7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (Gerund or Infinitive).

My granny is an amazing woman. She is 87 years old and she still enjoys ………. (to go out) for a walk every day. She doesn’t mind ………. (to do) all her housework and she is glad ……… (to help) her elderly neighbours when they can’t ………. (to go) to the shops. She is too old ………. (to dig) the garden any more – she stopped ………. (to do) that last year – but she’s still healthy enough ………. (to mow) the grass! In the summer she still goes ………. (to swim) when it’s warm and she lets her grandchildren ………. (to bury) her in the sand. She often says, “It’s no good ………. (to be) alive if you don’t enjoy yourself.” I’d love ………. (to be) like my granny when I’m her age.

Revision Tests on the Gerund

Choose the correct form of the Gerund.

1. I get furious at _____ like that.

a) treating b) being treated c) having treated d) having been treated

2. He suggested _______ at home.

a) staying b) being stayed c) having stayed d) having been stayed

3. He denied _______ during his last trip to Moscow.

a) robbing b) being robbed c) having robbed d) having been robbed

4. They laughed at me _______ to eat with chopsticks (палички для їжі).

a) trying b) being tried c) having tried d) having been tried

5. Ann couldn’t help _______ when she heard about it.

a) astonishing b) being astonished c) having astonished d) having been astonished

6. He regretted _______ those awful words. But it was too late.

a) being said b) saying c) having been said d) having said

7. They accused him of _______ his work. Nothing was ready yet.

a) neglecting b) being neglected c) having neglected d) having been neglected

8. I can’t stand her _______ all the time.

a) grumbling b) being grumbled c) having grumbled d) having been grumbled

9. You risk _______ by a car if you keep crossing the street like that.

a) knocking b) being knocked c) having knocked d) having been knocked

10. We congratulated her on _______ a new apartment.

a) purchasing b) being purchased c) having purchased d) having been purchased

Translate the underlined words using one of suggested variants.

1. Я ризикнупітидо неї і все розповісти.

а) to come up b) coming up c) for coming up

2. Ми думаємо про придбання нового будинку

a) to buy b) buying c) of buying

3. Йому не вдалося (succeed)врятувати репутацію компанії.

a) to save b) saving c) in saving

4. Мені не хочеться (feellike)сьогодні навчатися.

a) to study b) studying c) of studying

5. Я завжди мріяв бути багатим.

a) to be b) being c) of being

6. Він попросив вибачення за те, що змусив нас чекати.

a) to keep b) keeping c) keeping

7. Його підозрюють у шпіонажі.

a) to be a spy b) being a spy c) of being a spy

8. До Ваших обов’язків входить проведення інтерв’ю з кандидатами.

a) to interview b) interviewing c) of interviewing

9. Навчи мене, як користуватися цією машиною.

a) to use b) using c) how to use

10. Я ненавиджу їздити в метро в години пік.

a) to go b) going) c) of going

Modals and their Equivalents