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 32. Read a sentence and write a second sentence with the same meaning. Begin your sentence in the way shown. 24

Exercise 33. Make your own sentences. Complete each sentence using -ing. 24

Exercise 34. Review of Troublesome Verbs 25

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. 25

Exercise 36. Put the verb in the brackets after the verb «to like» into the correct form 25

Exercise 37. Here is some information about Tom when he was a child. 25

Exercise 38. Your friend has some problems and you have to be helpful. For each problem write a question with try. 26

Exercise 39. Put the verb into the correct form, -ing or to + infinitive. (Sometimes either form is possible.) 26

Exercise 40. Make sentences with afraid. Read each situation and then use the words in brackets to write your sentence. 26

Exercise 41. Put the verb into the correct form, -ing or to + infinitive. 27

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. 27

USING THE PERFECT FORM OF GERUNDS 28

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. 28

USING THE PASSIVE FORM OF GERUNDS 28

Exercise 45. Complete the sentences using active and passive gerunds. 28

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.) 29

Exercise 47. Translate into English. 30

Exercise 48. Complete the sentences using active and passive gerunds. 30

GO +GERUND FOR ACTIVITIES 30

Exercise 49. Complete the sentences with one of the expressions mentioned above 31

COMPARE GERUND TO VERBAL NOUN 31

Exercise 50. Analyze the -ing forms in the sentences below. State which of them are gerunds and which verbal nouns: 31

Exercise 51. Analyze the -ing-forms stating whether they are gerunds or verbal nouns. 32

REVIEWING 32

Exercise 52. Identify the forms and functions of the Gerund 32

Exercise 53. Retirement Communities 33

Exercise 54. Replace the italicized clauses by gerund. Use prepositions where necessary: 34

Exercise 55. State the syntactic functions of the gerund. Translate the sentences into Russian. 34

Exercise 56. Complete the sentences using the gerund from the following list: 34

Exercise 57. Complete the following sentences using gerund. 34

Exercise 58. Find the gerund and translate the sentences from English into Russian 35

Exercise 59. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary: 35

Exercise 60. Use the gerund from the following list as: 36

Exercise 61. Complete the following sentences using the gerund as: 37

Exercise 62. Translate into English using the gerund as: 38

Exercise 63. Replace the italicised parts of the sentence or clauses by gerundial phrases: 39

Exercise 64. Analyze the syntactic functions of the gerund. Translate into Russian. 39

Exercise 66. Use the required form of the gerund of the verb in brackets. 40

Exercise 67. Use the required form of the gerund and insert prepositions where necessary. 41

Exercise 68. Change the construction of the sentences using the gerund. 41

Exercise 69. Translate the sentences into English using gerunds. 42

Exercise 70. Translate into English: 42

Exercise 72. Translate into English: 43

Exercise 73. Translate into English. 43

Exercise 74. Translate into English. 44

Exercise 75. Translate into English. 44

Exercise 76. Translate into English. 45

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. 47

Exercise 80. Editing 47

Exercise 81. Translate into English using gerund. 48

Exercise 82. Translate into English. 48

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