GRAMMAR uses of the gerund (verb + -ing) Complet e the sentences wit h the -ing for m o f the verbs i n brackets. 1 I hate being depressing. 2 You spend too long video games. 3 We stopped (be) cold. I fin d it really (play) (study) French because we didn't like the classes. 4 He's celebrating because he's finished (write) his book. 5 It started (snow) during the night whil e we were asleep. 6 I'm bored. I feel like (go) for a walk. 7 M y parents have bought a house by a beach, because they love (swim). 8 I don't min d (get) up early i n the morning. 9 Kathy really enjoys to her iPod. 10 The best thing about the bus is (not drive) i n busy traffic.

My name is Aykorkem. I am 13 years old. I study in a secondary school at the 7th grade. We have a friendly and united class. There are 26 pupils in our class and I am in good relations with almost all of them. I can say that I’m quite a sociable person and I have lots of friends both among my classmates and within my neighborhood.My class is rather important for me because I spend the majority of my time at school. We don’t only have lessons together, but we also attend additional school activities. Some of our pupils go in for sport trainings, some attend arts and crafts classes and some participate in school theatre. Surprisingly, there are a lot of talented and interesting pupils in our class. Personally I take part in school theatre. We often rehearse new plays and when the school celebrates something we present these plays on stage. The principle of our school appreciates it and he says that we have a good group of actors.

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