Gerunds in English

[triforce711]

Fantastic Explanation! You bring out very well explained tricks about gerunds.

[Shuyanchi]

Thank you so much.

your teaching are clear and concise.

[hamood0m2]

thanks 

[jaybow1982]

I just watched this video to learn how to pronounce the word "gerund". I never heard this word before until I started learning Spanish, before now I was pronouncing "gerund" with a hard G, and like "ge-RUND", lol

[Fox4native]

thx :D

[Debedeb]

This is a perfect description, ty.

[Fischomatify]

You're awesome :D

[TheMaria9110]

Thank you

[TheMaria9110]

Thank you for helping.. very helpful

[TheGummibaer100]

I'm gonna write a test in english 2morrow..i am German and I understand this very well..I love english...its my favorite subject...Okay ..i know that it doent interest anybody...:D:D but i dont cae (;

[TCannington]

And we need to know this, why, exactly? I learned this last year in school, and it hasn't helped me ever, in my life.

[nellie2581]

It's the present progressive, which in Spanish is ando, endo, yendo. In French it's ant, and in Italian the ending is -ando, endo

[learnamericanenglish]

@nellie2581 - No, gerunds are not the present progressive or the present continuous tense--whatever you care to call it. They act quite differently in a sentence. Its very important that you not confuse a gerund with the present progressive /continuous tense.

[ivasenko48]

@nellie2581 Actually, that is wrong. In Italian (at least), the gerund ends in "ando" and "endo" and often functions as the present participle does in English.

E.g. Sto salendo sul treno. (I am boarding the train.)

The present participle in Italian takes the suffixes "ante" or "ente" and can be used as an adjective or to replace a relative clause.

E.g. L'autobus proveniente da Como è in ritardo. (The bus coming from Como is late.)

[nellie2581]

@ivasenko48 Mille Grazie, Iva Senko!

[ivasenko48]

@nellie2581 Prego.

[alphasoul7]

awesome man

[princessehaley]

aw thank you a lot ! i understood nothing, now all is clear !!

[baymagic]

Hi there, i have a serious problem with this issue even i have been watch many video regarding gerund & infinitive. Could you expain these example 1.Samantha keeps "forgetting or to forget " to send us the documents. We need to have them by next week! 2. National park officials do not permit " to enter or entering " the park without an official guide. You can hire one at the park office. I am confused in long sentence how can I find gerund and infinitive to easy. Thank you.

[TheFeard]

i would like u as my teacher man, my teacher sucks and shes bad at explaning. Your very simple and str8 to the point. - THANK YOU!@

[nehankhalid]

is it right dat sentences having gerunds answer questions beginnin wth 'what'?

[undaiaal]

thank you

[mhwaad]

nice explanation

[maston999]

yeah but how or when do u use going or gerounds words?

[cristianokobe]

Your a good teacher but, i think Yossarian the Grammarian is a better teacher

[CrackaTe]

Can you give me a link to his vids I need help man.

[1971day]

good explanation thank a lot.

[gaidai13]

Thank you for your sincere response:)

to+noun=prepositional phrase (M)

to+be=infinitive (Noun(O,C), Adj.(C), Adv.)

[gaidai13]

Your knowledge of grammar is exquisite:)

I also like how you are calm when explaining:)

Is "going to the beach" a noun phrase?

Is "to the beach" an infinitive used adverbally? Adverbs though only modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives, right?

[learnamericanenglish]

Yes, "going to the beach" is a noun phrase. Substitute a noun for the phrase and you'll understand that: "I like the beach" "I like going to the beach."

"to the beach" is a prepositional phrase

[mk7574]

A nice and simple explanation, thanks!

[miri20000]

as long as there TEACHER like you we have to say all we gain are coming from you

thank you MR Paul