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The gerund

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Make up sentences:

I

insisted on

visiting the Academy of Sciences

He

suggested

reading Ukrainian newspapers.

She

agreed to

visiting a public library.

We

finished

collecting the harvest.

You

thought of

leaving for Kyiv.

They

continued

resting in the Crimea.

enjoyed

learning Ukrainian poems.

  1. State the form and syntactic function of the Gerund in the follow'ng sentences. Translate into Ukrainian:

1. He went on asking about the flora and fauna of Ukraine. 2. Repeating Ukrainian grammar is necessary for the students. 3. My hobby is learning Ukrainian poems by heart. 4. Are you pleased at being student of Kyiv University? 5. After reading the article about the natual resources of Ukraine I made a short summary of it. 6. Your coming to the Crimea is very desirable. 7. We insist upon your staying in this ancient Ukrainian city. 8. I remember his having been interested in the history of Ukraine in his childhood. 9. They spoke about their travelling to the South of Ukraine.

  1. Transform the sentences using the Gerund instead of the Infinitive according to the model:

Model: We continue to study Ukrainian.

  • We continue studying Ukrainian.

1. My sister began to work in this beautiful Ukrainian city five years ago. 2. She has just finished to read the article about the natural resources of Ukraine. 3. We preferred to go to Kyiv by plane. 4. I have just begun to translate the text into Ukrainian. 5. My father intends to spend his holidays in the Crimea.

  1. Make the sentences interrogative:

  1. Reading Ukrainian technical magazines is important for an engineer 2. I know of his having been appointed to a new job in Odesa. 3. Instead of restoring the old theatre they decided to build a new one in the centre of this town.

  1. I remember attending his lectures on the history of Ukraine. 5. We know of his having been sent to work to the North of the country. 6. In copying this text he made a few mistakes in Ukrainian. 7. Developing the agriculture is very important. 8. They think of going to the T. Shev­chenko Opera and Ballet Theatre tomorrow. 9. After grad­uating from Kyiv University she worked as a teacher of Ukrainian.

  1. Complete the following sentences:

1. After having set contacts with ... . 2. Developing heavy industry ... . 3. Nowdays the Ukrainian engineers prefer using ... . 4. After returning to the Crimea ... .

  1. After graduating from the Institute ... . 6. We think of going ... . 7. They continue travelling ... .

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