentences are . 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. . when used as a noun. Because their function is that of a noun, gerunds may be used as the subject of a sentence: Running regularly will make you feel better. Studying requires most of my time during Gerunds . Participles. Infinitives. Gerunds. A gerund is a verb form ending in . –. ing. . that is used as a noun. It is part verb and part noun. Formed by adding -. ing. to the plain form of the verb. 1 prepositional infinitives * Jan Casalicchio (jan.casalicchio@gmail.com) Universit 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 Ways to make your writing BEEFY .  . When is a verb not a verb?. When it tries to imitate another part of speech!. Sometimes verbs do not act like verbs. Instead they act like nouns, adjectives and adverbs. When they do this we call them verbals. There are three main kinds of verbals: . OH HOW FUN! . definition. VERBAL IS A VERB FORM USED AS ANOTHER PART OF SPEECH. TYPES OF VERBALS. . 1. GERUNDS. . 2 . INFINITIVES. 3. PARTICIPLES. GERUNDS. A VERB FORM END IN . ING. AND IS USED AS A NOUN. What is a Verbal?. A . verbal. . is the . form of a verb used as a noun, . adjective, . or adverb.. Identifying verbals . in a sentence can . be somewhat . tricky – verbals are NOT . verbs. !. Gerunds. 김진아 . & . 유시현 . Approaches to English Grammar . Explanation . 유시현. (. Sihyeon. . Yoo. ). Overview. . 1. Basic Forms . 1) Infinitives. 2) Gerunds. 3). Bare infinitives . He. . Learning Targets:. LT1: I can identify . gustar. with infinitive.. LT2: I can use . gustar. with infinitives in a sentence.. Gustar. with Infinitives . An . infinitive. tells the meaning of the verb without naming any subject or tense. . -------. xxxxxx. Write down your responses.. Instructions. Okay, time to complete the sentences. The next slide will give you part of each sentence you just saw and you are asked to write down the missing part of each sentence. So write down your responses as you read each of the incomplete sentences.. Function as . nouns. . This means gerunds can be replaced by pronouns. For example,. Susan denied . participating. . in the event. .. Susan denied . it. . [it = participating in the event]. Michael remembered . By: Asst.Prof. Muayad R. Habib / Dept. of English / English Grammar for All 3. rd. Year Students/. College of Basic Education / Mar. 2020. ADJECTIVES WITH INFINITIVES & GERUNDS.