Perfect gerund forms in passive
a) He's surprised at __________ (have find out)
b) She's angry at________ abroad. (have post)
The gerund followed by an object
a) He's good at _____bikes. (repair)
b) _______fruit is good for you. (eat)
c) ________a car costs money. (run) (make)
d)He enjoys ___________orders. (give)
Respuestas
Respuesta:
Explicación:X. 1 Study the following charts. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Forms of the Gerund
Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple losing being lost
Perfect having lost having been lost
The Simple Gerund refers to the present or future. →We consider moving abroad.
The Perfect Gerund shows that the action of the –ing-form happened before the action
of the verb. → He denied having lied to his parents.
(But we can use the simple –ing-form instead of the perfect –ing-form with no difference
in meaning.)
The Syntactic Function of the Gerund
subject
1. It's no use arguing with her.
2. there’s no point in arguing.
3. It’s worth trying.
4. His being so slow is very annoying.
predicative 3. What annoys me is his being careless.
direct object 4. I don't mind your including this book in the list.
5. He suggests getting in touch with her as soon as possible.
prepositional object
6. He insists on doing the job himself.
7. I am thinking of writing to him.
attribute
8. I don't see the reason for his complaining about it.
9. The importance of addressing problemsearly has been
demonstrated.
adverbial
modifier
10. after/before/without/by/on/in/in spite of/instead of etc. +
gerund
EX. 2 Paraphrase the parts in bold type using gerundial phrases, mind the prepositions.
1. That she is so fussy is not a little unpleasant.
2. What surprised everybody was that he was able to do it.
3. The doctor insists that she should put off the trip.
4. We don't mind if we go there by train.
5. He suspected that I knew the truth.
6. There is no doubt that he is intelligent.
7. He suggests that we should watch the football match oh TV instead of going to the
stadium.
EX. 3 Make one sentence out of the following pairs of sentences by using gerundial phrases. The part in
bold type is to become the predicate.
1. He is clever. There is no doubt about it.
2. Why waste time on such things? There is no sense in that.
3. He solves cross-word puzzles very well. He is good at it.
4. He likes to talk music. He gets pleasure out of it.
5. The child usually drinks milk before going to bed. He'ls used to it.
6. He has an annoying habit. He mispronounces names.
7. You were running a risk. You might have caught cold.
8. You can't tfeat him like a child. It's no use.
EX. 4 Make up sentences using gerundial phrases according to the model.
M o d e l: (a) to be tired of + (b) to argue = I am tired of arguing.
1. (a) to be good at (b) to make friends.
2. (a) to be busy (b) to arrange an exhibition of the best photos of the year.
3. (a) to be proud of (b) to be a pilot.
4. (a) to be tired (b) to quarrel with smb.
5. (a) to be afraid of (b) to catch a cold.
6. (a) to be fond of (b) to dance.
7. (a) to be sure of (b) to be ill.
8. to be ashamed of (b) to be impolite to smb.
9. (a) to be worth (b) to remember.UWU--.