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Practice Time 3

A. Underline the gerunds in these sentences and state whether they are subjects or objects
of verbs.
1. Painting is a fine art. _______________

2. I do not like wetting my feet in the rain. _______________
3. Baking is my favourite pastime. _______________
4. My passion is running. _______________

5. Do you enjoy travelling? _______________
6. Rock climbing can be risky. _______________

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable gerunds.

1. Let us avoid _______________ to that rude man.
2. Once he finishes _______________, I can explain the scheme to you.
3. I cannot imagine _______________ so high up in the air.

4. She really enjoys _______________ in the crowded streets of Chandni Chowk.

Listening & Speaking Time

The teacher, as a preparation of a grammar activity, will select some simple verbs
and ask the students to work on three different forms of non-finite verbs: infinitive,
participle and gerund. The teacher will call three students at a time to the front of
the class, and ask them to speak out three sentences depicting three different forms
of non-finite verbs.
For example:
Teacher : The cue for you is ``run®®’’.
Student 1 : He likes to run every morning.
Student 2 : He boarded the running bus.
Student 3 : Running is a good exercise.

Initiative & Self-Direction
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Use the given non-finite verbs in your sentences. Non-finite Verbs

1. barking ________________________________________________________________

2. dancing ________________________________________________________________

3. crying ________________________________________________________________

4. rotating ________________________________________________________________

5. smoking ________________________________________________________________

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