it is a presentation on gerund and participle

1. Gerunds
and
Participle

2. What is a
Gerund?
• A gerund is a part of a sentence which looks like a
verb but is a noun. That doesn’t sound like it makes
sense, but it does!!
• We all know that a verb is an action, right?
For e.g. I love to jog.
• But sometimes I want to talk about an action, not
do it. That’s when the role of a gerund comes in.
For e.g. Jogging is one of my favorite ways
to exercise.
I love jogging.
• I’m talking of jogging as an action. In other words,
I’m talking about jogging as a noun or a thing.
There I've used a gerund. I’ve used a word that
looks like a verb, as a noun.

3. How can we
identify a
gerund?
• A gerund is formed by adding –ing to the
base form of a verb.
• Base form: jog + ing = jogging. I love
jogging.
• Jog is the base form. Jogging is the gerund.
• The reason this is confusing is because this
looks a lot like the continuous form of a
word. So, to recognize a gerund you need
to really pay attention to how it is used in a
sentence.

4. Activity
I absolutely love singing.
But performing in public makes me nervous.
Standing in front of a stage is terrifying.
Do you recognize the gerunds?

5. When and
how do use
Gerunds?
• Just like nouns, gerunds can be used in
different situations.
• They can be used as: i) a subject
ii) an object
iii) after a preposition
iv) after another verb

6. Using
gerunds
as a
subject
We can use gerund as a subject when
you want to use a verb as the subject
of a sentence or phrase.
For e.g. Volunteering is a great way to
give back to the community.
For e.g. Eating good
food is important for
your health.
Quite easy
right?

7. Using
gerunds as
an object
THERE ARE SOME VERY
COMMON VERBS THAT
TAKE GERUNDS AS
OBJECT, SUCH AS
LOVE, LIKE, ENJOY,
PRAY, PREFER,
DISLIKE, HATE, ETC.
FOR E.G. I REALLY LIKE
COOKING, BUT MY
FIANCÉ IS A BETTER
COOK THAN ME.
SHE REALLY ENJOYS
TAKING PICTURES OF
SUNSETS.
I PREFER LISTENING
RATHER THAN
TALKING.

8. Using
gerunds
after a
preposition
• Prepositions that take verbs as gerunds include
in spite of, there’s no point in, fed up with,
can’t help, can’t stand, it’s no use, (to be)
worth, etc.
• For e.g. In spite of studying day and night, he
still managed to fail.
There’s no point in wishing, it’ll never
come true.
I’m fed up with trying to do all things by
myself.
I can’t help being so tired.
Its no use trying to convince me, I’m
not going!
Its not worth taking the risk.

9. Using
gerunds
after a verb
• Some verbs can be followed by a gerund or
the to-infinitive.
• (verb)+ gerund
• (verb)+ to-infinitive
• For e.g. I’ll never forget watching that
movie; it was truly unforgettable.
Don’t forget to take your vitamins.

10. What is a
Participle?
• Participle is simply a word
that functions as an
adjective.
Quick Review
• Verb: action word
• Adjective: descriptive word
used to describe a noun or a
thing.
• For e.g. the panda was
happy to see the rising sun.
• In this sentence, the word
rising is the participle
because: i) it is a verb ii) it’s
being used as an adjective.
• Hint:
participles
almost always
end in –ING or if
it’s talking about
something that
happened in the
past, it’ll usually
end in -ed

11. Types of
Participle
• There are two types of participles:
• i) Present Participle: Present participles end
in –ing.
For e.g. reading, washing, making,
writing, promising
• ii)Past Participle: Past participles end in –ed,
-en, -d, -t, or –n.
For e.g. happened, eaten, fixed, lost,
grown