English Grammar Intermediate - Opinions and Plans

The video begins with a discussion on various sports and personal preferences, highlighting dislikes for activities like football, rock climbing, swimming, horse riding, and skiing. It transitions into a grammar lesson on gerunds, explaining that gerunds are verbs ending in 'ING' used as nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate how gerunds function within sentences, emphasizing their role as nouns rather than verbs.

Which activity does the speaker find too dangerous?

• Rock climbing

• Horse riding

• Football

• Swimming

What is the speaker's favorite activity?

• Sleeping

• Horse riding

• Skiing

• Swimming

What is a gerund?

• An adjective acting as a noun

• A noun acting as a verb

• A verb acting as a noun

• A verb acting as an adjective

Which of the following is an example of a gerund?

• Talking

• Talks

• Talked

• Talk

In the sentence 'I hate swimming', what role does 'swimming' play?

• Adverb

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective