I avoided speaking to them about that matter

Иностранный язык (английский) для магистрантов

Задания к теме «Герундий» (4, 5, 6, 7)

Упр. 4. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий.

1. I avoided speaking to them about that matter. 2. She burst out crying. 3. They burst out laughing. 4. She denied having been at home that evening. 5. He enjoyed talking of the pleasures of travelling. 6. Excuse my leaving you at such a moment. 7. Please forgive my interfering. 8. He gave up smoking a few years ago. 9. They went on talking. 10. He keeps insisting on my going to the south. 11. Oh please do stop laughing at him. 12. Do you mind my asking you a difficult question? 13. Would you mind coming again in a day or two? 14. I don’t mind wearing this dress. 15. She could not help smiling. 16. I cannot put off doing this translation. 17. Though David was tired, he went on walking in the direction of Dover.

Упр. 5. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий.

1. They accuse him of having robbed the house. 2. He never agreed to their going on that dangerous voyage. 3. He did not approve of her drinking so much coffee. 4. The teacher of mathematics did not approve of his pupils dreaming. 5. All the happiness of my life depends on your loving me. 6. I don’t feel like seeing him. 7. I insist on being told the truth. 8. I object to his borrowing money from you. 9. I stretched out my hand to prevent her from falling. 10. My friend succeeded in translating this difficult text. 11. She suspected him of deceiving her. 12. The poor peasant thanked Robin Hood heartily for having helped him. 13. He gave up the idea of ever hearing from her. 14. We are looking forward to seeing you again. 15. She always complains of feeling unwell. 16. He persisted in trying to solve that difficult problem. 17. The cold weather prevented the girls from going for long walks. 18. Jane thought of leaving Lowood after Miss Temple’s marriage.

Упр. 6. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на существительные и местоимения перед герундием.

1 I had no idea of his leaving St. Petersburg so soon. 2. Aunt’s coming here gives me much pleasure. 3. The librarian did not object to the reader keeping the book one day longer. 4. She said that she knew nothing about the door having been left open. 5. The mother was surprised at her daughter having tidied up the room so quickly. 6. My trying to convince him is of no use. 7. When asked why she had missed the train, she said something about her watch being slow. 8. She approached without my seeing her. 9. She stayed in town the whole summer because of her daughter being ill.

Упр. 7. Use the required form of the gerund and insert prepositions where necessary.

I avoided speaking to them about that matter

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Тест 8 класс «инфинитив или герундий»

INFINITIVE or GERUND
1. I avoided to speak/speaking to them about that mat­ter.
2. Tony was glad to help/helping Alice.
3. To watch/watching football matches may be exciting.
4. Maggie was happy to go/going to the circus.
5. We are looking forward to see/seeing you again.
6. Why do you avoid to speak/speaking to me?
7. She went to hairdresser’s to get/getting a haircut and dye/ dyeing her hair.
8. Would you mind to come/coming again in a day or two?
9. I prefer to listen/listening to the sounds of New York – the traffic, the different languages and so on…
10. Angela didn’t study enough to pass/passing her History test.
11. To tell/telling you the truth I don’t really like her to cook/cooking.
12. Fred could not help to smile/smiling when he heard this funny story.
13. What’s the use of to translate/translating the text without a dictionary.
14. Here some screws to fasten/fastening to the wall.
15. I would prefer to cross/crossing the river by boat.
16. Let’s go to boat/boating.
17. Washington is the capital of the USA which is worth to see/seeing.
18. In some families there is no enough food to eat/eating.
19. Wardens were very busy to look/looking for the animals.
20. What would you like to do/doing tonight?

Keys
1. Speaking
2. To help
3. Watching
4. To go
5. Seeing
6. Speaking
7. To get
8. Coming
9. Listening
10. To pass
11. To tell, cooking
12. Smiling
13. Translating
14. To fasten
15. To cross
16. Boating
17. Seeing
18. To eat
19. Looking
20. To do

Упражнение 400

Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий.

1. She has always dreamt of living in a small house by the sea. 2. She disliked living in her old house. 3. She was thinking of buying a new one.

4. Now, she enjoys living in a beautiful new house.

5. She misses seeing the neighbours of course.

6. Usually she enjoyed talking to them and didn’t mind helping them. 7. She likes cooking and is very good at it. 8. But she doesn’t like washing and iron­ing. 9. She hates getting up early, but she has to. 10. She doesn’t mind working a lot, you know. 11. She enjoys driving an expensive car. 12. She has always dreamt of travelling round the world. 13. But she hates flying and she’s never been overseas. 14. She has risen to be head of the company in spite of being a woman in a man’s world. 15. She loves meeting peo­ple because she can’t bear being alone. 16. She loves talking to the press and appearing on TV shows. 17. She enjoys being photographed because she thinks she’s beautiful. 18. She hates being laughed at. 19. She likes being stared at because she thinks she’s attractive. 20. But she hates being ignored.

Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные формы герундия.

1. The place is worth visiting. 2. Watching foot­ball matches may be exciting enough, but of course it is more exciting playing football. 3. She stopped com­ing to see us, and I wondered what had happened to her. 4. Can you remember having seen the man be­fore? 5. She was terrified of having to speak to any­body, and even more, of being spoken to. 6. He was on the point of leaving the club, as the porter stopped him. 7. After being corrected by the teacher, the stu­dents’ papers were returned to them. 8. I wondered at my mother’s having allowed the journey. 9. I under­stand perfectly your wishing to start the work at once. 10. Everybody will discuss the event, there is no pre­venting it. 11. At last he broke the silence by inviting everybody to walk into the dining room. 12. On being told the news, she turned pale.

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Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий.

1. I avoided speaking to them about that matter. 2. She burst out crying. 3. They burst out laughing.

4. She denied having been at home that evening.

5. He enjoyed talking of the pleasures of travelling.

6. Excuse my leaving you at such a moment. 7. Please forgive my interfering. 8. He gave up smoking a few years ago. 9. They went on talking. 10. He keeps in­sisting on my going to the south. 11. Oh, please do stop laughing at him. 12. Do you mind my asking you a difficult question? 13. Would you mind com­ing again in a day or two? 14. I don’t mind wearing this dress. 15. She could not help smiling. 16. I can­not put off doing this translation. 17. Though David was tired, he went on walking in the direction of Dover. 18. Her husband used to smoke, but he stopped smoking two years ago. But it was too late.

19. Have you finished washing the dishes yet?

20. Don’t be nervous! Stop biting your nails! 21. He
postponed going to New York as he fell ill.

1 Только в вопросительных и отрицательных предложе­ниях: a) Do you mind me smoking? b) I don’t mind having a dog in the house. См. Cambridge International Dictionary of English, с 899.

Переведите на английский язык, употребляя ге­рундий.

1. Перестаньте разговаривать. 2. Мы уже закон­чили чтение этой книги. 3. Продолжайте петь. 4. Вы не против того, чтобы открыть окно? 5. Он отрицал, что совершил преступление. 6. Я очень люблю рисовать. 7. Мы получили удовольствие от плавания. 8. Я не могла не согласиться с ним. 9. Он рассмеялся. 10. Она бросила курить. 11. Она избегала встречи с ним. 12. Мы отложим обсуж­дение доклада. 13. Наконец, они перестали сме­яться. 14. Она отрицала, что украла деньги. 15. Нам пришлось отложить поездку на дачу до следующей субботы. 16. Простите, что я потерял вашу ручку. 17. Когда она закончит писать сочине­ние? 18. Я не возражаю против того, чтобы остаться дома и поработать над моей новой книгой. 19. Пе­рестаньте дрожать. Избегайте показывать этим людям, что вы их боитесь. 20. Я не могу не беспо­коиться о них: они перестали писать. 21. Я не отри­цаю, что видел их в тот вечер. 22. Он не возражал против того, чтобы его осмотрели: он перестал при­творяться, что здоров. 23. Он не может меня про­стить за то, что я порвал его сумку. 24. Она отри­цала, что взяла мои часы. 25. Мальчик любит командовать своей сестрой. 26. Лучше отложить принятие решения. 27. Не могли ли бы вы дать мне книгу, когда закончите ее читать? 28. Ее сын пытался избежать ответа на ее вопросы, так как ему было стыдно, что он солгал ей прежде. 29. Он не мог не думать, что его сын совершил большую ошибку. 30. Простите меня, пожалуйста, что я открыла ваше письмо по ошибке. 31. Я перестала есть мясо и каждый день получаю удовольствие от более здоровой пищи.

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Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий.

1. Не was afraid of waking her. 2. I’m looking for­ward to going on holiday. 3. She congratulated her­self on having thought of such a good idea. 4. My friend succeeded in translating this difficult text. 5. She suspected him of deceiving her. 6. The poor peasant thanked Robin Hood heartily for having helped him. 7. He gave up the idea of ever hearing from her. 8. We are looking forward to seeing you again. 9. He has always dreamt of visiting other countries. 10. He persisted in trying to solve that difficult problem. 11. The cold weather prevented the girls from going for long walks. 12. Jane thought of leaving Lowood after Miss Temple’s marriage.

13. They accuse him of having robbed the house.

14. He never agreed to their going on that danger­ous voyage. 15. He did not approve of her drinking so much coffee. 16. The teacher of mathematics did

not approve of his pupils dreaming. 17. All the hap­piness of my life depends on your loving me. 18.1 don’t feel like seeing him. 19. I insist on being told the truth. 20. I object to his borrowing money from you. 21. I stretched out my hand to prevent her from falling.

Переведите на английский язык, употребляя ге­рундий.

1. Благодарю вас, что вы прислали мне такие красивые цветы. 2. Его обвинили в том, что он продал важные государственные секреты. 3. Он отрицал, что продал их. 4. Он настаивал на том, что невиновен. 5. Он боялся, что его посадят в тюрьму. 6. Шум в соседней комнате мешал мне думать. 7. Я думаю о том, чтобы поехать на юг летом. 8. Мальчик отрицал, что его постоянно ругают и наказывают. 9. Я настаиваю на том, чтобы поговорить с ним. 10. Я с нетерпением ждал встречи с братом. 11. Мне что-то не хочет­ся сегодня играть в лото. 12. Ей удалось сделать очень хороший перевод этого трудного текста.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя герундий в актив­ной или пассивной форме.

1. Why do you avoid (to speak) to me? 2. She tried to avoid (to speak) to. 3. The doctor insisted on (to send) the sick man to hospital. 4. The child insisted on (to send) home at once. 5. Do you mind him (to examine) by a heart specialist? 6. He showed no sign of (to recognize) me. 7. She showed no sign of (to surprise). 8. He had a strange habit of (to inter­fere) in other people’s business. 9. I was angry at

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Упражнение 407

Раскройте скобки, употребляя требующуюся фор­му герундия.

11. She reproached me for (not to write) to her.

1 Обратите внимание, что после глаголов to want, to need, to deserve, to require, а также после слова worth употребляет­ся active gerund, хотя по значению он passive.

E.g. My watch needs repairing (а не being repaired).

16. David was very glad of (to find) his aunt.

17. Excuse me for (to break) your beautiful vase.

18. You never mentioned (to be) to Greece. 19. She was proud of (to award) the champion’s cup.

20. I don’t remember ever (to meet) your sister.

21. I don’t remember (to ask) this question by any­body. 22. The cat was punished for (to break) the cup. 23. The cat was afraid of (to punish) and hid itself under the sofa.

Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные формы герундия

1. I understand perfectly your wishing to start the work at, once. 2. Everybody will discuss the event, there is no preventing it. 3. At last he broke the silence by inviting everybody to walk into the dining room. 4. On being told the news, she turned pale. 5. The place is worth visiting. 6. Watching football matches may be exciting enough, but of course it is more exciting playing football. 7. She stopped coming to see us, and I wondered what had happened to her. 8. Can you remember having seen the man before? 9. She was terrified of having to speak to anybody, and even more, of being spoken to. 10. He was on the point of leaving the club, as the porter stopped him. 11. After being corrected by the teacher, the students’ papers were returned to them. 12. I wondered at my mother’s having allowed the journey.

Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий

1. Не keeps insisting on my going to the south. 2. Oh please do stop laughing at him. 3. Do you mind my asking you a difficult question? 4. Would you mind coming again in a day or two? 5. I don’t mind wearing this dress. 6. She could not help smiling. 7. I cannot put off doing this translation. 8. Though David was tired, he went on walking in the direction of Dover. 9. I avoided speaking to them about that matter. 10. She burst out crying. 11. They burst out laughing. 12. She denied having been at home that evening. 13. He enjoyed talking of the pleasures of travelling. 14. Excuse my leaving you at such a moment. 15. Please forgive my interfering. 16. He gave up smoking a few years ago. 17. They went on talking. 18. Her husband used to smoke, but he stopped smoking two years ago. But it was too late. 19. Have you finished washing the dishes yet? 20. Don’t be nervous! Stop biting your nails! 21. He postponed going to New York as he felt ill.

IV. Найдите в тексте в 1 абзаце 2 предложения с герундием, выпишите их и переведите на русский язык.

ВАРИАНТ 1

I. Подчеркните соответствующую неличную форму глагола и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The data obtained by this group of scientists are being carefully analyzed and studied.

Полученные этой группой ученых данные в настоящее время тщательно проанализированы и изучены.

2. Having selected the major topic the investigator must decide what to read.

Выбрав основную тему, следователь должен решать, что читать.

3. My colleague being away, I had to make the decision myself.

Мой коллега находился вдали, я должен был принять решение сам.

4. We are interested in being invited to the conference.

Мы заинтересованы в приглашенных на конференцию

5. They had a number of reasons for questioning his theory.

Они провели ряд причин для допроса его теории.

6. Looked at from a different angle the problem didn’t seem very difficult.

Если смотреть с другой точки зрения, проблема казалась не очень сложной.

7. People are afraid of having time to think, so they go to the cinema, watch TV, go to the concert hall.

Люди боятся времени на размышления, поэтому они идут в кино, смотрят телевизор, ходят в концертный зал.

II. Найдите ошибку в предложениях и исправьте ее. Перепишите исправленный вариант и переведите его на русский язык.

1. I insist in conducting the experiment in his laboratory.

I insist ON conducting the experiment in his laboratory.

2. Bill is always at the conferences, because he enjoys to learn something new.

Bill is always at the conferences, because he enjoys LEARNING something new.

3. I don’t mind to sit here but I’d prefer to sit by the window.

I don’t mind SITTING here but I’d prefer to sit by the window.

4. Tom looked at me without say anything.

Tom looked at me without SAYING anything.

5. He didn’t approve at her defining gender stratification.

He didn’t approve OF her defining gender stratification.

6. I object of his borrowing these ideas from you.

I object AGAINST his borrowing these ideas from you.

7. I avoided to speaking to them about that matter.

I avoided speaking to them about that matter.

1.Я настаиваю на том, чтобы эксперимент провели в его лаборатории.
2. Бил всегда на (этих) конференциях, так как ему нравится узнавать что-то новое.
3. Я не прочь посидеть здесь, но предпочёл бы сидеть у окна.
4. Том молча поглядел на меня.
5. Он не поддержал, что она определяет стратификацию пола.
6. Я против, чтобы он брал эти идеи у тебя.
7. Я избегал говорить с ними на эту тему.

III. Только одно предложение правильное. Найдите его и переведите на русский язык. Исправьте остальные предложения, перепишите исправленные варианты и переведите их на русский язык.

1. This film is not worth seen.

This film is not worth seeing

2. Our educational system needs being reformed.

Our education system needs being reformed.

3. I enjoyed the book because it was very interested.

I enjoyed the book because it was very interesting.

4. They were shocking when they heard the news.

They were shockedwhen they heard the news

5. Are you interesting in sociology?

Are you interested in sociology?

6. Being an orphan at six, he was brought up by a distant relative.

7. She often complains on having problems with her children.

She often complains ofhaving problems with her children

1) Этот фильм смотреть не стоит.

2) Наша система образования нуждается в стадии реформирования

3) Мне понравилась книга, потому что она была очень интересной.

4) Они были шокированы, когда услышали новости.

5) Вы заинтересованы в социологии?

7) Oна часто жалуется на проблемы своих детей

IV. Найдите в тексте в 1 абзаце 2 предложения с герундием, выпишите их и переведите на русский язык.

1) Being polite, neat, and family-oriented are characteristics of the well-socialized American.

2)Socialization is the process of learning how to behave in the society we live in.