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Gerunds and Infinitives
Gerunds and Infinitives
Verbs + ing
Gerunds can be used in
the following cases
As the subject of a sentence
• Smoking in bad for your health.
• We all enjoy eating out.
As an object of certain verbs and
.expressions
• He is interested in collecting
stamps.
• I’m tired of waiting for him.
Gerunds
• Gerunds are formed with ING:
– walking, talking, thinking, listening
• A gerund is a noun made from a verb by
adding "-ing."
• The gerund form of the verb "read" is
"reading." You can use a gerund as the
subject, the complement, or the object of a
sentence.
Examples
• http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/
gerund_list.htm
Verbs Followed by Gerunds
• avoid • practice
• deny • remember
• dislike • risk
• enjoy • stop
• finish • suggest
• keep
• miss
.Gerunds are used after prepositions