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Now let's review the gerund and practice a bit.

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Remember that when a verb ends with e we get rid of the E and add i n g and when a verb ends with a

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vowel plus a consonant we doubled the continent and add i n g and when a verb ends with I E we turn

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it into Y then add i n g.

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Now look at the words below and turn them into a gerund.

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Stopping dies diving SLI flying

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cooking shop shopping fish fishing snorkel snorkeling start starting

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and remember that we use the gerund as the subject of the sentence read write the following sentence

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using the gerund to eat sweets before breakfast is a bad habit

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eating sweets before breakfast is a bad habit

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also note that we can use the gerund as a complement of the verb to be rewrite the following sentences

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using the gerund

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the first thing you need to do to overcome loneliness to get a hobby.

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The first thing you need to do to overcome loneliness is getting a hobby

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also remember that the gerund can be used after prepositions or as part of certain expressions.

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Look at the following sentence and rewrite it using the gerund she ruin the party by to get drunk

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she ruined the party by getting drunk

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also note that we use the gerund after phrase all verbs have a look at the following sentence and rewrite

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it using the gerund.

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My sister always to put off go to the doctor

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my sister always puts off going to the doctor.