1. Translate the sentences into Russian

1. To learn two foreign languages simultaneously is difficult.

2. How to solve this problem is not clear.

3. My friend is likely to come today

4. the article is easy to understand.

5. I want them to come here in time.

6. He turned out to be a specialist in such matters.

7. This is the only thing for you to do.

8. He is said to be writing his course paper.

9. I was happy to have been offered this job.

10. He was the first to come here.

11. I saw the boy run.

12. We know him to be a good doctor.

13. He is said to be a talented musician.

14. We appear to know little about it.

15. We happened to meet them yesterday.

2. Write various forms of the Infinitive.

a) Indefinite Passive (to translate — to be translated).

to receive, to defend, to defeat, to tell, to write, to read, to do.

b) Continuous Active (to translate — to be translating).

to develop, to make, to discuss, to look, to give, to take, to examine, to watch, to enter.

c) Perfect Passive (to translate — to have been translated).

to send, to finish, to teach, to arrest, to offer, to attack, to make, to do.

d) Perfect Continuous (to translate — to have been translating)

to live, to work, to tell, to teach, to discuss, to look through.

3. Choose the right form of the Infinitive.

1. The article is difficult (перевести).

1. to have translated 2. to be translating 3. to translate

2. They proved unable (решить) the dispute.

1. to settle 2. to have been settled 3. to be settled

3. You do not seem (иметь) a good knowledge of Russian History.

1. to have had 2. to be having 3. to have

4. Let the children (собраться) in the hall.

1. to have been gathered 2. to gather 3. to be gathering

5. They are known (награждать) with medals recently.

1. to have been decorated 2. to be decorated 3. to decorate

6. The children are glad (обучать) music.

1. to be taught 2. have taught 3. to be teaching

7. He waited for the paper (опубликовать).

1. to publish 2. published 3. to be published

4. Construct sentences according to the model.

1. It is difficult to get this book, (pleasant — to work with him; easy — to explain the fact)

2. The problem is how to do it. (where — to stay; what materials — to use)

3. The text is easy to translate, (problem — to solve; matter — to discuss)

4. He is known to work at- this problem, (to be the father of Russian science; to live in France)

5. He appeared to be ill. (to be away; to be a true friend)

6. He was the last to come, (to leave; to mention it)

7. I would like you to do it. (to make a report; to start now)

8. Here is the letter to be typed, (the document — to sign; the article — to translate)

Unit 14 Grammar

Причастие

Причастие — это неличная форма глагола, которая обладает свойствами глагола , прилагательного и наречия.

Подобно прилагательному, причастие может быть определением к существительному или именной частью составного сказуемого:

A broken agreement — нарушенное соглашение

The agreement was broken — соглашение было нарушено

Подобно наречию, причастие может быть обстоятельством, характеризующим действие, выраженное сказуемым.

Reading the text he wrote out new words. — Читая текст, он выписывал новые слова.

ФОРМЫ ПРИЧАСТИЯ

	Participle I	Participle II	Perfect Participle
Active	Asking	—	Having asked
Passive	Being asked	asked	Having been asked

Причастные конструкции

Конструкция	Пример	Перевод
Объектный причастный оборот Сущ. (общ. пад) или мест. (объектн. пад) + прич. I, II	We heard him playing the piano. I considered the work done. I had my books bound	Мы слышали, как он играл на пианино. Я считал, что работа выполнена. Для меня переплели книги
Субъектный причастный оборот Сущ (общ. пад.) или мест. (им. пад) + прич. I, II	He was seen crossing the street.	Видели, как он переходил улицу.
Независимый причастный Оборот Сущ. (общ. пад) или мест (им. пад) + прич. I, II	It being warm, we went for a walk. Radio was invented in 1895, the inventor being the Russian scientist.	Так как было тепло, мы пошли гулять. Радио было изобретено в 1895 году, причем изобретатель был русским ученым.

Exercises