Gerund Grammar Video Lesson
Gerunds can be formed in an active and passive manner. Moreover, a gerund can function as the subject or the object of a sentence. Also, gerunds and gerund phrases occur after specific constructions, which are illustrated in greater detail in this video exercise, which concerns itself with an English grammar chapter with which students of the English language seem to have great trouble.
Gerunds in Present Tense
There are two forms of gerunds in the present tense: active present tense (Shopping is great) & passive present tense (Our dog loves being washed).
What is a gerund?
It is explained in the video that a gerund is the simple form of a verb (infinitive form) plus -ing. It functions as a noun. Furthermore, it is explained that some words have irregular forms in the building of gerunds: lie-lying, stop-stopping, sit-sitting, etc.
Subject & Object
A gerund can function as a subject (Shopping is great)) or as an object (I usually avoid being seen by my students on weekends) in a sentence structure.
Gerunds after specific constructions
Gerunds after adjectives:
- He’s afraid of going by plane
- She’s busy writing e-mails
- Houdini is famous for making a man disappear.
- I’m bad at playing tennis.
Gerunds after prepositions:
- He was sent to prison because of robbing a bank
- Apart from missing Tarzan, Jane was fine.
- Marc never goes on holiday without taking his dog.
- We arrived in Paris after driving all night.
Gerunds after verbs:
- I enjoy being given a massage.
- He admitted having driven to fast.
- My dad is considering remarrying.
- I delayed telling Max the truth.
Gerunds after nouns:
- There’s no reason for screaming at your parents.
- What’s the advantage of cycling over jogging?
- We had problems finding our way back home.
- There’s no point in telling him the whole truth.
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