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[English]

Hello.

My name is Emma.

Today, let's talk about hobbies and what you like doing.

Okay, so I have two questions here.

What do you like doing?

And how do you spend your free time?

We can use gerunds to help us answer these questions.

Today, I will teach you how to talk about your hobbies with gerunds.

So, with gerunds, and that's how you spell it.

What is a gerund?

The gerund is the "ing" form of a verb, and it's used as a noun.

So, let me give you some examples.

It's actually very easy.

I like camping.

What is the gerund?

Camping is the gerund.

It ends in "ing".

I enjoy singing.

What is the gerund?

Singing ends in "ing".

It's the gerund.

Okay.

I'm interested in watching movies.

What's the gerund here?

Well, if you look, watching ends in "ing".

It's the gerund.

So, let's talk more about gerunds and how we can use them to talk about our hobbies.

So, when do we use gerunds?

Well, when we have two verbs, sometimes we use a gerund after the first verb.

So, for example, I enjoy - "enjoy" is the first verb, so "play" is the second verb.

After "enjoy", the second verb needs "ing".

It does not matter the tense.

I could say I - yesterday I enjoyed playing.

I will enjoy playing in the future.

So, any time after "enjoy", the second verb needs "ing".

So, it depends on the verb.

Some verbs, after the first verb, the second verb ends with "ing".

For other verbs, you might have an infinitive.

An infinitive is a "to" plus a verb.

So, for example, I remember to study hard.

So, "remember" is followed by "to" plus a verb.

Today, we are focusing only on gerunds, so only on "ing".

Another example of when you can use a gerund is with the verb "like".

I like fishing.

No, I don't.

I do not like fishing.

I like cooking.

I don't like cooking, either.

But just an example, I like hiking.

Yes, I like hiking.

So, notice "hiking", it ends in "ing".

It's a gerund.

Another time we use gerunds is after a preposition.

A preposition is a word like "at", "in", "on", "over", "for".

These little words are called prepositions,

and after a preposition, we can have a gerund.

So, for example, I am interested in dancing.

When we talk about hobbies, we might say I am interested in something.

"Interested in", "in" is a preposition.

You can add a verb here in the gerund form.

So, I am interested in playing computer games.

I'm interested in making music.

I'm interested in scuba diving - going scuba diving.

So those are some examples.

Here's another example.

We have here the preposition "at".

After "at", the verb needs "ing".

It's a gerund.

She's good at singing.

He's good at playing the guitar.

So, you will use a gerund after some verbs,

and you will use a gerund after prepositions.

So, I will show you some more examples in a moment, but first, I want to know what are

you interested in doing?

Think about your hobbies.

What are you interested in doing?

Can you make a sentence using "I am interested in" plus gerund plus "ing"?

So I can help you.

I am interested in - okay, so I want you to choose a verb and then add "ing" to it to

talk about a hobby.

Okay, now let's try this again with "good".

When someone is good at something, it means

that they have a good skill, they have a good

ability.

I am not good at singing.

Are you good at singing?

So, again, because we have "at", our gerund comes right after.

So, I want you to think about your hobbies.

What are you good at?

And I want you to use a verb.

What is something you are good at?

And you can answer "I am good at", maybe it's playing guitar.

Maybe it's acting.

So tell me, what are you good at?

And I want you to use a gerund with "ing" after.

Now let's look at some common gerunds you might see when talking about hobbies.

One time you may see a gerund is for some activities after the word "go".

So, if you see "go" and a verb, an "ing", this is a gerund.

So, we use these a lot when talking about hobbies because these are activities people

do for fun.

So, for example, people go skating.

People go skiing.

People go shopping.

People go kayaking.

People go jogging.

You might hear people go swimming, go camping, or go golfing.

And there's so many more of these, you know,

go scuba diving, go snorkeling, go sailing.

My point is that very often you will have "go" plus an activity in the gerund.

Let's look at these activities in a sentence.

I can say, "Every Friday I go swimming."

"Swimming is my hobby.

Every Friday I go swimming."

Another thing I can do is, remember I mentioned

certain verbs are followed by gerunds?

It's possible to have two gerunds together.

Look at this sentence.

"I enjoy", and I put "ing" here because we have this verb "enjoy".

"Enjoy" is followed by "ing", so "I enjoy going", and then after "go" we use "ing",

so I wrote, "I enjoy going shopping."

We have two gerunds in that sentence, "going" and "shopping".

Well, let's now learn about verbs and expressions that are followed by a gerund.

We have "love" and "like".

"Love" and "like" can be followed by a gerund.

It can also be followed by an infinitive verb,

but today we're focusing on gerunds, so let's

look at some examples.

"I love playing with my dog."

So because I have the first verb, "love", my second verb, "play", ends in "ing".

It's a gerund.

It's the same with "like".

"I like learning languages."

So, because "like" is a verb, it's our first

verb, the second verb can be a gerund, so

an "ing" verb.

So, what do you like doing?

"I love playing with my dog."

"I like learning languages."

We can use "spend time" to answer this question

as well, so "spend" is a verb that's followed

by a gerund, so here's an example.

"I spend my time acting."

Or "I spend my free time hanging out with my friends."

"I spend a lot of my time working."

So, again, after "spend time", you can have a gerund.

We already talked about "enjoy", but it's

always good to repeat these things, so "enjoy"

is followed by a gerund.

"I enjoy shopping."

So, notice "shopping" ends in "ing" because "enjoy" is the first verb, the second verb

ends in "ing".

"Interested in".

So, "interested in" has this preposition, so what we do is after "in" we will have a

gerund.

"I'm interested in listening to music."

So, someone might ask, "What do you like doing?"

"Oh, I'm interested in listening to Korean music", for example.

Here we have "good at", we've already talked

about this one, but here's an example.

"I'm good at shopping."

So, now we have some expressions that are followed by gerunds.

"Have fun" or "have a good time".

So, this is good social English.

We often like to tell people what we have fun doing.

So, I can say to my friends about yesterday, "I had fun hanging out."

So, "had fun" is the expression and it's followed by the gerund "ing".

We could put other things here, too.

I had fun seeing you.

I had fun watching the movie.

I had fun shopping.

So, it's a good expression to know for when you're talking about hobbies.

What do you have fun doing?

I have fun playing music, for example.

And then it's the same with "had a good time".

So, what do you have a good time doing?

Notice that ends in the "ing" form.

I had a good time seeing you last night.

I have a good time hanging out with my friends.

I have a good time going to restaurants.

So, these are all great expressions for when

you're talking about your hobbies or activities

you do in your free time.

So, we talked a lot about gerunds.

Now, the truth about gerunds is they're very common in English.

You will use them a lot, so it's good to

understand what a gerund is and how to use it.

And we use it a lot with verbs about hobbies, like these ones.

So, the best way to remember something is to practice and test yourself.

You can test yourself by going to www.engvid.com,

and there you can do a quiz to practice what

you learned about gerunds today.

In the comments, tell me what you like doing.

Try to use a gerund in your answer, and you can try to use one of these expressions.

So thank you so much for watching today, and until next time, take care.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gerund /ˈdʒɛrʌnd/ B2	noun - the -ing form of a verb when it functions as a noun
hobby /ˈhɒbi/ A2	noun - an activity done for enjoyment in free time
enjoy /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/ A1	verb - to take pleasure in something
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection for noun - a strong feeling of affection
like /laɪk/ A1	verb - to find enjoyable or attractive noun - a preference or fondness
spend /spɛnd/ A2	verb - to use time or money for a purpose
remember /rɪˈmɛm.bɚ/ A2	verb - to keep something in mind; to recall
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
watch /wɒtʃ/ A1	verb - to look at something attentively over a period of time
listen /ˈlɪs.ən/ A1	verb - to give attention to sound
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in an activity for enjoyment
swim /swɪm/ A1	verb - to move through water by moving the limbs
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
cook /kʊk/ A1	verb - to prepare food by heating it
hike /haɪk/ A2	verb - to go for a long walk, especially in nature
ski /skiː/ A2	verb - to glide over snow on skis
kayak /ˈkaɪ.æk/ B1	verb - to travel in a small narrow boat that is propelled by a paddle noun - a small, narrow boat propelled by a double-bladed paddle
fun /fʌn/ A2	noun - enjoyable activity or experience adjective - enjoyable, amusing