Contents

GERUNDS AS SUBJECT.........................................................................

SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH GERUND AS SUBJECT......................

Exercise 1................................................................................................

Exercise 2. Translate into English......................................................

Exercise 3. Possessives in Gerund Phrases as Subject........................

Exercise 4. Test your knowledge of proverbs...................................

GERUND AS DIRECT OBJECT.............................................................

SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH GERUND AS DIRECT OBJECT........

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences using gerund as direct object..

Exercise 6. Make sentences with worth..............................................

Exercise 7. Make sentences with need (want, require) + -ing...........

Exercise 8. Translate into English......................................................

Exercise 9. Using Possessives with Gerunds as Direct Object...........

GERUND AS OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION........................................

Exercise 10. Complete the sentences with prepositions and gerund.

Exercise 11..............................................................................................

Exercise 12. Change direct speech into reported speech. Begin each of your sentences in the way shown.....................................................................

Exercise 13. Read each situation and write a sentence with look forward to.

Exercise 14. Read these situations and write three sentences with used to as in the example......................................................................................................

Exercise 15. Read these situations and write a sentence with be/get used to.

Exercise 16. Put the verb into the correct form, -ing or infinitive (I am used to doing or I used to do)................................................................................

Exercise 17. Open the brackets. Use the appropriate forms of the gerund:

Exercise 18. Fill in the blanks with prepositions...............................

Exercise 19. Now you can write some sentences about yourself. Use -ing.

Exercise 20. Translate into English:...................................................

Exercise 21. The Fountain of Youth....................................................

GERUND AS ATTRIBUTE.....................................................................

SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH GERUND AS ATTRIBUTE..................

Exercise 22..............................................................................................

Exercise 23. Complete the sentences using gerunds..........................

Exercise 24. Translate into English...................................................

Gerund as Adverbial Modifier.................................................

Exercise 25. Read a sentence and then write a second sentence with the same meaning using a preposition.....................................................................

Exercise 26. Complete the sentences using gerunds...........................

Exercise 27. Translate into English....................................................

GERUND AS PART OF A COMPOUND VERBAL PREDICATE........

Exercise 28. Translate into English...................................................

GERUND AS PREDICATIVE..................................................................

Exercise 29. Translate into English...................................................

VERBS FOLLOWED BY EITHER AN INFINITIVE OR A GERUND WITH NO DIFFERENCE IN MEANING......................................................................

VERBS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE OR GERUND WITH A DIFFERENCE IN MEANING.....................................................................................................

Exercise 30. Practice using troublesome verbs.................................

Exercise 31. Read a sentence and write a second sentence with the same meaning. Begin your sentence in the way shown...................................................

Exercise 32. Make your own sentences. Complete each sentence using -ing.

Exercise 33. Review of Troublesome Verbs.........................................

Exercise 34. 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...................................................................................................

Exercise 35. Put the verb in the brackets after the verb «to like» into the correct form............................................................................................................

Exercise 36. Here is some information about Tom when he was a child.

Exercise 37. Your friend has some problems and you have to be helpful. For each problem write a question with try..........................................................

Exercise 38. Put the verb into the correct form, -ing or to + infinitive. (Sometimes either form is possible.).............................................................................

Exercise 39. Make sentences with afraid. Read each situation and then use the words in brackets to write your sentence.............................................

Exercise 40. Put the verb into the correct form, -ing or to + infinitive.

Exercise 41..............................................................................................

Exercise 42. Complete these sentences with either a to-infinitive or an -ing form. Choose an appropriate verb. Sometimes more than one verb is possible.

USING THE PERFECT FORM OF GERUNDS.......................................

Exercise 43. 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.

USING THE PASSIVE FORM OF GERUNDS........................................

Exercise 44. Complete the sentences using active and passive gerunds.

Exercise 45. 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.).................................................................................

Exercise 46. Translate into English...................................................

Exercise 47. Complete the sentences using active and passive gerunds.

GO +GERUND FOR ACTIVITIES..........................................................

Exercise 48. Complete the sentences with one of the expressions mentioned above

COMPARE GERUND TO VERBAL NOUN...........................................

Exercise 49. Analyse the -ing forms in the sentences below. State which of them are gerunds and which verbal nouns:....................................................

Exercise 50. Analyse the -ing-forms stating whether they are gerunds or verbal nouns..........................................................................................................

REVIEWING.............................................................................................

Exercise 51. Identify the forms and functions of the Gerund..........

Exercise 52. Retirement Communities.................................................

Exercise 53. Replace the italicized clauses by gerund. Use prepositions where necessary:..................................................................................................

Exercise 54. State the syntactic functions of the gerund. Translate the sentences into Russian...............................................................................................

Exercise 55. Complete the sentences using the gerund from the following list:

Exercise 56. Complete the following sentences using gerund..........

Exercise 57. Find the gerund and translate the sentences from English into Russian.......................................................................................................

Exercise 58. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:

Exercise 59. Use the gerund from the following list as:..................

Exercise 60. Complete the following sentences using the gerund as:

Exercise 61. Translate into English using the gerund as:................

Exercise 62. Replace the italicised parts of the sentence or clauses by gerundial phrases:......................................................................................................

Exercise 63. Analyse the syntactic functions of the gerund. Translate into Russian.......................................................................................................

Exercise 64. Use the indefinite gerund of the verb in brackets in the active or passive voice..............................................................................................

Exercise 65. Use the required form of the gerund of the verb in brackets.

Exercise 66. Use the required form of the gerund and insert prepositions where necessary...................................................................................................

Exercise 67. Change the construction of the sentences using the gerund.

Exercise 68. Translate the sentences into English using gerunds...

Exercise 69. Translate into English:...................................................

Exercise 70. Read the next part of Brenda Matthews's TV show " Slow Down! "

Exercise 71. Translate into English:...................................................

Exercise 72. Translate into English....................................................

Exercise 73. Translate into English...................................................

Exercise 74. Translate into English....................................................

Exercise 75. Translate into English....................................................

Exercise 76. All Work and No Play....................................................

Exercise 77. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word in bold and other words. Use between two and live words..........................................................................................................

Exercise 78. 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..................................................................................

Exercise 79. Editing..............................................................................

Exercise 80. Personalization...............................................................

Exercise 81. Translate into English using gerund............................

Exercise 82. Translate into English....................................................

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