第三章 動名詞 (Gerund) T

1 175 ( gerund ) 1. ing 2. 1. (1) Doing nothing is doing ill. ( )( )(2) Being idle is the cause of his failure. ( )( ) being Who would have thought of its being{him? ( )he? (P)= Who would have thought that it was he?( )(3) Working so hard will produce good results. ( )( )(4) Excuse me for not having answered your letter at once. ( )( )(5) I don t like being treated like that. ( )( )176 2. A. this some (1) A knocking ( or knock ) at the door was heard.( ) at the door knocking (2) You should give the room a good cleaning.}

2 ( )(3) Meeting is the beginning of parting. ( )(4) I hate all this useless arguing. ( )(5) This evening I think I ll stay at home doing some reading.( )(6){Drinking too muchToo much drinkingmade him sick.( )much much drinking much drinking (7){Rising earlyEarly risingis good for ( the ) health. ( ) 177early rising early rising early (8){Collecting stamps (P)The collecting stamps ( )The collecting of stamps (P)has long been his hobby.( ) the collecting stamps the of (9) I object to{punishing our children severely. (P)the severe punishing our children. ( )the severe punishing of our children. (P)( ) punishing severely -ly B. (1) He enjoys reading for reading s sake, not for scholarship.}}}}

3 ( )(2) He is so busy that I can t keep track of all his comings and goings.( )(3) I can not understand his recent sayings and doings.( )C. 178 (1) Please excuse my coming late. ( )(2) I m annoyed about John s forgetting to pay. ( )(3) Who told you of your wife s being there? ( )(4) Her deciding to do it at the age of 85 shows she is still full of spirit.( )(5) I cannot understand his getting engaged to such an empty-headed girl.( )(6) a. Understanding English is easy. ( )b. Your understanding that so quickly surprised me.( )(7) a. Smoking is not allowed in class. ( )b. His smoking in church shocked me. ( )(8) a. Flying abroad is very common nowadays.( )b. My aunt s flying off to Africa took the whole family by surprise.( ) (a) 179 ( ) I dislike my mother s ( or my mother ) interfering in my business.

4 ( ) interfere in He left the house without our ( or us ) knowing anything about it.( ) It s no use their ( or them ) complaining. ( )(b) -ing -ing a. I heard your singing at the party.( )b. I heard you singing at the party. ( ) a heard singing your b heard you singing a ( singing ) b ( you ) a. Our success in the venture depends on Mary s acting as the ( )b. Our success in the venture depends on Mary acting as the coordinator.( ) a ( Mary ) ( acting as the coordinator ) b ( Mary ) ( c ) mind a.

5 I don t mind living here. ( = I live here and don t object to it. )( )mind ( ) b. I don t mind his living here. ( = He lives here and I don t object to this. )( ) a. Would you mind moving your car? ( = Move your car, would you? )( )Would you mind b. Would you mind my moving your car? ( = Would you object if I moved your car?)( )