Very important:
The gerund is not an action in present continuous. Indeed, it is a noun. English to Spanish:
Flying makes me nervous. (Volar me pone nervioso.)
Exercise 1
(éksersais uán)
Correct the following sentences with the appropriate
non-separable phrasal verb.
1. She on vacation last month.
| a. delay leaving | b. delayed leaving | c. delays leaving |
2. We all our tests.
| a. keep on doing | b. keeps on doing | c. keeping on do |
3. He is a job.
| a. considers get | b. consider getting | c. considering getting |
4. is always polite.
| a. Appreciated | b. Appreciating | c. Appreciate |
5. losing is not progress.
| a. Think about | b. Thinking for | c. Thinking about |
6. with your parents is disrespectful.
| a. Discusses | b. Discussed | c. Discussing |
 Audio 25 | Exercise 2 (éksersais tu) |
Listen to the dialog and fill in the blanks.
Keep trying until you get it right.
| Jenny: | Do you enjoy 1. cooking, mom? |
| Mom: | Of course I do. Do you want to learn? |
| Jenny: | I tried, 2. ? But it was a disaster |
| Mom: | Well, you’ve got to 3. 4. until you get it right. |
| Jenny: | I’ve been 5. 6. lessons. |
| Mom: | That’s a good idea! |
