,Questions,Be a teacher is difficult.,Is this sentence correct?,There cannot be two Verbs in one sentence !,Gerund,be + ing = being,V.,V.-ing a gerund,n.,Being a teacher is difficult.,Gerund as subjects,(Being a teacher) is difficult.,subjects,I dont ski every weekend because skiing is expensive.,More examples:,He always _ very hard, but _ hard is difficult for me. (study)She _ a teacher because _ a teacher is a great job. (be),Gerund as objects,The phantom loved singing.,V.,n.,Verb + -ing (enjoy doing/stop doing),I enjoy dancing. (not “I enjoy to dance”)Would you mind closing the door? (not “mind to close”)Ian suggested going to the cinema. (not suggested to go),stop delay fancy consider admit miss involve finish postpone imagine avoid deny risk practice,Verb + -ing (enjoy doing/stop doing),Suddenly everybody stopped _ (talk). Ill do the shopping when Ive finished _ (clean) the kitchen? He tried to avoid _ (answer) my question.I dont fancy _ (go) out this evening.Finally my mom forced me _ (stay) inside the house.,We also use -ing after,give up Boys, you have to give up smoking. go on / carry on We must do something. We cant go on living like this.Keep / keep on Dont keep pushing me.,like; love; hate; cant bear; enjoy; dislike; mind; cant stand,I hate smoking. Why do you dislike living here? I love meeting people. I enjoy watching this movie. She cant bear being alone. Tom doesnt mind working at night.,Preposition (in / for / about ect.) + ing,Before going out, I phoned Sarah.What did you do after leaving school?You can improve your English by reading more.Its nice to go on holiday without having to worry about money.,Verb + preposition + n. We talked about the problem. You must apologize for what you said.,Verb + preposition + v-ing We talked about going to USA. You must apologize for not telling the truth.,Preposition (in/for/about ect.) + ing,