The Gerund

9. See Grammar Reference p. .., analyze the following examples and translate the sentences into Russian.

1. I don’t mind working overtime.

2. Mrs Jackson doesn’t mind her husband working overtime.

3. Everybody hates being treated like this.

4. I hate my friends being treated like this.

5. I object to the car being left here.

6. The police acknowledged having undertaken an investigation of the case.

7. Martin admitted having assisted the criminals.

8. Marge testified to Martin having assisted the criminals.

9. The witness denied having been threatened.

10. He will never admit having been bribed.

10. Replace the words given in italics by a gerund construction.

E.g. I don’t remember that he said anything like that.

- I don’t remember his (him) saying (having said) anything like that.

1. I can’t even imagine that I would agree to such a proposal.

2. I can’t imagine that he would ever agree to such a proposal.

3. No one doubted that he was sincere in his beliefs.

4. No one will ever doubt that he was responsible for the accident.

5. Surely, they won’t deny that they are at loggerheads with the management.

6. Many women acknowledge that they suffer harsh treatment at home.

7. Few men admit that their wives suffer harsh treatment at home.

8. A group of MPs insisted that they should set up a special commission to inquire into the matter.

9. A group of MPs insisted that the government should set up a special commission to inquire into the matter.

10. We suspect that they allocate money for such projects illegally.

11. We suspect that they allocated money for the project illegally.

12. Mr Jackson is grateful that he has been released on bail.

13. They didn’t even acknowledge that they had received a copy of the contract.

14. The accused admitted that he had forged the signature of the head accountant on the document.

15. The witness reported that he had seen the security officer let the robbers into the bank.

16. The journalist reported that the witness had seen the security officer let the robbers into the bank.

17. The officer admitted that he had been offered a bribe.

18. Mr Donaldson admitted that he had been involved in a fraud.

19. I don’t recollect that I was promised any preferential treatment.

20. She mentioned that she had been given a tax allowance.

11. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

A.

The Plot Thickens

Charges against Abdelghan Mzoudi, a 30-year-old Moroccan, were upgraded from support of a terrorist cell to membership in a terror cell and accessory to murder.

First (1) _______________ (to arrest) in October 2002, Mzoudi (2) _______________ (to accuse) of (3) ______________ (to aid) the cell members who planned and carried out the September 11 attacks in the USA. He is the second Moroccan (4) _______________ (to suspect) of (5) _______________ (to support) al-Qaeda. The new charges raise his possible sentence from 5 to 15 years.

(From ‘Time’)

B.

Queen Has Knee Operation after Fall at Newmarket

The Queen (1)_______________ (to expect) to leave hospital in London today after an operation to remove a torn cartilage from her knee. The 45-minute operation (2) _______________ (to conduct) by the royal surgeon, Roger Vickers, at the private King Edward VII hospital, was said to have been entirely successful, with the Queen (3) _______________ (to predict) to be fully active again within a few weeks.

The 76-year-old sovereign wrenched her knee while (4) _______________ (to walk) on uneven ground during a private visit to Newmarket.

The two-night hospital stay is the first the Queen (5) _______________ (to experience) in 20 years. She was last in the same hospital overnight in July 1982 to (6) ______ her wisdom tooth _______ (to remove), and it is 10 years since she (7) _______________ (to cancel) engagements for health reasons, once for the flu and once the same year after (8) _______________ (to receive) stitches in her hand after (9) _______________ (to bite) by a corgi.

In January 1994 the Queen also broke a wrist after (10) _______________ (to fall) off a horse while she was out for a ride at Sandingham, but on that occasion she carried on with her arm in plaster.

(From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)

C.