- •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 77. All Work and No Play
Brian Hansen is constantly tired and isn't satisfied with his life. He has gone to a doctor to see if there is anything physically wrong with him. Fill in the blanks in the conversation with gerunds or gerund phrases. Use a possessive before a gerund where indicated.
Doctor:Well, Brian, what seems to be the problem?
Brian:Well, it's the rat race, I guess. I feel like I'm on a treadmill. Some nights when I come home from work I'm so exhausted I don't feel like 1.(do)______doing______ anything but 2. (collapse) _______________ on the sofa and 3. (vegetate) _______________ in front of the TV. Is there anything physically wrong with me?
Doctor: No, I've looked at the test results, and you're healthy. How long have you been feeling like this?
Brian: Oh, two or three months, I guess. Long enough so that I've started 4. (worry) ____________ about 5. (I / never/have) _______________any energy. Basically I'm not doing anything besides 6. (punch)___________a time clock.
Doctor How much are you working?
Brian: Well, I'm putting in a lot of overtime—all in all at least sixty hours a week, I'd say.
Doctor: Why are you doing this? Are you trying to kill yourself?
Brian: Well, 7. (work) ________________overtime gives me the chance to pay off my bills. The other thing is that I only recently moved here, and I hardly know anyone, so I figured I'd concentrate on 8. (make) _____________ money for a while. I like 9.(socialize) ________________, but I don't know quite how to go about 10.(meet) ______________ new people.
Doctor: You're not married, then?
Brian: No, I'm not.
Doctor: Well, 11. (pay off) ________________bills is one thing, but 12.(kill) _______________ yourself is another. I. think you need to stop 13. (work) ________________so much and start 14. (play)_______________a little—to put things in balance. Have you considered 15. (join) _______________a singles group? There are lots of them around.
Brian: Well, I've actually thought about 16. (do) ________________ that, but I just haven't gotten around to it.
Doctor: I'd recommend 17. (you/try)_____________one out. A very good friend of mine was depressed and unhappy until several months ago. She joined a group and has been having a lot of fun. In fact, I think 18.(she/join) _________________ that group is the best thing she's done in a long time.
Brian: What kinds of things do they do?
Doctor: Oh, I think they do a lot of 19. (dance) ______________, 20. (play cards)_____________, 21. (go) ________________to the theater and movies—that sort of thing. Her name is Jane Travanti.. I'll give you her number. You can call her and find out about 22. (become) _______________a member. Forgive me for 23.(say) ________________so, but all work and no play makes Brian a dull boy.
Brian: OK, thanks a lot. I guess I needed to hear that.
Exercise 78. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word in bold and other words. Use between two and live words.
1. I will send you out of the classroom if you continue to make so much noise. (keep)
If _______________ so much noise, I will send you out of the classroom.
2.'Would you like to go fishing?' Tom asked me. (felt)
Tom asked me if __________ fishing.
3. I wish I had not spent so much money last night. (regret)
I _____________ so much money last night.
4. He found it impossible to keep his good news secret from her. (resist)
He could _________ his good news.
I will always remember the first time I met Martha. (never)
I ________________ Martha for the first time.
'No, I did not shoot Mr. Fordham', said Robby. (denied)
Robby ____________ Mr. Fordham.
Could you open the window, please? (mind)
Would _____________ , please?
We tried not to laugh at his new haircut, but it was impossible. (help)
We _________________ at his new haircut.
Exercise 79. Discuss the following pairs of proverbs. Each pair contains two statements with somewhat opposing meanings. First talk about what the proverbs mean using Gerund. Give an example of each proverb. Then discuss the extent to which you believe it.
Haste makes waste. - Strike while the iron is hot.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. - Out of sight out of mind.
Pride goeth before a fall. - You’ve got to toot your own horn because nobody else is going to do it for you.
A stitch in time saves nine. - He who hesitates is lost.