Gerunds as subjects
What is the subject in this sentence?
Cooking is fun.
Cooking
He enjoys ________ (cook)
cooking
She hopes _______ (open) a new restaurant.
To open
Choose: I like (to swim / swimming)
I like to swim / I like swimming.
Which is correct? She is interested (in try / in trying) new food.
Make a sentence with a gerund as the subject
ex. Swimming helps me relax.
name two verbs usually followed by a gerund.
Avoid/Enjoy/etc
Give two verbs followed by an infinitive
Decide, want, etc
Chose and explain: She stopped (to eat / eating) lunch.
Stopped to eat = she paused another action in order to eat
stopped eating = She no longer eats lunch
We look forward __________ (have) dinner with you.
to having
True/False: A gerund subject takes a plural verb?
False!
Whats the gerund?
They went shopping at the mall.
Shopping
identify the infinitive: I chose not to eat pizza
To eat
Correct or not? I remembered to meet her yesterday.
Correct!
What comes after the phrasal verb? He gave up _______ (smoke)
smoking.
Give the negative form of this gerund subject: Exercising is important
Not exercising is unhealthy / Not exercising isn't good.
Formal or informal?
I dislike him eating so much fast food.
In formal English we prefer a possessive before a gerund. Using an object pronoun (him) is informal.
Fix: We plan to stay home, to watch a movie, and to eat pizza.
We plan to stay home, watch a movie, and eat pizza.
Correct or not? I remembered meeting her yesterday.
Correct!
Answer with an infinitive of purpose: Why does he always order fast food?
To save time
Fix: Eat fast food every day is bad for you.
Eating fast food every day is bad for you.
Rewrite Formally: I dislike Julio eating fries.
Possessive + gerund = I dislike Julio's eating fries. / I dislike his eating fast foods.
Change to verb + object + infinitive: She encouraged. Max / Try the salad.
She encouraged Max to try the salad
Why is this wrong?
I love walking and to do yoga.
It breaks parallel structure. I love walking and doing yoga or I love to walk and to do yoga.
Rewrite formally: He exercises to stay healthy.
He exercises in order to stay healthy.