USES OF THE GERUND (VERB + -ING)
USES OF THE GERUND (VERB + -ING)
1.
Eating outside in the summer makes me feel good.
My idea of happiness is getting up late and not going to work.
2.
I love reading in bed.
I hate not getting to the airport early.
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USES OF THE GERUND (VERB + -ING)
USES OF THE GERUND (VERB + -ING)
1.
Eating outside in the summer makes me feel good.
My idea of happiness is getting up late and not going to work.
2.
I love reading in bed.
I hate not getting to the airport early.
3.
I’m thinking of buying a new car.
He left without saying goodbye.
• The gerund is the base form of the verb + -ing.
It can be positive (e.
g.
going) or
negative (e.
g.
not going).
• Use the gerund:
1.
as the subject
subject or object
object of a sentence.
2.
after some verbs
after some verbs, e.
g.
like, love, hate, enjoy, etc.
3.
after prepositions
after prepositions.
• Remember the spelling rules for the -ing form!!!!
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