Les mots se terminant par "-ing"

Compréhension : participe présent, gérondif, simple nom ou adjectif verbal ?
Indiquez la nature du mot entre parenthèses dans les énoncés suivants.

Enoncés	Adj Verbal	Part Présent	Gérondif	Simple Nom
1. I prefer hiking (1) to climbing (2) mountains.			1 & 2
2. I find it more interesting.	X
3. While I find climbing boring (1) andtiring (2).	1 & 2
4. I saw him lighting a cigarette …		X
5. … while working in the garden.		X
6. The table he's making is for the kitchen.		X
7. The painting was stolen and sold for a fortune.				X
8. I don't like Picasso's painting.			X
9. But I like his drawings.				X
10. I'm looking (1) forward to reading (2) his letter.		1	2

Traduire :

1. They ran away shouting their heads off.

2. On getting back home, (we saw) the lawn needed mowing.

3. I always read the morning newspaper before going to work.

4. Trying desperately to save their lives some people jumped out of the top windows of the burning towers.

5. Have you done the washing-up?.

6. We got punished for arriving late.

7. I bought these shares thinking I was going to make a quick profit.

8. I'm not used to being talked to that way!.

9. He spends hours working for his boss on weekends.

10. She accused me of breaking her window.

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