The Grammar of Liking: Nouns and Gerunds slide deck walkthrough

Section role: supports the grammar instruction in Section 2, providing visual reinforcement while the teacher explains the preference hierarchy and the gerund rule. Slides: (1) Title — 'Expressing Preferences: Love, Like, Dislike, Hate'; (2) The Spectrum of Emotion — bullets: Love, Like, Don't mind, Dislike, Hate arranged vertically with emojis; (3) Rule 1: Verbs with Nouns — examples 'I love pizza' and 'She hates spiders'; (4) Rule 2: Verbs with Gerunds (-ing) — explaining that actions take -ing; (5) Examples of Gerunds — contrast 'I like swimming' with incorrect 'I like swim'; (6) Negative Preferences with Gerunds — example 'He dislikes doing homework'; (7) Spelling Rules for Gerunds — dropping 'e' in 'dancing' and doubling the final consonant in 'running'; (8) Common Pitfall Alert — warning against 'I like to eating'; (9) Summary Formula — 'Subject + Preference Verb + Noun or Verb-ing'. Closing slide: 'If the verb is read, how do we change it to follow I love?' — handing control back to the teacher for interactive questioning before the sentence builder activity in Section 3.

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