Gerund
The -ing form of a verb. Example: Running
Gerund
What is the simple past form of "eat"?
Ate
True or false?
An idiom is a very serious sentence that you should believe every word of.
False! Idioms make no sense!
What is the capitol of North Carolina?
Raleigh
To + the base form of a verb. Example: To call
Infinitive
True of false, gerunds are common in the subject position.
True! Example: Running is my favorite hobby.
What is the past progressive form of "We are learning"
We were learning
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A-B Tech is going to have a snow free semester when _________ freezes over.
Hell
How many states are in the United States of America
50
True or false:
Infinitives are common after an adjective
(Does this sound right?)
It is nice to meet you.
She is great to talk to
True
True or false: These verbs ( admit, risk, tolerate, finish, recall) all are followed by gerunds.
Examples: (Think, do these sentences sound right?)
I risked losing my job to go to the bar.
I recall telling her my secret. I admit telling her my secret was wrong.
True
Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form
By the time I got there, the train _______ left.
Had
The two teenagers seemed very happy together, a true case of _______ love
Puppy
This jazz and swing singer was very popular from 1930-1950. Some of her songs are "Strange Fruit", " Blue moon", and " I'll be seeing you"
Billie Holiday
Change the gerund to an infinitive
I love eating tacos.
When using remember+ gerund like, "I remember gardening with my mom as a kid" what kind of memory is this, recent or long ago?
It is a long ago memory. We use remember+gerund to talk about distant memories.
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While I _________ (run) I __________ (stumble) upon a family of geese.
Was running/ stumbled
Max tells everyone about his girlfriend, he ______ his heart on his ________.
Heart, sleeve
Who was the first black president of the USA
Barack Obama
When would you use remember+infinitve like, "My husband was so happy that I remembered to pay the bills on time"
We use remember +infinitive to show that we had the intention of doing something and you remembered to do it.
Fill in the sentence with the correct gerunds
__________ (bake) is something I have always wanted to do. __________ (Clean) after I bake is another story.
Baking/ Cleaning
This tense is used to describe unfinished, continous actions that were interrupted in the past.
Past Progressive
I had ____________ last weekend, I was snowed in and had no internet!
Cabin Fever
What school does Max (me) go to?
Western Carolina University
In wht kind of situation would we use regret+ infinitive? Ex: We regret to tell you that your father passed away.
We would use it in a very serious, often sad setting.