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    1. Gerunds are verb forms that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Common gerunds include walking, running, swimming, etc. 2. Gerunds can be used in several ways including as the subject of a sentence, after certain verbs like enjoy, prefer, and go, after prepositions, in signs prohibiting actions, and to indicate the function of objects. 3. Examples of how gerunds are used include "Surfing the internet is my favorite hobby", "He is good at dancing", and "No smoking" signs.

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    1. Gerunds are verb forms that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Common gerunds include walking, running, swimming, etc. 2. Gerunds can be used in several ways including as the subject of a sentence, after certain verbs like enjoy, prefer, and go, after prepositions, in signs prohibiting actions, and to indicate the function of objects. 3. Examples of how gerunds are used include "Surfing the internet is my favorite hobby", "He is good at dancing", and "No smoking" signs.

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    1. Gerunds are verb forms that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Common gerunds include walking, running, swimming, etc. 2. Gerunds can be used in several ways including as the subject of a sentence, after certain verbs like enjoy, prefer, and go, after prepositions, in signs prohibiting actions, and to indicate the function of objects. 3. Examples of how gerunds are used include "Surfing the internet is my favorite hobby", "He is good at dancing", and "No smoking" signs.

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    GERUND

    FORM AND
    USAGE
    GERUND

    GO GOING GIVE GIVING

    DIG DIGGING
    DIE DYING
    LABEL LABELLING
    GERUNDS CAN BE
    USED:

    1. AS THE SUBJECT OF A
    SENTENCE:

    SURFING THE INTERNET


    IS MY FAVOURITE
    HOBBIE
    2. AFTER THE FOLLOWING VERBS:

    FANCY-kedvel
    ADMIT -bevall STOP
    FINISH
    AVOID-elkerül TRY
    GIVE UP-felad -
    BEGIN
    GO ON-folytat
    CONTINUE

    CONSIDER-hisz KEEP ON-folytat

    INTEND-tervez
    DENY-tagad
    START
    2. AFTER THE FOLLOWING VERBS:

    IMAGINE-elképzel IT’S NO USE-értelmetlen

    MISS-eltéveszt THERE’S NO POINT IN

    POSTPONE-elhalaszt
    IT’S NO GOOD
    PRACTISE-gyakorol

    RISK -kockáztat

    SUGGEST-javasol

    CAN’T HELP
    2. AFTER THE FOLLOWING VERBS:

    LIKE

    ENJOY

    LOVE

    PREFER

    DON’T MIND: nem bánja

    CAN’T STAND: ki nem állhatja

    HATE
    2. AFTER THE VERB GO.../ DO...:

    GO DANCING DO THE IRONING

    GO SHOPPING DO THE CLEANING

    GO SWIMMING DO THE WASHING- UP


    INFINITIVES ( NOT GERUND)

    I’D LOVE TO .eat..( I WOULD LOVE TO...)

    I’D LIKE TO...drink.( I WOULD LIKE TO...)


    GERUNDS CAN BE
    USED:

    3. AFTER A PREPOSITION:
    He is bad at swimming.
    HE IS GOOD AT DANCING

    THEY ARE AFRAID OF


    SWIMMING
    GERUNDS CAN BE
    USED:

    4. IN SIGNS FOR
    PROHIBITED ACTIONS:

    NO SMOKING

    NO DIVING
    GERUNDS CAN BE
    USED:

    5. IN COMPOUNDS TO
    INDICATE THE FUNCTION
    OF SOMETHING

    A SURFING BOARD

    A SHOPPING CENTRE
    GERUNDS CAN BE
    USED:

    6. IN PRESENT, PAST
    CONTINUOUS....

    HE IS WRITING ON THE
    BOARD

    THEY WERE SPEAKING TO


    ME

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