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Gerund Exercise 2

Fill in the Blanks with suitable Gerunds

Loudly ….. (knock) at the gate, someone demanded admission into my room. It is not my habit …..(keep) someone for out for long. I immediately open the door as I believe it is decent ….. (give) a good reception to guests, I saw a man ….. (carry) a basket of flowers in his hand. I asked him ….. (come) in and he agreed ….. (accept) my hospitality.
One evening ….. (walk) down the road I saw a funny old man ….. (lean) against a lamp-pone. ….. (look) at my pockets he asked if I had got my salary. ….. surprise at the question I said that I had, ‘’ how about ….. treat me to a cup of coffee?” he said, I wanted ….. (move) away but he held on to my arm as if it were my duty ….. (treat) him to coffee. ….. (realized) that it was no use ….. (argue) with him, I let him ….. (drag) me to the nearest coffee shop.
….. (enter) theatre I read on the door “….. (smoke) is bad for health”. Many a time had I tried ….. (give up) smoking but the temptation was too much ….. (remind) of my grandmother’s advice, I once again thought of ….. (leave) it. I consoled myself ….. (think) that ….. (err) is human. I left the theatre ….. (determine) not to smoke again. It ….. (be) a rainy day it took me sometime ….. (reach) home.
….. (walk) down the stairs I stumbled and one of the eggs broken. I kept the ….. (break) egg in a plate. My mother scolded me for ….. (break) an egg. I began ….. (cry) ….. (see) me weeping, my father scolded my mother.
….. (enter) the room. I found it was ….. (open) ….. (be) suspicious I looked around ….. (notice) nothing special I moved towards the windows ….. (see) someone ….. (run) out of the back door I chase him; but he ….. (be) a better runner managed ….. (escape) ….. (return) home. I found everything gone. Then I realized that I failed ….. (catch) the real thief.
….. (know) that he was angry with me I went to meet him. ….. (be) annoyed at my presence, ho locked his room from inside . ….. (see) him ….. (close) the door, I knocked at door ….. (hear) repeated knocks at the door, he came out of his room. Yet he refused ….. (talk) to me. I felt sorry. I did not want ….. (become) his enemy. ….. (realize) that he would forgive me. I left the place. My mother advised me not ….. (see) him again. Yet I was eagerly looking forward ….. (him) again.
The robbers were trying to ….. (break) in to the house. They saw two policeman. ….. (approach) ….. (be) afraid they tried ….. (run) away. Before they could do so the policemen arrested them ….. (find) no other way the robbers offered the policeman money. ….. (be) greedy for money they let them ….. (go) away, the robbers got inside the house. ….. (collect) all cash and jewellery the robbers disappeared in to darkness . ….. (return) home the owner found his house burgled.
It is a common practice ….. (use) lasers in industry. They were used for ….. (cut) teeth in saws and ….. (drill) eyes in surgical needles. They are used ….. (measure) distances in making maps. ….. (weld) of metal parts together in electronic equipments is also done by lasers. It can also be used ….. (melt) extremely hard materials.
….. (play) the pipe, the piper made the rats ….. (come) out of their houses ….. (follow) the piper, the rats ran one after the other. The piper decided ….. (take) them to river. He went to the Mayor, ….. (remind) him of his promise and demanded from him his reward of money. However the Mayor failed ….. (honour) his promise.
….. (win) the first prize in the debate competition, Raghu decided ….. (put) in his maximum efforts in all the ….. (come) inter school competitions. His teacher advised him not …..(feel) very over confident ….. (win) is not that matters always ….. (be) a good student he knows the meaning of what his teacher advised him ….. (do) …..(take) part in many competitions, some won, some lost, he has learnt ….. (face) defeat and success equally. Now he advises all his friends ….. (follow) in his foot- steps.
“….. (escape) punishment, you must confess”, said my father. Not ….. (feel) guilty I refused ….. (admit) the mistake. He asked my mother not ….. (give) me anything ….. (eat) on that day ….. (Refuse) to budge, I stole money from his pocket and had my meal outside. …..(Find) his money gone. He caught me for a second time.
As soon as the bell for the second period rang, the Principal called the English Teacher ….. (write) an urgent letter. After ….. (finish) the letter, he went to his class-room. ….. enter the class-room, He found the class busy (read) their lesson quietly. He was glad ….. (see) this, ….. (encourage) them ….. (behave) like this in the future too. She spoke a few words ….. (praise) their behavior.