1. The monument needs restoring.
2. The monument of what century are you restoring?
3. The monument of what century is being restored?
4. The experts restoring the monument were provided with modern techniques.
5. With the help of a magnet we can hold two huge metal plates together without tying them.
6. He pointed out that the assembling time of the apparatus was very short.
7. The police were informed of the criminals having appeared in the city.
8. The committee studied the problem of improving the bus service in the town without increasing the number of buses operating on the routes.
9. Increasing population of the world changes the face of the Earth.
10. Heating the substance to high temperatures the substance considerably expanded.
11. Being heated to high temperatures the substance considerably expanded.
12. The substance was being heated for three hours.
| Переведите и запомните следующие глаголы и выражения, требующие после себя герундия: | ||
| to avoid to burst out cannot help to deny to enjoy | to excuse to finish to forgive to give up to go on | to keep (on) to mind to postpone to put off to like |
Ex. 6Translate the sentences with the Gerund.
1. He 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 traveling.
14. Excuse my leaving you at such a moment.
15. Please forgive my interfering.