1、GrammarUnit1Verb-ing form as a nounAre there any verbs,phrases or sentence patterns that can be followed mostly by a verb-ing form instead of a to-infinitive?admit,dislike,understand,avoid,enjoy,practice,miss,finish,keep,escape,risk cannot help,look forward to,feel like,cannot stand,put off,keep on
2、Would you mind，Its no use/good Now lets study these sentences and think about the function and part of speech of verb-ing forms.At the beginning of the story,Marlin and Coral were talking about moving to a new place with awesome neighbors.function:object after preposition part of speech:nounNow lets
3、 study these sentences and think about the function and part of speech of verb-ing forms.They indeed liked this large ocean with large room.They had a large house,which could be divided into living rooms and bedrooms.function:combine with a noun to form a compound word.Verb-ing form may describe the
4、 use of the noun followed by it.part of speech:nounNow lets study these sentences and think about the function and part of speech of verb-ing forms.The happy couple were consideringgiving these“children”names.function:object of a sentence part of speech:nounNow lets study these sentences and think a
5、bout the function and part of speech of verb-ing forms.Fighting with a shark is of no use to a small fish.function:subject of a sentence part of speech:nounNow lets study these sentences and think about the function and part of speech of verb-ing forms On his waking up,Marline found only one egg lef
6、t.function:after possessive pronoun part of speech:nounConclusion of part 1(1)Such words as admit,dislike,imagine,delay,consider,mind,understand,avoid,enjoy,practice,miss,finish,keep,suggest,escape,keep,riskare followed mostly only by verb-ing.Conclusion of part 1(2)Such phrases as cannot help,look
7、forward to,feel like,cannot stand,put off,keep on are mostly only followed by verb-ing.(3)Such sentence patterns as Would you mind，Its no use/good are followed by verb-ing.Conclusion of part 1(4)Verb-ing forms can be used as nouns.(5)Verb-ing forms can function as the subject of a sentence.(6)Verb-i
8、ng forms can be used as the object of a sentence or an object after prepositions.Conclusion of part 1(7)Verb-ing forms can also be used after possessive pronouns.(8)Verb-ing forms can also be used to form compound nouns.Verb-ing may describe the use of the noun followed by it,e.g.washing machine,swimming pool,living room.What are the differences between verb-ing and the to-infinitive?见导学案
