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| Active Voice | Passive Voice | |
| Indefinite | reading | being read |
| Perfect | having read | having been read |
| Indefinite | coming | |
| Perfect | having come |
Ex.1. State the forms of the following Gerunds.
Studying, being taught, having been awarded, cooking, having tidied up,
having failed, being swept, being performed, being, having been asked,
carrying on, having had.
Ex.2. Open the brackets using the correct form of the Gerund.
1. Thank you for (to invite) me to the exhibition.
2. I enjoyed (to read) the article about my brother's having broken the record in high jumping.
3. I've never heard of (to invite) him to the conference
4. She suggested (to invite) him to the conference.
5. He didn't object to (to invite) to the conference.
6. I don't remember ever (to see) the play on the stage of our Playhouse.
7. I don't remember the play (to stage) at our Playhouse.
8. People dislike (to remind) of their faults.
9. Her (to remind) Ann of her plain dress was tactless.
lO. He thought of (to remind) Ann of her shabby dress.
11.Everyone is proud of (to award) a Prize Scholarship.
12.The young singer is proud of (to award) the Title of the Honoured Artiste of Russia.
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13.That student deserves (to award) a Prize Scholarship.
14. We thought of (to drive) out of town next Sunday.
15.He thought of (to give) a reprimand for (to miss) several days running.
_____________ 2. The Gerund as Subject ________________
Str. I Working with the company is a totally pleasant experience.
Ex.l. Complete the sentences by adding a predicate.
1. Diagnosing the case...
2. Getting tickets for the performance...
3. Inviting her to the party...
4. Keeping the room in order...
5. Strolling round the park, visiting museums or churches, shopping in the street markets can be...
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6. Washing the linen...
7. His coming to the meeting a little bit later...
Ex.2. Rewrite the sentences, following the model.
Model: It is dangerous to do such things.
Doing such things is dangerous.
1. It is foolish to lend him money.
2. It is useless to hope for their help.
3. It is a great mistake to interpret the role of Hamlet that way.
4. It was wonderful to the health to take a course of water treatment.
5. It is easier to diagnose the case when you have analyses taken.
6. If you treat yourself, you are sure to ruin your health.
7. It is hopeless to try to persuade her to play that role.
8. It is impossible to stage that play in our theatre.
9. It is no easy matter to paint in oil.
10.lt is no easy matter to make the boy do his morning exercises. 11.It is no easy matter to examine a baby.
12.To introduce stage effects is sure to add much to the performance. Ex.3. Use the sentences in the situations invented to show how the Gerund
functions as subject (to be done in writing).
1. Drawing is not an easy matter.
2. Running is now popular both as a sport and as a way of keeping fit.
There is no use
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There is no use/sense/point in doing it. sense in doing
point
Ex.4. Make sentences following the model. Model: to lend smb. money
There is no use lending him money.
1) to do the shopping
2) to keep to bed
3) to ask smb. again
4) to put smb. on the sick list
5) to go sightseeing Nizhny Novgorod
6) to go on a trip down the Volga
7) to see the performance again
8) to have one's bloodcount taken
9) to have one's chest X-rayed
10) to go to the local clinic
11) to study all day long
12) to eat many sweets
13) to take one's temperature
14) to rinse one's throat with soda
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Ex.5. Remember, the episodes when:
1. Montanelli's leaving for Rome was unexpected-
2. Jane Purdy's visiting the hospital was much spoken a oUt
