doing的用法

非谓语动词三剑客之一——doing

第一部分：

Read the following sentences and find out the function.

1. The falling leaves in the wind look like beautiful butterflies around the flowers.

2. The girl sending milk every morning last month is from the country.

3. I caught a thief stealing a car so I called the policeman.

4. Don’t have the students studying all day.

Link to the NMET:

1. Don’t leave the water ______ while you brush your teeth.

A. run

B. running

C. being run

D. to run

2. I found the game excited.

3. --- Did you enjoy yourself at the party?

--- Yes, I’ve never been to ______ one before.

A. a more excited

B. the most excited

C. a more exciting

D. the most exciting

Practice:

I. Fill the blanks using proper forms.

1. I saw the children ______ (whisper) to each other when you turned around.

2. I counted the people ______ (enter) the cinema, and there were more than 150.

3. I almost fell asleep when I watched the ______ (bore) TV play.

4. The man with sunglasses ______ (stand) next to the car is a professor.

5. You should try hard to improve your ______ (write) ability.

6. I found a note ______ (read): I will come back tomorrow.

II. Multiple Choices.

7. The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ______ the desert.

A. covering

B. covered

C. cover

D. to cover

8. The flowers ______ sweet in the garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.

A. to smell

B. smelling

C. smelt

D. to be smelt

第二部分：

Read the following sentences and find out the function.

1. Learning English is a hard job.

2. It is no use crying over spilt milk!

3. Li Li is considering changing her job at present.

4. We had no difficulty (in) finding the white house.

5. The blackboard needs cleaning now. (= The blackboard needs to be cleaned.)

6. The news sounds exciting that the Chinese athletes have won morn than 100 gold medals in the Asian Games in Doha.

7. Our job is playing all kinds of music.

Link to the NMET:

I. Error correcting

1. Having fun with their friends make them happy.

2. I am looking forward to see all of you again in the near future!

3. I knocked at the door and was delighting when a pleasant old man opened the door and listened to my story carefully.

II. Multiple choices.

1. I can’t stand ______ with Jane in the same office. She just refuses ______ talking while she works.

A. working; stopping

B. to work; stopping

C. working; to stop

D. to work; to stop