I. Define the part of speech of ing-forms

1.People trying to learn complex things usually did it better when alone. 2. Somehow these contradictory findings needed to be reconciled... (примирить). 3. Mary stopped studying English. Marry stopped studying of the English language. 4. He told us about his having bought a new house. 5. They study chemical changes taking place in the cell… 6. All the students listened to the lecture in a continuing state of boredom (скука). 7. Mentioning this person will not help you. 8. Having no friends in town he always found himself in difficulties. 9. Students solving multiplication problems or generating word associations performed better in the presence of four or five others... (solve – решать; generate – производить). 10. Flying is the fastest way of going from one place to another. 11. Knowing almost nothing about the first six years Shakespeare spent in London, we are certain his work was connected with theatre. 12. Stop making so much noise. 13. A university, for exam­ple, is organized into faculty, students, administrators, and so forth, all of whom are performing roles designed to carry out the goal of higher education. 14. I don’t remember her telling us her age. 15. Nobody likes being laughed at. 16. The scientist states that complaints come from the disturbing outcomes (=results) of his psychological research... (disturb – беспокоить). 17. We seldom read his translations without seeing many mistakes in them. 18. He didn’t like going to a lawyer’s office. 19. Having come to the capital he found a job in a printer’s shop.

Translate Gerunds: 1.The scientist avoided speaking to him about this matter. 2. He denied having dug (to dig – dug – dug) this site. 3. After being corrected by his supervisor the postgraduate achieved a fast progress in his work. 4. Jones could find the truth by inviting everybody to his office and talking to him in private. 5. This method is very effective in dating the age of monuments. 6. She doesn’t like being spoken to in such a manner. 7. She never did a thing without asking somebody’s advice. 8. Before writing the article we collected the necessary data. 9. You surprised me by not having done the work in time. 10. His father never agreed to his taking this dangerous trip. 11. I object to your getting information from this source. 12. They always complain of being given the most difficult tasks.

Infinitive

FUNCTIONS OF INFINITIVE

1. ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ. Стоит в начале предложения, отвечает на вопрос ЧТО?, в предложении имеется глагол-связка TO BE.

To speak to her is always a pleasure. – C ней всегда приятно поговорить.

To enter the university was all I wanted. – Все что мне было нужно – поступить в университет.

2. ЧАСТЬ СЛОЖНОГО СКАЗУЕМОГО (употребляется после глагола-связки или модального глагола):

I have to go there.

My aim is to finish the course.

3. ДОПОЛНЕНИЕ:

А. ПРЯМОЕ ДОПОЛНЕНИЕ К ГЛАГОЛУ (зависит от глагола, вопрос ЧТО?)

Helen will help to make tea.

He didn’t want to be left alone.

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