This document provides an outline for a presentation on the use of gerunds in English. It discusses several topics: 1) Verbs followed by possessive adjectives/pronouns and a gerund, and how this construction changes the meaning. 2) The verb "mind" and how it can be used with gerunds. 3) The perfect gerund form (having + past participle) and when it is used instead of the present gerund form. 4) The passive gerund form and examples of its use.

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

7. 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.

9. 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