Gerunds

Gerundsa. The gerunds are verbs that can function like nouns. They can often be used as the subject of a sentence. Ex. Eating fast food is not good for health.

Traveling by plane is fun.

Notice that the gerund is always singular and is followed by the third person singular form of the verb.

Ex. Eating junk food makes me sick.

Be careful!!!! Dont confuse the gerund with the continuous form of the verb

Ex. Drinking coffee isnt healthy.

Gerund

He is drinking coffee right now.

Progressive form

b. The gerund is often used after certain verbs. That means that they work as object of certain verbsAcknowledge

Admit

Advise

Appreciate

Avoid

Cant help

Ceebrate

Consider

Delay

Deny

Detest

Discontinue

Discuss

Dislike

Endure

Enjoy

Escape

Explain

Feel like

Finish

Forgive

Give up

Imagine

Justify

Keep (continue)

Mention

Mind (object to)

Miss

Postpone

Practice

Prevent

Prohibit

Propose

Quit

Recall

Recommend

Regret

Report

Resent

Resist

Risk

Suggest

Support

Tolerate

understandEx. I cant consider eating fast food everyday.

c. There are many common expression with go + gerund. These expressions usually describe activities, such as shopping, fishing, skiing, swimming and camping

Ex. WE often go swimming in the lake c. You can use a possessive before the gerund

Ex.I dislike Peters playing with dolls

I dislike his playing with dolls.

Spoken English: object pronouns instead of possessive before gerunds.

Ex. I dislike him playing with dolls.

d. If verb comes after a preposition, the verb ends in ing. That means that the gerund is the only verb form that can follow a preposition.

Ex. We talked about going to America.

Verbs that work with a specific preposition

Admit to

Advise against

Apologize for

Approve of

Believe in

Choose between

Choose among

Complain about

Count on

Deal with

Dream about/of

Feel like /about

Insist on

Look forward to

Object to

Plan on

Rely on

Resort on

Succeed in

Talk about

Think about

Wonder about

Ex. Has Tom succeeded in finding a job yet?

Adjectives that are followed by a preposition

Be accustomed to

Be afraid of

Be angry at

Be ashamed of

Be aware of

Be awful at

Be bad at

Be bored with/by

Be capable of

Be careful of

Be concern about

Be content with

Be curious about

Be different from

Be excited about

Be famous for

Be fed up with

Be fond of

Be glad about

Be good at

Be happy about

Be interested in

Be nervous about

Be opposed to

Be pleased about

Be ready for

Be responsible for

Be sad about

Be safe from

Be satisfied with

Be shocked at/by

Be sick of

Be slow at

Be sorry about/for

Be surprise at/about/by

Be terrible at

Be tired of

Be used to

Be worried about

Ex. Are you interested in working for us?

Note: To can be part of an infinitive, and can be a preposition too.

Ex. Im looking forward to meeting you

Solder: (con estao)

a. to join (metal) with solder

b. to join closely and intimately

Weld: (sin estao)

a. to unite or fuse (pieces, as of metal or plastic) by hammering, compressing, or the like, esp. after rendering soft or pasty by heat

b. to undergo welding, be capable of being welded, a metal that welds easily.