Usage of Gerund after possessive noun or pronoun.

e) Gerund is used after possessive noun or pronoun to

express the name of events, activities, occurrence, etc.

1. I don’t like his doing this.

Gerund — ‘doing’.

And, it is used after the possessive pronoun ‘his’.

2. I am very glad at your son’s passing the SSC examination.
Gerund—‘passing’.

And, it is used after the possessive noun- your son’s.

3. I don’t like Salma’s playing card.
Gerund—‘playing’.

And, it is used after the possessive noun- Salma’s.

4. He doesn’t like my smoking.
Gerund—‘smoking’.

And, it is used after the possessive pronoun- my.

5. My father doesn’t like my going to the cinema.

Gerund—‘going’.

And, it is used after the possessive pronoun- my.

6. My mother doesn’t like my wasting money.
Gerund—‘wasting’.

And, it is used after the possessive pronoun- my.

Grammar spot:

There are mainly three kinds of cases. They are—

1. Nominative case: Generally used as the subject of

finite verb. Examples:

i) Karim reads a book. Nominative case: ‘Karim’.

ii) He is a brilliant student. Nominative case: ‘He’.

2. Objective case: Generally used as the object of a

transitive verb or preposition and as the complement of

a linking verb. Examples:

i) I like him. Objective case: ‘him’.

And, it is used as the object of transitive verb like.

ii) He lives in Chittagong. Objective case: ‘Chittagong’.

And, it is used as the object of preposition ‘in’.

iii) It is me. Objective case: ‘me’.

And, it is used as the complement of linking verb ‘is’.

3. Possessive case: Generally used before noun to show

possession/ belonging or relation. Examples:

i) This is his book. Possessive case: ‘his’

And, it is used before the noun, book to show

belonging.

ii) Karim is my brother. Possessive case: my.

iii) He is Tuhin’s brother. Possessive case: Tuhin’s.

Note. To turn a noun into possessive, we have to add

an ’s (apostrophe- s) at the end of the noun.(only for

the liveliness ).

** There is a special case by name ‘Vocative Case’.

Examples:

i) Rahim, you should help him. Vocative case: Rahim.

ii) Sir, may I go there. Vocative case: Sir.

iii) My friends, please listen to me.

Vocative case: My friends.

Now watch the following sentences and explain how

the gerunds are used.

1. I don’t like his playing cricket.
2. I don’t like his smoking.
3. My mother doesn’t like my wasting time.
7. He laughed at my falling down.
8. He is interested in my reading in this room.
9. She was shocked at my being kicked out.
10. There is a possibility of the class being held.

11. I don’t like women’s gossiping here.
12. He insisted on my going to cenema.
13. She was shocked at my being kicked out.
14. My father was very shocked at my being failed.

15. Nobody likes his bribing.