现代大学英语精读3 unit 5课后联系答案~
Study these sentences and find out the grammatical function of each of the italicized
gerund phrase.
The gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle. However, while the
latter has the functions
of the adjective or the adverb, the former always functions as a noun. Gerunds denote
activities in a
general way. They cannot be used with numbers and such determiners as "this" and
"that".
1), 2), 3) prepositional object
4) prepositional object
knife-fighting: part of a compound word which is used as prepositional object
5), 6) objects of verbs "
7) going...: object of verbs
being hit several times by his father: prepositional object
8) prepositional object
9) Keeping to myself: subject
not forming attachments: prepositional object
10) object of a verb with a possessive pronoun referring to the performance of the
action it denotes
11) prepositional object
12) prepositional object with a possessive pronoun referring to the performer of the
action it denotes
13) prepositional object
14) subject of the object clause
15) dealing in...: object of a verb:
designing, assembling and marketing his own: object of a verb
16) prepositional object
2. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets, using the construction
of
preposition + gerund phrases.
1) by typing messages to each other
2) far from being the center of the universe
3) without being recognized
4) on arriving at the airport
5) After finishing college
6) without ever knowing
7) Instead of spending her energy on her studies
8) by babysitting for a neighbor after school
9) before leaviqg his office
10) for taking him .to hospital in time for emergency treatment
ii) In/While sorting out his father's manuscript
12) through/from reading their compositions
3. Complete the sentences.
1) Choose the fight form of the verb in brackets--gerund or infinitive.