Students are asked to reorder scrambled sentences while listening to a Beyoncè song. In each sentence there is a gerund after a verb, a preposition or a phrasal verb. At the end of the task, students are asked to discuss whether these statements are true for men, women, both or neither. Mind: The song relates to the sentences only in its topic (women, girl power), the sentences are not taken from the lyrics.

They are never fed up with shopping online.

They could go on talking about their love life forever.

They insist on working because they believe they can be as good professionally as the other gender.

They like cooking at professional levels.

They love going to work to get away from their families.

They need to practise driving more than the other gender.

They never stop looking at their phone(s).

They often finish working before their colleagues.

The sentences in this video quiz aim at initiating a conversation. The question is: Men or Women? Student talk in pairs or in small groups about the statements and explain why they think that the sentences apply for men or women (or both or neither).

You might also want to work on the music video and the lyrics: they are also related to the main topic (Women).

Elicit verbs which stand with a gerund from students. Remind them also that after a preposition and a phrasal verb we also use a gerund. You might also want to specify the negative form of this construction: I hate not having a brother.

Tell students that they are going to listen to a Beyoncè song and will need to reorder scrambled words into complete sentences. Each sentence contains a gerund for some reason.

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Men or Women vs. Verbs with Gerund

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Let's do English ESL general grammar practice. Students are asked to reorder scrambled sentences while listening to a Beyoncè song. In each sentence there is a…