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Tema: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Docente: MG. MAGALI G. PRADO CORONADO
Escuela Profesional Periodo académico: 2018-1

INGENIERÍA AMBIENTAL Semestre:1
Unidad:4
• GERUNDS
• INFINITIVES
ORIENTATION
• Look and analyze carefully each picture.
• Contextualize all the pictures.
• Avoid using spanish.

• Gerunds used as subject of the sentence.
• Dancing is fun.
• Gerunds used as objects
He enjoys working with children.

LIKE + GERUND
• We often use gerunds after the verbs.

• Love, like,don’t mind, dislike, don’t like, hate, enjoy and
prefer.
• We use the base form of the verb + ing to form gerunds.
LIKE + GERUND
• I dislike reading books.
• She doesn’t mind helping me
• He loves going to the cinema.
• Do you like travelling ? Yes, I do
• They hate playing games.
• I love eating ice cream
• She dislikes playing basketball
• I prefer watching TV
• He doesn’t mind cooking
LIKE + GERUND
• LIKE GUSTAR
• DON’T LIKE NO GUSTAR
• DISLIKE NO GUSTAR
• LOVE GUSTAR MUCHISIMO
• HATE ODIAR
• PREFER PREFERIR
• ENJOY DISFRUTAR
• DON’T MIND NO IMPORTAR
Running for Office 1
Voting is an important responsibility.
I will keep
fighting
Let’s discuss for a new
improving our hospital.
schools.
Running for Office 2
Choosing a candidate takes time.
I enjoy
working for
the people. Do you resent
paying higher
taxes?
Form
A gerund is the base form of a verb + -ing.

Gerunds can be used as nouns.
+ =
verb -ing noun
+ =
work -ing working
+ =
pay -ing paying
+ =
improve -ing improving
Gerunds as Subjects
A gerund can be the subject of a sentence. It is

always singular. Use a third-person singular verb
after a gerund.
singular subject
Choosing a candidate takes time.

Be Careful!
Don’t confuse gerunds with the

present progressive verb form.
present progressive
I am voting today.
verb
gerund
subject
Complete the sentences
Practice 1
with gerunds.
Windsurfing
Example: __________ is very
exciting.
1. __________ makes me laugh.
2. __________ gives me a headache.
3. __________ isn’t polite.
4. __________ is popular in my country.
5. __________ destroys the environment.
6. Not __________ can be dangerous.
Gerunds as Objects
A gerund can be the object of certain verbs.
verb object
suggest I suggest improving our schools.
verb object
enjoy I enjoy working for the people.

Complete the dialogues
Practice 2
with gerund phrases.
Example:
A: Why do Christophe and Hiro go hiking so often?
watching birds
B: They both enjoy ____________.
1. A: I need a ride to the airport.

B: I don’t mind ____________.
2. A: Dad, can I go outside and play?

B: Have you finished ____________.
3. A: Why did Javier look so sad today?

B: I think he really misses _____________.
Gerunds with Go
We often use go + gerund to describe

activities.
Our family goes bowling every Saturday.
Ali went jogging with his dog.

Ask a partner how often he or
Practice 3
she does these activities.
How often do you

I go dancing
go dancing?
every night.
1. 2.
Ask a partner how often he or
Practice 4
she does these activities.
4.
3. 5.
Definition
• An infinitive is the word “to” plus the base form of a

verb.
• It often functions as a noun, as either a subject or a
direct object.
• It can also function as an adjective or adverb.
• It is not a preposition.
Examples:
• I wanted to run out the door when the teacher

announced a pop quiz.
• I tried to think of an excuse, but my mind drew a blank
and so I was forced to baby-sit for my bratty cousin.
Non-Example
• I went to the store with my two year old brother,

Jake.
• The above examples are not infinitives. “To the

store” is a prepositional phrase. “two” is not “to.”
To form infinitives use

to + base form of the verb
I want to dance
To form negative infinitives use

Not + infinitive
He decided not to go to the party.
Verbs that take only Gerunds
• Appreciate • Keep
• Avoid • Mention
• Delay • Mind
• Deny • Miss
• Discuss • Postpone
• Dislike • Quit
• Enjoy • Recall
• Excuse • Recommend
• Finish • Resent
• understand • suggest
• Infinitives in the subject position
To live in the United States is my dream

It is my dream to live in the United States.
Gerunds often follow verbs that indicate that

an action is happening or has happened.
The action expressed by the verb comes at

the same time or after the action expressed
by the gerund.
We enjoy going to concerts.

(you can only enjoy things you are doing or
have done –
not things you haven’t done yet.)
Infinitives often follow verbs that indicate that

an action will or could happen.
The action expressed by the verb comes

before the action expressed by the infinitive.
We hope to go to the concert.

(You can hope for things that could happen
not things that have already happened)
EXERCISES
CONCLUSIONES Y/O ACTIVIDADES DE

INVESTIGACIÓN SUGERIDAS
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¡La universidad para todos!

¡La Universidad para todos!

Tema: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Escuela Profesional Periodo académico: 2018-1

• Look and analyze carefully each picture.

• Contextualize all the pictures.

• Avoid using spanish.

• Gerunds used as subject of the sentence.

• Gerunds used as objects

He enjoys working with children.

• We often use gerunds after the verbs.

Running for Office 1

Voting is an important responsibility.

Running for Office 2

Choosing a candidate takes time.

A gerund is the base form of a verb + -ing.

A gerund can be the subject of a sentence. It is

Voting is an important responsibility.

Choosing a candidate takes time.

Don’t confuse gerunds with the

Voting is an important responsibility.

A gerund can be the object of certain verbs.

suggest I suggest improving our schools.

enjoy I enjoy working for the people.

1. A: I need a ride to the airport.

2. A: Dad, can I go outside and play?

3. A: Why did Javier look so sad today?

We often use go + gerund to describe

Our family goes bowling every Saturday.

Ali went jogging with his dog.

How often do you

• An infinitive is the word “to” plus the base form of a

• I wanted to run out the door when the teacher

• I went to the store with my two year old brother,

• The above examples are not infinitives. “To the

To form infinitives use

To form negative infinitives use

Verbs that take only Gerunds

• Infinitives in the subject position

To live in the United States is my dream

Gerunds often follow verbs that indicate that

The action expressed by the verb comes at

We enjoy going to concerts.

Infinitives often follow verbs that indicate that

The action expressed by the verb comes

We hope to go to the concert.

CONCLUSIONES Y/O ACTIVIDADES DE

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