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Gerund alan fiiller:

admit deny explain keep prevent
anticipate detest fancy loathe recall
appreciate discontinue feel like mean report
avoid dislike finish mention resent
celebrate dispute forgive mind resist
consider endure can’t help miss risk
contemplate enjoy hinder pardon suggest
defer escape imagine postpone understand
delay excuse involve practise

‘Be’ fiilinin tümleci olarak:

Their aim is beating Fenerbahçe.
(Onların amacı Fenerbahçe’yi yenmektir)

His favourite pastime is playing chess.
(Onun favori eğlencesi satranç oynamaktır)

‘Come’ ve ‘go’ fiillerinden sonra da gerund kullanılır. Öneri veya davet ifade eder:

Come swimming this weekend.
Come fishing tomorrow.
Why don’t we go shopping an hour later?
They want to go sailing next week.

‘Need’, ‘want’ ve require fiillerinden sonra da gerund kullanılır:

Your car needs/wants/requires washing.
Murat needs encouraging.

Fiil + accusative (-i hali= me, you, him, Ann gibi ) + gerund:

 Hear, keep, smell, start, stop, watch fiilleriyle:

I heard him laughing.
He smelt something burning.
We bandaged his wound but couldn’t stop it bleeding.
The smoke started her coughing.
She watched us crossing the road.

 Catch, find, leave, notice, observe, perceive, see fiilleriyle de:

They saw him stealing a bike.
I caught him stealing apples from our garden.
Our teacher found us cheating.