1.
Presentation on the gerund
Made by
Imane Jaabouk
Centre Régional des Métier d’Education et Formation Rabat, Salé,
Zemour Zair

2.
The outline
 I- Verbs+ possessive adjective/
pronoun object+ gerund
 II-the verb mind
 III- the perfect gerund
 IV- the passive gerund

3.
I- verbs +possessive adjectives/
pronoun object+ gerund
 A-If the verb or verb + preposition is followed
directly by the gerund, the gerund refers to the
subject of the verb:
 Tom insisted on reading the letter
 Meaning: Tom read it
 If we put a possessive adjective or pronoun
object before the gerund, the gerund refers to
the person denoted by the possessive adjective
or pronoun object:
 He insisted on meme reading the letter
 Meaning: I had to read it.

4.
B-Useful expressions and verbs which
can take either construction are :
VerbsVerbs ExpressionsExpressions
•Dislike
•Involve
•Mean
•Mind
•Propose
•Resent
•Stop
•Suggest
It’s no good/use of
There is no point in
What’s the point of

5.
Examples
 He disliked working late
 He disliked me working late
 I objected to paying twice for the same thing
 I objected to his/him making private calls on the
phone
 He resented being passed over the promotion
 He resented my / me being passed over the
promotion

6.
C- The gerund with excuse, forgive, pardonC- The gerund with excuse, forgive, pardon
& prevent& prevent
 The above mentioned verbs are not directly by a gerund
but take either
 possessive adjective or pronoun+ gerund
 eg: Forgive me/my ringing up so early
 you can’t prevent his/ him spending his own money
oror
 pronoun+preposition+gerund:
 Forgive me for ringing up so early
 You can’t prevent him from spending his own money
 As for the verb ‘‘appreciate’’, it usually requires a
possessive adjective or passive gerund:
 I appreciate your giving me so much of your time
 I appreciate being given this opportunity

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II- The verb ‘‘mind’’II- The verb ‘‘mind’’
 A-this verb is chiefly used in the interrogative and
negatives:
 Would you mind waiting a moment?
 I don’t mind walking
 B-it can be followed directly by a gerund:
 I don’t mind living here
 I live here and I don’t object to
 oror by a noun / pronoun or possessive adjective+ gerund :
 I don’t mind him living here
 He lives here and I don’t object to his living here.

8.
would you mind?
 It is one of usual ways of making requests:
 Would you mind not smoking? ( please don’t
smoke)
 Would you mind moving your car?
 A change happens when a possessive adjective
precedes the gerund:
 Would you mind my moving you car?
 would you object if I moved your car?

NBNB:
 This is not a request but a polite query.
 The verb “mind” can never be followed by an infinitive.

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III- The perfect gerund
 The form: having + p.p ( having worked)
 It could be used instead of the present form of the
gerund( working) when we are talking about past
actions:
 He was accused of kidnapping a girl
 or
 He was accused of having kidnapped a girl
 The perfect gerund is fairly usual after “deny”:
 He denied having been there.
 Otherwise, the present form is much more usual.

10.
IV- The passive gerund
 The form:
 Present: being written
 Perfect: having been written
 Eg:
 He was punished by being sent to bed
without any supper.
 I remember being taken to Paris as a
small child
 The safe showed no signs of having been
touched