1. Gerunds I’m loving gerunds
Maria Cordón
Renátó Rétháti
IBR

2. INDEX What are gerunds? Gerund after certain verbs
Gerund vs. Present Participle
Gerund in Past Participle
Gerund as Subject, Object or Complement
Gerund after Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
Gerund in Passive sense

3. 1. What are gerunds? Gerunds or Verbal nouns
When we use a verb in –ing form like a noun, verb or adjective.
Examples: That is ballet dancing.

4. 2. Gerunds after certain verbs
Admit, appreciate, avoid, carry on, consider, defer, delay, deny, detest, dislike, endure, enjoy, escape, excuse, face, feel like, finish, forgive, give up, can't help, imagine, involve, leave off, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, put off, report, resent, risk, can't stand, suggest, understand.
Examples: Cristina Rogdríguez is considering having a holiday.
I dislike eating.
Verb + gerund
verb + gerund

5. 3. Gerund vs. Present Participle
When we use a verb in –ing form like a noun
Example: Fishing is fun.
When we use a verb in –ing form like a verb / adjective
Example: Xavi Andres is fishing.
Gerund
Present Participle

6. 4. Gerund in Past Parciple
Suggests that the gerund happened before something else.
Examples:
My having been to Asia helped me learn the language when I took classes.
Having taken a physics class helped me in calculus.
Being accepted to Harvard University was the greatest day of my life.

7. 5. Gerund as Object, Subject and Complement
My favourite occupation is reading.
Complement
My favourite occupation is reading detective stories.
Direct Object
I don't mind your including this book in the list.
complement

8. 6. Gerund after Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
We use gerund (verb + -ing) after preposition:
Example: I’m very good at remembering names.
Example: She’s given up smoking
prep + gerund
We use gerund (verb + -ing) after phrasal verbs:
We use gerund (verb + -ing) after phrasal verbs:
Phrasal verb + gerund

9. 7. Gerund in Passive sense
Active Voice
Passive voice
Simple
losing
being lost
Perfect
having lost
having been lost

10. 7. Gerund in Passive sense
Examples:
I have three shirts that need washing. (need to be washed)
This letter requires signing. (needs to be signed)

11. EXERCISES Set the fire to the rain, Adele

12. Why we use gerund?
E.g. Smoking is banned in all public places. Subject
Are you afraid of flying ?
Being an only child is a bit boring.
He’s trible at learning languages.
Everybody went on dancing until after midnight.
She’s worried about failing the exam.
Preposition
Subject
Preposition
Phrasal verb
Preposition