XIV. Read and discuss:

MY TESTAMENT T. Shevchenko

When I am dead, then bury me

In my beloved Ukraine,

My tomb upon, a grave mound high

Amid the speading plain,

So that the fields, the boundless steppes,

The Dnieper's plunging shore

My eyes could see, my ears could hear

The mighty river roar.

When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears

Into the deep blue sea

The blood of foes ... then will I leave

These hills and fertile fields —

I'll leave them all and fly away

To the abode of God,

And then I'll pray. But till the day

I nothing know of God.

Oh, burry me, then rise yet up

And break your heavy chains

And water with the tyrants' blood

The freedom you have gained.

And in the great new family

The family of the free

With softly spoken, kindly word

Remember also me.

(Translated by John Weir)

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.

2. State the form and syntactic function of the Gerund in the following 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.

2. 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.

2. 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.