Exercise 1. Comment on the forms of the gerund. Translate thesentences into Russian.

1. I was afraid of being rejected, yes. (E.S.) 2. He once punched an intern during an operation for making an error in judgment. (S.Sh.) 3. She could hear her father's voice saying, "Going out with Jim Cleary was a mistake." (S.Sh.) 4. The front door needs (wants, requires) mending. (G.L.Alexander) 5. And how did you manage putting this off? (J.L.) 6. That's what you get for trusting people. (A.H.) 7. Not being recognized in his own airport was a frequent experience. (A.H.) 8. A few months after Toni started working at Global Computer Graphics, she learned about the Internet. (S.Sh.) 9. Do you think that by getting my friend to buy the securities... I should add greatly to the welfare of the community? (S.M.) 10. A young man couldn't take charge of a girl and bring her out without ruining her reputation. (M.F.) 11. Having explained this subject, we fell to discussing books. (M.F.) 12. He went upstairs to get his bathing suit. (D.S.) 13. "I will never be traumatized by having someone call me Grandma," Pascale said lightly. (D.S.) 14. The two American ladies perhaps felt a pang of dismay at being confronted with her exuberant youth. (S.M.) 15. I could not help feeling slightly nettled, I must confess. (S.L.) 16. Life of Caesar: a famous Roman general, the last who ever landed in Britain without being stopped at the custom house. (S.L.) 17. He began to feel ashamed of having imagined that it would do very well for the Hales. (E.G.) 18. Franklin, on being asked whether the United States had done right in going into the war, said "Yes." (S.L.)

Exercise 2. Say what actions are expressed by the gerund – simultaneous with or prior to the actions expressed by the predicate verbs. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. He ended by saying that he had a dog at the house. (S.L.) 2. On looking out of the window she noticed many people walking towards the stone-pits. (E.G.) 3. She appeared in court in Valencia after being charged with two counts of fraud. (D.T.) 4. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown were so busy stitching doll's clothes... (S.L.) 5. Moscow at first lined up with Paris and Berlin in opposing the war. (D.T.) 6. Mr. Abbas criticised Hamas and Islamic Jihad for retaliating to Israeli military actions. (D.T.) 7. They have to keep smiling at Miss Beresford when she cracks jokes at their expense. (A.M.L.) 8. Nobody in a crew likes having permanent invalids aboard ship. (A.M.L.) 9. I kept on thinking up to the end that he would yield. (S.M.) 10. She remembered walking, as a girl, past the piles of sawdust at the factory to the house of her best friend. (J.Ch.) 11. Sensing none of their malevolent thoughts about her, Gwen sat down with them, after carrying several platters to the table. (D.S.) 12. He thought she should think about retiring. (D.S.) 13. Let him have a little fun after all the sadness he's had over losing Anne. (D.S.) 14. Fergie has apologized to shopkeepers in Fleet, Hampshire, for causing them to lose business. (N.I.) 18. In France they've erected statues to Marie Harel, who is credited with inventing Camambert. (N.I.) 19. The burglar Tony Martin was sent back to prison yesterday for breaching the terms of his curfew. (D.T.)

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