What are Gerunds?
Learning how to use gerunds is one of the most challenging aspects about learning English. For this reason, here you have a deep explanation of all of their uses
- As a subject of a sentence when we refer to actions or general facts: Taking up a new sport is not easy. Eating vegetables is very healthy.
- After prepositions: Lucy doesn’t like his style of playing. He entered without knocking.
- After go when we talk about physical activities: They go skiing every winter. He never goes fishing
- .After some expressions such as: Be used to/ get used to (remember the previous grammar point), can’t help (no poder evitar), can’t stand (no soportar), don’t mind/ wouldn’t mind (no importar, dar igual), feel like (apetecer), it’s no use (es inútil…), look forward (estar deseando), it is (not) worth (no merece la pena…) I don’t mind going home on foot. I feel like having a hot chocolate.
- As a direct object with some verbs: Consider (considerar), continue (continuar), deny (negar), detest (detestar), dislike (no gustar), enjoy (disfrutar), finish (acabar), hate (odiar), like (gustar), love (encantar, amar), prefer (preferir), recommend (recomendar), suggest (sugerir), admit (admitir), avoid (evitar), fancy (gustar), give up (dejar un hábito), go on (continuar), imagine (imaginar), involve (involucrar), keep on (continuar), practice (practicar), miss (echar de menos; perderse una actividad), risk (arriesgar), resist (resistir). I enjoy doing sport. He suggested buying a new laptop for their department.
- Gerunds in negative sentences =
NOT + verb –ing He hated not
passing his exams. He resisted not eating sweets.
A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions as a noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. Any action verb can be made into a gerund.
- Here we share a video to make it easier for you:
- We now leave you this link so you can practice what you've learned: https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-gerunds.php
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