GE8 class 2 Jan 17th

1. • 5
• Gerunds and infinitives as direct objects to
get to know what someone likes.
• Gerunds as objects of prepositions to cheer
someone up
• Identify and use structures to cheer
someone up
• Examine the impact of birth order (listening
and speaking)
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GE8 SAT

2. 2
Gerunds and infinitives as direct objects
Get to know
what
someone
likes
O What is a gerund?
O What is an infinitive?
O What is a direct object of a sentence?
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3. 2
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Gerunds and infinitives as direct objects
Get to know
what
someone
likes
O What is a gerund?
It is a form of the verb. It ends with –ing.
O What is an infinitive?
It is another form of the verb. It is fomed with the
preposition to and the verb in simple form.
O What is a direct object of a sentence?
It answers to the question ‘what+verb?’

4. 2
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Activity: Grammar. Classify the following verbs. Be careful, some may be in both
columns.
Which verbs are followed by the gerund or the infinitive?
agree, avoid, begin, be sure, can’t stand, choose,
continue, decide, discuss, dislike, don’t mind, enjoy,
expect, feel like, hate, hope, learn, like, love, need,
plan, practice, prefer, quit, seem, start, suggest,
want, wish, would like
O Infinitive O Gerund
Get to know
what
someone
likes

5. 2
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Expressions followed by gerunds…
•Cheer
someone up
angry about
excited about
depressed about
happy about
sad about GERUND
afraid of
sick of
tired of
bored with

6. 2
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Verbs + preposition
•Cheer
someone up
complain about
talk about
worry about
think about GERUND
apologize for
believe in
object to

7. 2
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Expressions followed by gerunds…
•Cheer
someone up
angry about
excited about
depressed about
happy about
sad about GERUND
afraid of
sick of
tired of
bored with

8. 2
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Verbs + preposition
•Cheer
someone up
complain about
talk about
worry about
think about GERUND
apologize for
believe in
object to

9. 2
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Test on personality
Discuss
personality
and its origin
Ohttp://discpersonalitytesting.com/discassess/work-fre

10. 2
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Test on birth order
Examine the
impact of
birth order
- Listening p. 82 –
- http://www.parents.com/parents/quiz.jsp?quizId=/te