Teaching Gerunds: An Introducing ESL Lesson Plan

The purpose of this lesson is for students to practice verbs that are followed by gerunds or infinitives with no change in meaning. They will also learn how to determine when to use gerunds or infinitives. Moreover, they will work on answering questions using two sentences: one with the gerund and one with the infinitive. Students will also have the opportunity to create their questions, it’s really fun to see what they come up with. By the end of this lesson, students will be able to make logical sentences using several verbs including love, like, hate, prefer, can’t bear, can’t stand, begin, start and continue.

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1. G1.1 - Introduction to Gerunds Lesson 1/11 ESL Lesson Plan
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3. What is a gerund? When a verb ends in -ing, it may be a gerund or a present participle. It is important to understand that they are not the same! When we use a verb in -ing form as a noun, it is usually a gerund: fishing is fun
4. How do you form a gerund? learn learning work working Typically, we can just add -ing to the verb: have having come coming When the verb ends in -e, we drop the e and add –ing:
5. How do you form a gerund? stop stopping swim swimming For one-syllable verbs that end in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the consonant before adding –ing. die dying lie lying If the verb ends in -ie, we change the ie to y:
6. 1. write ________ 2. get ________ 3. hold ________ 4. meet ________ Change the verb to its gerund form 5. sit ________ 6. live ________ 7. run ________ 8. dance ________
7. Many activities are written in gerund form hiking Which other activities can you express in the gerund form? swimming running
8. Make sentences Knowing how to start a fire… He thinks that hiking… …is a challenging, but fun activity. …teach you a lot about the world. …on the trails behind her house. She enjoys running… …will help you when camping. Travelling can… …dancing with her friends. She really likes…
9. Like nouns, gerunds can be the subject, object or complement of a sentence Smoking is bad for your health. Here the gerund is the subject of the sentence.
10. 9. ________ makes me nervous. 10. ________ is boring. 11. ________ is one of my favorite things to do. 12. ________ is good for your health. 13. ________ is dangerous. Complete the following sentences with a gerund of your choice, as a subject
11. I don't like writing Here, the gerund is the object of the sentence. Complete each sentence with a gerund as object: 14. She’s worried about __________. 15. He dislikes ___________. 16. I look forward to _________. 17. My mom loves __________. 18. I enjoy ________ in the morning.
12. My favorite hobby is reading Here, the gerund is a complement. Complete each sentence with a gerund as a complement: 19. The hardest thing about English is _________. 20. My least favorite chore is _________. 21. My dad’s hobby is _________. 22. My cat’s favorite activity is _________. 23. His chores are _________.
13. Like a verb, a gerund can take an object In this case, the entire expression (gerund + object) can be the subject, object or complement of the sentence: Smoking cigarettes costs a lot of money. I don't like writing letters. My favorite hobby is reading detective stories.
14. Add an object to these sentences 24. I love reading _________. 25. Eating _________ is bad for your health. 26. Practicing _________ is a lot of fun. 27. One of my favorite hobbies is watching _________. 28. He doesn’t like playing _________. 29. Drinking _________ gives him a headache.
15. Gerunds after prepositions If we want to use a verb after a preposition, it is usually a gerund. I will call you after arriving at the office. Please have a drink before leaving. She dreams about travelling around the world. Notice that you could replace all the above gerunds with ‘real’ nouns! I will call you after my arrival at the office. She dreams about world travel. Please have a drink before your departure.
16. Complete with a gerund or a gerund phrase 30. Don’t forget to close the windows before __________. 31. She was so happy after __________. 32. He is responsible for __________.
17. Complete with a gerund or a gerund phrase 33. She loves to talk about __________. 34. He is afraid of __________. 35. You won’t get better without __________.
18. A verb sometimes follows another verb Often the second verb is in the infinitive form I want to eat. to verb infinitive But sometimes the second verb must be in gerund form I enjoy eating.
19. What do these people enjoy doing? A B C D
20. When we use a verb in the -ing form as either a verb or adjective… Anthony is fishing. …we call it a present participle. This is a little different than a gerund, but it has the same form. It was an exciting game.
21. Gerunds frequently form compound nouns horse riding Compound nouns are formed by joining two or more words. These words can be nouns, adjectives and verbs. Here we look at compound nouns with gerunds. horse riding
22. Gerunds frequently form compound nouns kite problem processing making solving decision flying stamp collecting data Match the beginning of the compound noun with its ending
23. Here are some more compound nouns! drinking shooting school pool wheel cleaning water driving star living room steering lady swimming
24. Gerunds can follow possessive adjectives Gerunds can follow my, your, his, her, its or their… …And gerunds can follow possessive nouns too... Gran’s cooking is the best in the family. My cooking is the best in the family
25. Make sentences My dad’s dancing… My teacher loves… …my neat handwriting. …scares me. My grandma’s driving… …his singing in the shower. I can’t stand… ...embarrasses me.