EXERCISES

Ex. 2. Complete the following using the Gerund.

a) as subject:
1. … is more difficult than reading.
2. … is her hobby.
3. … was his ambition.
4. It would be good … .
5. There’s no use … .
b) as a part of a compound predicate:
1. Suddenly he began … .
2. He had an exaggerated opinion of his capabilities. His ambition was … .
3. Our task is … .
4. In spite of myself I couldn’t help … .
5. All the time he was talking to me I went on … .
c) as a non-prepositional object:
1. She was aware that he disliked … .
2. Would you mind …
3. He has practically given up … .
4. She would have enjoyed … .
5. Her sister mentioned … .
d) as a prepositional object:
1. He insists on … .
2. He wrote he could not think of … .
3. That won’t prevent you from … .
4. We are looking forward to … .
5. Thank you for … .
e) as an attribute:
1. She gave the impression of … .
2. It occurred to me that there was an easy way of … .
 3. There was a reason for not … .
4. I like his habit of … .
5. I have an opportunity of … .

f) as an adverbial modifier:
1. We worked without … .
2. Yesterday he solved the greatest problem of his life by … .
3. You’re trying to do that inspite of … .
4. On … him she went away at once.
5. After … school he went abroad with his parents.

Ex. 3. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the Gerund.
а) as subject:
1. Travelling around the above-mentioned countries is useful for everybody.
2. It’s no use arguing now.
3. His coming so late seemed strange to everybody.
4. It’s no good remembering that classical tradition is a mixture of prose and verse, or
comedy and tragedy in the same play.
5. Examining the manuscript gave interesting results.
b) as a part of a compound predicate:
1. The author began writing at the age of twenty.
2. His dream was being educated at Oxford or Cambridge.
3. They stopped discussing the problem because there were no interesting items to
discuss.
4. The author cannot help showing how a language varies in passing from one social
group to another.
5. They went on considering the idea of having a series of signs representing syllables in
which each consonant of the language is paired with each vowel.
c) as a non-prepositional object:
1. We regretted our having missed the demonstration lecture. We regret his being sent
to the conference.
2. There is hardly any person who likes being criticized.
 3. Do you mind my opening the discussion?
4. I don’t feel like telling them all about our plans.
5. I prefer speaking to him myself.
d) as a prepositional object:
1. I object to your discussing the problem now. I object to being appointed a secretary.
2. I never thought of going there without you.
3. He invested on taking part in the conference. He insisted on your taking part in the
conference. He insisted on being taken to the concert.
4. Nothing can prevent him from taking this step.
5. We spoke about including her in the list. We spoke about her having been included in
the list.
e) as an attribute:
1. Samuel Johnson was born in 1709. As his father was a bookseller, he had early
opportunity of becoming well acquainted with books.
2. But there are some other reasons for questioning this theory.
3. It is one of the purposes of this book to try to show some of the difficulties of the
novelist in portraying the soul of man.
4. It is a true writing, since it is a means of recording language.
5. We have no ground for talking about the evolution of the art of writing.
f) as an adverbial modifier:
1. After returning to town he had a very interesting interview with Mr Addison.
2. In considering the causes it is necessary to examine his activities.
3. Historical grammar tries to explain the phenomena of a language by tracing them
back to their easier stages in the language.
4. On receiving a travelling scholarship he couldn’t help worrying.
5. Without going further into detail it is impossible to exhibit the relationship between
the structure of Old English and that of Latin and Greek.

Ex. 6. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the following prepositions.
a) about, from, in, to, of, on
1. Customers are requested to refrain ____ using mobile phones in this area.
2. She was dreaming ____ becoming an ambassador one day.
 3. They are depending ____ finishing the translation by noon.
4. Quite a few students have succeeded ____ getting A-grades at the exam.
5. After the late night party he didn’t think ____ going to the University.
6. The tutor disapproved ____ his going abroad at this time of the year.
7. The teacher insisted ____ helping John even though he had nor asked to.
8. Mike had some trouble adjusting ____ living at a students’ hostel at first.
9. Most students objected ____ having to rewrite the test.
10. They all were looking forward ____ having a holiday at last.
b) about, at, for, in, of, to
1. John was interested ____ taking a course in consecutive translation.
2. Students found guilty ____ cheating at the exam.
3. She was grateful to the teacher ____ having helped her.
4. She is said to be good ____ simultaneous translation.
5. He is proud ____ having won the competition.
6. The town of Oxford is famous ____ having its University.
7. John is not accustomed ____ living at a students’ hostel.
8. They are concerned ____ having failed the exam.
9. She was surprised ____ his having come so late.
10. He was excited ____ seeing his girl-friend soon.
c) about, from, of, to, in, for
1. She has had some problems ____ dealing with her boy-friend recently.
2. John apologized ____ having been late.
3. She thanked him ____ helping her.
4. Helen was accused ____ talking at the exam.
5. I had a dim recollection ____ having seen her at the theatre.
6. In addition ____ having failed the exams, she had some personal problems.
7. She was saving him ____ being questioned and examined.
8. She was dreaming ____ coming back home.
9. Unfortunately he had no previous experience ____ translating simultaneously.
`10. Students may have different reasons ____ having to skip classes.
Ex. 7. Insert prepositions where necessary.
1.I never succeed … teaching her French and Spanish.
2.The scientists have been in the habit … studying a person language and culture.
3.That would have been much the easiest way … doing it, he agreed.
4.With one or two rare exceptions the novelists never succeeded … drawing men and women.
5.He was a little hesitant about his reason … getting away.
6.They were in danger … being sent to London.
7.I have objection … your arranging the party.
8.I cannot accuse him … being lazy, but still he is rather poor at his English.
9.She took a taxi for fear … missing her train.
10.You see a definite reason … going there at once.
11.He is in the habit … getting up very early and waking up all his family.
12.I am not in the habit … letting my judgement be influenced.
13.You haven’t thanked me yet … saving your life.
14.Certain people, you see, have a gift … seeing things in crystal.
15.What d’you mean … talking like that?

Ex. 8. Translate the following sentences into English.

1.Я не міг підготувати доповідь не прочитавши цих статей.
2.Після повернення із-за кордону він зрозумів закономірності репрезентації пізнавальної
діяльності людини.
3.До роботи варто залучати матеріал словотвірних процесів – одиниць, що стають
об’єктом досліджень.
4.Закінчивши університет, його сестра повернулася в своє місто працювати викладачем.
5.Автор почав писати поеми у тридцятирічному віці, це було обумовлено його
психологічним станом.
6.Досягнення поставленої мети тобто отримання достовірних результатів у ході
дослідження є необхідною умовою роботи будь-якого дослідника.
7.Динаміка розгортання поетичної думки ґрунтується на особливому протиставленні слів.
8.Цей метод вибору нових підходів уможливить розгляд матеріалу у найрізноманітніших
аспектах.
9.Одним із найважливіших засобів творення комічного у драматургійних текстах є
антитеза.
10.Ми узагальнили сюжетні події твору після використання фразеологізмів .