GERUND PHRASES INTERCHANGE 3 UNIT 2

GERUND PHRASES INTERCHANGE 3 UNIT 2

WHAT IS A GERUND?

A GERUND IS VERB IN A FORM OF ING,.

What is the girl doing?

She is COOKING in the kitchen.

ANOTHER SENTENCE..THE SAME GERUND.

COOKING is what she likes to do the most.

What does she like to do?

She enjoys COOKING in the kitchen.

The activity takes the most important part of the sentence.

Swimming is her life.

There are certain verbs that are followed by a gerund

after a prepostion we alwasys use GERUND

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund.

Reading is an important skill.

• Reading

• an

• important

• skill

Multiple Choice

A gerund phrase functions as a

• adjective

• noun

• verb

• preposition

Multiple Choice

He decided to give up ____ after that experience.

• gamble

• gambling

• to gambling

• being gambled

• to gamble

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund.

For most birds, flying is a way to escape predators.

• birds

• flying

• escape

• predators

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund.

Halim was punished for cheating.

• Halim

• was

• punished

• cheating

Multiple Choice

The police told Rafael that ____ old ladies was a terrible thing to do.

• to attack

• attacking

• attack

Multiple Choice

I hate ____ money from other people.

• to borrow

• borrow

• to be borrowing

• borrowing

• having borrowed

Multiple Choice

I hate ____ money from other people.

• to borrow

• borrow

• to be borrowing

• borrowing

• having borrowed