Adverbs with gerunds

Do you have some examples we can work with?

Since gerunds function as nouns, they are not likely to take an adverb.

Hi,
Perhaps you could say 'I like slowly eating chocolate'?

Clive

It's more natural to place the adverb after the gerund
Reading quietly in bed always puts me to sleep.
He watched her sleeping soundly.
He heard the intruder tiptoeing stealthily down the stairs.

this example from TOEFL! CLICK ON THE ONE UNDERLINED WORD OR PHRASE THAT MUST BE CHANGED FOR THE SENTENCE TO BE CORRECT--------in 1977,Richard Helms pleaded guilty to charges of inaccurate testifying about CIA activities in Chile!THE UNDERLINED WORDS ARE GUILTY,INACCURATE,ABOUT,IN.

Using your editor U button in the group of buttons, B, I, U, you should be able to set up:

In 1977, Richard Helms pleaded guilty to charges of inaccurate testifying about CIA activities in Chile.

The mistake is " inaccurate ". It should be inaccurately, and it could be placed after testifying if you wanted.

CJ

THANK YOU ,BUT AS I KNOW WE SHOULD USE ADVERBS AFTER GERUNDS,WHY IN THIS EXAMPLE WE USE ADVERB BEFORE GERUND-INACCURATELY TESTIFYING?PLEASE GIVE ME THE GRAMMAR REFERENCE WHERE I CAN READ ABOUT IT!

I love this forum - I'm stuck thinking about "Swimming is my favorite sport" and thinking "How can we make an adverb fit? 'Happily swimming'??" and then dozens of examples follow. Why I was unable to think of things like "Walking briskly is good exercise," I don't know.

Anon - Please don't use all UPPER CASE letters. It's considered shouting on the Internet and is seen as being very rude

Grammar GeekSwimming competitively is my favorite sport

Hi,
Is anyone actually taking the position that putting the adverb first is incorrect grammar?

I'd say that, at least in some contexts, placing the adverb first adds emphasis to it.
eg I like lazily reading the Sunday newspapers in bed.

Compare that to
eg I like reading the Sunday newspapers lazily in bed.
eg I like reading the Sunday newspapers in bed lazily.