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Ex. II. These –ing forms are called “the Gerunds”. Here are some other verbs followed by the gerund:

admit

avoid

consider

delay

deny

enjoy

finish

imagine

involve

mind

miss

postpone

practice

regret

risk

suggest

Ex. III. Read and translate the following examples paying attention to the gerunds:

  1. They enjoyed watching an adventure movie last Saturday.

  2. Try to avoid getting upset.

  3. I suggest getting together next Friday.

  4. He admitted challenging the results of the experiment.

  5. Would you mind repeating that, please?

  6. We delayed having a meeting.

  7. By delaying we risk losing the contract.

  8. That would involve redesigning many of the programs.

Gerunds: Forms and Functions

Active

Passive

Simple

writing

being written

Perfect

having written

having been written

  1. Simple forms (Active and Passive) express an action simultaneous with the action, expressed by the main verb and can refer to the present, past or future:

I like reading science fiction. (present)

I liked reading fairy tales when I was a child. (past)

I’ll enjoy reading his poems. (future)

  1. Perfect form (having + past participle) suggests the past in relations to some other time:

You might remember having seen or heard about that TV program.

I remember having met her before.

  1. Gerunds can occur in Passive form with “being or getting + past participle” or “having been + past participle”:

I enjoyed being allowed to participate in the work over this project.

Having been selected to do research on Native American culture pleased me greatly.

He liked neither reading aloud nor being read aloud to.

4. It has verbal and nominal characteristics. Like a noun it can perform the function of subject, object and predicative.

Dancing is healthful. (subject)

Many people love skiing. (object)

Many Americans give dancing an important place in their culture. (object)

A key management responsibility is leading a team. (predicative)

Like a verb it can take a direct object:

You should consider upgrading the system to make the software run faster.

We are interested in buying these goods.

It can be modified by an adverb:

She burst out crying bitterly.

6. To form a negative gerund, add “not” before the gerund:

Not exercising is bad for you.

Not swimming for a week makes me feel lazy.

7. The doer of the action denoted by the Gerund may be expressed by a noun in the possessive case or a possessive pronoun:

These combinations are called Gerundial Complexes:

Everything will depend on the weather changing for the better.

Everybody enjoys his singing.

He objects to my going away on Sunday.

We were sure of Peter's passing this final exam.

Excuse my being late.

8. The Gerund is often preceded by a preposition, for example, after such verbs and expressions, as to look forward to, to object to, to depend on, to be fond of, to be interested in, to go on, to be good at, to make progress in:

I’m fond of travelling.

He’s made a good progress in understanding and speaking their language.