Wendy Hernández Campos

Gerunds

Simple Present

Present Progressive

Present Perfect Progressive

Modals of Necessity and Preference

Is the base form of

the verb plus ing.

We can use the

gerunds as a noun.

Example :

Cooking

Working

Playing

A gerund can be a

subject of a

sentence it is

always singular.

Voting is an

important

decision.

A gerund can be

object of certain

verbs.

I enjoy working for

the people.

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Use the Simple Present to express the idea

that an action is repeated or usual.

The action can be a hobby, daily event or

habbit of something that often happens.

He wash his teeth

everyday.

She never forgets

to take a shower.

Is use to express the idea that something is

happening now, at this moment.

Or something that is not happening now.

She is learning

english now.

I am talking

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We use the present perfect progressive to

show that ssomething started in the pasta

and has continued until now.

Without the duration, the tense has a more

general meaning of “lately”. We often use

the words of “lately” and “recently” to

emphasize this meaning.

They have been talking for the last hour.

She has been cooking at the hotel for 2 years.

Recently, I have been feeling relly tired.

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Prefer : to show that you like one thing more

than other.

Would Prefer: to show that you want to do

something or have something.

Would Rather: to express a preference when

making a choice.

I prefer fish to meat.

Would you prefer mushrooms or onions?

I would rather dance than run.

Have got to: express strong feelings and is

use in informal speech.

Must: Is the strongest and most serious modal

verb of the three, is most common in

writing.

Have to: Is the most common expression in

everyday speaking and writting.

I have got to sleep

tonight.

We must show our

passport at the

airport.

You have to take

care your dog.

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