Exercise 1

Decide if the gerund is used as subject or object in the following sentences.

Example: Smoking is very dangerous for your health. subject

Tom has given up smoking. - object

1. He hates answering the phone.________________________

2. If you keep letting your dogs run wild, they will bite some child one day. __________________

3. Looking for a flat might be very tiring. ________________________

4. Lying on the beach is much more pleasant than going to school. ________________________

5. Telling him the truth is not the best option, he cant handle that. ________________________

6. He postponed making a decision till it was too late. ________________________

7. Imagine having to get up at 5 and milk the cow! ________________________

8. I tried explaining everything to him, but he just wouldnt listen! ________________________

9. Seeing my mom in hospital after the dreadful accident was terrible. ______________________

10. Its no use crying over spilt milk. ________________________

11. Breaking the eggs before you make the omlette might be better. ________________________

12. Making your hather angry is not a good idea. ________________________

13. Stop arguing, we wont finish this conversation if you disagree everything I say. ____________

14. Smoking inside restaurants is not allowed anymore. ________________________

15. Leaving his job and going to America seemed to be a very good idea. ___________________

16. I dont enjoy going to the dentist. ________________________

17. The children prefer playing computer games to reading nowadays. ______________________

18. Would you mind parking somewhere else? This is a private area. ________________________

19. Borrowing money is not something I would do on a regular basis. _______________________

Solutions E1: answering - object, letting object, looking subject, lying subject, going subject, telling
subject, making object, having object, explaining object, seeing subject, crying object,
breaking subject, Making subject, arguing object, smoking subject, leaving subject, going
subject, going object, playing object, reading object, parking object, borrowing subject.