Lesson Plans: Gerunds and Infinitives

Verbs followed by to + infinitive and verb followed by verb with -ing cards to make stories out of, plus some more basic practice of those two common verb patterns

Language learning problems with verb + infinitive and verb + gerund for students to discuss and then try to remember the verb patterns of, with useful language for asking for and giving advice.

Clauses with present and past participles and no subject practice through sentences to complete and three fun personalised speaking games

Discussing performance and progress with verb + verb

-ing form and names of festivals and celebrations oral practice with sentence stems for students to share opinions and experiences with together.

Students put cards which take the same verb pattern together, first with no help, then with tips like putting synonyms and opposites together, with verbs followed by gerund, by infinitive and by "someone".

Verb with object, infinitive, infinitive with to and -ing matching memory game, based on the card game "pairs"

Matching verb plus infinitive and verb plus gerund memory game, for low-level learners

Verb with infinitive, gerund and someone matching memory game

Three fun speaking games for verb plus gerund, verb plus infinitive, etc, with students guessing, trying to spot lies, or trying to find things they share, with typical sentences to use each pattern in.

Personalised speaking practice of verb + to + verb and verb + verb with -ing, with students making sentences from the typical sentence stems in a guessing game, a lying game, or a finding things they share activity.

Verb + direct object + indirect object oral practice through discussing what to do with unwanted possessions when moving house, with thirteen suggested verbs with more than one object.

Verb plus direct object and indirect object speaking practice through discussing the best rules for a conversation school, with suggested topics and verbs with two objects, then trying to remember the verbs which they could use.