D) attribute

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C) part of complex object

B) object

Natalie likes driving a car. = Натали нравится водить машину. (Ей нравится, когда она сама ведет машину)

c) part of a predicate( after such verbs as: to begin, to start, to continue, to go on, to stop, to finish)

He suddenly stopped playing the piano and looked at me. = Он перестал играть на пианино и посмотрел на меня.

d) attribute ( with “of” before it)

You have forgotten the main rules of reading. = Ты забыл основные правила чтения.

e) adverbialmodifier (with a preposition before it)

On hearing the news he got very angry = Услышав новость, он очень рассердился.

On arriving home he asked Tom to bring him the magazine. = По приезде домой он попросил Тома принести ему журнал.

b) adverbialmodifier (without a preposition before it)

Driving the car Natalie enjoys it greatly. = Когда Натали ведет машину, ей это очень нравится.

Going down the street he met his history teacher. = Идя по улице, он встретил своего учителя истории.

David felt somebody touching him by the hand. = Давид почувствовал, как кто-то трогает его за руку.

Put the egg into the boiling water. = Положи яйцо в кипящую воду.

For Your Information!

Don't confuse simple gerunds with nouns. Nouns are used with articles, they may be preceded by attributes, have plural forms and possessive case, and of course, all of them may be found in a dictionary.

Exercise 16. Define ing-forms in the sentences below and state their functions.

1. The book was so exciting that I couldn't stop rending.

2. After watching the documentary on global warming I felt a bit depressed.

3. His feeling of self-confidence is too strong and sometimes irritates me.

4. Failing my driving test was one of the most disappointing experiences in my life.

5. Do you know the woman talking to Tom?

6. It was an exciting incident, no wonder she is still speaking about it.

7. Tom's breathing was so hard that the doctor insisted on his immediate hospitalizing.

8. While returning home he met his schoolmate who now lived abroad and came to their native town very seldom.

9. All my friends admired her dancing.

10. On hearing such an exciting news he stopped reading and raised his head from the book.