Unit 5 Finishing Schedule Phrasal Verbs Gerunds Writing

Unit 5 Finishing

Schedule Phrasal Verbs Gerunds Writing Skills

What Are Phrasal Verbs? p. 103 - Verb + Particle (preposition) See PEARSON PPT

Gerunds and Infinitives p. 107

Overview The Gerund Definition and formation Functions in a sentence Constructions followed by ‘gerund’ The Infinitive Constructions followed by ‘infinitive’

Definition and Formation shop – Shopping is fun. travel – I love traveling motivate – she’s good at motivating people. wash – Our dog loves being washed The Gerund is a verb that ends in –ing and is used as a noun.

You can put a gerund into a sentence as a subject or as an Functions in object a Sentence Subject Object Watching movies is great. I avoid being seen with my students on the weekends.

Gerunds When to use them? After prepositions She is good at playing games I’m afraid of being left alone in the dark I’m interested in writing stories The subject of the sentence Smoking is bad for your health Cooking is difficult for me After some verbs Verbs I of preference (hate, don’t mind, like, love) don’t mind running in the rain I hate eating vegetables

Infinitives (w/to) After adjectives My house is easy to walk to from town The bottle is difficult to break To express purpose Why is she saving money? She is saving money to travel.

Infinitive (w/o to) Any modal verbs would / could / might / must / will I might go to Spain Make I / Let make him take out the garbage I let him run away

Practice Gerunds and Infinitives WORKSHEET

Writing Skills Page 105

Homework Read Article 2 Unit 5 – p. 100 Prepare for quiz