E 7 Unit 7 A1

The sports program is interestingHe enjoys watching sports program gerund V, N... part Decide whether the underlined word is gerund or present participle... Present participle: used as

Unit 7

LESSON 1: A STUDENT’S WORK

KEY

elephant

y ellow USA

university schoolyard

/ j /

watch water

/w/

1 We went for a walk in the woods near the railway station.

2 At 12 o’clock, we had sandwiches and sweet white

wine, and we watched TV

3 Excuse me Did you use to live in York?

4 Did you use to be a tutor at the University?

He is watching TV The sports program is interesting

He enjoys watching sports program

gerund

(V, N)

1 She is fond of reading books.

2 What I have to do now is doing my homework.

3 Playing sports is good for your health.

4 I see him waiting outside.

5 Alice goes shopping every weekend

6 I catch him stealing my book

(Gerund)

(Pre part)

(Pre part)

(Gerund) (Gerund)

(Pre part)

Decide whether the underlined word is

gerund or present participle

a Gerund: used as a verb or a noun

b Present participle: used as a verb

or an adjective

As an adjective After some perception verbs: see, hear, smell, notice, watch, observe

After some verbs: catch, find, leave, spend, waste, go, etc

1 I hear someone singing outside

2 She is used to living in cold weather

present participle gerund

1 Activity 1: Complete the sentences with

appropriate gerunds of the verbs from the box

spend wait start

meet listen

1 I looking forward to……….you

2 You can’t prevent him from………his own money

3 Would you mind……….for a

listening starting

2 Activity 2: Complete the sentences with appropriate present participles of the verbs from the box

swim prepare rise

1 If she catches you ………… her diary, she will be angry

2 I’m going ………this afternoon

3 He doesn’t spend much time………his lessons

4 They wasted a whole afternoon……… to repair the bike

5 She smells something………and saw smoke

rising

She is sleeping at the moment

The sleeping child over there is my sister’s son

She enjoys sleeping in her free time

Complete the following sentences, using the infinitive,

gerund or present participle of the verbs in the brackets.

1 It is easy (see)…………animals on the road in daylight but sometimes at night it is difficult (avoid)……… (hit) them

2 I caught him (climb)……….over my wall I asked him (explain)….but he refused (say)……….anything, so in the end I had (let)…………him (go)

3 It is pleasant (sit)……… by the find at night and (hear)

………the wind (howl)………outside