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The Gerund inEnglish

5. Complete the sentences using the gerund. Translate the sentences into
Ukrainian.

1. I’d like you to stop talking.
interrupting me.
asking me questions.
speaking Russian in class.
smoking here.
being angry with me.

2. Have you begun reading the book that I gave
you.
learning to skate?
looking through the text?
making notes of the lectures?
discussing the question
without them?

3. I don’t mind you(r) smoking here.
them (their) using my notes.
his (him) coming to see us
tomorrow
evening.
going out for a walk now.
telling you another story.

4. Do you mind if we go on playing chess here?
discussing the matter now?
telling funny stories?
packing tomorrow morning?
watching TV?

5. He hasn’t finished translating the article yet.
speaking on the telephone
yet.
reading the newspaper yet.
cooking dinner.

6. They continue interrupting him.
changing their plans.
talking.
making mistakes.

6.Build up the sentences from the tables: