Comments on: How to use gerunds

By: Clare

Clare — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:52:36 +0000

I'm not really sure what you mean.

Sometimes a participle can start a sentence (this is a verb, not a gerund)
"Sitting quietly, she could hear the conversation in the other room."
The subject of this sentence is "she", not "sitting".

Sometimes a gerund starts a sentence and is the subject of the sentence;
"Sitting on the ground can be bad for you."

By: Lia

Lia — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:36:03 +0000

Hi, Clare,

I know that gerund can be used as subject and noun, but I have a few doubts. Could you please help me?

I was wondering if a verb is always in -ing form if there is no subject before it.

Thanks.

By: Clare

Clare — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:49:29 +0000

The second is correct, but you need a colon or a new sentence after "things", and not a comma. You should also delete the comma after "these are".

By: Steph Schiller

Steph Schiller — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:27:16 +0000

Which one is correct?
1) Mr Chimpanzee can do 3 things, these are, skate, ride a bicycle and ski.
or,
2) Mr Chimpanzee can do 3 things, these are, skating, riding a bicycle and skiing.

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:11:24 +0000

No. Would like + infinitive
I would like to go out now.
He would like to play a game of tennis.