Exercise 1. Find the gerunds in the following sentences and translate them into Russia.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Give up eating a lot of candy.
I like getting presents.
Would you mind waiting in the hall?
Excuse me for interrupting you.
I’m looking forward to seeing you.
It’s worth going there.
I can’t help telling you the story.
This film is worth seeing.
Driving a car is one of my hobbies.
Travelling abroad can be exciting enough, but just now it is more exciting being here.
This is the right way of doing it.
I’m fond of playing chess.
I was tired of waiting.
She stopped answering my letters and I wondered what the matter might be.
Can you recall having mentioned the fact to anybody?
On being told the news she gave a gasp of surprise.
She denied having been at the station that evening.

Exercise 2. Use the gerund of the verb in brackets.
They denied ………… the money. (steal)
I don’t enjoy ……………. very much. (drive)
Has it stopped …………. yet? (rain)
Why do you keep ………… me questions? (ask)
Please stop ………… me questions. (ask)
One of the boys admitted …………… the window. (break)
Ann was having dinner when the phone rang. She didn’t answer the phone, she just carried on ………….. (eat)
Are you fond of ………… ? (play tennis)
The baby began ………….. in the middle of the night. (cry)
Why do you avoid ………….. me? (see)
We insist on ………….. him there at once. (send)
You never mentioned …………… to them on the subject. (speak)
I don’t remember ever ………….. you. (see)

Объяснение:

пишешь про свой друг(-подруга)

1)Что ему(-ей) нравится

2)Что он(-а) может

3)в чем он(-а) хорош(-а)

4)Его любимый

Вот пример:

1)He (-She) likes... (reading ,cooking,dancing,swimming и т.д)

2)He(-she) can... (play-football,basketball,volleyball и т.д)или вместо play можешь что-то другое написать.

3)He's (-she's) good at... (math,science,geography,biology,chemistry и т.д)

4)His (-her) favourite... (Например любимый цвет или еда,песня,урок и т.д)

Если напишешь про любимый цвет:

Her/his favourite colour is... (brown,black,yellow,red и т.д)

Если про предмет (урок):

Her/His favourite subject is.. (math,geography и т.д)

Наверное все понятно:)

1. Why is it necessary to know English today? 
1. One billion people speak English nowadays.  That's about 20% of the world's population. That's why it is necessary to know English today.
2. English is a world language, isn't it? 
2. Yes, it is. English is a world language.
3. How many people speak English? 
3. 400 million people speak English as their first language, the other 600 million people learn English as a second or a foreign language.
4. In what countries is English the official language (one of the official languages)? 
4.English is the official language in the USA, the UK, New Zealand, and
 as one of the official languages in India, Ireland, Canada and the Filippins. (In Australia there is no official language at all, but in Australia they use the English language as the basic language).
5. Is English popular in Russia? 
5. Yes, it is.
6. Is learning languages an easy thing? 
6. I think it is. But it depends on the person learning the language.
7. When did you begin learning English? 
7. I began learning English when I was 9 years old.
8. How long have you been learning English? 
8. I have been learning English for 7 years.
9. Have you read any books in English? 
9. I have read a few English books./ No, I haven't.
10. Have you seen any films in English? 
10. I have seen some English films./ No, I haven't.
11. Have you ever visited an English-speaking country? 
11. Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.
12. What other languages would you like to know?
12. I would like to know French, / Spanish/ German/ Chinese/ Italian, etc.