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1. Writing exercises is useful.
2. Asking him about that accident was useless.
3. Her greatest pleasure is skiing.
4. I like reading detective stories.
5. The computer is a device for processing information.
6. After graduating from the institute he decided to enter the post-graduate courses.
7. She enriches /обогащает/ her knowledge in English by reading English newspapers.
III. Choose an appropriate form of the gerund to complete the sentences.
1. The funds are used for... the population with free education and free medical care.
a) having provided b) providing c) being provided
2. This is not the ABC of life, but a real basis for...
a) planning b) having planned c) having been planned
3. It is not simply a question of raising people's professional qualification, but systematically... their level of education and market.
a) being improved b) having improved c) improving
4. He left without... good-bye.
a) having said b) having been said c) saying
5. He attracted our attention by...
a) shouting b) having shouted c) having been shouted
IV. Memorize the following information:
Отглагольное существительное совпадает по форме с герундием, но оно является существительным со всеми его свойствами.
Оно отличается от герундия следующими признаками:
| Отглагольное существительное | Герундий |
| Имеет перед собой артикль: The reading of scientific books is useful. – Чтение научных книг полезно. | Артикля иметь не может: Reading scientific books is useful. – Читать научные книги полезно. |
| Употребляется во множественном числе: The readings of this device are correct. – Показания этого прибора правильны. | Не употребляется во множественном числе: His reading scientific magazine helps him in his research work. – То, что он читает научные журналы, помогает ему в его научно-исследовательской работе. |
| За ним может следовать определение с предлогом of: The reading of scientific books is useful. | Определение с предлогом of не может следовать за герундием. Reading scientific books is useful. |
V. Compare the verbal noun with the gerund in the following sentences:
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| Verbal Noun | Gerund |
| The writing of exercises is useful. | Writing exercises is useful. |
| The Lomonosov readings at Moscow University take place every year. | His reading English economic literature helps him in his research work. |
| I remember that the reading of this book was a very pleasant occupation. | I remember reading this book. |
