I Enjoy Reading, I Want to Travel: Gerunds and Infinitives

Learning Objectives

• Use gerunds as subjects, as objects of common verbs and after prepositions.
• Use infinitives after common verbs and to express purpose.
• Explain the change in meaning when stop, remember, forget and try are followed by a gerund or an infinitive.

How to Use This Resource

• Open with slide 1: say "I enjoy cooking, but I want to learn baking" and ask students what they enjoy doing and what they want to do this year.
• Teach gerunds, infinitives, verbs that take both and verbs that change meaning with the slides, checking each step with the matching worksheet activity.
• Students complete the worksheet and the speaking survey, then use the quiz to check learning and the homework profile for writing. Answers are in the answer key.

Classroom Activity Ideas

• Verb pattern sort: students sort 24 verb cards into gerund, infinitive and both columns, then check with the reference chart.
• Find someone who: "Find someone who has decided to learn an instrument / avoids eating vegetables / can't stand waiting."
• Memory stories: pairs tell short stories using "I'll never forget..." and "I must remember to..." to practise the meaning change.

Differentiation

Support: give a printed chart of the 30 verbs in the lesson with examples, and focus on gerund and infinitive verbs before verbs that change meaning. Challenge: use verb + object + infinitive (She asked me to help), perfect gerunds (I remember having seen it) and passive infinitives (I want to be chosen).

Assessment

Worksheet activities and the quiz check verb patterns, prepositions and meaning changes (answer key included). The survey and the homework profile are marked with the four-level rubric.

Teacher Tips

Teach patterns as chunks rather than single words: "enjoy doing", "decide to do", "interested in doing". Students remember the chunk and the pattern together. Keep a three-column chart on the wall (gerund | infinitive | both) and add verbs as they appear.

What's Included

• 11-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
• Key vocabulary list (7 words with meanings and examples)
• Student worksheet (6 activities)
• Quiz / assessment (3 parts)
• Homework practice page
• Printable flashcards: 7 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
• Assessment rubric (4 levels)
• Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
• Editable Word version of all student pages
• Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

• Lesson Slides (PPTX)
• Editable Student Pages and Lesson Plan (DOCX)
• A5 Flashcards (PDF)
• Answer Key (PDF)

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