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Gerunds and infinitives board game - advanced
C1
20-30 mins
groups: 3-4
board game
speaking cues
 
 Board game for speaking practice with gerunds and infinitives. Twenty-three squares with cues for personal experiences etc including more advanced structures - passive gerund, passive infinitive, perfect infinitive, possessive + gerund ('I hope you don't mind my asking').
 
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Gerunds and infinitives - matching dominoes - advanced
C1
15 min
groups: 3-4
dominoes
matching
 
 Twelve matching dominoes for gerunds and infinitives, including infinitive of purpose (including so as, adjective + infinitive, verb + infinitive / gerund, passive infinitive, passive gerund, formal structures - my asking.
 
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Gerunds and infinitives board game
B1-B2
20-30 mins
groups: 3-4
 
 Board game for speaking practice using gerunds and infinitives. Twenty-three squares with cues for personal experiences etc using infinitive of purpose, preposition + gerund, adjective + infinitive etc.
 
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Gerunds and infinitives - snakes and ladders
B1-B2
 
20 squares (can be used as snakes and ladders game) with questions and other speaking prompts to practice the use of gerunds and infintives
 
 
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Sentence completion squares
B1-B2
 
Twenty squares with prompts for completion to practice simple gerund / infinitives after prepositions, adjectives, modals, verbs etc
 
 
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Speaking cues for gerunds and infinitives
B1-B2
 
Twenty speaking cues using verbs that can be followed by both gerund and infinitive with a change in meaning: stop, regret, try, remember etc.
 
 
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Verb pattern dominoes
B1-B2
 
Sixteen dominoes matching cards, mainly verbs which can be followed by either a gerund or infinitive but with a change of meaning: go on, like, regret remember, stop and try.
 
 
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Gerunds and infinitives matching
B1-B2
 
Matching and analysis
 
 
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Gerunds and infinitives - summary
B1-B2
 
Gap-fill & grammar self-analysis sheet
 
 
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Gerund / infinitive
B1-B2
 
Matching exericse on the topic of celebrities.
 
 
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Infinitives
B1-B2
 
passive, perfect, negative infintives - matching and analysis.
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
Gerunds and infinitives quiz 1
Twenty-question quiz including adjective + infinitive / preposition + gerund / perfect infinitive / passive gerund / infinitive etc (Does not test stop / try / remember/ regret etc.)
 
 
Gerunds and infinitives quiz 2
Long (45-question) multiple-choice quiz on verbs followed by gerund, full infinitive or bare infinitive. Upper Int - advanced. (Uses the same verbs as the Straightforward Advanced Unit 2 Resource Pack activity.)
 
 

 

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Multiple choice quiz (stop, regret, try etc.) external link icon
Two-choice, 9-question quiz focusing on problem verbs :forget, stop, regret etc.
 
 

 

 
 
 
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Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 5 Ritual  Pages 44 - 46
(1) Two short listening passages, one with gaps, one with multiple choice selection to introudce target language. (2) Grammar notes etc on verbs that change meaning when followed by gerund or infintive: remember / forget; stop; try; like; love; hate (3) Gapped text for consolidation.
 
Unit 7 Review 1  Page 66 
Gerund / infinitive maze - (no dice needed)
 
 
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New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate students' book
Module 8 Fame and fortune  Pages 88 - 89
 
 
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New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 5 Ritual  Page 52   Wedding anniversary
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Grammar Activities Two - Upper Intermediate book cover 
Grammar Activities Two - Upper Intermediate
23 - 26 Infintive and gerund  Pages 23 - 26
(23) Pictures - complete captions with correct form - focus on try, remember, regret, stop etc (24) Gap fill and matching focusing on try, remember, regret, stop etc (25) Matching focusing on try, remember, regret, stop etc (26) Organize verbs into 2 lists: those + gerund, those + infinitive + gap fill
 
 
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Developing Grammar in Context
23 Verbs followed by infinitive or -ing  Pages 133 - 138
 
 
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