Ex. 4. FILL in the blanks using gerunds with prepositions where necessary. Define the functions of the Gerund

A. 1. English Grammar, it is said, is the art … (speak) and (write) the English language correctly (E.A. Poe). 2. I take all the blame … (not see) further than my nose. 3. He had never had much difficulty … (get) jobs. The trouble had always been … (keep) them. 4. His mission had very little to do … (win) the war. 5. He did not object … (see) Francis. 6. Jones insisted … (shake) hands. 7. He had a manner … (screw) his head on one side when he spoke; and … (look) out of the corners of his eyes at the same time. 8. Quite late, when he was on the point … (go) upstairs, the doorbell rang. 9. She thanked him … (take) her out. 10. I told him that we were about to be turned out of our flat … (not pay) the rent on time. 11. Genius is a talent … (produce) that for which no definite rule can be given (E. Kant). 12. Jack hesitated, and then decided … (talk), as he was not in the mood. 13. The thief was accused … (steal) a woman’s purse. 14. I shall look forward … (see) your book. 15. He made a point … never (sound) disappointed. 16. The Count was unequaled in his skill … (wind up) the most heated and serious argument by some unexpected remark. 17. The jury found Mr. Adams guilty … (take) money from the company he worked for and … (keep) it for himself.

B. 1. Bill isn’t used … (wear) a suit tie every day. 2. Where should we go for dinner tonight? Would you object … (go) to a French restaurant? 3. The mayor made another public statement for the purpose … (clarify) the new tax proposal. 4. Instead … (study), Margaret went to a ball game with some of her friends. 5. You are capable … (do) a better job. 6. … (hesitate) she decided she would have to use her real name. 7. Economy is the art … (make) the most of life (J.B. Shaw). 8. Henry is excited … (leave for India). 9. I am accustomed … (have) a big breakfast. 10. Thank you … (help) me carry the packages to the post office. 11. There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art … (trace) footsteps (A.C. Doyle). 12. Fred is always complaining … (have) a headache. 13. The rain prevented us … (complete) the work. 14. Mrs. Grant insisted … (know) the whole truth. 15. It is good to omit … (do) what might perhaps bring some profit to the living, when we have in view the accomplishment of other ends that will be of much greater advantage to posterity (Descartes). 16. The weather is terrible tonight. I don’t blame you … (not want) to accompany me to the meeting. 17. Don Quixote and Sancho got up rather shaken, and, looking about them, were filled with amazement … (find) themselves in the same garden from which they had started.

C. 1. I apologized to Diane … (make) her wait for me. 2. You should take advantage … (not go) to class yesterday. 3. Who is responsible … (wash) and (dry) the dishes after dinner? 4. In addition … (go) to school full time, Sam has a part-time job. 5. That sense of thick oppression in the air — that sense … (watch) — was all too real. 6. The angry look on his face stopped me … (speak) my mind. 7. For a long moment she stared … (see) the brightly colored silk she had chosen. 8. To be held … (question) by the police in a foreign country was frightening for anyone. 9. But I do not have five years to give over … (teach) you, and you do not have five years … (learn). 10. He showed us how to get to his house … (draw) a map. 11. Unfortunately I haven’t succeeded … (make) much impression on you. 12. He put the note under a saucer on the table to keep it … (blow) away. 13. As he had a capacity … (understand) art, and … true and tasteful imitation in the art … (paint), he supposed himself to have the real thing essential for an artist. 14. I thought … (take) a trip up the Scandinavian coast. 15. Women have the art … (conceal) their anger, especially when it is great (J.J. Rousseau). 16. He continued to sleep, and she didn’t move for fear … (disturb) him. 17. Everyone in the neighbourhood participated … (look) for the lost child.

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