Reading - Happiness is

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B4 Reading - Happiness is...

A magazine's staff were asked to complete the sentence 'Happiness is...'

Match the people to their answer. You have 30 seconds!

Multiple Choice

Happiness is...

...making soup. I love using leftovers in the fridge. There's something magical about making something delicious out of nothing.

Multiple Choice

Happiness is...

sitting on the sofa on a winter evening with a box of chocolates, watching a feel-good movie, preferably one that makes me cry.

Multiple Choice

Happiness is...

...listening to Don't Stop Me Now by Queen. As soon as I hear it, I immediately feel like getting up and dancing.

Multiple Choice

Happiness is...

...getting on the scale - and seeing that I've lost a pound even though I had a big meal the day before.

Multiple Choice

Happiness is...

...finding a real bargain on sale. I'm still wearing a Prada Jacket that I bought incredibly cheaply at a sale 10 years ago.

Grammar - let's look at gerunds

a gerund = verb + ing
Happiness is making soup.

Multiple Choice

Gerund example:

Happiness is making soup.

We use verb+ing...

1. AFTER SOME ACTION VERB

2. AFTER A PREPOSITION

3. LIKE A NOUN

Multiple Choice

Gerund example:

I love using leftovers.

We use verb+ing...

1. AFTER SOME ACTION VERB

2. AFTER A PREPOSITION

3. LIKE A NOUN

Multiple Choice

Gerund example:

There something magical about making something delicious out of nothing.

We use verb+ing...

1. AFTER SOME ACTION VERB

2. AFTER A PREPOSITION

GERUNDS

a GERUND is a verb + ing > I like swimming.
swimming is a GERUND
NOTE: a GERUND is different to the present continuous verb:
Compare: I like swimming. VS I am swimming.
Which one is happening now? Which one is the name of an activity?

Gerunds - more examples

Eating outside in the summer makes me feel good.
My idea of happiness is getting up late and not going to work.
I love reading in bed.
I hate not getting to the airport early.
I'm thinking of buying a new car.
He left without saying goodbye.
CAN YOU REMEMBER THE 3 RULES WHEN WE USE GERUNDS?

Multiple Choice

Which word is the GERUND in this sentence?

enjoy

sport

and

exercising.

Multiple Choice

WHICH SENTENCE HAS A GERUND?

I love my job.

I'm working right now.

I love surfing.

I love coffee.

Multiple Choice

Why does this sentence need a GERUND verb -ing?

I love surfing.

1. It comes after a certain action verb

2. It is after a preposition

3. It is the subject of the sentence

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