Герундий

• E.g. She thought she would go to the country for the weekend. She thought of going to the country for the weekend.

• E.g. When she had bought everything she needed, she went home. After buying everything she needed, she went home.

Запомните следующие глаголы и выражения, требующие после себя герундия

to avoid

to burst out

cannot help

to deny

to enjoy

to excuse

to finish

to forgive

to give up

to go on

to keep (on)

to mind
(только в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях)

to postpone

to put off

to stop

Запомните следующие глаголы и выражения, требующие после себя герундия с определенными предлогами

to accuse of

to agree to

to approve of

to be afraid of

to complain of

to depend on

lo feel like

to give up the idea of

to insist on

to look forward to

to object to

to persist in

to prevent from

to rely on

to succeed in

to suspect of

to thank for

to think of

Обратите внимание, что после глаголов to want, to need, to deserve, to require, а также после слова worth употребляется active gerund, хотя по значению он passive.

E.g. My watch needs repairing (а не being repaired).

Сравните:

I don't mind opening the window. I don't mind his opening the window.

She did not object to doing the room. She did not object to my doing the room.

She insisted on being allowed to go home. She insisted on her son being allowed to go home.

Сравните герундий и отглагольное существительное:

Reading a good book gives me a lot of pleasure.
герундий

The reading of a good book gives me a lot of pleasure.
отглагольное существительное