LEARN TAMIL THROUGH PHONETICS BY D.SINGARAYAN

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LESSON – 54

Gerunds



Eg.


see - seeing
collect - collecting
believe - believing
study - studying
work - working
play - playing  
walk - walking  


Table 54.1               Example sentences with gerunds

English

1. Seeing is believing.

2. Working gives pleasure.

3. Walking is a good exercise.

4. Collecting stamps is my hobby.

5. He loves reading books.

6. She hates spending money.

7. Stop playing.

8. I think of marrying Ms Valli.

9. He prevented me from seeing his sister.

10. They spent their time in playing cards.





 Table 54.2   Please look at the following verb pattern in English 


Subject

Verb

Direct object

I  

He  

They  

She

bought  

built  

dug  

wrote

a book  

a dam  

a hole  

a story  



The above ideas can be expressed in two ways in Tamil


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