- •Gerunds as subject
- •Sentence patterns with gerund as subject
- •Exercise 3. Possessives in Gerund Phrases as Subject
- •Exercise 4. Test your knowledge of proverbs.
- •Gerund as direct object
- •Remember!
- •Remeber!
- •Smth needs doing
- •Smth needs to be done
- •Smb needs to do
- •Exercise 6. Make sentences with worth.
- •Exercise 8. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 9. Using Possessives with Gerunds as Direct Object
- •In informal English objective forms of (pro)noun are commonly used with -ing instead of possessives
- •Gerund as object of a preposition
- •Remember!
- •Smb is used to doing----- is in the habit of doing smth
- •Smb used to do smth ----- did smth in the past
- •Exercise 10. Complete the sentences with prepositions and gerund
- •Write the correct preposition and to put the verb into the correct form. Use the verb in brackets at the end of each sentence.
- •Exercise 12. Change direct speech into reported speech. Begin each of your sentences in the way shown.
- •Exercise 14. Read these situations and write three sentences with used to as in the example.
- •Exercise 15. Read these situations and write a sentence with be/get used to.
- •Exercise 16. Put the verb into the correct form, -ing or infinitive (I am used to doing or I used to do).
- •Exercise 17. Open the brackets. Use the appropriate forms of the gerund:
- •Exercise 18. Fill in the blanks with prepositions.
- •Exercise 20. Translate into English:
- •Exercise 21. The Fountain of Youth
- •Gerund as attribute
- •Sentence patterns with gerund as attribute
- •Exercise 22. Write the correct preposition and to put the verb into the correct form. Use the verb in brackets at the end of each sentence.
- •Exercise 23. Complete the sentences using gerunds.
- •Exercise 24. Translate into English
- •Gerund as adverbial modifier
- •Exercise 25. Read a sentence and then write a second sentence with the same meaning using a preposition.
- •Exercise 26. Complete the sentences using gerunds.
- •Exercise 27. Translate into English.
- •Gerund as part of a compound verbal predicate
- •Verbs followed by an infinitive or gerund with a difference in meaning
- •Exercise 31. Practice using troublesome verbs
- •Exercise 32. Read a sentence and write a second sentence with the same meaning. Begin your sentence in the way shown.
- •Exercise 33. Make your own sentences. Complete each sentence using -ing.
- •Exercise 34. Review of Troublesome Verbs
- •Exercise 35. Complete these sentences in any appropriate way using either the to-infinitive or the -ing form of the verb in brackets. If both forms are possible, give them both.
- •Exercise 36. Put the verb in the brackets after the verb «to like» into the correct form
- •Exercise 37. Here is some information about Tom when he was a child.
- •Exercise 38. Your friend has some problems and you have to be helpful. For each problem write a question with try.
- •Exercise 40. Make sentences with afraid. Read each situation and then use the words in brackets to write your sentence.
- •Exercise 43. Complete these sentences with either a to-infinitive or an -ing form. Choose an appropriate verb. Sometimes more than one verb is possible.
- •Using the perfect form of gerunds Exercise 44. Read this police report on a witness questioned about a robbery. Fill in the blanks by making gerunds in the perfect form from the verbs given.
- •Using the passive form of gerunds Exercise 45. Complete the sentences using active and passive gerunds.
- •Exercise 46. Complete the following article by filling in the blanks with the passive form of gerunds made from the verbs given in parentheses. (Use the verb be in the passive gerunds.)
- •Exercise 47. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 48. Complete the sentences using active and passive gerunds.
- •Exercise 49. Complete the sentences with one of the expressions mentioned above
- •Compare gerund to verbal noun
- •Exercise 50. Analyze the -ing forms in the sentences below. State which of them are gerunds and which verbal nouns:
- •Exercise 51. Analyze the -ing-forms stating whether they are gerunds or verbal nouns.
- •Reviewing Exercise 52. Identify the forms and functions of the Gerund
- •Exercise 53. Retirement Communities
- •Exercise 54. Replace the italicized clauses by gerund. Use prepositions where necessary:
- •Exercise 55. State the syntactic functions of the gerund. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •Exercise 56. Complete the sentences using the gerund from the following list:
- •Exercise 57. Complete the following sentences using gerund.
- •Exercise 58. Find the gerund and translate the sentences from English into Russian
- •Exercise 59. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:
- •Exercise 60. Use the gerund from the following list as:
- •Exercise 61. Complete the following sentences using the gerund as:
- •Exercise 62. Translate into English using the gerund as:
- •Exercise 63. Replace the italicised parts of the sentence or clauses by gerundial phrases:
- •Exercise 64. Analyze the syntactic functions of the gerund. Translate into Russian.
- •Exercise 66. Use the required form of the gerund of the verb in brackets.
- •Exercise 67. Use the required form of the gerund and insert prepositions where necessary.
- •Exercise 68. Change the construction of the sentences using the gerund.
- •Exercise 69. Translate the sentences into English using gerunds.
- •Exercise 70. Translate into English:
- •Exercise 72. Translate into English:
- •Exercise 73. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 74. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 75. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 76. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 77. All Work and No Play
- •Exercise 80. Editing
- •Exercise 80. Personalization
- •Exercise 81. Translate into English using gerund.
- •Exercise 82. Translate into English.
- •Reference
- •Contents
- •Verbs followed by either an infinitive or a gerund with no difference in meaning 19
- •Verbs followed by an infinitive or gerund with a difference in meaning 21
Exercise 68. Change the construction of the sentences using the gerund.
Model: She laughed but she did not reply.
She laughed without replying.
1. She bowed her head but she did not speak. 2. I like when I do everything myself. 3. Philip was tired because he talked too much. 4. She insisted that she should be called Joyce Emily. 5. Within less than a minute, after she apologized to her guest, she was in the express lift to the main floor. 6. When he returned she went immediately into the dining-room. 7.I don't remember that I met him in London. 8. Little Jane liked when she was clean. 9. After he examined the patient he said it was simply a case of nerve strain. 10. I'm so tired because I sit at home. 11. I am still a little afraid to be late. 12. I like to get hold of nice things. 13. The younger man hesitated before he answered. 14. When he entered the room, he addressed Alec Warner without preliminaries. 15. 1 suggested that I should visit the Smiths. 16. She glanced round the comfortable consulting room before she answered. 17. He went on and did not pay any attention to her interruption. 18. He barely skimmed through his next letter before he banded it over to Raymond. 19. She stepped back and did not say a word. 20. After he left his friends at the Institute he bought copies of the early editions of the post. 21. Tom realized that he had seen Jane before but he did not recognize her. 22. When he realized this his first thought was to leave the vicinity of the house as quickly as possible.
Exercise 69. Translate the sentences into English using gerunds.
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1. Извините, |
что я беспокою вас. что снова прерываю вас. что задаю вам столько вопросов. |
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2. Благодарю вас, |
что напомнили мне об этом. что присмотрели за моим багажом. что оставили мне записку. |
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3. Вы не возражаете |
закрыть окно. проветрить комнату. подождать немного. |
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4. Вы помните, |
что у вас были неприятности. как вы осматривали достопримечательности. как ходили в поход. |
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5. Они заняты |
заказывают билеты на поезд. выбирают книги для реферата. подписывают документы. |
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6. Телевизор |
нужно починить отвезти в мастерскую. показать мастеру. |
Exercise 70. Translate into English:
Мне не хочется спорить. 2. Он продолжал курить, не говоря ни слова. 3. Я не видела смысла в том, чтобы продолжать этот разговор. 4. Бесполезно обсуждать это вопрос. 5. Я вас ни в чем не обвиняю. 6.Станьте, пожалуйста, в сторону. 7.Я была против поездки туда с самого начала. 8. План нуждается в доработке. 9. У нее не было надежды когда-нибудь поехать в Самарканд. 10. Одними разговорами результатов не получишь. 11. Теперь назад уже не повернуть. 12. Мы были благодарны ему за то, что он пришел нас встретить. 13. Она не пропускает ни одной возможности поговорить по-английски. 14. Научиться говорить на языке можно только, если много говорить. Только читать недостаточно. 15. Кто за то, что бы пригласить ее? 16. Мой друг ушел, не оставив мне записки. 17. За маленькими детьми нужно присматривать. 18. Не посмотрев расписания, мы не знали, когда отходит поезд.19. Анна сказала, что успех работы зависит от того, подготовит ли она материалы во время. 20. Директор возразил против обсуждения этого проекта. 21. Вашего друга нужно подбодрить. 22. Дождь шел с самого утра, и мая машина стала такой грязной, что ее нужно помыть, прежде чем мы поедем дальше. 23. Его друзья с нетерпением ждали рассказа о соревнованиях. 24. Опыт этого преподавателя в обучении студентов английскому языку стоит изучать. 25. Регулярное чтение вслух поможет вам улучшить произношение. 26. Я помню, как я шла домой после экзамена. 27. Извините, что я так часто беспокою вас, но я не могу разобрать ваш почерк. 28. Его советы полезны. Им стоит следовать. 29. Я с нетерпением жду ваших новостей (хочу услышать их).
Exercise 71. Read the next part of Brenda Matthews's TV show "Slow Down!"
Circle all gerunds or gerund phrases. Consider a possessive part of a gerund phrase. Do not circle present participles or verbs in the progressive form.
OK, folks, we're back. Now for some suggestions on (improving) the quality of your life by slowing it down. I'm going to be describing some hypothetical situations and giving you a recommendation for each one. Now let's talk first about driving. You're on your way to work, and you're running late. As you approach an intersection, you see that the light is turning yellow. Adrenaline starts coursing through your system, and you feel the churning of your stomach and the tightening of your muscles. Stop! Instead of speeding up and charging through the intersection, force yourself to slow down. Count to twenty and breathe deeply. Let your neck muscles relax. Say to yourself, I will not hurry. Miss the light. Having missed the light, ask yourself, Why does it matter? Now concentrate on being in the moment and enjoying that moment. How much time would you have saved by barreling through that intersection, anyway? Thirty or forty seconds?