Remember + -ing (Gerund) or Remember + To (Infinitive)?

You are going to practise 

1. Remember + -ing (gerund) for remembering past actions.
2. Remember to + Infinitive for reminders (= remembering that you need to do something).

1. Remember + -ing (gerund) for remembering past actions.

Speak
The past
What can you remember doing when you were young, last summer / at the weekend?
Look at the presentation and make sentences about the pictures.

Remember + Gerund from David Mainwood

Discuss
Do you know the difference between these structures?

1. Remember + -ing (gerund) - I remember locking the door
2. Remember to + Infinitive - I remembered to lock the door

2. Remember to + Infinitive for reminding (remembering that you need to do something).

Discuss

• Do you sometimes forget you need to do things?
• What do you often forget to do?
• How do you remember to do things?
• What are the most important things we should remember to do?

Look at the questions below.
Match the questions with the answers. 
Can you think of any other important things we should remember to do?







Speak
Look at the presentation and answer the questions for each picture.

Remember + to (infinitive) from David Mainwood

3. Practise
Can you remember the difference?

1. Remember + -ing (gerund) for talking about the past / memories.
2. Remember to + Infinitive for reminding.

Do the exercise

More
Read

• What are the top 10 things people forget to do?

Find out here http://listverse.com/2012/10/27/top-10-everyday-things-we-forget/ 



Listen

• Look at these song titles. Do you know them?
• What are the songs about?
• What are they "remembering"?

Jeff Beck and Imelda May - "Remember (walking in the sand)"

Shakira - "I Can't Remember To Forget You"

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Gerund or Infinitive?

You are going to practise some verbs which are followed by another verb in gerund or infinitive.





1) Discuss
Look at these verbs.
Are they followed by a gerund or infinitive?

2) Speak
Look at the list of verbs in the presentation and make sentences using a gerund or an infinitive after each verb.
Example - I can't stand driving in the city.

Infinitive or Gerund? from David Mainwood

3) Practise
Do the exercise

4) Write
Write some sentences using the verbs above which are true for you.
Example - I detest eating prunes.
I'm just a poor EFL teacher. I can't afford to buy new shoes.






5) Practise
Here are 5 songs with gerunds and infinitives in the titles.
How many do you know? Can you think of any more songs with a gerund or an infinitive in the title?

I Promise To Try

I Can't Stand Losing You

Imagine (having no possesions...)

Learn to Fly

I Want To Break Free

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What are they doing? - Quiz Game

You are going to

• play a game.
• practise gerunds and present continuous 

Note -  This game can be downloaded as a ppt file below. The ppt version can be done as a class game and the gap-fill version could then be done individually to practise spelling. It can also be done after looking at this post here - Present Continuous (with gif images)



1) Discuss
How many action verbs can you think of?
Say them with -ing
eg stand = standing, jump = jumping...
Act them



Look at the penguins. What are they doing?

 









2) Play the game
Now look at the questions below. What are they doing?
How many can you answer correctly?
(The gif images may sometimes be slow to display.depending on your connection speed.)

Download activity as ppt file here




3) Play
Do a mime of one of the verbs
Who can guess what you are doing?





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The Icing on the Cake

You are going to

• watch a video about memories and do a listening exercise
• use remember + gerund for talking about memories
• practise would and used to for talking about past habits
• describe and write about memories and past habits

1) Discuss

• What things do you remember from your childhood?
• What are your earliest memories?
• What are your favourite memories?

2) Introduction
You are going to watch a StoryCorps video.
Blanca Alvarez and her husband crossed the border to immigrate into the U.S. and then struggled to make ends meet. They hoped to shelter their children from these harsh realities, but Blanca's daughter Connie reveals how much children can really see of their parents' lives—and the inspiration they draw from their struggles.

A) Watch the video
What does Connie remember from her childhood?
The film is called "The Icing on the Cake" what do you think that means?

B) Answer the questions

3) Grammar

Look again at what Connie says

Remember. If you are remembering things in the past and you use the verb remember, what must you do with the verb which follows?

Answer - Highlight here = Use a gerund -ing. I remember eating, I remember playing...

If we want to talk about past habits and repeated activities what language can we use?

Answer - Highlight here = Would. You can also use Used to

See here - Contrast of Used to and Would

http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/ask-the-experts/grammar-questions/grammar-contrasts-1-used-to-and-would/146344.article

4) Practise

Have a look at this presentation and practise Remember + Gerund, Would and Used to

Remember the Past from David Mainwood

5) Gap-fill

Practise Remember + Gerund, Would and Used to in this gap-fill exercise

Printable version here

6) Writing

Memories

Write about a memory you have of something you did in the past.

It could be a holiday, your first visit to the UK (or another country), a school trip, a memory from your childhood or just somewhere you used to live...

• Talk about what you remember doing
• Use Would and Used to but remember the secret of good writing is variety so try and use both of them with a variety of other past tenses
• Introduce the topic and have a concluding sentence or paragraph
• You can use the ex 5 gap-fill as a model

7) More Practice

Would for Past Habit Jumbled Sentence Games 1 - 10

http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/grammar/jumbled-past-would-1.htm

Past habits - Used to / Would interative exercises

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/cgi2/myexam/liaison.php?liaison=_use_

More videos from StoryCorps

http://www.youtube.com/storycorps

What Britain Loves

You are going to

• discuss countries and stereotypes
• watch and listen to a TV ad.
• listen and order words and expressions
• talk about what your country / region / city loves

 


1) Discuss

• What is the British stereotype?
• What do the British love?
• Think of some things we love

2) Watch the clip

What  does Britain love?
Can you guess before you watch?

3) Put the words and expressions in order
Look at the list of words and expressions in the exercise below
Do you understand all of them?
Watch the youtube clip again. While you listen, use your mouse to drag the expressions into the right order on the lines.

4) Discuss / Writing

• Do you think the ad is true?
• What do you love doing?
• What do people in your country love doing?

What does your country love?
Make a list of things
Read them out to the class or make a poster.

Grammar
Don't forget -  "... loves + a NOUN or VERB +ing"
eg Britain loves a celebration 
or
Britain loves gardening