Textbook: Ticket to English Unit: The gifts of youth Level: 2nd year bac

Lesson type: Grammar lesson topic: gerund and infinitive

Targeted structure : infinitive without ‘’to’’ skills targeted:

Infinitive infinitive with ‘’to’’ Reading

Gerund: verb + ing

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be to:

Use gerund and infinitive correctly.

Instructional materials: blackboard/ handouts

Stages Procedures Mode of work Materials

Techniques
Warm up Teacher greets students. T – sts
(5 min) Homework correction. Sts - T BB
Presentation Teacher explains the difference between gerund and
infinitive.
(20 min) Teacher asks the students the following questions:
o What do you want to do tomorrow?
T – sts Eliciting
o I am free this afternoon, what do you suggest doing?
o I’ve a headache, what should I do? Sts – T Wh-questions
Teacher writes students answers on the blackboard.
 I want to visit my grandpa.
 I suggest going to the library. BB
 You should take an aspirin.
Students circle (the infinitive/ gerund and bare inf. in the
sentences above)
Teacher asks students to underline words that come before
these verb forms (want/ suggest/ should)
Teacher ‘’what do you notice?’’ T – Sts
Students: ‘want is followed by infinitive, suggest is Sts – T
followed by gerund and should is followed by bare
infinitive.’
Teacher: awesome, in English, there are three types of
verbs:
infinitive, gerund, bare infinitive. ‘the question is when these
forms are used?
(teacher explains that the verbs or expressions that come
handouts
before determine which form should be used.)
students read a short reading passage and underline verbs and
expressions and classify them in the following table.
Verbs Verbs Verbs Verbs
Pair work
followed by followed by followed by followed by
gerund infinitive bare both gerund
infinitive and
infinitive

Teacher provides students with a list of verbs and

expressions followed by the targeted structures.
practice  Exercise one: putting verbs between brackets in the
(15 min) correct form. Pair work handouts
 Multiple choice: choose the correct form of the verb.
 Whole class correction.
 Production Students use verbs in the list to give their own examples. Individual work
(5min)

Grammar Gerund and infinitive

Alex and his brother Eric have different personalities. Read the passage then underline all verbs in the
Eric likes getting up in the morning. Alex always looks infinitive and circle verbs ending in –ing:
forward to sleeping late. During the day, Eric enjoys going
shopping, but Alex never feels like doing that. He just Verb + gerund Verb + infinitive Verb+ Gerund/
infinitive
wants to read. In the evenings, Alex love to go/ going out
dancing. Eric can’t stand being in noisy clubs. When he
agrees to go, he insists on coming home early.
Study the lists of the following verbs and do the exercises below

Infinitive / bare infinitive

Verbs followed by infinitive To be + adjectives + infinitive Verbs followed by bare infinitive

Verbs + infinitive Verbs + bare infinitive
Agree expect afford good necessary Must can could
Ask manage happy ok Would should may
attempt proud surprised Might shall will
Learn promise need important easy
Neglect hope plan hard ready Let recommend watch make
Want decide refuse Help + object + bare infinitive
pretend
Gerund

Verbs followed by gerund Expressions followed by gerund Verbs followed by gerund or

Verbs + gerund Expressions + gerund infinitive
Verbs + gerund/ infinitive
Admit deny avoid I can’t resist I can’t stand Begin start like
Enjoy finish regret I can’t bear I can’t help Prefer love try
Suggest consider mind Be used to feel like continue
Remember imagine Look forward to It’s no use
Give up Prepositions + gerund
Apologize for complain
about
Fond of be keen on
Exercise 1: Put the verb between brackets in the correct form..

1. Let’s ( watch ) some action movies.

2. It’s important (know) your rights and duties as a citizen.
3. Young people should avoid ( take) any drugs.
4. I’m tired of (listen) _to your stupid stories.
5. It’s become difficult (start) a family in Morocco these days.
6. This knife is for (peel) potatoes.
7. You must ( turn ) your cellphone off before entering the school building.
8. I don’t think I can afford ( buy) that expensive car.

Exercise 2: Choose the correct form of the verb

1. I’d be happy -with that. a) helping b) to help c) help

2. I couldn’t help at the situation. a) laugh b) to laugh c) laughing
3. He pretended sick so as to miss work. a) being b) be c) to be
4. I look forward to them at the airport. a) meeting b) meet c) to meet
5. This sentence sounds really hard . a) to read b) read c) reading
6. This young woman hates housework a) to do b) do c) doing
7. We decided his contract. a) terminate b) to terminate c) terminating