Gerunds as Subjects and Objects

What do you want from your career?

• Security

• Money

• Adventure

• Something else

If you want to have stability, (...)

• choose a job that you can keep for your whole life. You could be a federal judge, a public school teacher, or a university professor.

• be something that will allow you to explore other places and other cultures, like an environmentalist or a tour guide.

• you may want to look into being a financial analyst, a doctor, or a stockbroker.

Perhaps you can't picture yourself doing the same thing, at the same place, for years and years. In that case, (...)

• choose a job that you can keep for your whole life. You could be a federal judge, a public school teacher, or a university professor.

• be something that will allow you to explore other places and other cultures, like an environmentalist or a tour guide.

• you may want to look into being a financial analyst, a doctor, or a stockbroker.

Do you want to have a high-paying job?

• Choose a job that you can keep for your whole life. You could be a federal judge, a public school teacher, or a university professor.

• Be something that will allow you to explore other places and other cultures, like an environmentalist or a tour guide.

• You may want to look into being a financial analyst, a doctor, or a stockbroker.

Playing games all day would be lots of fun.

• Yep, that sounds about right!

• I don't think so. Are you sure about that?

Being a flight attendant sounds exciting.

• Yep, that sounds about right!

• I don't think so. Are you sure about that?

Designing clothes is not a man's job.

• Yep, that sounds about right!

• I don't think so. Are you sure about that?

I'd be good at testing games.

• Yep, that sounds about right!

• I don't think so. Are you sure about that?

I'd love being a flight attendant.

• Yep, that sounds about right!

• I don't think so. Are you sure about that?

What do you think?

Working from home (...)

• seems awful!

• could be stressful.

• would be fantastic.

• must be pretty difficult.