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MARIA MEDINA
“SER MEDINISTA ES UN ORGULLO Y UN HONOR
SUBJECT: ENGLISH TERM: SECOND TEACHER: MARCELA ALBORNOZ GRADE: 10
Date: August 18 - 28
Theme: Gerunds and Infinitives
Objective: conocer el uso del gerundio y los infinitivos para expresar sus ideas y pensamientos.
Esta guía de aprendizaje se debe desarrollar en el cuaderno y durante la fecha asignada. Asi mismo, se deben enviar las
evidencias al correo o WhatsApp de la docente. El vocabulario de la guía se puede consultar en diccionarios o libros de
inglés para su mayor comprensión. Finalmente, este taller se evaluara según la siguiente escala: BAJO, BASICO, ALTO y
SUPERIOR, la cual tendrá en cuenta: 1. Entrega y estado de la guía (Completa o incompleta), 2. Calidad y Claridad en las
actividades desarrolladas, 3. Presentación (orden y letra clara) 4. Responsabilidad.
En esta guía estudiaremos el uso del infinitivo y del gerundio. Empecemos con su explicación;
El infinitivo es la forma básica del verbo. Los infinitivos en inglés no tienen una terminación particular, como sí ocurre en
español. A veces van precedidos de la partícula to, dependiendo del verbo, adjetivo o sustantivo que lo siga; por ejemplo:
(to) be, (to) have, (to) do. Po ejemplo: I forgot to write you (olvide escribirte).
El gerundio se forma añadiendo -ing al infinitivo. Se trata de una forma no personal del verbo que en una oración
cumple la función de un sustantivo o nombre. Por ejemplo: Reading is fun (Leer es divertido).
REGLA:
Debemos tener en cuenta el siguiente listado para el uso de los gerundios e infinitivos, entonces, después de estos
verbos siempre ira un gerundio o un infinitivo. A memorizarlos.
Gerund - ing Infinitive with ‘to’
admit – agree –
He admits being a little rude with his mother. She agreed to go with me.
avoid – ask –
She avoids being alone. Mary asked me to wait.
can’t help – decide –
She couldn’t help crying. I decided to leave this party.
can’t stand – demand –
Tom can’t stand living here. He demanded to stop this conversation.
detest – deserve –
She detested going to school. Your mother deserves to take care of her.
enjoy – fail –
I enjoy swimming in the pool. He failed to pass his exams.
finish – forget –
She finished cooking. Mary forgot to take her keys yesterday.
go on (= continue) –
help –
Please, go on reading.
She helped her brother to do homework.
hate –
I hate being alone! hope –
imagine – I hope to buy a new dress.
Can you imagine riding a giraffe? learn –
keep – The babies are learning to walk now.
I keep trying. need –
like – Sorry, but I need to go.
She likes listening to rock. offer –
love – She offered to go to the cinema.
Mary loves playing with her brother. plan –
(don’t)mind – He is planning to finish his project today.
I mind opening the door. pretend –
miss – She pretended to sleep when I came.
She will miss meeting her friend. promise –
recommend – We promise to repair your bike.
The doctor recommended her staying at home. refuse –
spend (time) on –
He refused to stay with me.
I always spend much time on cleaning my flat.
start (habit/long activity) – start (an action) –
I started reading this book two weeks ago. He started to shout.
stop – seem –
Please, stop smoking! It seems to be very late.
want –
I just want to ask you.
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suggest –
ACTIVITY 1 Solve the word search about gerunds and infinitives and classify them into the chart below.
L C W J W G L D W F P X E U U WISH
MISS
E J O G M K T I W O H W O N K BEGIN
N L U N G L J O E Q L A I P Q GET
J X L B P C L V H U Z O L P O IMAGINE
CONTINUE
O Q D G U Y E A A I D E V R I
PRACTICE
Y E L W F Q A U T Y H D V E E HATE
F S I S T A R T E T R C L F N LEARN
C Z K T F M N B N R T O U U I PLAN
CAN´T HELP
C S E C I T C A R P O N O S G PREFER
Y G W E O W C N O E B T A E A REFUSE
H G A V O N F B X S A I B W M START
AVOID
H S I N I F S E M S I N K B I
PREPARE
C U T O P X R I D I J U J J J SUGGEST
M V N T L A M X D M H E M X C LOVE LIKE
J P F I P P R E F E R U C C C PROMISE
FINISH
G Q Q E G E S I M O R P S H H CONSIDER
H L R O K E T S E G G U S F S ENJOY
B P U I O I B I L J L L S D I WAIT
WANT
O R N F O Y L H Z R X Y K W W
N Z N A L P X Y L B F L F R V
VERBS ONLY FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS ( PLAYING) VERBS ONLY FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES ( TO PLAY)
ACTIVITY 2
CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM TO FILL THE GAPS IN THESE SENTENCES
1. - I’ve decided ……….to university when I finish school.
a) going b) to go
2. - George suggested ………… a holiday in Miami.
a) to take b) taking
3. - I wanted to go swimming and Susan agreed …….. with me.
a) to come b) coming
4. - I know it’s not easy, but try …….. your best in the next exam.
a) doing b) to do
5. - The job is exhausting. I’m going to stop ……. a rest
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a) having b) have
6.-My secretary isn’t very reliable. She often forgets …… the files in the correct order.
a) to put b) putting
7. - When he was a child, he remembers ……… horses in the country.
a) seeing b) to see
8.-My doctor has told me to stop …………
a) to smoke b) smoking
9.-Sometimes pupils can’t avoid ……… mistakes.
a) to make b) making
ACTIVITY 3. SONG
I. Listen and complete the song with the following gerunds and indefinites.
Pulling to kick hoping to wake up making to learn Talking
Pushing to turn
One,
one, one...
I keep ___________forwards
____________ in my sleep at night But he keeps ___________ me backwards
_____________ myself crazy -Nowhere to turn- no way
-Out of my mind, out of my mind- -Nowhere _____________no
Wrote it down and read it out Now I'm standing back from it
__________ it would save me I finally see the pattern
-Too many times, too many times- -I never learn, I never learn-
My love, he makes me feel like nobody else But my love, he doesn't love me
Nobody else So I tell myself
But my love, he doesn't love me I tell myself
So I tell myself I do, I do, I do
I tell myself
Chorus…
Chorus
Practice makes perfect
One, don't pick up the phone I'm still trying ___________ it by heart
You know he's only calling -I got new rules, I count them-
Because he's drunk and alone Eat, sleep, and breathe it
Two, don't let him in Rehearse and repeat it, because I...
You'll have _____________him out again -I got new, I got new, I...-
Three, don't be his friend
You know you're going _______________ Don't let him in, don't let him in
In his bed in the morning Don't, don't, don't, don't
And if you're under him Don't be his friend, don't be his friend
You ain't getting over him Don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't let him in, don't let him in
I got new rules, I count them Don't, don't, don't, don't
I got new rules, I count them Don't be his friend, don't be his friend
I got to tell them to myself Don't, don't, don't, don't
I got new rules, I count them You're getting over him
I got to tell them to myself
