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25. Participle.

There are two types of participles in English: participle I and participle II. Participle I is an active form and participle II is a passive form. Participle I is formed by adding the suffix –ingto the stem of the verb and participle II – by adding the suffix–edto the stem of the regular verbs, while the irregular verbs have special forms of participle II.

E.g.asking – asked

writing – written

The girl writing a letter is my sister.

Letters written by my sister are difficult to read.

The perfect form expresses an action or a state which took place before the time expressed by the predicate of the sentence.

E.g.Having returned from a business trip he suggested new methods of work.

Participle I has four forms:

Active

Passive

Indefinite

writing

being written

Perfect

having written

having been written

Ex. 1. Translate the sentences into Russian.

  1. Frankly speaking I find her very boring.

  2. Having admitted she loved John, she was very frightened.

  3. The film being shown in our cinema is much spoken about.

  4. The film shown in all the central cinemas was worth seeing.

  5. One of these days they are going to move to the new house built not far from the underground station.

  6. The houses being built in our district are said to be comfortable.

  7. Seeing him on the other side of the street, I called him.

  8. I wrote my cousin a friendly letter thanking her for the help.

  9. None of the people invited to the party can come.

  10. If sent immediately, the telegram will be delivered at 7 o’clock.

  11. The doll lay deserted on the floor.

  12. Having finished the work, she called her boss.

  13. The man sitting by the fire is a close friend of mine.

  14. I watched the children playing in the garden.

  15. Having been given a present the boy started to play.

Ex. 2. Open the brackets using the suitable form of participle I or participle II.

  1. It was an old woman (wear) glasses.

  2. Then another boy (lead) by his mother entered the room.

  3. She took away the (cry) little girl.

  4. There were letters from a woman in London and more letters (post) from Mexico City and Cannes.

  5. In her flat she went around (turn on) lamps, (open) windows and (draw) curtains.

  6. He had an accident (return) home last night.

  7. On the door (tie) to the latch of the letter box was a piece of white cardboard.

  8. The snow (clear) away only yesterday began to fall again.

  9. The machine (clear) the snow away is very noisy.

  10. I like to listen to birds (sing) in the garden.

  11. I haven’t looked through the catalogues (send) to us yet.

  12. He has shown us the list of the products (export) by his company.

  13. The goods (order) today should arrive tomorrow.

  14. Most of the goods (produce) at this plant are exported.

  15. Our company received a letter (offer) new models.

Ex. 3. Translate the sentences into English.

  1. Он подписал документы, принесенные ему секретарем.

  2. Дети, игравшие в углу комнаты, очень шумели.

  3. Это - улица, ведущая к морю.

  4. Дверь, сломанную на прошлой неделе, починили.

  5. В кресле сидел молодой человек, читающий газету.

  6. Трудно понимать разговорный язык.

  7. Они сидели у окна, глядя на море.

  8. Быстро упаковав свои вещи, он поспешил на вокзал.

  9. Они прислали нам список товаров, импортируемых этой фирмой.

  10. Хорошо зная английский язык, он перевел статью без словаря.

  11. Бизнесмена нашли убитым в своей квартире.

  12. Девушка, сидящая у окна, это - сестра Тома.

  13. Написав письмо, она немедленно отправила его.

  14. Телеграмма, отправленная вчера, до сих пор не получена.

  15. Товары, экспортируемые этой компанией, не соответствуют нашим требованиям.

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