U4.language focus.k10

Friday, 23th October,2009
DAKRONG HIGH SCHOOL
Welcome to the class 11B5

I.Pronunciation
II.Grammar
1.Gerund
a.The form:
A gerund = Verb + “ING”
- As the subject of the sentence
→Eg1: Singing helps you feel more comfortable.
- As a complement of the verb “Tobe”
→Eg2: Mary’s hobby is swimming
- After prepositions
→ Eg3: Peter is very good at learning Maths
- After a number of “pharasal verbs”which are composed of “adverb+preposiion”
Eg4: I look forward to hearing from you soon
b.The use of Gerund
-in compound nouns
Eg: a swimming pool, birth watching
- After some expression
Eg: can’t help, cant’t stand, It’t no use/good, be worth
→ I can’t stand being stuck in traffic
Practice: Exercise 1
Complete each of the following sentences with approciate gerund of the verbs from the box.
A. Spend
B. Behave
C. bend
D. Listen
E. meet
G. Wait
1.I hav no objection to …………….to your story again.
listening
2.Would you mind………………..for a moment
waiting
3.You should be ashamed of yourself for……………so badly
behaving
4.I am looking forward to……………you.
meeting
5.You can’t prevent him from…………….his own money
spending
2.Present Participle
a. Form: Verb + “ING”
b.The use:
- As a part of the continuous form of a verb
Eg1: We are learning English now
- After verbs of movement( verb+ present participle)
Eg2: Peter used to go fishing at the weeken
- After verbs of perception in the form: verb +object+ present participle
Eg3: I can smell something burning
See, watch, observe, smell, hear
NOTE:
The difference between two forms:
The verb of perception
+ object+ present participle
+object + Verb (bare-inf)
Refers to an incomplete action/a part of action
Refers to a complete action
Eg: I heard Mai playing the piano
Eg: I heard Mai play the piano
Mean: She had started before I heard her, and maybe went on afterward
Mean: I heard her complete performance
- As an adjective
Eg: It was an interesting film
- Waste/Spend + time/money expression+ present participle
Eg: I spend three hours a day learning English
Eg: Don’t waste time playing games.
- To replace a part of a sentence
Eg: Mary sang to herself. She walked down the road
→ Singing to herself, Mary walked down the road
+ two actions occur the same time, and are done by the same person)
+ one action follows very quickly after another done b the same person
Eg: He logged off the computer and left the house.
→ Logging off the cmputer, he left the house
c.Practice: Exercise 2
Complete the following sentences with appropriate present participle of the verbs given
A. burn
B. read
C. rise
D. spend
E. lie
4.They wasted a whole afternoon……………..to repair the bike
G. try
1.She smelt something…………..and saw smoke………
burning
rising
2.If she catches you……………her diary,she’ll be furious
reading
3. They found a tree……………across the road
lying
trying