The Gerund is widely used with the following verbs and verbal phrases

to avoid
to burst out
to deny
to enjoy
to excuse
to finish
to forgive
to give up
to go on
to keep (on)
to leave off
to mind (in negative and interrogative sentences)
to postpone
to put off
cannot help
to accuse of
to agree to
to approve of
to complain of
to depend on
to feel like
to insist on
to look like
to object to
to persist in
to prevent from
to rely on
to speak of

Exercise 1. Insert the appropriate form of the Gerund.
1. After ___ more closely than usual and ___ his hair, he took the bus uptown. (to shave, to brush) 2. His latest craze was to discover her age, which he cursed himself for not ___ when he had her passport in his hands. (to observe) 3. I remember ___ him with her and Marner going away from church. (to see) 4. He insists on ___ there instead of me. (to send) 5. He had the most irritating habit of ___ at the wrong moment. (to joke) 6. After ___ through and ___ out, the letters were registered and filed. (to look, to sort out) 7. The child deserves ___ . (to praise) 8. “Why do you deny ___ with him? We saw you with him yesterday.” (to speak) 9. Self-employed businesses are famous for ___ to respond almost instantly to changes in demand. (to be able) 10. He was on the point of ___ her all the truth. (to tell)

The Gerund is used with predicative word-groups (with or without a preposition)

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