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Tham khảo tài liệu 'new grammar practice pre int with key phần 7', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Gerunds and infinitives 69 Prepositions gerund When a verb follows an preposition it takes the gerund We thought about leaving early. 1 was worried about getting home. I m interested in hearing more about your offer. I m tired of hearing Ids excuses. After closing the door he looked up and down the street. Check your passport before leaving. NOTES Note That to can be a preposition or part of an infinitive decided to leave early to infinitive I m looking forward to seeing them again to gerund A gerund behaves like a noun. Where a gerund can be used a noun can also be used. I m looking forward to going on holiday. I m looking fonvard to my holiday. Practice Complete these sentences putting the verbs into the gerund and using one of the following prepositions. Some of them are used more than once. about of in to after by for on at without 1 We talked .about going_ go to France for our holiday. 2 I look forward. see you again next year. 3 She s tired. work for the company. 4 I m very happy.my parents . come home. 5 . open the front door I walked slowly through it. 6 We got into the house. climb through a window. 7 I m looking forward. work with you. 8 Are you interested. join the committee 9 I m tired. come to the same place every week 10 He s very keen. swim at the moment. 11 I m worried.Jane. get to the airport on time. 12 I m not interested. hear your excuses. 13 She s very good. listen to what people say. 14 This is used. cut metal. 15 The car drove off. stop . 98 Gerunds and infinitives 70 Gerunds as subjects of sentences Gerunds can be subjects of sentences or objects Exercise 67 Smoking makes me feel sick. Living in a foreign country can be very difficult. Practice Rewrite these sentences starting with a gerund. You may need to change some words. 1 A good way of keeping fit is to swim every day. Swimming every day is a good way of keeping fit. 2 It takes a long time to learn a foreign language. 3 Clean the machine more often - that will solve your problems. 4 .
