1. 1 Gerund 2 Grammar and Vocabulary Ⅱ October 25, 2011

2. 2 Gerund Verbal noun which has exactly the same form as the present participle: running, speaking, working, etc. It can be used in the following ways: (a) as subject of a sentence: Fishing is a lot of fun. (b) as complement of a verb: My hobby is painting.

3. 3 (c) after prepositions: He is interested in collecting stamps. (d) after certain verbs: He kept talking. (e) in noun compounds: living room, driving license, swimming pool

4. 4 Mini conversation practice I am fond of reading detective stories. And you? I am interested in visiting old temples. And you? I never get tired of seeing Kurosawa movies. How about you? I enjoy listening to music. How about you?

5. 5 A: I don’t have any plans for this weekend. What would you like to suggest doing? B: How about going on a picnic? 青字の部分をいろいろ変えて尋ねてみ ま しょう！

6. 6 Exercise 4 （ p.58 ） (1) To quit drinking alcohol is difficult. 〔動名詞を用いて〕 ⇒ Quitting drinking alcohol is difficult. (2) It is convenient to send e-mails. 〔 It を用いず、動名詞で〕 ⇒ Sending e-mails is convenient.

7. 7 (3) I love to take a walk on sunny days. 〔動名詞を用いて〕 ⇒ I love taking a walk on sunny days. (4) It makes me happy to sing karaoke. 〔 It を用いず、動名詞で〕 ⇒ Singing karaoke makes me happy.

8. 8 51.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use –ing. 1. She’s a very interesting person. I always enjoy ____________. 2. I’m afraid there aren’t any chairs. I hope you don’t mind ____________. 3. It was a beautiful day, so I suggested ____________.

9. 9 4. It was very funny. I couldn’t stop ____________. 5. My car isn’t very reliable. It keeps ____________.

10. 10 WEB Exercise Gerund_01 Gerund_02 Gerund_03

11. 11 GRAMMAR CHALLENGE Regret How can we use the word regret as a verb? In this week's grammar challenge, we asked Mariela to form correct sentences about things that happened in the past, that she wishes she could change now... http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learni ngenglish/radio/specials/1748_gramchall enge4/index.shtml

12. 12 See you next week!