TheGerund. Exercise 207.. Exercise 208.. Exercise 209.

TheGerund

Exercise 207.

You can use either gerunds or infinitives after the following verbs. Find the odd word in the chain of the verbs.

Example: fancy avoid agree postpone

1) deny	practise	afford	suggest
2) offer	mention	risk	mind
3) put off	prove	learn	aim
4) admit	fancy	fail	consider
5) expect	happen	give up	tend
6) enjoy	endure	imagine	appear
7) can't help	adore	refuse	carry on
8) delay	have difficulty	intend	spend time
9) can't stand	keep	resist	seem
10) be busy	neglect	threaten	plan

Exercise 208.

Complete the following sentences using gerunds.

1. (Be) free and alone is a good thing if you are tired of big cities. 2. (Find) you here was a quite a surprise. 3. If this is what you intend (ask) me, stop (waste) your time. 4. They kept on (talk) though the band began (play). 5. Everyone enjoyed (swim) in the river. 6. My watch needs (repair). 7. He never mentioned (live) in Prague. 8. He does not seem to mind (air) the room. 9. Just imagine (go) there together! 10. Don't put of (do) it now. If you postpone (receive) a visa again, you will miss an excellent opportunity of (go) there.

Exercise 209.

Match the parts of the sentences.

1) Making money

2) Being born in my provincial town

3) There is a general feeling all around

4) He promised them that no harm

5) Would you mind

a) would come to them for signing the papers.

b) looking up his telephone number?

c) is my dream also.

d) wasn't much different from being born in Brooklyn.

e) that her running away was a good thing.

Exercise 210.

Complete the following sentences with gerunds formed from the verbs in the box.

buy comment

answer sign

pay help

recognize make go see

escape

1. ___big prices for famous pictures is now a wealthyman's way of___taxation. 2. English grammar is verydifficult and few writers have avoided___mistakes. 3. Maurice was saved from___. by Kate's entry with thetray. 4 The elderly ladies enjoyed___who came in and

out, ___old friends, and___unfavourably how these hadaged. 5. Of course the contract is mutually beneficialand he is all for___it. 6. The important part of his lifeis___people. 7. Parks at night is a dangerous place towalk. Avoid___there after darkness. 8. Father suggested

___a new machine.

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