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1 Identify the appropriate non-finite verb forms

A Infinitive

1 The best part of living is loving and giving.

В Gerund

2 Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

C Participle

3 Lost time is never found again.

4 To be or not to be, that is the question.

2 Divide the sentences (1-12) according to the groups

(A) Participle: …………………… (B) Gerund: ……………………. (C) Verbal Noun: …………………

1 It was a case of going without our tea or taking water from the lake. 2 We go to the play for the acting. 3 Every theatrical production consists of a number of players acting imaginary characters. 4 His acting of the part of Hamlet was most convincing. 5 Besides making a mistake he tried to put the blame on others. 6 The extension of education partly depends on the training of teachers. 7 The building of this canal meant the flooding of a number of regions along the river. 8 My running here and there with unseeing eyes ended by my falling into a large heap of something soft and powdery, which I sensed must be brick dust used for building. 9 Various germs of poison would be killed by the boiling. 10 Mr Teen spoke to us in a threatening and loud tone. 11 When tired of working, he only leaned back in his chair and sat immobile for a while. 12 I don't like your boasting.

3 Decide whether the – ing form in the following sentences is a gerund or a verbal noun

1 She blamed herself for having been a dull companion. 2 The singing of those beautiful folk songs impressed me greatly. 3 Your having written is really no excuse for your not coming on the day fixed. 4 Such doings can hardly be explained. 5 The motor was carefully examined before starting. 6 I’m very pleased to meet you after hearing so much about you. 7 Your hair wants cutting. 8 І’ll look forward to seeing you again. 9 It was no use talking about it any longer. 10 Sleeping is necessary. 11 We felt so disappointed at your having missed nearly half the programme. 12 The building of this house will cost much money. 13 Are you dressed for going out? 14 І hate the idea of doing it once more. 15 But you don't mind being asked to help us, do you? 16 The forest resounded with the hooting of owls and the howling of wolves.

4 Open the brackets and use the Gerund, the Present Participle or the Infinitive with or without 'to'

1 Stop ... (make) that dreadful noise. 2 I like ... (bathe) in the sea. 3 Yesterday I started ... (make) a new bookcase. 4 I should like ... (see) him tomorrow. 5 Would you mind ... (open) the door for me? 6 He was made .. (do) his work again. 7 What made you ... (say) that? 8 I’m looking forward to ... (see) Tom again. 9 I prefer... (skate) to ... (ski). 10 You should give up ... (smoke). 11 I have stopped ... (read) the Daily Sketch and have decided ... (read) the Daily Mirror instead. 12 Did your son ... (watch) that new Disney cartoon? 13 Try ... (solve) the puzzle in yesterday's paper without... (look) at the answers in today's paper. 14 Do you remember... (see) an advertisement for the new Ford cars in yesterday's paper? 15 Did you remember... (buy) a copy of the Star on your way home? 16 I saw a man ... (stand) at the street corner... (sell) newspapers. 17 Please let me ... (help) you ... (solve) that puzzle. 18 These cinema advertisements don’t make me... (want)... (see) the films. 19 Would you like ... (see) them? 20 When Megan was little she used ... (think) that a library was a place where books were ... (buy) and ... (sell), now she knows that it’s a place for... (lend) and ... (borrow) books.