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UNIT 3 THRILLS AND SPILLS
UNIT 3
In this unit students learns how to use the gerund correctly and how to make suggestions and responses.
Verbs followed by -ing
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admit |
deny |
finish |
mind |
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avoid |
dislike |
give up |
miss |
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(can’t) help |
enjoy |
imagine |
practise |
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(can’t) stand |
fancy |
involve |
put off |
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consider |
feel like |
keep (on) |
risk |
I always enjoy cooking.
Not: I always enjoy to cook.
We haven’t finished eating yet.
Not: We haven’t finished to eat.
She keeps changing her mind about the wedding.
New subject before -ing
Some of these verbs (e.g. can’t stand, dislike, imagine, involve, mind, miss, put off and risk) can be used with a new subject before the -ing form (underlined in the examples below). If the new subject is a pronoun, it is in the object form (me, him, her, us, them):
We just couldn’t imagine Gerry singing in public.
Do you mind me being here while you’re working?
I don’t want to risk him losing his job.
A gerund is a verb form that functions as a noun. A gerund is created by adding the suffix "-ing" to the base form of a verb. Like all nouns, gerunds can be used as subjects, objects of verbs, objects of prepositions, or complements. For example:
- Swimming is permitted in the lake. (subject of "is")
- I hate running. (object of the verb "hate")
- I was accepted after learning some Italian. (object of the preposition "after")
- Her passion is dancing. (complement of the subject "her passion")