verb + gerund
grade 9 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of verb + gerund in the context of daily situations
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification of verbs followed by a gerund in the context of daily situations
Procedure (54-68 minutes)
Each student reads a sentence that has a (verb + gerund) combination out loud.
Students start demonstrating the similar built of the sentences.
Students highlight the verbs that are followed by a (verb + ing = gerund)
The verbs: start, stop, avoid, enjoy, keep, hate, miss, and mind; are followed by a gerund. Notice that these verbs are used in the suitable tense.
students combine two verbs; one is the verb thats followed by a gerund, the other is the verb that we derive the gerund from.
students answer an MCQs quiz on the grammar.
In pairs, students build sentences about daily situations using the verb + gerund combination.