Gerund

Name: Result: __/18 Date: __/__/20__

telling
1. Do you mind ______________ me her name? (tell)

entering
2. Finding him decided, I avoided ______________ into argument with him on
those points. (enter)

starting
3. However, they would never consider ______________ from our house.
(start)

4. I can't understand ______________ any one in that way. (treat)

5. You won't mind ______________ a little while. (wait)

6. It was evident that she feared ______________ the reason. (discover)

7. I enjoy ______________ about these wonderful dogs. (write)

8. Movement in any direction suggested ______________ on a huge ball.

(walk)

9. I practiced ______________ the ship through maneuvers. (take)

10. I couldn't resist ______________ in my oar. (stick)

11. I wouldn't risk ______________ with the lock. (tamper)

12. She loathed ______________ another minute in it. (stay)

13. I enjoyed ______________ and ______________ at them. (listen) (look)

14. They kept on ______________ the flight of birds. (study)

15. I don't see anything that I can do, save ______________ in my former
course. (go on)

16. He avoids ______________ them too long at the same movement,

although each should be understood before passing to another. (keep)

17. It is scarcely possible to avoid ______________ the eye to a telescope.

(compare)
18. She could not imagine ______________ to the play but to a good box, at
her own command, and in a carriage to take her there. (go)

19. Was he so sure that he should enjoy ______________ clothes again?

(wear)

20. He narrowly escaped ______________ in the blood. (drown)