Study Break: Cape Town, South Africa
Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Debra
Cape Town, South Africa
When you’re talking about the activities you see people doing in this video, use the gerund form. Using the gerund (-ing) form of a verb actually makes it a noun – but only if it is in the subject or object position in a sentence. It turns “I am surfing” (am surfing – present participle in the present continuous tense) into “Surfing is fun” (surfing – gerund, the subject of the sentence).
What other activities can you identify in this video? Whether they are gerunds or verbs will depend on the sentence positioning.
- playing on the beach
- taking a tour bus
- sightseeing
- playing soccer
- driving a moped
- shopping
- meeting people
- swimming with seals and penguins
- hang gliding
- rock climbing
- rappelling
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