Gerunds

a. The gerunds are verbs that can function like nouns. They can often be
used as the subject of a sentence.
Ex. Eating fast food is not good for health.
Traveling by plane is fun.
Notice that the gerund is always singular and is followed by the third
person singular form of the verb.
Ex. Eating junk food makes me sick.
Be careful!!!! Dont confuse the gerund with the continuous form of the
verb
Ex. Drinking coffee isnt healthy.
Gerund

He is drinking coffee right now.

Progressive form

b. The gerund is often used after certain verbs. That means that they work
as object of certain verbs
Acknowledge
Admit
Advise
Appreciate
Avoid
Cant help
Ceebrate
Consider
Delay
Deny
Detest
Discontinue
Discuss
Dislike
Endure

Enjoy
Escape
Explain
Feel like
Finish
Forgive
Give up
Imagine
Justify
Keep (continue)
Mention
Mind (object to)
Miss
Postpone
Practice

Prevent
Prohibit
Propose
Quit
Recall
Recommend
Regret
Report
Resent
Resist
Risk
Suggest
Support
Tolerate
understand

Ex. I cant consider eating fast food everyday.

c. There are many common expression with go + gerund. These expressions
usually describe activities, such as shopping, fishing, skiing, swimming and
camping
Ex. WE often go swimming in the lake

c. You can use a possessive before the gerund

Ex. I dislike Peters playing with dolls
I dislike his playing with dolls.
Spoken English: object pronouns instead of possessive before gerunds.
Ex. I dislike him playing with dolls.
d. If verb comes after a preposition, the verb ends in ing. That means
that the gerund is the only verb form that can follow a preposition.
Ex. We talked about going to America.

Verbs that work with a specific preposition

Admit to
Advise against
Apologize for
Approve of
Believe in
Choose between
Choose among
Complain about

Count on
Deal with
Dream about/of
Feel like /about
Insist on
Look forward to
Object to
Plan on

Rely on
Resort on
Succeed in
Talk about
Think about
Wonder about

Ex. Has Tom succeeded in finding a job yet?

Adjectives that are followed by a preposition

Be accustomed to
Be afraid of
Be angry at
Be ashamed of
Be aware of
Be awful at
Be bad at
Be bored with/by
Be capable of
Be careful of
Be concern about
Be content with
Be curious about

Be different from
Be excited about
Be famous for
Be fed up with
Be fond of
Be glad about
Be good at
Be happy about
Be interested in
Be nervous about
Be opposed to
Be pleased about
Be ready for

Be responsible for
Be sad about
Be safe from
Be satisfied with
Be shocked at/by
Be sick of
Be slow at
Be sorry about/for
Be surprise at/about/by
Be terrible at
Be tired of
Be used to
Be worried about

Ex. Are you interested in working for us?

Note: To can be part of an infinitive, and can be a preposition too.
Ex. Im looking forward to meeting you

Solder: (con estao)

a. to join (metal) with solder
b. to join closely and intimately
Weld: (sin estao)
a. to unite or fuse (pieces, as of metal or plastic) by hammering,
compressing, or the like, esp. after rendering soft or pasty by heat
b. to undergo welding, be capable of being welded, a metal that welds
easily.