THE GERUND: ING

AS A TENSE:

Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
About
For
After
By
On
At entre otros
Verb to Noun

AFTER PREPOSITIONS:

AS A NOUN:

AT THE BEGINNING OF A SENTENCE:

-Im practicing English.

-She was waiting for you.
-Ive been eating too much.
-They had been working for hours.
-This book is about designing new
methods for learning.
-After cleaning the house, wash the
dishes.
-By crying, nothing can be solved.
She is good at singing.
-To swim swimming /nadar-natacin
-To eat eating / comer la comida
To sing singing / cantar el canto
Swimming is a sport recommended to
reduce stress and anxiety.
Preserving the environment is a major
topic these days.

When the starts with a

noun formed by a verb.

WITH TRANSITIVE VERBS:

WITH GERUNDS ONLY
I enjoy teaching English.
I cant help thinking about tomorrow.

WITH INFINITIVES ONLY

She agreed to speak before the game.
I hope to finish soon.
She forgot to open the window.

BOTH WITH GERUNDS OR

INFINITIVES

admit
advise
appreciate
avoid
can't help
complete
consider

delay
deny
detest
dislike
enjoy
escape
excuse

finish
forbid
get through
have
imagine
mind
miss

permit
postpone
practice
quit
recall
report
resent

agree
aim
appear
arrange
ask
attempt
be able
beg
begin
care
choose
condescend

consent
continue
dare
decide
deserve
detest
dislike
expect
fail
forget
get
happen

have
hesitate
hope
hurry
intend
leap
leave
like
long
love
mean
neglect

offer
ought
plan
prefer
prepare
proceed
promise
propose
refuse
remember
say

attempt
begin
can/cantt bear
can / cant
stand

cease
continue
forget
go on
hate

like
love
neglect
prefer
regret

propose
remember
see
start
stop
try

resist
resume
risk
spend (time)
suggest
tolerate
waste (time)
shoot
start
stop
strive
swear
threaten
try
use
wait
want
wish

TO BE + ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION +
GERUND
Im accostumed to reading English.
Shes afraid of making mistakes.
Were angry about working extra hours.
Hes ashamed of sleeping in class.
Im capable of doing exercise for more
than three hours.

VERBS ENDING WITH PREPOSITIONS

AND GERUND
Im adapted to working more than
eight hours.

To be accustomed to
To be afraid of
To be angry about
To be ashamed of
To be capable of
To be certain about
To be concerned with
To be critical of
To be discourage from
To be enthusiastic
about
To be familiar with
To be famous for
To be fond of
Adapt to
Adjust to
Agree (with) on
Apologize for
Approve of
Argue about
Ask about
Believe in
Blame for
Care about
Complain
about
Consist of
Decide on
Depend on
Disapprove of
Discourage
from

To be glad about
To be good at
To be happy about
To be interested in
To be known for
To be nervous about
To be perfect for
To be proud of
To be responsible for
To be sad about
To be successful in
To be suitable for
To be tired of
To be tolerant of
Engage in
Forgive for
Give up
Help with
Inquire about
Insist on
Interfere with
Keep on
Look forward
to
Object to
Participate in
Persist in
Plan on
Prepare for
Profit from
Prohibit from

To be upset about
To be used to
To be useful for
To be worried about

Put off
Result from
Succeed in
Suffer from
Talk about
Take part in
Theres no point in
Think about
Warn about
Work on
Worry about