Мележик К. Н. Неличные формы глагола indd

eating, coming, reading, going, greeting, discussing

1. The surgery opened at five-thirty, and I made a point of … along 

there quite promptly. 2. The only way of … to the dance was on our 

bicycles. 3. They talked and laughed and shouted, and there was the 

clatter of knives and forks, and strange sounds of... . 4. Philip had few 

friends. His habit of ... isolated him. 5. He could not bear the thought 

of... his situation. 6. There were cries of ... from a dozen voices and they 

moved toward her. 7. Philip could never tell lies without embarrassment, 

and he was scarlet when he finished his explanation for not... .

hearing, answering, leaving, passing, looking, reading, racing

1. She looked at the paper, after ... out this question. 2. Before the 

little old lady grasped his arm. 3. He spent those nights after ... at his 

mother’s house in Green Street. 4. He found an endless excitement in ... 

at their faces and ... them speak. 5. Tom considered before... . 6. She 

seemed excited on ... this. 7. Poirot had looked up at the staircase in …, 

and shook his head in a dissatisfied manner.

noticing, having, disguising, bringing, answering, working, 

coughing, laughing, breaking

1. Cindy glanced up, then away, without.... 2. Liz was able to make her 

own living by ... at a factory. 3. Eventually Selwyn couldn’t laugh for and 

again, he couldn’t cough for... . 4. Can’t we even laugh properly without 

... trouble? 5. Was he trying to escape by ... himself? 6. Major Pennymann 

went on without ... her interruption. 7. We might be fined for ... the Press 

along, George. 8. You might run all my life by ... your promise.

g) Part of a compound verbal predicate

pacing, shaking, saying, looking, reproducing, eating, chatting, 

knitting

1. Teddy Lloyd continued ... Jean Brodie in his paintings. 2. He began 

... the words aloud to himself. 3. They went on ... their dinner. 4. The old 

man stopped ... her fist and stick. 5. Sandy kept ... ahead; Mary tried to 

keep up with her. 6. Anson Harris had ceased ... out and was flying on 

instruments alone. 7. Two weeks old this child was, and the lady had 

just finished ... her pram cover in stripes of white and blue. 8. The twins 

started ... about their school life.