Gerunds: after Prepositions, Possessive Adjectives, etc.


Pointers
1. Gerunds are commonly used after an adjective + a preposition:
He is good at carving statues out of wood.
2. A gerund may follow a possessive adjective or the possessive form of a noun:
She was annoyed at your interrupting her.
However, the pronoun or the noun can be used instead, especially in speech:
She was annoyed at you interrupting her.
3. A gerund may also be used after a verb + a preposition:
They insisted on accompanying us to the bus station.

Use the possessive form of the pronoun and the gerund of the verb given.
Do you enjoy _____ (they, sing)?
Do you enjoy their singing?

1. Everyone was very surprised at the Accountancy examination.
2. Would you mind you a few personal questions?
3. There is no use in this to the police. They can't help you.
4. We can understand to move out of the flat; it is too congested.
5. I don't remember me about your decision to leave the organization.
6. Can you imagine such things about their own relatives?
7. You wouldn't mind the bicycle for a while, would you?
8. We are accustomed to about her various ailments.
9. His parents are not very pleased with with those boys.
10. My father doesn't favour the idea of to ride a motorcycle.
11. The clerks are quite used to to the office very late.
12. I remember the book, but I don't recollect it.
13. She objects to the club because she considers them trouble-makers.
14. There is no point in with him. He just won't listen to reason.
15. Our dog dislikes it every week. He always tries to escape when he sees the soap and water.
16. You must excuse you. He does that because he is a very shy person.
17. They didn't mind on their piano; in fact, they encouraged us to do so.
18. I am shocked at such a strong words in their conversation.
19. We hated in our affairs, but we couldn't do anything about it.
20. There is no use in them on such a matter because it concerns them personally.