Gerunds and Infinitives (Pear Deck)

Circle how you are feeling:

Gerunds and

Infinitives

4B Grammar

1. I understand the features of gerunds

2. I understand the features of infinitives

3. I can determine when to use gerunds and

infinitives

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson…

1. Gerunds

Take some time to think about/ look up these questions

1. What is a gerund?

2. What are some examples of gerunds?

I love reading.

subject

verb

gerund/noun

Multiple Choice

We add ____ to the end of a verb to form a gerund.

• ing

• ed

• es

• s

Multiple Choice

Gerunds are verb forms used as _____.

• verbs

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

Can you spot the odd one out?

Taking

Listening

Sleeping

Reading

Doing

Taking

Drag your dot to how you are feeling:

Keep going, I understand

I’m a little confused

Stop, I need help!

Spelling gerunds

How to change these verbs into gerunds

1. Take

Verbs ending in consonant and -e:

take away the -e and add -ing

Take

Tak + ing

Taking

How to change these verbs into gerunds

1. Panic

Verbs ending in -c:

add -k and -ing

Panic

Panic+ k + ing

Panicking

How to change these verbs into gerunds

2. Tie

Verbs ending in -ie:

take away the -ie and add -y and -ing

Tie

T + y + ing

Tying

Poll

How confident are you with understanding gerunds?

• very confident

• somewhat confident

• not very confident

• I completely don't understand

2.

Infinitives

Take some time to think about/ look up these questions

1. What is an infinitive?

2. What are some examples of infinitives?

What are some examples of
infinitives?

Multiple Choice

We add _____ before a verb to create an infinitive.

• an

• could

• will

• to

I like to eat cake.

subject

verb

infinitive

object

Stretch Break!
Let’s take 5 minutes to stretch

Quiz game!

Gerunds and Infinitives

Turn this action into an infinitive and a gerund

exercise

Open Ended

Change 'motivation' into an infinitive.

Turn this action into an infinitive and a gerund

Turn this noun into an infinitive and a gerund

Preparation

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