（一）动名词作主语
1. Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
2. Getting mad at others means other people are getting control of my emotions!
3. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

特定句型：
It is no good/ no use / a waste of time / any/some good/any/some use doing sth

Eg:
It is no use crying over spilt milk.

Is it any good trying to explain?
It is not much use my buying salmon if you don’t like fish.
It is simply a waste of time and money seeing that movie.
It is a waste of time trying to explain it to you.
There is no point/use/good (in) doing sth.

Eg: There is no point in my going out to date someone.

There is no use your arguing with him.

There is little use in hurrying to get there.
There is no doing sth = it is impossible to do sth / we can`t do sth
Eg: there is no telling what will happen tomorrow.

There is no knowing the future.
= it is impossible to know the future. =we can`t know the future.
There is no denying the fact that…
（二）动名词作宾语
A.在某些动词的后面一般要用动名词作宾语：admit, advise, anticipate, appreciate, avoid, consider, contemplate, delay, deny, detest, discuss, dislike, encourage, endure, enjoy, escape, excuse, fancy, favor, feel like, finish, forbid, forgive, give up, can’t help, imagine, involve, mention, mind, miss, overlook, permit, postpone, practice, prohibit, put off, resent, resist, risk, can’t stand, suggest, tolerate, understand
Eg: she was so angry that she felt like throwing sth at him.
I can’t imagine saying goodbye to the horses.
Peter suggested stopping at the next town.
Putting in a new window will involve cutting away part of the roof.
B在介词后面做宾语
Look forward to, object to, be used to, prefer doing to doing, in addiction to, be accustomed to do/doing, take to doing, devote…to doing, dedicate…to doing, be opposed doing, get round to doing, approach to doing
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
I am used to sleeping with the lights on.
I am accustomed to sleeping with the lights on.
The students object to increasing their tuition.
After a long delay I finally got round to making inquiries into the matter.
Many people don’t understand the difference between idle time and leisure time. Idle time amounts to wasting or stealing time; leisure time is earned. Procrastinating amounts to not working.
C.在特定的句型中作宾语
1.
Have difficulty/trouble/problems/a lot of fun/a hard time in doing sth
2. 表示“情不自禁”，“不得不”的短语
No one can’t help liking Tom; he is such a cute boy.
3.be worth doing主动表被动
The book is worth reading.
The book is worthy of being read.
The book is worthy to be read.
（三）动名词作表语
放be后面，以补充说明句子主语的具体内容,对主语进行解释说明作用。
His hobby is collecting stamps.
Reading is permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.
One of the best exercises is swimming．
Our work is serving the people．
Our goal is realizing the four modernizations in the near future．
（四）动名词作定语
A sleeping car 卧车
A reading room
A swimming pool＝a girl who is swimming一个在游泳的姑娘
a walking stick＝a stick that is used for walking一根拐杖
washing machine　洗衣机
dining room　饭厅

动名词的逻辑主语
当句子的主语不是动名词动作的执行者时，我们往往要给动名词自己的动作发出者，即动名词的逻辑主语。
Eg:
he insisted on reading the letter.
he insisted on my reading the letter.
I object to making private calls on this phone.
I object to his making private calls on this phone.
Would you mind telling us the whole story?
Would you mind Tom’s telling us the whole story?
主动形式表被动意思
Demand, deserve, need, require 和want
The garden needs watering. /to be watered
He deserved praising. / to be praised
Your hair wants cutting./ to be cut.
You’d better have it done tomorrow.
The steak is raw. It needs cooking. / to be cooked
more before I can eat it.
判断句子的含义：
He deserves shooting first.
He deserves to shoot first.

动名词是英语中学习的难点之一 同学们一定要注意区分动名词和分词 避免学习的混淆