VIII. Point out the sentences where the -ing forms are used

VIII. Point out the sentences where the -ing forms are used as nouns and translate them.
1. Swimming is very useful for our health.
2. Understanding the symptoms you can diagnose diseases.
3. The students translating texts used dictionaries.
4. The doctor told us about methods preventing heart diseases.
5. He is preparing a paper on infectious diseases.
6. Dont be afraid of meeting him.
7. Vitamins are very effective in improving our health.
8. Feeling bad he could not go with us.
9. The findings included in the report were very important.
10. I read an interesting article published in a medical journal.
11. The questions were connected with the publishing of his new book.
12. Translating the text the students came across some difficulties.
13. The approaching car will take the patient to the hospital.
14. Take this medicine before sleeping.
15. Biochemistry studies the chemistry of living tissue.
16. His being at the conference was quite unexpected.