Practising phrases + gerund verbs (-ing)
Parler anglais

Practising phrases + gerund verbs (-ing)

B1IntermediateAugust 6, 20266 min
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practicing phrases which are followed by gerund verbs. Those are verbs that finish I-N-G. Now

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Hi guys, I'm Ben and welcome to today's English podcast. On today's episode we are going to be practicing phrases which are followed by gerund verbs. Those are verbs that finish I-N-G. Now to start I'm going to give you an extract from Monday's episode of Parli Anglais where I was telling you about one of the world's blue zones, specifically Ikaria in Greece. If you missed it,

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you can go back to listen to it after today's episode. Now in this extract, there's going to be two examples of words or phrases that are followed by gerund verbs. So listen very carefully and see if you can identify two examples from this extract of words or phrases that are followed by gerund verbs. Here we go. Many residents spend their days gardening, walking through

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the hilly countryside and doing other physical activities without thinking of them as exercise. okay so two examples let's take a closer look many residents spend their days gardening walking through the hilly countryside doing other physical activities without thinking of them as exercise so here we have two examples of words or phrases which are followed by a gerund verb

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