The document provides examples of sentences with gerunds and instructions to translate them. It contains 5 sections:
1) Sentences with gerunds used as verbs that need to be completed with the appropriate form of the gerund.
2) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as subjects.
3) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as objects.
4) Sentences to translate containing gerundial complexes.
5) Ukrainian sentences to translate into English using the proper gerund form.
The document provides examples of sentences with gerunds and instructions to translate them. It contains 5 sections:
1) Sentences with gerunds used as verbs that need to be completed with the appropriate form of the gerund.
2) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as subjects.
3) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as objects.
4) Sentences to translate containing gerundial complexes.
5) Ukrainian sentences to translate into English using the proper gerund form.
The document provides examples of sentences with gerunds and instructions to translate them. It contains 5 sections:
1) Sentences with gerunds used as verbs that need to be completed with the appropriate form of the gerund.
2) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as subjects.
3) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as objects.
4) Sentences to translate containing gerundial complexes.
5) Ukrainian sentences to translate into English using the proper gerund form.
The document provides examples of sentences with gerunds and instructions to translate them. It contains 5 sections:
1) Sentences with gerunds used as verbs that need to be completed with the appropriate form of the gerund.
2) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as subjects.
3) Sentences to translate with gerunds functioning as objects.
4) Sentences to translate containing gerundial complexes.
5) Ukrainian sentences to translate into English using the proper gerund form.
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1. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund of the verbs in brackets.
1. (to speak) without (to think) is (to shoot) without aim. 2. Do you know what is peculiar about the English rule of (to drive)? 3. I'm glad to say that the lady didn't keep us (to wait). 4. I remember (to take) to Paris when I was a very small child. 5. I strongly suspect Gerald of (to know) all about it beforehand, though he swears he didn't. 6. Excuse me for not (to write) more at the moment. 7. She never lost the power of (to take) quick decisions. 8. He had an air of (to be) master of his fate, which was his chief attraction. 9. She denied (to see) me at the concert though I'm sure I saw her in the stalls. 10. I want to thank her for (to look) after the children while I was out.
2. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the Gerund functioning as
a subject 1. Picking the correct terminology to refer to each of the rival methods is no easy task. 2. Proposing such a characterization will be the first order of our business. 3. Clarifying what counts as a "construction" would improve Costakis' analysis considerably. 4. Accepting this approach entails giving up analyses proposed by Kozma and Vaster (1993). 5. As will be seen below, taking a rule of thumb as an absolute guide can lead to all sorts of conceptual tangles. 6. Summing up, it appears that assigning a special function to the object under investigation does not solve the problem. 7. We believe that offering even a partial or open answer to the questions will benefit both the theory and practice of our method. 8. Providing argument against those circulating in favor of the hypothesis became the best-known occupation of many University Departments. 9. Specifically, explaining the data in terms of these principles may purchase internal homogeneity and consistency in the picture at the expense of their perhaps wider significances. 10. Heating the gas increases the speed of its molecules.
3. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the Gerund functioning as
an object 1. Two things are worth mentioning about this analysis. 2. But the monograph is well worth reading. 3. I am wary of setting up an entirely new notion. 4. To correct the mistake requires no more than drawing the same distinction. 5. I am grateful to M. Brook for bringing these facts to my attention. 6. This account requires saying that such a position is obligatory. 7. Space limitations prevent me from describing this procedure in detail. 8. But the theory may be worth constructing, the data worth finding. 9. We are actually interested in comparing one group of contrasts with another. 10. It is worth recalling in this connection Hill's remark. 11. The chapter is particularly persuasive in countering this claim. 12. We are thus in an unusual position of having little to gain from this new source. 13. But most importantly, it also risks obscuring the fruits of an explanatory strategy. 14. This is precisely what the computer designers have succeeded in doing. 15. Although the preceding facts support this possibility, other considerations caution us against exaggerating it. 4.Translate the following sentences paying attention to Gerundial Complexes 1. In trying to spell these notions out, we rapidly get into deep theoretical water. 2. In developing a full-fledged theory, we should not restrict our data, 3. In presenting a case for this analysis, I need first to establish some formal points. 4. In making this claim, I am in effect reverting to the more open position I first proposed in 1989. 5. The principle goes far toward constraining the theory. 6. Science is best learned through "doing science" and history through "doing history". 7. The second theory was given preference due to its being based on more recent data. 8. He then tests the theory's feasibility by making a small-scale "working model". 9. Scientists often describe events by constructing a mathematical model. 10. By expanding now on these issues, we hope to clarify our method. 11. Very often authors use the term without making it clear in what sense it is to be taken. 12. But we can make a fair amount of progress without questioning the assumptions. 13. In saying this, I am not arguing against the validity, or the significance, of principles, such as those posited by Golfes. 14. Many will find this approach helpful for familiarizing themselves with the research in these areas. 15. This book may go a long way toward making explicit connections between theory and practice. 16. Furthermore, I will assume, without arguing for it at this stage, that there is an intrinsic connection between the two phenomena. 15. In discussing the statistics, Bower uses the term "frequency" more or less interchangeably with "percentage".
5. Translate these sentences into English, using the proper form of the Gerund.
1. Цю проблему варто обговорити. 2. Я пригадую, що бачила цю ж
фотографію Британського музею в іншому журналі. 3. Хоча ми були в Лондоні всього три дні, я отримала велике задоволення від огляду визначних пам'яток цього величезного міста. 4. Читання книг з історії Англії і, зокрема, Лондона – приємне і корисне заняття для майбутнього фахівця англійської мови. 5. Вони не могли не спізнитися. Їх потяг затримався через туман. 6. Я пам'ятаю, що бачила статтю на столі. 7. Вибачте, що я втручаюся, але у мене дуже важлива новина для вас. 8. Вона вважає за краще все робити сама без будь-чиєї допомоги. 9. Він сказав це голосно, не дивлячись ні на кого, і було неясно, до кого він звертається. 10. Ми провели багато часу над написанням цієї книги. 11. Ви можете поліпшити вимову, слухаючи аудіо, а також читанням вголос. 12. Я шкодую, що доводиться залишати вас так скоро. 13. Це питання варто обговорити. 14. Він подумує про те, щоб залишити роботу на кафедрі. 15. Ви повинні вчасно повертати книги в бібліотеку без нагадування. 16. Ця стаття заслуговує на те, щоб її переклали на українську мову. 17. Існують різні способи перекладу герундія на українську мову. 18. Він краще запам’ятовує нові вирази, вживаючи їх у власних реченнях. 19. Ми з нетерпінням чекаємо, коли буде опублікованав ця стаття. 20. Я наполягаю на тому, щоб її послали на конференцію.
