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Gerunds and Infinitives Teacher : Mohamed EL KADAOUI www.moroccoenglish.com Gerunds and Infinitives Grammar Finally I decided to live away from home. When I left my village to a boarding school, I couldn’t imagine living far from my family. My first days at the new school were really hard. Gradually, I began to get used to city life. I decided to concentrate more on my studies and stopped thinking too much about my home village. My new friends and I spent most of our free time playing football. We really enjoyed having fun together. A- Read the text and choose the best title: My life at boarding school Working far from my family B- Are this statement True of False? Justify: I enjoyed my first days at my new school. ………………………………………………… C- Fill in the following blanks from the text: 1- ___ ____________ to live …. 2- __ __________ __________ living …. False : «My first days at the new school were really hard”  I decided I couldn’t imagine To + live Live + ing Infinitive Gerund To + Verb Verb + ing To live Living

Gerunds and Infinitives Teacher : Mohamed EL KADAOUI www.moroccoenglish.com Gerunds and Infinitives Grammar Finally I decided to live away from home. When I left my village to a boarding school, I couldn’t imagine living far from my family. My first days at the new school were really hard. Gradually, I began to get used to city life. I decided to concentrate more on my studies and stopped thinking too much about my home village. My new friends and I spent most of our free time playing football. We really enjoyed having fun together. To + live Live + ing Infinitive Gerund To + Verb Verb + ing To live Living D- Study the following examples, and choose the right option 1- I decided to live …. 2- I couldn’t imagine living …. We use the verb “ decide” / “imagine” before Infinitives We use the verb “ decide” / “imagine” before gerunds Quick exercise : write the verbs in the correct form 1- I decided ( study) ____________________ hard. 2- I imagine (receive ) ___________________ my Bac degre 3- What did you decide (do) ___________________ .? to study receiving to do

Gerunds and Infinitives Teacher : Mohamed EL KADAOUI www.moroccoenglish.com Gerunds and Infinitives Grammar Finally I decided to live away from home. When I left my village to a boarding school, I couldn’t imagine living far from my family. My first days at the new school were really hard. Gradually, I began to get used to city life. I decided to concentrate more on my studies and stopped thinking too much about my home village. My new friends and I spent most of our free time playing football. We really enjoyed having fun together. To + live Live + ing Infinitive Gerund To + Verb Verb + ing To live Living E- Study the text and comlplete the table Verb + Infinitive Verb + Gerund Decide Begin Imagine Stop Enjoy

Gerunds and Infinitives Grammar Teacher : Mohamed EL KADAOUI www.moroccoenglish.com Gerunds and Infinitives Grammar Verb + Infinitive Verb + Gerund Accept – Refuse – Agree – Ask – Expect Learn – Promise – Need – Neglect - Hope Intend – Plan – Seem – Want – Have – Offer Decide - Manage – Attempt – Afford - Advise Admit – Avoid - Consider – Enjoy Finish – Regret – destest – Suggest – Deny Keep – Imagine – Practise – Miss Discuss – Give up – Feel like – Mind – apologize for – think about - miss Exercise: Put in the correct form of the verbs between brackets. living I can’t imagine ………………………. (live) in the countryside. We’ve decided ………………………. (go) to the beach. I promised ………………………. (take) the children to the zoo. Jack refused ……………………….. (help) us. He gave up ………………………………. (smoke) two years ago. Although I asked him not ……………………….(do) that again, he kept ……………… (do) it. He can’t afford ……………………….. (live) in London. It’s very expensive. She thought about …………………………… ( study) English in the university to go to take to help smoking to do doing to live studying

Summary Unit 1 Gerunds and Infinitives Formal, Informal and Non-formal Education Summary Gerunds and Infinitives I learnt to swim when I was 10 years old.  infintive = to + verb B. I dislike staying at home .  Gerund = verb + ing C- I want to learn English D- I enjoy learning English A verb can be a Gerund or infinitive Understanding the usage of Gerunds and Infinitives : He finished (write) writing the book ( to write = wrong ) She enjoys ( play) playing football ( to play = wrong ) They agreed ( start) to start the project ( starting = wrong ) We decided ( travel) to travel next week ( traveling = wrong ) Verb+Infinitive Verb+Gerund Accept – Refuse – Agree – Ask – Expect Learn – Promise – Need – Neglect - Hope Intend – Plan – Seem – Want – Have – Offer Decide - Manage – Attempt – Afford - Advise Admit – Avoid - Consider – Enjoy Finish – Regret – destest – Suggest – Deny Keep – Imagine – Practise – Miss Discuss – Give up – Feel like – Mind - apologize for – think about

Production: Complete these examples about you Teacher : Mohamed EL KADAOUI www.moroccoenglish.com Verbs followed by infinitives or gerunds : Begin – Continue – Intend – Like – Love – Try – Start – Prefer – Stop – Hate Remember – forget –need – regret – 1. He finished to write /writing the book . 2. I like to stay / staying at home . Verb « like » accepts infintives and gerunds I like playing football or I like to play football Production: Complete these examples about you On Sundays, I enjoy watching movies On Mondays, I dislike ............................................................................. At home, I enjoy ...................................................................................... Next year, I hope ...................................................................................... I want to stop ........................................................................................... I am learning English ............................................................................