Gerunds: -ing action words in English | English Grammar Lesson

Gerunds look like verbs, sound like verbs, smell like verbs, but they're not verbs -- they're nouns! This lesson explains why that's important and how to use gerunds.
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[@SaleemKhan-ce7gt]

Glorious explanation of 'gerund', thank you indeed for creating such a great video.

[@elliefrancoeur5945]

I feel like this video is helpful but it could be even more helpful if it had CC.(not to sound ungrateful because IT IS SO HELPFUL!!)

[@slava_gost]

You've managed to cram years of my studying of gerund into about 4 min video. I'm blown away! Thank you!

[@tabletalk33]

You have done a bang up job with this! Well done!

[@naomikislasi]

Thank you for a great lesson!. I noticed that the ING at the end of the gerunds were clearly pronounced, is it different then pronouncing the ING in a verb? Like swimming in a gerund the ing sound is clear, but in a regular verb we hear Swimmen .

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Thanks so much. Nice lesson.

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Very well explained! Thank you!

[@Sugar_Hiccup]

Excellent video. I'm struggling with gerunds and infinitive and it helped me a lot. Thank you so much!

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AWESOME information. Thank you so much!

[@wolfie6175]

Thank you..it was extremely helpful, considering I have my English exam tomorrow. :D

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I had to learn those 3 types of verbs by heart so long ago. it's worth to do it

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[@MarthaMacArthur]

HI. I am an ESL instructor and would like to use your fantastic video for my class. However, we are legally restricted to only using video with captions available in order to align with accessibility guidelines and the ADA. Is it possible to activate captions? Thank you.

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I got it and loved the illustration showing the movement

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Very good. Will use it with my ESL class.

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Guess what im from germany and this helps me at my english test on monday thanks !

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Very good way to learn

[@marek1911]

Great video, as always. Talking of linking, maybe you could say a few words on the final consonant of a word linking with the initial vowel of the following word? As in, "cut it" is pronounced as one word but with the syllable boundary between "u" and "t", not "t" and "i." At least that's how I perceive it. So it sounds like /kʌ.tɪt/, where the dot indicates the syllable boundary. Or "take it" is pronounced /teɪ.kɪt/. In other words, "touch it" is not pronounced /tʌtʃ (very short pause/syllable boundary) ɪt/ but /tʌ (v. shot pause) tʃɪt/.

[@elementalenglish]

Thanks! I did a few connected speech videos already. Have you seen them yet? Check out my playlist titled "Connected Speech" for both consonant + consonant and consonant + vowel.

[@marek1911]

***** Thank you. Yes, that video on connected speech&linking covers that in detail.

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[@daviegreen7330]

Very good but my criticism is with Prepositions used in the lesson. Surely it is AT the weekend ( timing 0.45) not on the weekend? It can be ON Sunday or ON Sunday but NOT - ON the weekend. Or maybe the rules are different in correct (British) English - I am very fastidious when teaching Prepositions whereas Prepositions don't seem to be so important in the American version.

[@elementalenglish]

+David Green Thanks for your comment, David. "On" is the correct preposition here! I don't think I've ever heard a British English speaker say "at the weekends". I could be wrong, of course. "At" would be for a location or time. For example, "what do you enjoy doing at 8 o'clock on the weekends at home?" And I can assure you that American English teachers are equally fastidious with our prepositions ;)

[@polianapolain]

David Green you nailed it! According to Cambridge dictionary , among other reliable resources- we say AT the weekend as opposed to On the weekend ' At is used with particular points in the week: What are you doing at the weekend?' Whereas ON is used with a singular day of the week to refer to one occasion: I’ve got to go to London on Friday. Aside from that, this video was helpful and concise.

[@elementalenglish]

+Poliana Polain Very interesting. That is not the case for US English; we would say, “on the weekend.” I didn’t even realize that British English speakers say “at the weekend”!

[@markyaquarius]

British sat 'at'. I'm from NZ and 'in' 'on' or 'at' the weekend are okay!

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Quite a nice tutorial. ☺

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Hello to you from Taif, KSA. May I download your lessons and republish them for my students in some educational websites and Facebook, too.

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[@chathurikanadeeshani3255]

Can we use like below instead of saying (am/is/are + gonna+verb base form) ex: I'm gonna eating. I'm gonna sleeping. I'm gonna studying. (gonna +gerund)

[@hikmajemal3633]

It is clear

[@Ali-lf2hl]

you are wonderful very useful lesson but can I use gerund after " to " ?? or after to must be a infinitive verb ??

[@elementalenglish]

+Autonomous You can use a gerund after the preposition "to"! The example on the web site is a common one: "I look forward to meeting you." How about this? "He went from riding a bike to driving a truck in one year."

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ElementalEnglish how about when you say: when it comes to learnING. Is that an exception?

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[@AhmedAhmed-gw1rx]

hello i am just now start to learn nouns so my question is when should i learn this topic gerund... can any one help me pls

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[@salyissa7835]

how can I distinguish between ing as an adjective and ing as a noun ????? plz answer mu Q .

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check the dictionary

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+Leon Kennedy That's actually very clever.

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I can't understand it. Can you explain the joke?

[@atbing2425]

Siva Manasan because he used a gerund

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