X. Paraphrase the following sentences using the objective Participial Construction.

1. In the evening I heard how Alice was chatting with her friend about the latest designer gear.

2. Don was doing research for his school subject the whole evening yesterday. I saw this.

3. Did you see how Bill was entering data into the file?

4. Last week air conducting was installed in Mr & Mrs Green’s flat.

5. The day before yesterday we saw Jim Carter in the lab. He was examining cells.

6. They found Ron on the terrace. He was repairing his mate’s answering machine.

7. Half an hour ago I saw them in the laboratory. They were doing an experiment.

8. I noticed how he was deleting data from that file.

9. She felt how her hands were trembling while she was entering in the special password to access the file.

10. I used to see how he was taking pictures of birds & flowers in the park.

11. I want my holiday snaps to be sent over the Internet immediately.

12. Has your digital camera been repaired yet?

XI. Paraphrase the following sentences using the Subjective Participle Construction.

1. They heard Mr. Harris talking to a shop assistant about a problem with a windscreen wiper he bought in their shop.

2. He is never seen Dora shopping on the Internet.

3. I spotted that man with a pointed chin putting a little gadget into his pocket.

4. That day we observed him leaving the laboratory with a floppy disk in his hand.

5. Yesterday morning we heard Nick Wilson making a telephone call to his collage in Birmingham.

6. Mike’s parents have spotted him watching a pornographic video.

7. Last week we saw Sue Austin making a sales presentation of a new software package/

8. We heard the Greens speaking about a state-of-the art digital music system they recently brought.

9. We observed Dave pulling disk and deleting some files.

10. I saw Mike writing a letter of complaint about a family multilingual pocket translator which he bought online.

XII. Express the following ideas using 1) the Objective-with-the Infinitive

Construction; 2) the Subjective-with-the Infinitive Construction.

1. I suppose it’s a user-friendly printer.

2. They consider that he’s an experienced programmer.

3. I believe Martin has no good computer skills.

4. We know that Sheila is computer- illiterate.

5. I expect that he will send our holiday photos over the Internet.

6. Some people think that computer graphics are a modern art form.

XIII. Read the situation and use the words in brackets to write a sentence with the correct form a gerund.

1. I was fascinated by Jane’s computer skills. (I couldn’t help…)

2. We have just computerized the whole system. (We are proud of…)

3. They send me a large number of annoying messages to my mobile phone. (I object to…)

4. “Well, I don’t remember Adam’s new email address”, he said. (He admitted…)

5. Computer users often find unsuitable information on the Internet. (They complain of…)

6. Jack doesn’t like it when they call him at inconvenient times. (He can’t stand…)

7. Bill said, “I’m absolutely sure that you’ve deleted the file on purpose”. (Bill accused me of…)

8. “I’m sorry I didn’t contact you on Friday “, she said. (She excused for…)

9. Nora’s parents are going to give her a mobile video phone for her birthday. (Nora looks forward to…)

10. Last year they improved computer facilities at the school. (They are proud of…)

11. Ron Murphy said, “I didn’t hack into the company’s central database”. (He denied…)

12. Unfortunately I don’t keep in touch with my mates from school. (I regret…)

13. I hate it when somebody gives me inaccurate information. (I can’t bear…)

14. This problem can be fixed in different ways. (There are different ways of…)

15. Mark feels upset that he didn’t set up a connection with his mate’s computer. (Mark is disappointed at…)

16. Jenny Evans said, “I’ve never shared files with Adam before”. (She denied…)