GERUND/ VERBAL NOUN

1. You should think before speaking. 

2. After finding the new word in the dictionary, I wrote it down and went on reading. 

3. He spent much time on the copying of his literature lectures. 

4. What do you mean by saying that? 

5. The students found the reading of English newspapers rather difficult at first. 

6. Instead of going home after school, the girls went for a walk. 

7. Chalk is used for writing on the blackboard. 

8. We were sitting by the river-side and listening to the running of the water. 

9. The cleaning of the room was done by the girls. 

10. Working in the garden is very good for the health of people. 

11. I stopped knocking at the door and began waiting for my father to come. 

12. The child stopped crying.