Tham khảo tài liệu 'gerunds and infinitives', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Gerunds and infinitives THE GERUND 67 The gerund The gerund is used like a noun Smoking is bad for you. Do you. like watching TV She s good at swimming. It is formed by adding ing to the infinitive go - going stay - staying The negative is formed by adding not Would yon mind not smoking Note the changes that are sometimes necessary lie lying ie y take taking single e c is omitted sit sitting single vowel single consonant single vowel double consonant Practice 67a In your notebook write the gerund of these verbs. do swim fly play run try travel lie get ride 67b Fill the gaps with gerunds from the above box. Use each verb once only. 1 She likes .running every morning before breakfast. 2 homework I usually watch TV. 3 I the beach. 4 She doesn t other children. 5 .is a fast way of. 6 She likes sport and. 7 times I finally passed my exams. 8 I lay in bed and thought . 96 Gerunds and infinitives 68 like dislike and other verbs gerund Some verbs can be followed by a gerund or a noun including the following like love finish start dislike hate stop enjoy prefer miss give up begin Note like love prefer and start are sometimes followed by the infinitive. Practice Write these sentences changing the verbs into gerunds. 1 Do you like make cakes Do you like making cakes 2 I dislike get up at seven o clock every morning. 3 I started work here eight or nine years ago. 4 Do you prefer travel by plane or by ship 5 I hate write thank you1 letters. 6 I gave up drive after I had a bad accident. 7 I miss be able to visit my family. 8 I love sit here by the sea in the evenings. 9 I think it s time to stop play football. 10 What time did you finish read last night 11 Why don t you like go to discos 12 I think I ll start pack my suitcase. 97 Gerunds and infinitives 69 Prepositions gerund When a verb follows an preposition it takes the gerund We thought about leaving early. 1 was worried about getting home. I m interested in
