Question

Используйте герундий в активной или пассивной форме

1. Your hair is very long. It needs (cut).
2. The house looks shabby. It wants (repair).
3. His answer was very good. The boy deserves (praise).
4. The room is so dirty. It needs (scrub).
5. Our educational system is out –of-date. It needs (reform).
6. The fence looks so dull. It requires (paint).
7. They say the film is very boring. It’s not worth (see).
8. His behaviour was outrageous. He deserves (punish).
9. The dress is old-fashioned. It’s not worth (buy).
10. There is a hole in this tooth. It needs (fill).
11. The child is still very weak. It needs (look after) more than its elder sister.
12. His remark was very witty. It is worth (quote).

Answer 1

1Cutting

2 repairing

3 praising

4 scrubbing

5 reforming

6 painting

7 seeing

8punishing

9 buying

10 filling

11 looking after

12 quoting