Please carefully study the information in the presentation. In your

grammar materials, please do exercises on gerund on pp. 62-66 and
also do the exercises on p. 339 in the handout.
EX 3
1) Wetting
2) Pressing
3) Laughing
4) Being surprised
5) Walking
6) Driving
7) Crying
8) Studying
9) Turning up

EX 1

1) Dropping
2) Mending
3) Watching
4) Crying
5) Seeing
6) Living
7) Inviting
8) Examining
9) Using
10) Jogging

EX 2

I enjoy going to the theatre

He suggested buying the tickets beforehand

I hate buying the tickets on the day of the performance

EX 1

1) Does your hair need cutting?

2) Cutting
3) Shortening
4) Cleaning
5) Treating
6) Listening
7) Watching
8) Asking
9) Cleaning
 EX 2

1) A washing machine is worth fixing

2) That stylish blouse worth buying
3) That play about youth is worth staging
4) The premiere is worth attending
5) Those lovely shoes is worth buying
6) The book is worth presenting
7) Lopatkina dance is worth seeing
8) My coat is worth altering
9) Shakespeare is worth reading

EX 1

1) Keeping to
2) Going
3) going
4) Going on a visit
5) Answering
6) Doing
7) Taking
8) Attending
9) Carrying
10) Going

I like reading articles. He insisted on taking part in the discussion. Washing the floors is an
unpleasant task. I do not like being called like that.My flat needs cleaning. There is no sense in
asking him for help

EX 4

1) Performing
2) Swimming
3) Performing
4) Keeps telling me that story
5) Treating
6) Learning the English language
7) Running
8) Asking a few questions

EX 5

1) Thought of him helping me

2) He was displeased with children going to bed so late
3) His daughter graduating
4) Our chief does not insist on Ann to being sent
5) Your paper being praised
6) You passing the exams successfully
7) At our students not knowing
 8) Of us not being warned

EX 6

We like translating different texts. This text is interesting for translation. The teacher was
surprised at the students translating this difficult text so quickly. The teacher objects to students
translating this text with a dictionary. The teacher insists on the students translating the text by
tomorrow. The teacher objects to students delaying the translation of the text until Saturday. The
teacher does not object to students translating only the first part of the text. The teacher was
pleased with the students successfully coping with the text. He was surprised at two students not
translating the text well. The teacher with pleasure having read translations of some students`
texts