- •Міністерство освіти і науки,
- •Part I. 5th year, winter term placement test
- •Module 1. Grammar topic 1.1 revision of present tenses (active voice)
- •Module 1. Grammar topic 1.2 complex object
- •Get ready for your module test 1
- •Module 2. Grammar topic 2.1 revision of the past tenses (active voice)
- •Module 2. Grammar topic 2.2 revision of future tenses (active voice)
- •Get ready for your module test 2
- •Module 3. Grammar topic 3.1 revision of modal verbs placement test
- •Module 3. Grammar topic 3.2 subjunctive mood placement test
- •Get ready for your module test 3
- •Part II. 5th year, summer term
- •Module 1. Grammar topic 1.1
- •Revision of all tenses and aspects of the english verb (active voice)
- •Placement test
- •Module 1. Grammar topic 1.2
- •Revision of the verbals. The gerund. The infinitive.
- •Placement test
- •І. Point out the verbals and comment on their form and function.
- •The gerund placement test
- •The infinitive placement test
- •Infinitive or gerund?
- •Get ready for your module test 1 (4)
- •Module 2. Grammar topic 2.1 revision of all tenses and aspects of the english verb. (passive voice) placement test
- •Module 2. Grammar topic 2.2 the participle placement test
- •I. Using the verbs in brackets, supply the appropriate form of the participle.
- •II. Translate from Russian (a)/Ukrainian (b) into English, using participles if possible.
- •Get ready for your module test 2 (5)
- •Module 3. Grammar topic 3.1 general revision and testing revision of the tense-aspect system of the english verb
- •The Green Generation
- •Module 3. Grammar topic 3.2. Revision of the verbals
- •Violence on tv
- •Get ready for your module test 3 (6)
- •Appendix 1 practice translations for revision of your active vocabulary and grammar
- •Appendix 2: verbals
- •Infinitive and gerund
- •Verbs followed immediately by infinitives
- •II. Verbs followed by either gerund or infinitive without a change in meaning
- •Verbs commonly used with the gerunds
- •Verbs with prepositions commonly used with the gerund
- •IX. Set phrases with prepositions commonly used with gerunds
- •Preposition ‘of’
- •Preposition ‘at’
- •Preposition ‘for’
- •Preposition ‘in’
- •Miscellaneous Prepositions
- •XII. Gerunds after prepositions
- •Infinitive and gerund used with different meanings
- •To remember, to forget, to regret
- •To mean
- •To prefer
- •To like
- •To be sorry
- •To be afraid, to dread, to fear
- •To afford
- •To consider
- •To need
- •To advise, to allow, to recommend
- •To be interested
- •To imagine
- •Cannot help (is used to say that it is impossible to avoid or prevent something)
- •Appendix 3 practice translations for revision of your active vocabulary and grammar to succeed in writing your final term exam lexico-grammatical translation
- •Contents
- •Lexico-grammatical practice: points of confidence
- •61077, М. Харків, майдан Свободи, 4
Verbs commonly used with the gerunds
Verbs |
Examples |
to admit |
Brian admitted taking the money. |
to anticipate |
They anticipate moving to another premises by the end of the year. |
to appreciate |
I don’t appreciate being treated like a second-class citizen. |
to avoid |
They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away. |
can’t face |
I can’t face seeing this awful man again. |
can’t help |
I can’t help thinking he knows more than he told us. |
can’t stand |
Mrs. Perry couldn’t stand being kept waiting. |
to consider |
They are considering buying a new car. |
to contemplate |
I have never contemplated living abroad. |
to delay |
He delayed telling her the news waiting for the right moment. |
to deny |
He denies attempting to rob the bank. |
to detest |
They detest seeing each other. |
to dislike |
I dislike being away from my family. |
to dread |
She dreads her husband finding out. |
to enjoy |
He hardly enjoys dealing with these people. |
to envisage |
I can’t envisage her coping with this job. |
to escape |
He narrowly escaped being killed. |
to excuse |
Excuse my interrupting you. |
to fancy |
Do you fancy going out this evening? |
to feel like |
I don’t feel like going out tonight, let’s stay at home and watch a video. |
to forgive |
Forgive my interrupting but I really don’t agree with you. |
to imagine |
I can’t imagine him saying that! |
to involve |
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to justify |
How can they justify asking to pay such huge taxes? |
to keep |
Keep smiling, you look so nice when you smile. |
to mention |
Did she mention attending classes in Oxford? |
to mind |
Do you mind going there instead of me? |
to miss |
She narrowly missed hitting him. |
to postpone |
It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital. |
to practise |
Practise pronouncing this word correctly. |
to prevent |
Nothing could prevent his (him) speaking against that plan. |
to propose |
How do you propose getting home? |
to put off |
Don’t keep putting off going to the doctor! |
to recollect |
I recollect him (his) saying that it was dangerous. |
to resent |
He bitterly resents being treated like a child. |
to resist |
The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates. |
to risk |
The conspirators knew they risked being arrested. |
to spend |
The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems. |
to suggest |
I suggest going in my car. |
to tolerate |
She refused to tolerate being called a liar. |
to understand |
I just can’t understand him taking the money. |
to quit |
If only he could quit smoking! |
Expressions always used with gerund
to be busy |
James is busy practicing for the school concert. |
to be worth |
It is worth making an appointment with the doctor before you go. |
to waste time in |
He wasted no time in introducing himself. |