absorbed in accustomed to afraid of amused at skilled in (at) annoy at ashamed of aware of (in)capable of surprised at careful in careless of certain about clever at wrong in… con[r]
(1)I- GERUNDS: 1 Formation: V-ING 2 Functions:
2.1 Subject (S): Fishing is his hobby./ Getting into the city centre at this time of day isn’t easy. 2.2 Complement (C):(of to be) Her passion is studying.
What we really want is escaping from this terrible place. 2.3 Compound nouns:
2.3.1 Gerund-noun: fishing-rod cooking-apple driving license wrapping paper writing paper cooking oil
2.3.2 Non-gerund: fruit-picking sky-diving bush walking time- counting 2.4 Object (O):
2.4.1 Direct objects: Follow these certain verbs
admit avoid appreciate begin consider postpone resume love continue delay deny enjoy escape recall suggest resist finish keep mention mind like hate recollect
prefer miss practice quit report resent risk 2.4.2 Verb preposition:
approve of apologize for believe in count on care for complain of confess to consist of depend on dream of end in give up get to forget about go back to hesitate about insist on keep on lead to long for mean by persist in plan on put off rely on return to result in safe from succeed in think about think of take to threaten with worry about object to look forward to….
2.4.3 Adjective preposition:
absorbed in accustomed to afraid of amused at skilled in (at) annoy at ashamed of aware of (in)capable of surprised at careful in careless of certain about clever at wrong in… content with delighted at different from embarrassed at excited about far from fond of fortunate in frightened of furious at given to good at grateful for happy in (at) slow in interested in keen on nice about proud of thankful for responsible for right in scared at (of) set on angry with pleased at sure of sorry for successful in (at) careful about sick of worried about tired of (from) upset at (un)conscious of
2.4.4 Idiom phrases: (phrases of words that have literal meanings)
- can’t bear; can’t face; can’t stand; can’t help; feel like… - It’s no use / It’s (not) worth…/… 2.4.5 Adjectives:
amusing comfortable difficult easy great Pleasant
hopeless lovely Nice off strange useless/ wonderful 2.4.6 Noun preposition:
choice of excuse for possibility of intention of reason for method for… 2.4.7 Complement of objects: Follow these below verbs
call catch feel discover find leave watch…
hear get imagine keep notice send set stop 2.5 Subjunctive subject “it” or noun phrases;
- Find/ found + it + V-ING: He found the film annoying.