Verb-ing Form as Subject and Object

广州市五中 陈艳华

Welcome to our class!

A SONG

LOVE---By John Lennon

Love is real; real is love. Love is ________; ________ love. Love is ________ to be loved.

Love is touch; touch is love. Love is ________; ________ love. Love is ________ to be loved.

Love is you, you and me. Love is ________ we can be.

Love is free; free is love. Love is ________; ________ love. Love is ________ to be loved.

feelingfeeling wanting

reaching reaching asking

knowing

leavingleaving needing

Please rewrite the sentences following the example.(Page 12 Ex. 2)1. Helping people in need of help is nice.2. Growing super hybrid rice is not easy.3. Learning more about farming is not

difficult.4. Doing research in the countryside is not

as easy as in the city.5. Getting rid of hunger is very important

in some African countries.6. Explaining this again is important or we

will get confused.

Join the two halves to make sentences. (Page 12 Ex. 3)

Now please make your own sentence using the –ing form as its object and share it with your parnter.

Good job!

I insist on you seeing him off now.

Please translate the two sentences.他的迟到使老师很生气。

你介意我关窗吗？

your

pron./n.+Verb-ing

Mary/Mary’s

His being late made the teacher very angry.

Would you mind my closing the window?

Do you remember giving me this shirt for your birthday?Remember to tell him the news.

“to do” can also be OBJECT. Let’s find out more about it.

Complete these sentences:

1. If you can keep ________(read) English newspapers, your English will be improved.

2. He has promised __________(come) to my birthday party.

3. I hate _________________(tell) lies!4. * I will never forget __________(go) to

Beijing with him last summer. * I forgot ________(tell) her the news; so

she knew nothing about it.

reading

to come

telling/to tellgoing

to tell

Can you say something about them?

He/She devotes … to …

He/She is concerned about …

Let’s talk about our friends! Remember to use Verb-ing as much as possible.

…is his/her job every day. He/She enjoys … He/She is interested in …He/She dreams of …He/She hates …… makes him/her happy/sad.He/She cares about …

Write about a person you love or respect very much. Here is a sample for you.

Changchang is a smart boy. Playing model cars is his favourite. he also likes running. It seems playing is his job every day. , he enjoys talking so much that it seems that he never stops talking until he goes to sleep. Maybe that is why he is good at telling stories.

And

Besides

Do some research on verbs following the questions: *Which verbs should be followed by verb-ing form as object? *Which verbs should be followed by “to do ”? *Which verbs can be followed by both forms?

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