Question

III. Выделите в предложениях ing-формы, выпишите и определите, являются ли они причастием, герундием или отглагольным существительным: 1. Chalk is used for writing on the blackboard. 2. We sat by the river-side listening to the running of the water. 3. The cleaning of the room was done by the girls. 4. Working in the garden is very good for the health of people. 5. Going home from the cinema, they were discussing the play they had seen. 6. Remembering that time was like going back to his childhood.

Answer 1

1. "Chalk is used for writing on the blackboard." - "writing" is a gerund, functioning as the object of the preposition "for." 2. "We sat by the river-side listening to the running of the water." - "listening" is a gerund, functioning as the object of the preposition "to." 3. "The cleaning of the room was done by the girls." - "cleaning" is a gerund, functioning as the subject of the sentence. 4. "Working in the garden is very good for the health of people." - "working" is a gerund, functioning as the subject of the sentence. 5. "Going home from the cinema, they were discussing the play they had seen." - "going" is a gerund, functioning as the subject of the sentence. 6. "Remembering that time was like going back to his childhood." - "remembering" is a gerund, functioning as the subject of the sentence.