Exercise 18, p. 374

1, 2. Non-perfect active gerunds used as subjects.

3. Non-perfect active gerunds. Thinkingis a subject and

knowingis an object.

4. Non-perfect active gerunds. Proposingis a subject and

performingis an adverbial modifier of manner.

 

 

5. Non-perfect active gerunds performing the function of

subjects.

6. Non-perfect active gerunds progressingand denyingare

subjects and regressingis a predicative.

7. Non-perfect active gerunds. The first choosingis a predicative,

and the second is a subject.

8. Non-perfect active gerunds. Crossingis a subject, avoiding

is part of an attribute and driving, doing, listeningand

havingare all subjects.

9. A non-perfect active gerund performing the function of a

subject.

10. Non-perfect active gerunds used as adverbial modifiers

of manner.

11. A non-perfect active gerund used as an adverbial modifier

of manner.

12. A non-perfect active gerund performing the function of

an adverbial modifier of reason.

13. A non-perfect active gerund serving as part of an

attribute.

14. A non-perfect active gerund serving as a subject.

15. A non-perfect active gerund forming part of a compound

phasal predicate.

16. A non-perfect active gerund serving as an object.

17. See 16.