This is the infinitive and gerund section of Busy Teacher. You will find 134 worksheets on this topic as well as a very useful article with some suggestions on how to explain the difference between the two to your students. This worksheet has two straightforward infinitive and gerund practice activities for your intermediate level students. In both exercises students have to fill in blanks with the correct form of the verb provided. You can adjust the difficulty of the activity by having students work in pairs or groups to complete the exercise; this will obviously make it easier than completing the worksheet individually. Be sure to review the answers as a class before moving on to the next activity. For more ideas, look at the other worksheets in this section.
Students will need to learn when to use the infinitive and gerund forms of a verb. This is a skill that native speakers take for granted. Using the infinitive when a gerund is required just sounds wrong and unnatural but English language learners will not hear that until they have become very familiar with the correct uses of these forms. The key here is practice, practice, practice so include a variety of exercises when studying these topics and be sure to do review exercises that include both.
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In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual (traditional) description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives.
Gerund (abbreviated ger) is a term used to refer to various non-finite verb forms in various languages: however, it most often refers to an action noun, by analogy with its use as applied to English or Latin. The word 'gerund' in English comes from the Latin term gerundium, of the same meaning. Gerundium itself comes from the gerundive of the Latin verb gero, gerundus, meaning "to be carried out". In English, the gerund is identical in form to the present participle (ending in -ing) and can behave as a verb within a clause (so that it may be modified by an adverb or have an object), but the clause as a whole (sometimes consisting of only one word, the gerund itself) acts as a noun within the larger sentence.
This eight-page grammar guide includes verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds (or both). The first two pages contain a chart with lists of verbs (with and without indirect object); pa ...
Using songs is a multiple and enjoyable way of practicing English from listening comprehension to grammar rules. In this song there are three defined activities and three more you ...
Use the song ‘Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head’ by BJ Thomas to teach students listening comprehension and grammar rules. There are three defined activities to practice homo ...
This worksheet explores the form and function of the gerund, its use after prepositions, after some verbs and as a noun. Students need to choose the right verb to complete sentences and ...
The presentation introduces the verbs that can be followed by the Infinitive or the Gerund with a difference in meaning. It gives explanation and examples of use of such verbs like stop, try, me ...
This worksheet lets students practice the form and use of the full infinitive, including the negative form. It focuses on the use of the full infinitive after adjectives, question words, some ver ...
This section is aimed at testing your competence in the use of infinitives and gerunds. Listen to the bits of songs and fill in the gaps provided in the lyrics. The material targets students of th ...
A worksheet to practise gerund and infinitive in use. It includes some verbs followed by gerund or infinitive, along with the sentences to do. There isn't a key since I have used only the verbs li ...
Part 3 of this 24 lesson series for intermediate native Spanish speakers. Different possessives used (don't be fooled into thinking there's only one type used here). Verbal phrases are very impo ...
Lesson 7 in this 24 part series of exercises is almost all about gerunds which are very common in everyday usage and these different exercises will show your students just how much. I've also snu ...
This is a song worksheet with 'fill in the gaps' activity concentrated on gerund and infinitives with the use of the videoclip. The students are supposed to fill in the blanks with the proper verb ...
This worksheet is for pre-intermediate or intermediate students to improve their skills in choosing the correct form of the verb, either -ing form, or infinitive (with and without "to). Here you w ...
This worksheet contains 8 flags with a list of reasons why people love doing something in their free time (hobbies). It will be useful for practicing subordinate sentences with "because", e.g. I l ...
Here you can find cards with different kinds of hobbies that can be used during the English lessons to practice speaking about this topic. Also these cards may be spread out to practice gerund. St ...
This is a complete lesson that I have prepared and given to my vocational classes. It consists of a reading comprehension with vocabulary and discussion + grammar covering infinitive of purpose. Y ...
This particular worksheet has been designed having in mind elementary students who wish to practise I like and I don't like + the gerund form. There are illustrations for them to have something in ...
This worksheet provides exercises about verbal regency. The students have to complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs given (infinitive or gerund). It helps them understand the s ...
Exercises on -ing vs to infinitive. Rules when students should use one option or the other. These exercises can be used after the explanation of the topic. Exercises are for ESL pre-intermediate ...
This 30 question exercise is to test students knowledge of gerunds and infinitives. It is a fill in the gap exercise with different verbs in which the students have to decide whether to use infini ...
This worksheet is to help learners identify after what verbs we use infinitives and gerunds. It starts of with a dicatagloss, done in teams or individually, about personalities types. After the st ...
I created this worksheet to practise the difference between bare and to-infinitive. There are different verbs and adjectives in the machine and students have to decide which is followed by which t ...
This worksheet is appropriate to practice gerund subject and object of proposition. Students should change the sentences into the gerund form. It is suitable for pre-intermediate level. You can u ...
This is a pairwork using "want to" and "would like to". Students imagine themselves in Dublin City. One student is a tourist guide advising nice places to visit and the other one is a touris ...
This is a pretty simple worksheet for teaching or revising gerund and infinitive at pre-intermesiate level. There is an easy activity in which students are asked to complete the sentences giv ...
This file consists of a short explanation about gerunds and infinitives. It has examples of each case and some excercices at the end of the page. It is useful for adults and high school students, ...
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