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Task 1. Choose the verbs or phrases which are followed only by the gerund. Make up 7 sentences of your own using a verb + gerund construction and your active vocabulary.
To like, to mind, to suggest, can’t help, to forget, to make, to admit, to avoid, to threaten, to detest, to resist, to get used (to), can’t stand, to let, to mean, to offer, to fancy, to start, to put off, to discuss, to regret, to remember, to look forward(to).
Task 2. Complete the sentences with the required form of the gerund and insert prepositions where necessary.
1. A conviction for larceny is to be allowed only … (to prove) fully that a larceny has actually taken place.
2. He did it … (to give) circumstantial evidence of an exceptionally strong character.
3. They spoke about the importance … (to conceal) the fact from here.
4. She was afraid … (to give) evidence against him.
5. … (to convict) a person of murder this evidence will not be sufficient.
6. French public law has never been codified, and French courts have produced a great deal of case law … (to interpret) codes that become out of date because of social change.
7. In English law, a defendant can avoid guilt … (to injure) someone if he can convince the court that the force he used was reasonable to protect himself in the circumstances.
8. If his lawyer is not here, an individual may be drawn … (to make) misleading statements that could adversely affect his case.
9. ... (to give) any direct testimony, the plaintiff or defendant stays with his lawyer at the counsel’s table and observes the trial.
10. The thief regrets … (to be) so rude to the policeman.
11. After a short break the psychologist continued … (to speak) with young offenders of the Boot Camp.
12. Walking past the living room with an ajar door Mrs Marple could hear the cousins … (to discuss) the last letter from their uncle from Madeira.
alexey norkitovich, better known as lesha swik - this is a popular russian rapper.
аs a child alexey was born into a family with polish and jewish roots. there is almost no reliable information about the childhood of a musical artist and his parent, as he does not tell journalists and media representatives about this. the rapper began to be interested in music since childhood. his idols were jared leto and eminem. t
what does swick mean? alexey decided to invent himself a pseudonym, under which he will work in the future. his stage name was created at the time of the flight of fantasy.
lesha svik rapper the composition “last rain” became alexey's first personal work. he presented it to the audience after he was known in small circles of fans to listen to rap. initially, he was part of the “puzzle” group, which also included viktor ovsyankin and efim kartashev. the name of the group he came up with himself. previously, all three performers worked solo, then joined the team and began to work together. the group was created in 2013. but, about a year later, efim left her. swick and victor continued to work and released a joint album called "painted world". the album was presented to the audience in 2015. after some time, the group became obsolete, and swick began to work independently.
the popularity of alexei's solo career begins to gain momentum, but he did not release many albums. compared to the work that he had previously (during the period when he was in the “puzzle” group), the sound changed. alexey began to perform not just a classic and familiar rap, but something similar to edm. his hip-hop recitative sets the audience in motion.
Did Mr or Mrs Gray work in a bank?
Who was fond of music and art?
The Grays had a son, didn't they?
What was his name?
What didn't Peter like ?
Where did Mr and Mrs Gray want to spend the summer?
They found а nice small house far from Mr Gray's office, didn't they?
How long were Peter and his mother going to stay there?
What did the bоу do when they arrived at the house?
Did hе see а nice kitchen with а white fridge, two cupboards, а cooker and а sink?
There wasn't electricity in the house, was there?
What did Peter see in the corner?
Was there a fireplace in the sitting room?
Did Peter find а bathroom?
Was Peter was glad that there was no hot and cold running water in the house, wasn't he?