II. Choose the correct form

I. Translate the following sentences. State the forms of the gerund.

Exercises

Отличие герундия от отглагольного существительного

Отглагольное существительное (The Verbal Noun) – это существительное, образованное от глагола путем прибавления суффикса - ing к основе глагола: to read – reading (чтение), to begin – beginning (начало), to come – coming (приход).

Отглагольное существительное отличается от герундия тем, что обладает лишь чисто именными свойствами: может иметь форму множественного числа, употребляться с артиклем, с указательным местоимением, определяться прилагательным или придаточным и принимать предложное дополнение (обычно с предлогом of). Герундий же, обладая свойствами как существительного, так и глагола, не может иметь артикль, формы множественного числа, определяется не прилагательным, а наречием; принимает прямое дополнение, а не предложное и, кроме того, имеет формы времени и залога.

Пример отглагольного существительного:

They watched his comings and goings.

The making of a new humanity cannot be the privilege of a handful of bureaucrats.

1. She stopped coming to see us and I wondered what had happened to her.

2. Can you remember having seen the man before?

3. She was terrified of having to speak to anybody, and even more, of being

spoken to.

4. Оn being told the news she turned pale.

5. After being corrected by the teacher the students’ papers were returned to

them.

6. Having been carefully read and corrected by the secretary, the text contained no mistakes.

1. He hates … when he is speaking.

A: interrupting B: being interrupted

2. Avoid … your houseplants too much water.

A: giving B: being given

3. Dr. Johnson doesn’t mind … at home if his patients need his help.

A: calling B: being called

4. I’m interested in … my communication skills.

A: improving B: being improved

5. Jack Welles has a good chance of …. I know I am going to vote for him.

A: electing B: being elected

6. We’ve been thinking about … our friends Kate and Peter for a long time.

A: inviting B: being invited

7. Sometimes young people complain about not … by their parents.

A: understanding B: being understood.

III. Answer the following questions using the gerund as: 1) direct object; 2) prepositional object; 3) attribute; 4) adverbial modifier.

1. Which do you like better: reading or being read? telling stories or being told stories?

2. Do you enjoy travelling by sea? by air? Which do you prefer?

3. What TV programs do you consider worth watching?

4. What do you praise (blame) people for?

5. What were your reasons for entering this institute?

6. What ways of getting information do you find more effective?

7. Have you ever gone to another town without saying good-buy to your friends?

8. What do people gain by travelling?

IV. Answer the questions using the following verbs+gerund according to the model. Mind the use of the tenses.

admit/deny/be suspected/ be accused of + gerund

Model:A. Did he say he had stolen the documents?

B_1. Yes, he admitted stealing them.

B₂. No, he denied stealing them.

B₃. No, but he is suspected of stealing them.

B₄. No, but he has been accused of stealing them.

Did he say he had …

3. taken part in the robbery?

4. fired at the policeman?

3. attacked the cashier?

4. received the stolen goods?

5. sold the secret information?

6. given false evidence?

7. bribed the officials?

8. forged the signature?

shot the driver?

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