Interchange 2

Unit 10
Gerunds
EIP
Teacher Pilar Gabasa
Gerunds
• I am not very good at cooking
• I love watching movies
• I love going to the beach
• I hate ironing clothes
• I don´t mind walking downtown

These “ing verbs” are nouns in this context and they describe activities,
not actions happening in the moment like verbs in present continuous
These “ing verbs” are nouns in this context and they describe activities, not actions
happening in the moment like verbs in present continuous
Let´s create some sentences!
• I love
• I like
• I hate
• I am interested in / I am into cooking
• I enjoy
• I can´t stand
• I am good at
• I am not good at
• I don´t mind
Let´s create some sentences!
• I love watching TV
• I like eating pizza
• I hate eating mushrooms
• I am interested in making new friends
• I enjoy dancing a lot of songs
• I can´t stand working
• I am good at eating
• I am not good at being patient
• I don´t mind cleaning up the dishes
Let´s create some sentences!
• I love cooking
• I like Reading a good book
• I hate ironing my clothes
• I am interested in learning languages
• I enjoy eating
• I can´t stand going to the bank
• I am good at planting flowers
• I am not good at cooking
• I don´t mind washing the dishes
• Remember to agree and disagree using the same tense
I am happy --- So am I ---Really? I am not
I am not happy ---Neither am I

I live here --- So do I

I don´t live here --- Neither do I

I did my homework --- So did I

I didn´t do my homework --- Neither did I
Activity 1
Copying a lot in my notebook / waiting for irresponsible people
Working on Saturdays / sending videos in English

Sleeping / watching TV / working out at the gym

Cleaning my house / waking up early / cooking dinner

Dancing /cooking and decorating / talking / eating

Cleaning after the party / meeting new people because I am shy / saying bye bye
Copying a lot in my notebook / waiting for irresponsible people
Working on Saturdays / sending videos in English

Sleeping / watching TV / working out at the gym

Cleaning my house / waking up early / cooking dinner

Dancing /cooking and decorating / talking / eating

Cleaning after the party / meeting new people because I am shy / saying bye bye
 I AM

Neither is

So am

Neither do I

Neither can

Neither am

I don’t mind
Activity 2
Activity 3
• Creative: having or showing an ability to make new things or think of
new ideas
• Critical: expressing criticism or disapproval involving careful judgment
about the good and bad parts of something
• Disorganized: not organized, not able to keep things arranged in a
neat or effective way
• Efficient:not able to keep things arranged in a neat or effective way
• Forgetful: tending to forget things : forgetting things often or easily
• Generous: freely giving or sharing money and other valuable things
showing kindness and concern for others
• Hardworking: using a lot of time and energy to work with energy and
commitment
• Impatient: not willing to wait for something or someone, easily annoyed by
someone's mistakes or because you have to wait
• Level headed: Reasonable, having or showing an ability to think clearly and
to make good decisions
• Moody: having moods that change often, often unfriendly because of
feeling angry or unhappy
• Punctual: arriving or doing something at the expected or planned time
• Reliable: able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed
• Short tempered: easily made angry
• Strict: demanding that people obey rules or behave in a certain way
Homework 1