Gerunds动名词.pptVIP

  • 29
  • 0
  • 约8.46千字
  • 约 55页
  • 2017-06-30 发布于湖北
  • 举报
Gerunds动名词

Gerunds Let’s Go Hunting for Gerunds! Gerunds burrowing… scratching … crawling… falling… Know your enemy! To hunt and use those pesky gerunds, you need to know more about them. You will recognize that gerunds come from verbs, but… they act as NOUNS!!! Locating your prey! Gerunds are tricky little critters! As a subject, that Gerund may look like this… Hunting for Gerunds is my favorite grammatical sport. As the object, the Gerund may look like this… Gerunds are good at running for their lives. If they really want to trick you… A gerund can also act as a complement or appositive for a noun. Like this: See if you can spot them in time! Look out! There’s two of ‘em! Hunting gerunds is amusing! Go out and get ‘em! Remember, gerunds may look like -ing verbs … Thank You for Joining Us! Gerunds and Infinitives Gerunds and infinitives can function as: NOUNS (subjects, objects, subject complements) As subjects, they take a singular verb. Only Gerunds can be object of the preposition. To form gerunds, use the base form + ing (don’t’ forget the rules for spelling of ing form of verbs) I enjoy learning English To form negative gerunds, use not + gerund Not speaking English well is my biggest problem in this country. Gerunds used as subject of the sentence. Dancing is fun. Gerunds used as objects He enjoys working with children. Verbs that take only Gerunds Appreciate Avoid Delay Deny Discuss Dislike Enjoy Excuse Finish understand Keep Mention Mind Miss Postpone Quit Recall Recommend Resent suggest Gerunds used as object of the preposition I am thinking about taking the children to Mexico. Common preposition combinations followed by gerunds Be excited about, complain about, talk about, think about, worry about Apologize for, blame for, famous for Believe in, interested in, succeed in Take care of, instead of, be accused of Insist on, count on, concentrate on Keep from, prevent from, profit from In

文档评论(0)

1亿VIP精品文档

相关文档