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GERUNDS

The document discusses different parts of speech that can be used with prepositions, including gerunds, verbs, adjectives, and nouns. It provides examples of each part of speech followed by a preposition, such as gerunds used as the object of prepositions like "The author's first book about living abroad in his youth is now a bestseller." It also discusses idiomatic expressions that can take either a gerund or infinitive form, like "I'm supposed to hand in this assignment tomorrow."

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GERUNDS

The document discusses different parts of speech that can be used with prepositions, including gerunds, verbs, adjectives, and nouns. It provides examples of each part of speech followed by a preposition, such as gerunds used as the object of prepositions like "The author's first book about living abroad in his youth is now a bestseller." It also discusses idiomatic expressions that can take either a gerund or infinitive form, like "I'm supposed to hand in this assignment tomorrow."

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GERUND

Gerunds as objects of prepositions


•Just like nouns, gerunds can be used as objects in sentences/clauses.
•They can be used as both direct objects as well as objects of prepositions:
Gerund as a direct object: Helena has mastered fencing.
Gerund as an object of a preposition: He quickly resorted to begging.

More examples of gerunds as the object of the preposition

•The author’s first book about living abroad in his youth is now a bestseller.
• My father’s interest in cooking with organic ingredients was inspired by famous cookbook.
•Holidays are perfect for visiting family.
Taken from https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whats-a-gerund/
Verb + Prepositions
• get accustomed to • restrain sb from doing
•Some verbs are followed by a doing sth sth
preposition + a gerund. These verbs • apologize for doing sth • tempt sb into doing sth
come from upper and pre-faculty • charge sb with doing • agree about/on doing
sth sth
level word lists. • deter sb from doing • decide against doing
sth sth
•There is a list of verbs that are • persist in doing sth • succeed in doing sth
followed by a preposition + a gerund • prohibit sb from doing • object to doing sth
on the right. sth • distract sb from doing
• dedicate/devote time, sth
•Choose 5 of these and make your energy to doing sth
own sentences and share them with • trap sb into doing sth
the class.
Adjectives + Prepositions
•You can also use adjectives with prepositions. These adjectives mostly come from the level word lists
•Can you give me a couple of examples for adjectives that are followed by prepositions?
•Below is a list of some adjectives with their prepositions.
•Choose 5 from the list and write your sentences about how you felt about taking an important exam.

anxious about amazed at/by famous for disappointed in


enthusiastic about awful at grateful for experienced in
furious about disappointed at/with prepared for interested in
nervous about about ready for involved in
serious about successful in
upset about good/bad at accountable for
worried about shocked at/by sorry for
skilled at/in suitable for
surprised at/by thankful for
More adjectives + prepositions
afraid of accustomed to bored with
ashamed of addicted to confronted with
aware of allergic to content with
capable of committed to fed up with
certain of dedicated to familiar with
conscious of indifferent to pleased with
envious of opposed to popular with
jealous of related to satisfied with
scared of similar to
Noun + Prepositions
• You can also use nouns with prepositions. These nouns come from upper and pre-faculty level word lists.
• Can you give me a couple of examples for nouns that are followed by prepositions?
• Below is a list of some nouns with their prepositions.
• Choose 5 from the list and write your example sentences about the topic of Environmental Issues and
Awareness.

approach to awareness of
access to knowledge of
ban on fear of
decision habit of
on/about addiction to
concern about contribution to
constraint on devotion to
threat to demand for
Idiomatic Expressions
•Idiomatic expressions are a type of informal language that have a meaning different
from the meaning of the words in the expression.
•They could be followed by either a gerund or an infinitive.
For example:
•My parents are looking forward to meeting you. They are very excited about it.
•I’m supposed to hand in this assignment tomorrow. I should do that because someone
in authority has demanded that.
Fill in the gaps with a gerund or an
infinitive form of the verbs in parentheses.
fixing (fix) this machine. It won’t be successful.
It’s no use ____________
telling (tell) him. He won’t listen. It won’t achieve what I intend to achieve.
It’s no good _________
studying
There is no point in ___________(study) the exam one day before the test. It won’t help
having
I feel like ___________(have) some friends over for drinks tonight. I really want that.
go
I’m about to _________(go) crazy these days with all the work I have to finish. I’m going to go
crazy soon
having
I can’t help ________(have) a beer after work. It’s so relaxing. I can’t stop it
waiting (wait) for buses. I really hate that. I’m not patient with that.
I can’t stand ________
getting (get) up early everyday. It’s no problem for me anymore. I’m
I’m accustomed to _________
used to it.

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