Через час надо сдать! Gerund
1. Respond to the following situations. Use possessive adjectives (my, your, his, our...) with gerunds.

Example: 'You must wash the car,' she told me. She insisted on my washing the car.

'I'm glad you are here,' he said. He appreciated there.
'I don't know why they get up so early at weekends,' he wondered. He didn't understand so early at weekends.
Why did you work so late? He disliked so late.
'We can't make private calls on this phone,' he told me. He objected to private calls on that phone.
'He shouldn't be so rude,' he said. He didn't approve of so rude.
'She is eighteen. She can wear makeup,' he thought. He didn't mind makeup.
'Why don't you ring up Carol?' she said. She suggested Carol.
'I saw them come from work late at night,' she told the police officer. She remembered from work late at night.
'Don't laugh at me,' she said. She was angry with at her.
'They arrive late to class,' he argued. He resented late to class.

2. Complete the sentences with prepositions + gerunds (-ing forms).

Example: The children were accused the window. (smash) -The children were accused of smashing the window.
There's no point an old car. (buy)
I disapprove in restaurants. (smoke)
We are happy a new house. (have)
My daughter dreams a film star. (become)
John can't cope unemployed. (be)
My brother is good . (dive)
I'm not very keen computer games. (play)
I have no objection the football match tonight. (watch)
She is afraid her boyfriend. (lose)
We are fed nothing all the weekend. (do)
I'm tired in the queues at the airports. (wait)
We had difficulty the way to the museum. (find)

3. Open the brackets using non-perfect forms of gerunds in the active and passive voice.

1. Why do you avoid (to see) me?
2. He tried to avoid (to see).
3. We insist on (to send) him there at once.
4. He insists on (to send) there instead of me.
5. He showed no sign of (to know) them.
6. She showed no sign of (to impress).
7. He had the most irritating habit of (to joke) at the wrong moment.
8. 1 was annoyed at (to interrupt) every other moment.
9. He hated (to remind) people of their duties or (to remind) of his.
10. On (to introduce) they easily fell to (to talk).
11. The equipment must go through a number of tests before (to install).
12. The water requires (to filter).
13. Jack would have gone to his bedroom without (to see).
14. My sister would never leave without (to see) me.
15. The matter is not worth (to speak of).

Key with answers

He admitted cheating on the test.
You should avoid eating so much meat.
Please, consider selling your house if you need money.
I detest waking up when it's dark outside.
She denied leaving the taxi without paying.
I enjoyed lying on the beach all day.
My sister fancies becoming a pop star.
We finished writing our essays before noon.
The job in the supermarket working at night.
I don't mind doing homework. Ha, ha.
My colleague kept complaining all the time. It was annoying.
I took my umbrella. I didn't want to risk getting wet.
She practised playing the piano all day.
I really appreciate having your advice.
She couldn't resist telling us what she'd found out.

Key with answers
Gerunds with possessive adjectives -
She insisted on my | our washing the car.
He didn't approve of his being so rude.
He didn't mind her wearing makeup.
She suggested my ringing up Carol.
She remembered their coming from work late at night.
He appreciated my | our being there.
He didn't understand their getting up so early at weekends.
He objected to our making private calls on that phone.
She was angry with my | our laughing at her.
He resented their arriving late to class.

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