TEST (GERUND) The ing-form as a prepositional object of a verb.

TEST (GERUND)

1. The ing-form as a prepositional object of a verb.

1) The verbs followed by one prepositional object:

to account (for), to agree (to), to apologize (for), to approve (of), to believe (in), to blame (for), to care (for), to complain (of), to consist (of/in), to count (on), to forget (about), to hesitate (about), to insist (on), to lead (to), to object (to), to persist (in), to prevent (from), to reproach (for), to return (to), to result (in/from), to save (from), to succeed (in), to suspect (of), to think (of/about), to threaten (with), to worry (about).

2) The verbs followed by a non-prepositional object and a prepositional object:

to accuse smb. (of,) to amuse smb. (with), to ask smb. (about), to charge smb. (with), to give smth. (to, for), to invite smb. (into), to keep smb. (from), to persuade smb. (into), to remind smb. (of), to restrict oneself (to), to suspect smb. (of), to talk smb. (into/out of).

1. The ing-form as a prepositional object is also found after various kinds of adjectives:

amused (at), angry (with), annoyed (at), ashamed (of), (in)capable (of), careful (about/in), careless (of), certain (of), clever (at), delighted (at), different (from), embarrassed (at), excited (about), frightened (of), furious (at), good (better) (at), grateful (for), happy (in/at), interested (in), irritated (at), keen (on), pleased (at), proud (of), skilled (in/at), slow (in), sorry (for), successful (in/at), sure (of), surprised (at), thankful (for), tired (of), upset (at), worried (about), wrong (in).

The verbs followed by one prepositional object
1 - to account	2 - to agree	3 - to apologize	4 - to approve	5 - to believe	6 - to blame	7 - to care	8 - to complain	9 - to consist	10 - to count
11 - to forget	12 - to hesitate	13 - to insist	14 - to lead	15 - to object	16 - to persist	17 - to prevent	18 - to reproach	19 - to return	20 - to result
21 - to save	22 - to succeed	23 - to suspect	24 - to think	25 - to threaten	26 - to worry
The verbs followed by a non-prepositional object and a prepositional object
27 - to accuse smb	28 - to amuse smb	29 - to ask smb	30 - to charge smb	31 - to give smth	32 - to invite smb	33 - to keep smb	34 - to persuade smb	35 - to remind smb	36 - to restrict oneself
37 - to suspect smb	38 - to talk smb
The ing-form as a prepositional object is also found after various kinds of adjectives
39 - amused	40 - angry	41 - annoyed	42 - ashamed	43 -(in)capable	44 - careful	45 - careless	46 - certain	47 - clever	48 - delighted
49 - different	50 - embarrassed	51 - excited	52 - frightened	53 - furious	54 - good (better)	55 - grateful	56 - happy	57 - interested	58 - irritated
59 - keen	60 - pleased	61 - proud	62 - skilled	63 - slow	64 sorry -	65 - successful	66 - sure	67 - surprised	68 - thankful
69 - tired	70 - upset	71 - worried	72 - wrong

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The verbs followed by one prepositional object
1 – for	2 - to	3 - for	4 - of	5 - in	6 - for	7 - for	8 - of	9 – of/in	10 - on
11 – about	12 - about	13 - on	14 - to	15 - to	16 - in	17 - from	18 - for	19 - to	20 – in/from
21 – from	22 - in	23 - of	24 – of/about	25 - with	26 - about
The verbs followed by a non-prepositional object and a prepositional object
27 – of	28 - with	29 - about	30 - with	31 – to/for	32 - into	33 - from	34 - into	35 - of	36 - to
37 – of	38 – into/out of
The ing-form as a prepositional object is also found after various kinds of adjectives
39 – at	40 - with	41 - at	42 - of	43 - of	44 – about/in	45 - of	46 - of	47 - at	48 - at
49 – from	50 - at	51 - about	52 - of	53 - at	54 - at	55 - for	56 – in/at	57 -in	58 - at
59 – on	60 - at	61 - of	62 – in/at	63 - in	64 - for	65 – in/at	66 - of	67 - at	68 - for
69 – of	70 - at	71 - about	72 - in

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The verbs followed by one prepositional object
1 - to account	2 - to agree	3 - to apologize	4 - to approve	5 - to believe	6 - to blame	7 - to care	8 - to complain	9 - to consist	10 - to count
11 - to forget	12 - to hesitate	13 - to insist	14 - to lead	15 - to object	16 - to persist	17 - to prevent	18 - to reproach	19 - to return	20 - to result
21 - to save	22 - to succeed	23 - to suspect	24 - to think	25 - to threaten	26 - to worry
The verbs followed by a non-prepositional object and a prepositional object
27 - to accuse smb	28 - to amuse smb	29 - to ask smb	30 - to charge smb	31 - to give smth	32 - to invite smb	33 - to keep smb	34 - to persuade smb	35 - to remind smb	36 - to restrict oneself
37 - to suspect smb	38 - to talk smb
The ing-form as a prepositional object is also found after various kinds of adjectives
39 – amused	40 - angry	41 - annoyed	42 - ashamed	43 -(in)capable	44 - careful	45 - careless	46 - certain	47 - clever	48 - delighted
49 - different	50 - embarrassed	51 - excited	52 - frightened	53 - furious	54 - good (better)	55 - grateful	56 - happy	57 - interested	58 - irritated
59 – keen	60 - pleased	61 - proud	62 - skilled	63 - slow	64 - sorry	65 - successful	66 - sure	67 - surprised	68 - thankful
69 – tired	70 - upset	71 - worried	72 - wrong

ANSWER SHEET

The verbs followed by one prepositional object
1 –	2 -	3 -	4 -	5 -	6 -	7 -	8 -	9 -	10 -
11 –	12 -	13 -	14 -	15 -	16 -	17 -	18 -	19 -	20 -
21 –	22 -	23 -	24 -	25 -	26 -
The verbs followed by a non-prepositional object and a prepositional object
27 –	28 -	29 -	30 -	31 -	32 -	33 -	34 -	35 -	36 -
37 –	38 –
The ing-form as a prepositional object is also found after various kinds of adjectives
39 –	40 -	41 -	42 -	43 -	44 -	45 -	46 -	47 -	48 -
49 –	50 -	51 -	52 -	53 -	54 -	55 -	56 -	57 -	58 -
59 –	60 -	61 -	62 -	63 -	64 -	65 -	66 -	67 -	68 -
69 –	70 -	71 -	72 -

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