This book presents a story that helps readers practice verb+ing (gerunds). On New Year’s Eve, a young boy reflects on his year, recalling the four goals he had planned to achieve. Although he successfully reached only one, he shares how good it felt to accomplish it and explains why he couldn’t achieve the other three.

Throughout the story, readers encounter various verbs followed by gerunds as objects. They also become familiar with how gerunds function as objects after prepositions.