Contents

Предисловие..................................................................................................4

UNIT 1. THE SYNTACTICAL FEATURES OF THE GERUND................5

UNIT 2. THE USE OF THE GERUND........................................................18

UNIT 3. SYNTACTICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE GERUND:

THE SUBJECT........................................................................................22

UNIT 4. THE PREDICATIVE ......................................................................30

UNIT 5. PART OF A COMPOUND VERBAL PREDICATE......................32

UNIT 6. THE DIRECT OBJECT...................................................................33

UNIT 7. THE PREPOSITIONAL OBJECT ..................................................47

UNIT 8. THE ATTRIBUTE...........................................................................55

UNIT 9. THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF MANNER.............................64

UNIT 10. THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF TIME...................................69

UNIT 11. THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF REASON.............................74

UNIT 12. THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF ATTENDANT CIRCUMSTANCES.......................................................................................77

UNIT 13. THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF CONCESSION ...................81

UNIT 14. THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF CONDITION.......................84

UNIT 15. THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF PURPOSE............................90

UNIT 16. THE SAME PREPOSITION – DIFFERENT ADVERBIAL MODIFIERS....................................................................................................93

UNIT 17. THE GERUND AND THE VERBAL NOUN ...............................99

UNIT 18. DIFFERENT SYNTACTICAL FUNCTIONS

OF THE GERUND.........................................................................................101

UNIT 19. DIFFERENT SYNTACTICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE GERUNDIAL CONSTRUCTION..........................................................................................107

UNIT 20. REVISION......................................................................................110

Appendix 1. .....................................................................................................118

Appendix 2.......................................................................................................119

Appendix 3.......................................................................................................120

Appendix 4.......................................................................................................121

Literature..........................................................................................................123

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