GERUNDS

HAZIRLAYAN: EYDA ERDURAN

NO: 1090610154

GERUNDS AS SUBJECT OF A
SENTENCE
a) Gerund bir cmlenin yada yan cmlenin

znesi olarak kullanlabilir.

b) Bir cmlenin znesi gerund ise yklem tekil
bir fiilden oluur.Ancak,iki gerund and ile
balysa oul fiilden oluur.
c) ki gerund but yada or ile balysa yine tekil
fiil alr.
d) Gerund olumsuz yapmak iin bana not
getirilir.

Example:
Swimming is my favourite sport.
Reading and swimming my favourite

sports.
Not speaking is sometimes relax people.

GERUND AS SUBJECT
COMPLEMENT
Bir gerund fiilden sonra zneyi tanmlayan
szck grubu olabilir.
The main quality needed in his job is
being polite all the time.

GERUND AS DIRECT OBJECT

a) Baz fiiller, kendilerinden sonra gelen

fiili biiminde gerund eklinde alabilir.

I enjoy walking by the sea very much
You can go out when you finished doing
your homework.

Bu ekilde yaygn olarak kullanlan

eylemler unlardr:

Admit
Anticipate
Appreciate
Avoid
Cant help
Cant stand
Complete
Delay
Deny
Detest
Practise
Recall
Recollect
Remember
Resent
Resist
Understand

Dislike
Enjoy
Excuse
Finish
Keep
Mean
Mention
Mind
Miss
Postpone
Risk
Stop
Suggest

Example:
I appreciate being with friends.
He avoided looking at me.
I dont recall meeting you before.

The possessive + Gerund

Bir gerund un nnde iyelik sfat
kullanlr.
I admit being guilty.

GERUND AS TEHE OBJECT OF A

PREPOSITION
Bir preposition dan sonra isim gelir. Bu

nedenle bir preposition dan sonra gelen

fiil gerund biimindedir.
I am interested in watching television.

Preposition to alan yaplar

Object to
Be accustomed to
Be used to
Look forward to
Be opposed to
In addition to

Example:
I prefer tennis to basketball.
I prefer playing tennis to playing
basketball.

Preposition+ Gerund

Abstain from
Approve of
Argued of
Care about
Comment on
Complains about
Concentrate on
Object to
Participate in
Plan on
Thinking about

Apologized for
Consist of
Deal with
Decided against
Depends on
Dreamed of
Feel like
Forget about
Referred to
Advantage of
Talked about

Verb+ object +preposition +gerund

Accused the man of robbing

Apologized to me for being late
Arrested the guard for helping
Blamed her for making
Complained the owner about hassling
Congratulated him on being
Deterred the climbers from going
Devoted herself to bring in
Discouraged her from entering
Forgive him for lying
Kept me from studying
Prevented him from leaving
Punish him for stealing
Stopped me from making
Suspected him of betraying

Example:
Dont worry about my working so hard.
I was warned against smoking so hardly.
I am blamed by the customers for
delaying orders.

Adjective +preposition+ gerund

a) Pek ok sfat bir preposition ile birlikte

kullanlabilir ve bu preposition dan sonra

bir isim yada gerund gelir.Sfatlarla cmle
kurarken yaygn olarak kullanabileceimiz
filler unlardr: be, seem, appear, remain,
look, become, get, feel .

b) Bu ekilde yaygn kullanlan

sfatlar unlardr:

Be accustomed to
Afraid of
Angry at
Appropriate for
Ashamed of
Aware of
Bored with
Capable of
Concerned about
Content with
Delight at
Different from
Essential to
Excellent at
Excited about
Exposed to
famous for
Suitable for
Sure of
Worried about

Fed up with
Fond of
Good at
Feel guilty for
Be guilty of
Keen on
Lazy about
Opposed to
Proud of
Responsible for
Similar to
Sorry about
Terrified of
Tired from
Used to
Happy about

 Your younger son seems very good at

drawing.
Are you interested in taking photographs?
You are certainly capable of doing much
better work.

c) Tired of bir eyden bkmak

sklmak anlamna gelir tired from
yorulmak anlamnda kullanlr.
I am tired of waiting for you.
I am tired from writing.

d) Good at kullanmna benzer

ekilde bad at, hopeless gibi
szcklerini de kullanabiliriz.
She is quick at writing compositions in
English.

e) Used to gemiteki alkanlklar

ifade ettiimiz used to kalb
arsndaki ayrma dikkat edilmeli.
I used to smoke when I was 20 years old
I am used to drinking water as soon as I
get up early.

Noun+ preposition+ gerund

Baz isimler kendilerinden sonra bir

preposition+ gerund yapsyla kullanlabilir.

Bu ekilde yaygn olarak

kullanlan yaplar unlardr:

On account of
In case of
Difficulty in
In charge of
In danger of
In exchange for
For fear of
In spite of
Technique for
The point of

In the habit of
In return for
Instead of
Interested in
In the course of
In the middle of
Need for
Reason for
For the sake of

EXPRESSIONS+GERUND

It is no use
There is no point in
It is worth
A wast e of money/ time
Without doing
By doing
Busy doing
Have a good time doing
Sit/ stand + gerund

Baz fiiller hem gerund hem

infinitive alabilir.

Bu fiiller unlardr:
Stop vazgemek brakmak anlamndaysa

gerund gelir.
Try denemek anlamndaysa gerund gelir.
Go on devam etmek anlamndaysa gerund
gelir.
Remember hatrlamak anlamndaysa
gerund gelir.

 Forget hatrlanmas gereken bir eyi

unutmak anlamndaysa gerund alr.

Afraid sadece korkma duygusunu
anlattnda of ve gerund alr.
Mean anlamna gelmek anlamndaysa
gerund alr.
Propose teklif etmek anlamndaysa gerund
alr.

 Like hate prefer love

yalnz kullanldnda gerund alr. Care
umursamak anlamnda gerund alr.
Advise allow permit ilgili ahslarla
bahsedilmise gerund alr.

Baz fiiller hem gerund hem

infinitive alr anlam fark olmaz.
Begin
Start
Continue
Attempt
Intend

Verbs followed by a gerund or

Infinitive :
Need
Require
Want

Example:
The car needs washing.
The car needs to be washed.
I need to iron my shirt.
My shirt needs to be ironed.

THE PERFECT GERUND

Yklem ile gerund gerekletirdikleri

zaman asndan karlatrdmzda eer

gerund nce gereklemi ise , simple
gerund yerine perfect gerund
kullanabiliriz.

Example:
I appreciated your having helped me.
The headmaster denied having hit the
child.
The thief admitted having stolen the
money.

THE PASSIVE GERUND

Passive in temel kural be+ past participle
olduu iin kendinden sonra gerund alan
fiiller,passive yapy being done biiminde
alrlar.

Example:
I appreciated being invited to the party.
I dont enjoy being asked personal
questions.
I dont recall being informed about the
case.