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gerund in English:

1. suggest


What do you suggest?
Tom doesn't think there is any advantage of doing it the way you suggest we do it.
I suggest we discuss politics.
Statistics suggest that the population of this town will double in five years.
If you request a further discount, we suggest changing the terms of payment.
He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.
I suggest that
The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.
I suggest you to go absolutely on a trip to Ferrara and Ravenna.
If you're unhappy with your private life, I suggest you register on Facebook. It's the best way to get rid of it.
You ought to help her out. He suggested that I help her out.
Let’s go out for a walk. He suggested going out for a walk.
People who use a lot of swear words tend to be more honest and trustworthy, human behavioral studies suggest.
Should I suggest separate holidays this year?
Doctors suggest eating five pieces of fruit and vegetables every day.

English word "gerund"(suggest) occurs in sets:

gerund and infinitive
Verb patterns (6b)
generous infinitive

2. finish


Let me finish.
I wish I could figure out how to finish this project without asking for help.
When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?).
What do you want to do after you finish college?
My supervisor is making me do this so I'm in no hurry to finish.
She helped her younger brother finish his picture.
If we begin early, we can finish by lunch.
Tom told Mary that he wouldn't be able finish the job in the amount of time she'd given him.
I found this book interesting from start to finish.
We don't have time to finish checking the figures now, but we can go over them after lunch.
It's doubtful if we'll finish in time for Christmas.
We cannot finish it before Saturday even if everything goes well.
Apply two coats of the paint for a good finish.
It was such a hard test that we did not have time to finish.
The sooner we start, the sooner we'll finish.

English word "gerund"(finish) occurs in sets:

VERB PATTERNS: verbs followed by the gerund or inf...

3. practise


She practises piano every morning.
If you want to improve you must practise.
practise basketball
It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
That's just standard practise, it's not like they're cutting corners.
Just getting one-to-one guidance was enough to make it an extremely fulfilling practise session.
You need to practise more.
He sometimes practises at home too.
You should practise introducing yourself.
the more you practise speaking english the more fluent you’ll get
I practise speaking english.
His written French is very good but he needs to practise speaking it.
Paulina had a chance to practise speaking German when she went to Austria.
I practise judo twice a week.
It is normal practise to contact the company's home office in these kinds of cases.

4. stop


Stop!
If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!
Lost in thought, I missed my stop.
I think it's time for me to stop allowing her to always have her own way.
If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.
It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?
They'll stop at nothing to achieve their political goals.
Would you please stop singing so loudly? This is not a cheap drinking place.
We must stop using ozone-depleting chemicals immediately.
Imagine if you started hiccoughing and you couldn't stop.
There are shuttle buses that stop at several hotels in Tokyo.
You know that your English is good when people stop complimenting you on how good your English is.
I'm a bit down because a blogger friend of mine has decided to stop blogging.
Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
We had to stop over in San Francisco for two hours due to the fog.