Use the Gerund of the verbs in brackets.

1. Students began (read) this article two hours ago.

2. Nowadays scientists are working out methods for (utilize) atomic energy for general use in peaceful purposes.

3. Upon (be excited), muscles contract to produce movements, and gland cells pour forth the secretions previously synthesized within them.

4. The catabolic process by which a complex food substance is changed into a simpler form without (be) completely destroyed is known as digestion.

5. A catalyst is a substance that accelerates a chemical change without itself (become) one of the products of the reaction or otherwise (alter) the end achieved.

6. Water is an essential plant nutrient. (Apply) irrigation water in arid areas differs very little in principle from (apply) fertilizer in humid areas.

Complete the sentences using the Gerund.

1. They succeeded in …

2. We are interested in …

3. It is no use …

4. This experiment is worth …

5. The students admitted …

6. We go on …

7. The biologists postponed …

8. They agreed to …

9. The scientists were capable of …

10. The lectures wanted to be informed of …

UNIT 4

The Cell

Reading and Speaking

You are going to read the text, check the meaning and pronunciation of the words in the dictionary if necessary

Protoplasmatic, connection, significance, tool, division, slice, tier, monk, to convey, mold, successor, observation, generalization, outcome, to precede, to state, to arise.

State the part of speech of the following words. Translate them.

To signify, significance, significant.

To compose, to decompose, composer, composition, decomposition.

To connect, connection, connective.

To organize, organizer, organization.

To arrange, arrangement.

To generalize, generalization, generality, general.

Concept, conception.

To actualize, actuality, actual, actually.

Attention, attentive, attentively.

To brief, brief, brief, briefly.

Accurate, accuracy, accurately.

Divide, division.

Exist, existence, existing, pre-existing.

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