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Ex. 1)I could not help ___________ (overhear) what you were saying. 2)Would you mind ________ (buy) me a bottle of water? 3)He kept on ________ (ask) me silly question. 4)It is no use ________ (cry) over spilt milk. Ex. 1)Do you remember _______ (book) tickets for the cinema tomorrow? 2)Waving your hand means _______ (say) goodbye in China. 3)I didn’t mean ______ (hurt) you by saying that. 4)I regret __________ (inform) you that you have failed the exam. Filling the blanks I first began (1)____________ Internet chat rooms about a year ago. I started (2)________ regularly about two months later, and now I chat on the Internet daily. I love (3)________ chat rooms because sometimes I feel like (4)________ to be someone else online. I love to create a new identity for myself. Soon after visiting the chat rooms, I began to talk less to my real friends. I thought they were less exciting than my online friends. I usually enter the chat room at about 8 p.m. and continue (5)__________________ all evening, sometimes until midnight. But usually my mum makes me (6)______ at about 10 p.m. Mum discourages me from (7)________ online. She says I spend an absurd amount of time online. My friends say so too. Maybe they’re right. Last week, I even forgot (8)_______ my English essay. Mum says I had better (9)_______ my exams, or she will sell the computer as punishment. Although I have fun with my online friends, I know that my real friends are more important than my online friends. * Saying is one thing and doing another. Seeing is believing. Constant dripping wears away a stone. Reading enriches the mind. Look at following sentences, pay attention to the words in red. Verb-ing form as a noun 说是一回事,做是另一回事。 眼见为实。 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 开卷有益。 Functions of Verb-ing Subject Swimming is good for your health. 那样谈话不礼貌。 Talking like that is not polite. 南方与北方开战了。 Fighting broke out between the South