This document provides examples of gerunds and infinitives used as direct objects, including reading and speaking to get to know someone and exercising with gerunds and infinitives. It also lists expressions followed by gerunds that express emotions or states like being angry about, excited about, or tired of something. Finally, it lists verbs that can be used with prepositions and take gerunds as their object, such as complaining about, worrying about, or apologizing for something.