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Task 1 Use the proper form of the Gerund of the verb in brackets. (15 points):

1. Don’t forget to lock the door after _________ your work (finish).

2. Before __________ something take your time to think it over (say).

3. He couldn’t have made progress without ___________ hard (work).

4. Do you remember ___________ my dictionary yesterday (take)?

5. You’ve done a good job. You surely deserve ___________ (praise).

6. Who needs _____________ about his faults all the time (remind)?

7. Thank you for ___________ me to you party. It was such fun (invite).

8. Does she accuse you of _____________ her idea in your article (use)?

9. Thanks for ____________ (help). – You are welcome. I’m happy about ____________ able to help you (be).

10. On _____________ the store she stopped to look around (enter).

11. She seemed to enjoy ______________ to in such a way (talk).

12. He will never agree to ______________ the work so early (start).

13. I wonder why he insisted on my _____________ part in this event if he didn’t let me do anything (take).

14. I wasn’t aware of her _____________ for the job before me; otherwise I wouldn’t have done it (apply).

Task 2 Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary; if no preposition is wanted put “–” (20 points):

1. I wonder when I will get round _____ cleaning the cupboards at last.

2. The doctor insisted _____ examining the patient immediately.

3. She always puts _____ packing till the last moment.

4. Nick persisted _____ trying though nobody believed that he would succeed.

5. If you try harder you’ll succeed _____ winning the competition.

6. Mrs. Brown often complains _____ her children being rude.

7. She didn’t believe _____ doing things in a hurry.

8. You should admit _____ failing us.

9. He cannot face _____ being rejected again.

10. How can we avoid _____ meeting him?

11. The words were hurting and she burst _____ crying.

12. You’d better concentrate _____ solving this puzzle.

13. How can you accuse your brother _____ being indifferent to you?

14. She will punish you _____ telling a lie.

15. She did all possible to prevent her son _____ dating that girl.

16. I don’t think we’ll talk him _____ staying at home – he is eager to go with us.

17. He will object _____ dealing with this matter himself.

18. Let’s congratulate her _____ achieving this amazing result.

19. Don’t blame him _____ failing to help you.

20. Try to talk him _____ buying this house; the price is too high.

Task 3 Fill in the proper prepositions with gerunds in different syntactic functions: (20 points):

1. You are to study the rules __________ doing these exercises.

а) before b) after c) on

2. __________ seeing his mother frown he understood that he was in trouble.

a) After b) Besides c) At

3. __________ reading the article he began to realize how to use the information he was getting.

a) In spite of b) In c) Besides

4. __________ analyzing the facts you’ll see your mistake.

a) For b) After c) Without

5. She whiled away the time __________ looking through the magazines in the reception room.

a) without b) before c) by

6. You can’t make her understand this __________ hurting her feelings.

a) without b) before in case of

7. __________ arguing you could listen to what she has to say.

a) Besides b) Instead of c) Despite

8. You shouldn’t take advantage __________ his being absent from the meeting.

a) for b) on c) of

9. What did he do in addition __________ being a bother?

a) to b) of c) with

10. __________ being an actress she is a good singer.

a) Despite b) With c) Besides

11. You can’t enter there __________ getting a permission first.

a) before b) without c) on

12. You can use this stuff __________ washing dishes.

a) for b) after c) on

13. I didn’t say anything __________ insulting him.

a) for b) without c) for fear of

14. We couldn’t make a decision __________ the data being unreliable.

a) for b) because of c) to

15. I don’t think there’s harm __________ his trying to do it himself.

a) in b) of c) against

16. Do you have any reason __________ doubting his words?

a) to b) of c) for

17. In spite __________ being a good actor he isn’t very popular.

a) of b) for c) to

18. I’ll help you again __________ your refusing to follow my advice.

a) without b) despite c) besides

19. What’s your excuse __________ having missed the classes yesterday?

a) of b) for c) to

20. This is the proper way __________ solving this puzzle.

a) of b) for c) to

Task 4 Use the proper form of the gerund of the verb in brackets and the proper preposition where necessary (20 points):

1. I remember _____ (invite) to call on my friend for a special celebration of her birthday.

2. She accused him _____ (be) greedy and _____ (watch) pennies.

3. She was certain _____ his _____ (be) after something. And it was like an obsession with her.

4. She suspected him _____ (keep) something back.

5. For some unexplainable reason she kept me as a fresh eye for the first reading of her poems. And that day she insisted _____ (meet and talk) them over with her.

6. She thanked her guardian _____ (be) endlessly helpful.

7. Judy succeeded not only _____ (catch up) with her group mates but _____ (outstrip and leave) most of them behind.

8. Father persisted _____ his son’s _____ (give up) gambling and _____ (do) something really worthwhile.

9. I was ignorant _____ his _____ (have) a heart surgery a couple of years ago.

10. He was tired _____ (humiliate) _____ (involve) in drug addiction.

11. He denied ever _____ (take) bribes while in office. He insisted _____ (be) completely honest about it.

12. Thank you _____ (be) so honest with me in that difficult situation.

13. They agreed _____ our _____ (turn) everything upside down to find the lost thing.

14. After ______ (talk) with him she began to have doubts.

15. Are you sure he doesn’t need ______ (remind) about this meeting?

16. I can’t thank you enough ______ (be) there when I needed you.

17. I wouldn’t have coped _____ your _____ (help) me.

18. Nobody was against ______ (have) dinner, but nobody was eager to cook.

Task 5 Cross out the wrong word (10 points):

1. Our students would really like visiting\ to visit Oxford one day.

2. How did you learn playing \ to play the flute so well.

3. I’ve completely forgotten reading\ to read this book and took it again from the library.

4. He is not expected being\ to be at home before 10 p.m. So you’d better call tomorrow.

5. Tom prefers playing\ to play computer games to running and kicking the ball on the grass.

6. I cannot afford buying\ to buy new books so often.

7. He promised giving up\ to give up smoking as soon as he finished the book.

8. Finally George managed finding\ to find his toothbrush and started packing again.

9. He seems to stop worrying\ to worry about how he feels. Look, he is eating your plum pudding with appetite.

10. If you are ill and want getting\ to get better, there’s nothing like reading “Three Men in a Boat” by Jerome K. Jerome.

Task 6 Choose the proper form of gerund or infinitive (15 points):

1. Did you manage ___________ to her yesterday?

a) to talk b) to have talked c) talking

2. Why do you suggest us ___________ out tonight? We have a lot of food at home.

a) to eat b) to be eating c) eating

3. I think we can’t wait too long for her ___________ up her mind – we are pressed for time.

a) making b) to make c) to have made

4. John is not used to ___________ so hard.

a) training b) train c) be training

5. Thank you for the dance. I enjoyed ___________ with you so much.

a) to dance b) to have danced c) dancing

6. He is so rude! He refused even ___________ to our explanation.

a) to listen b) listening c) to have listened

7. Only a week later he started ___________ what she had meant.

a) realizing b) to realize c) to be realizing

8. Could you arrange for Helen ___________ her former classmates when she comes here next time?

a) meeting b) to meet c) to be meeting

9. I can’t join you this year. I can’t afford ___________ abroad every year.

a) going b) to be going c) to go

10. He doesn’t object ___________ a party to celebrate Anna’s birthday.

a) to giving b) to give c) to being given

11. These papers are such a mess. I never get round ___________ them out.

a) to sort b) to sorting c) to be sorted

12. You again neglected ___________ me know about the meeting.

a) letting b) having let c) to let

13. She often neglects ___________ new words properly; that’s why her vocabulary is so poor.

a) learning b) to learn c) to be learning

14. I meant ___________ him and invite to our party but never got round to it.

a) calling b) to call c) to have called

15. This new arrangement means ___________ everything anew.

a) doing b) to do c) to be doing

Task 7 Use the proper form of gerund or infinitive of the verb in brackets (25 points):

1. My grandfather stopped ___________ (work) at seventy.

2. I began ___________ (play) tennis when I was ten and I still do it.

3. Would you like ___________ (join) our expedition to the North Pole?

4. We had to stop for a few minutes ___________ (get) petrol.

5. I’ll try ___________ (find) new data for the report in the Internet.

6. It’s no use ___________ (try) ___________ (take) her out. She hates ___________ (go) out in the evening when her favourite serials are on.

7. I forgot ___________ (buy) milk for my cat and had to return to the supermarket.

8. Try ___________ (read) the instructions before switching on the machine. It might help, you know.

9. Could I offer to see you home? – No, thanks. I’d prefer ___________ (stay).

10. The Boss doesn’t allow us ___________ (smoke) in the office.

11. Do you enjoy ___________ (listen) to classical music?

12. First we discussed the report and then went on ___________ (talk) about other problems.

13. I regret ___________ (leave) the party early yesterday.

14. I regret ___________ (tell) you that you failed your test lesson.

15. Don’t forget ___________ (call) me when you come back.

16. Please, don’t put off ___________ (see) a doctor, if only you are not pretending ___________ (be) ill.

17. I don’t feel like ___________ (cook) tonight. What about ___________ (eat) out for a change?

18. He managed ___________ (get) tickets for the first night.

19. Have you ever thought of ___________ (change) your job?

20. I never enjoy ___________ (watch) football. I can’t stand ___________ (see) twenty-two men kicking the ball and each other.

Task 8 State the syntactic function of the gerund, gerundial phrase or gerundial complex (15 points):

1. We asked this heavenly messenger (as we discovered him afterwards to be) if he knew of any lonely house, whose occupants were few and feeble (old ladies or paralyzed gentlemen preferred), who could be easily frightened into giving up their beds for the night to three desperate men...

2. My own earliest boating recollection is of the five of us contributing three pence each and taking out a curiously constructed craft (речное судно) on the Regent’s Park lake.

3. You let him alone. He can’t help howling. He’s got a musical ear, and your playing makes him howl.

4. It must be disheartening work learning a musical instrument.

5. The local fisherman’s guide doesn’t say a word about catching anything.

6. George, on the other hand, ridiculed the idea of Harris’s having done anything more than eat and sleep, and had a cast-iron opinion that it was he – George himself – who had done all the labour worth speaking of.

7. And the two simple minded youngsters at the sculls (парные весла) feel quite proud of being allowed to row such wonderful oarsmen as Jack and Tom, and strain away harder than ever.

8. I determined to go in for rowing proper, and joined one of the Lea boating clubs.

9. My style of rowing is very much admired now.

10. There was an old fellow there, smoking a long clay pipe, and we naturally began chatting.

11. To those who do contemplate making Oxford their starting place, I would say, take your own boat – unless, of course, you can take someone else’s without any possible danger of being found out.

12. I have often thought about the matter since, but I have never succeeded in arriving at any satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon.

13. I found him in trouble, the next time I awoke, because he could not find his socks; and my last hazy remembrance is of being rolled over on my side, and of hearing Harris muttering something about its being an extraordinary thing where his umbrella could have got to.

14. I must confess to enjoying that supper.

KEYS

EXERCISES

Ex. 1: 1. persuading; 2. bothering; 3. having found; 4. having been promoted; 5. being taken; 6. hurrying; 7. being; 8. washing; 9. receiving; 10. being deceived; 11. joining; 12. making; 13. letting; 14. hearing worrying; 15. interfering; 16. doing, asking; 17. being; 18. losing, seeing.

Ex. 2: 1. of, 2. on, 3. from, 4. on, 5. in, 6. to, 7. of, 8. for, 9. from, 10. off, 11. for, 12. against, 13. from, 14. of, 15. for, 16. against, 17. out. 18. on, 19. from, 20. on, 21. of, 22. of, 23. in, 24. for, 25. to, 26. into, out, 27. about, of, 28. in, 29. up, 30. to, 31. for, 32. to, 33. in.

Ex. 3: 1. of, 2. at, 3. of, 4. of, 5. to, 6. of, 7. of, 8. at, 9. of, 10. for, 11. of, 12. of, 13. at, 14. in, 15. in, 16. of, 17. for, 18. of, 19. at, 20. of.

Ex. 4: 1. for, 2. into, 3. against, 4. against, 5. Out of, 6. at, 7. about, 8. with, 9. about, 10. up, 11. at, 12. of, 13. about, 14. of, 15. of, 16. on, 17. of, 18. of, 19. Since, 20. Besides / in addition to.

Ex. 5: 1. object, 2. subject, 3. object, 4. attribute, 5. object, 6. attribute, 7. attribute, subject, subject 8. object, 9. attribute,. 10. object,

Ex. 6: 1. attribute, 2. attributes, 3. object, 4. attribute, 5. attribute, 6. object, 7. object, 8. attribute, object, 9. object, 10. object,.

Ex. 7: 1. a part of a compound verbal aspect predicate, 2. object, 3. object, 4. object, 5. predicative, 6. object, 7. object, object, object, object, 8. object, 9. a part of a compound verbal aspect predicate, 10. object,.

Ex.8: 1. getting, 2. listen, watching, 3. to have, 4. making, 5. to understand, 6. to wash, 7. reading, 8. answering, 9. walking, 10. to know, 11. get, to revise, 12. publishing.

Ex.9: 1. a, 2. b, 3. b, 4. c, 5. b, 6. a, 7. d, 8. c, 9. b, 10. b, 11. a/b, 12. b, 13. a/c, 14. c, 15. a.

Ex.10: 1.b; 2.c; 3.b; 4.c; 5.b; 6.b; 7.a; 8.b; 9.a; 10.a .

Ex. 11: 1. Avoid talking about such things. 2. She couldn’t help laughing. / She couldn’t help bursting into laughter. 3. Don’t complain about having being punished, it was your fault. 4. He stopped inviting her as she didn’t accept his invitations. 5. She apologized for being late. 6. She is sorry about being late. 7. Don’t put off (postpone) doing this work. 8. You’ll have to admit to being wrong. 9. We object to telling him these facts. 10. We decided against supporting them. 11. Don’t even speak about stopping them. 12. They managed to talk us out of taking part in the trip. 13. She is not capable of deceiving. 14. We are used to working late. 15. She denied knowing this man. 16. I suspect him of having deceived us. 17. We couldn’t help admiring this wonderful picture.

Ex. 12: 1. She cannot afford your wasting time. 2. This collection is worth your examining it. 3. Everybody looked forward to his coming. 4. We looked forward to being told the news. 5. Nobody will approve of your missing classes. 6. He insists on your leaving him alone. 7. He insists on being left alone. 8. I hope you don’t object to our waiting for him here. 9. I hate your behaving this way. 10. Imagine her taking him for a first-year student. 11. You can’t prevent him from doing what he wants. 12. We forgave her being late. 13. She is suspected of breaking the rules. 14. I suspect her of knowing nothing. 15. She was aware of something going wrong. 16. We warned him against relying on their help. 17. Who is to blame for your knowing nothing? 18. I am greatly pleased at your inviting me. 19. I don’t remember your speaking about it before. 20. I insist on your telling everything in detail.

Ex. 13: 1. He is accused of hiding the truth. 2. You will certainly succeed in achieving your aim. 3. In spite of having lost her way she wasn’t afraid. 4. He doesn’t approve of her studying at night. 5. Do you mind letting her go first? 6. We object to your interfering. 7. After his telling about all the difficulties everyone kept silent. 8. She won’t be able to do anything without you (your) supporting her. 9. They couldn’t help laughing at seeing children running over the lawn. 10. Before writing about this event he decided to take several interviews. 11. In spite of (Despite) being tired we kept working. 12. In spite of being hungry she refused to have dinner. 13. After leaving the office he dropped in at a café to have dinner. 14. Besides being a good singer he is an excellent actor. 15. They spent a lot of time in examining the 18^th century’s masterpieces of architecture.

Ex. 14: 1. I can’t afford to miss classes now. 2. I can’t afford your wasting so much time. 3. I won’t forget to call you. 4. I remember perfectly well their coming here for the first time. 5. They stopped arguing and looked at each other with surprise. 6. He stopped to look at the lake one more time. 7. It’s a great pleasure for me to see you. 8. He wanted to get rid of this boring person as soon as possible. 9. He waited for us to come and help him. 10. She has already forgotten (doesn’t remember) promising to help you. 11. She won’t remember (will forget) to buy bread. 12. She regretted accepting their invitation. 13. The room doesn’t need cleaning; it’s clean. 14. You needn’t clean the room now. 15. I would like to join you, but I have other plans. 16. They are used to spending summer in the country (out of town). 17. They used to leave town every summer. 18. He sent a letter to inform us about his arrival. 19. We were in no condition to see anything. 20. She is not capable of hurting a person.

TEST

Task 1: 1. finishing; 2. saying; 3. working; 4. taking; 5. praising; 6. reminding; 7. inviting; 8. having used; 9. helping, having been; 10. entering; 11. being talked; 12. starting; 13. taking; 14. having applied.

Task 2: 1. to, 2. on, 3. off, 4. in, 5. in, 6. in, 7. to, 8. to, 9. -, 10. -, 11. out, 12. on, 13. of, 14. for, 15. from, 16. into, 17. to, 18. on, 19. for, 20. out of.

Task 3: 1. before; 2. At; 3. In; 4. After; 5. by; 6. without; 7. Instead of; 8. of; 9. to; 10. Besides; 11. without; 12. for; 13. for fear of; 14. because of; 15. in; 16. for; 17. of; 18. despite; 19. for; 20. of.

Task 4: 1. being invited, 2. of being, 3. of his being, 4. of keeping, 5. on meeting and talking, 6. for being, 7. in catching up, in outstripping and leaving, 8. in... giving up, taking up, 9. of ….having had, 10. of being humiliated, for being involved, 11. having taken, on being, 12. for being, 13. to turning, 14. talking, 15. reminding, 16. for being, 17. without your helping, 18. having.

Task 5: Cross out: 1. visiting; 2. playing; 3. to read; 4.being; 5. to play; 6. buying; 7. giving up; 8. finding; 9. to worry; 10. getting.

Task 6: 1. a, 2. c, 3. b, 4. a, 5. c, 6. a, 7. b, 8. b, 9. c, 10. a, 11. b, 12. c, 13. a, 14. b, 15. a.

Task 7: 1. working, 2. playing, 3. to join, 4. to get, 5. to find, 6. trying, to take, to go, 7. to buy, 8. reading, 9. to stay, 10. to smoke, 11. listening, 12. to talk, 13. leaving, 14. to tell, 15. to call, 16. seeing, to be,17. cooking, eating, 18. to get, 19. changing, 20. watching, seeing.

Task 8: 1. object, 2. predicative, 3. object, subject, 4. subject, 5. attribute, 6. attribute, 7. object, 8. object, 9. attribute, 10. a part of a compound verbal aspect predicate, 11. object, 12. object, 13. predicative, 14. object