II. Say that your chief objects to doing the following. Use the Gerund. Follow the model.

Pattern: to include her work in the list of the best ones. - My chief objects to including her work in the list of the best ones.

1. to perform such extensive calculations.

2. to use both systems simultaneously.

3. to adopt the new methods.

4. to take part in their discussion.

5. to make use of the new scheme.

6. to carry out the experiment once more.

7. to interpret the obtained results in that way.

8. to transmit the information by radio.

III. Say that your friend is responsible for doing the following. Follow the model.

Pattern: to construct a new device for this experiment. - My friend is responsible for constructing a new device for this experiment.

1. to publish these papers in time.

2. to provide information on the subject.

3. to test the theory experimentally.

4. to account for the peculiarities of the new system.

5. to collect materials on the problem.

6. to consider the problem from this aspect.

7. to study the new observations thoroughly.

IV. Say how a student can increase his knowledge of physics. Use the Gerund. Also make use of the suggested elements. Follow the model.

Pattern: to take an interest in the subject. -A student can increase his knowledge of physics by taking an interest in the subject.

1. to attend lectures on physics regularly.

2. to study the subject hard and systematically.

3. to read literature on physics in foreign languages.

4. to study the ways in which the facts of science are obtained.

5. to learn to arrange and use the data obtained.

6. to exchange ideas with other students.

7. to use various textbooks and reference-books.

8. to study different viewpoints on the same phenomena.

V. Develop the situation instead of the Gerund in the active form. Use the Gerund in the Passive form. Mind the difference in meaning. Also make use of the suggested elements. Follow the model

Pattern: I don’t like objecting. And she... - And she doesn’t like being objected.

1. I like agreeing with him. And they...

2. I don’t like ordering other people. And she...

3. I am fond of reading to him. And he...

4. I hate disturbing other people. And she...

5. I like providing them with necessary books. And they...

6. I don’t like interfering with their conversation. And they...

7. I like giving explicit explanations on the problem. And he...

8. I remember having examined this student. And this student...

VI. Agree with the following negative statements. Then paraphrase the statements using the verb «to fail».

Pattern: He did not succeed in proving the theorem. -No, he didn’t. He failed to prove the theorem.

1. They did not succeed in achieving the expected results.

2. He did not succeed in imposing his ideas on us.

3. We did not succceed in getting at least a distant idea of the matter.

4. He did not succeed in advancing a good explanation for these facts.

5. They did not succeed in providing direct tests of their assumptions.

6. He did not succeed in giving an explicit account of his doings.

7. They did not succeed in finding empirical confirmation for the theory.