Exercise 1. Supply an appropriate form for each verb (passive or active gerund).

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Gerund

Exercise 1. Supply an appropriate form for each verb (passive or active gerund).

1. I don’t enjoy (laugh) …………….. at by other people.

2. You must tell me the truth. I insist on (tell) ……………. the truth.

3. I can’t stand (work) ……………….. with such a rude man.

4. Susan considers (look) ……………….. for another job.

5. Sometimes adolescents complains about not (understand) ……………….. by their parents.

6. Jack Wells has a good chance of (elect) ………………. I know I am going to vote for him.

7. What a mess! This room needs (clean) …. up. We need (clean) ….. it up before the company arrives.

8. I don’t like (force) ……….. to leave the room to study when my roommates feel like having a party.

9. My children enjoy (allow)…………. to stay up late when there’s something special on TV.

10. Jane is looking forward to (see) ………………….. her boyfriend again

11. John admitted (surprise) ……………. by the unexpected birthday party last night.

12. Martha doesn’t like to have her picture taken. She avoids (photograph) ……………….

Exercise 2. Error Identification

1. My parents made me to promise to write them once a week.

2. I don’t mind to have a roommate.

3. When I went to shopping last Saturday, I saw a man to drive his car onto the sidewalk.

4. I don’t enjoy to play card games.

5. I tried very hard to don’t make any mistakes.

6. Some people prefer to save their money to spend it.

7. The task of find a person who could help us wasn’t difficult.

8. I am looking forward to go to swim in the ocean.

Exercise 3. Rewrite the following sentences using Gerund:

1. A good way of keeping fit is to swim every day.

Swimming…………………………………………………………………………………………

2. It takes a long time to learn a foreign language.

We spend…………………………………………………………………………………………

3. It is not easy to change money here on a Sunday.

Changing…………………………………………………………………………………………

4. It is impossible to park your car during office hours.

Parking……………………………………………………………………………………………

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