C16 U5 Project possessives with gerunds

POSSESSIVES WITH GERUNDS


Let’s remember that…

A GERUND is… is A verb + ing

Play Playing

Sing Singing

Eat Eating

Love Loving

Read Reading

Run Running

Study Studying

In this topic, the most important thing to pay attention to is the person or people, thing or things doing the action.

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EXPLANATION


Let’s analyze…

Those kids are talking during the movie. (I am annoyed by that)Esos chicos estan hablando durante la película (Estoy molesto por eso)


EXPLANATION


Let’s analyze…


What is the action? (talking)


EXPLANATION


Let’s analyze…


Who is doing the action? (the kids)



EXPLANATION


Let’s analyze…


Who is doing the action? (the kids)


How does it make me feel? (annoyed)

Let’s analyze…

Those kids are talking during the movie. Esos chicos estan hablando durante la película.

(I am annoyed by that)(Estoy molesto por eso)

Let’s analyze…



Idea 1

Let’s analyze…



Idea 1 Idea 2

Let’s analyze…



Idea 1 Idea 2Let’s combine them

Let’s analyze…




Those kids’ talking during the movie annoyed me. Esa “habladera” de esos chicos durante la película me molestó

Let’s analyze…





Let’s break it down(miremos sus partes)




This is the action



This is the action

Whose action is it?(¿De quién es esta acción?)



This is the action




This is the action


The action belongs to the kids.

(La acción pertenece a los chicos)



This is the action


The action belongs to the kids.

(La acción pertenece a los chicos)

That’s why we use the possessive (‘s)

(Por eso usamos la posesión)



Those kids’ talking during the movie annoyed me.

We have another way to do it




Their talking during the movie annoyed me.

or




Their talking during the movie annoyed me.

or

Because it is Those kids’ talking(porque es la “habladera” de ellos [de los chicos])


Another example…

The girl plays the piano beautifully. (I am surprised)La niña toca el piano hermosamente (Estoy sorprendido)

Who is doing the action? (the girl)

What is the action? (play the piano)

How does it make me feel? (surprised)

Let’s analyze…

The girl plays the piano beautifully.. La niña toca el piano hermosamente.

(I am surprised)(Estoy sorprendido)


The girl’s playing the piano surprised me. La “forma de tocar el piano” de la niña me sorprendió

Let’s break it down(miremos sus partes)

The girl’s playing the piano surprised me. La “forma de tocar el piano” de la niña me sorprendió


The girl’s playing the piano surprised me.La “forma de tocar el piano” de la niña me sorprendió

This is the action



This is the action




This is the action




This is the action


The action belongs to the girl.(La acción pertenece a la niña)



This is the action


The action belongs to the girl.(La acción pertenece a la niña)

That’s why we use the possessive (‘s)

(Por eso usamos la posesión)



The girl’s playing the piano surprised me.





Her playing the piano surprised me.

or




Her playing the piano surprised me.

or

Because it is the girl’s playing the piano(porque es la “forma de toca el piano” de la ella [de la niña])

Let’s Practice• For each of the following sentences, fill in the blank with the possessive adjective which agrees

with the noun or pronoun shown in brackets. For example: ___ barking kept us awake. (the dog) Its barking kept us awake.

___ arriving on time was fortunate. (we) Our arriving on time was fortunate.

_____ swooping and darting was a sign that it would rain. (the swallows) Their swooping and darting was a sign that it would rain.

1. ________ following the guidelines was a good idea. (you)2. _______ agreeing to forward the mail was helpful. (the students)3. _________ answering the questions so easily was unexpected. (he)4. ________ driving the car saved a great deal of time. (I)5. ________ speaking so forcefully impressed the audience. (the woman)6. ________ entering the race was intended as a gesture of goodwill. (we)7. ________ chiming told us the time. (the clock)

• Go to the next slide for the answers:



For more practice, check out the following sites:

http://www.slideshare.net/albacobra/possessives-with-gerundshttp://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm

Answers to the exercises…

Your 2. Their 3. His 4. My 5. Her 6. Our 7. Its

http://www.slideshare.net/albacobra/possessives-with-gerunds

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm

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C16 U5 Project possessives with gerunds