ствует в русском языке подлежащему придаточного предложения, а герундий – сказуемому.

We know of ║work and energy being closely related.

Мы знаем, что работа и энергия тесно связаны между собой.

I. Newton's having formulated this law ║was of great importance.

То, что И. Ньютон сформулировал этот закон, имело огромное значение.

Сравнение герундия и причастия

Упражнения

I.Определите функцию герундия и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1.A generator is a machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by making use of the interaction between a conductor and a magnetic field.

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2.It is possible to add a considerable amount of heat without producing any temperature change in the given substance.

3.In connecting the ends of the metals with a metal wire, one causes the current to flow through that wire.

4.In electric motors, transmission lines and generators heat is useless and overheating is most undesirable.

5.Programming a computer involves analysing the problem to be solved and a plan to solve it.

6.Superheating is a process of heating a liquid above its boiling point without converting it into vapor.

7.As heat is a form of energy, studying heat mainly consists in studying the changes of energy.

8.On charging the electroscope positively, we find that the light does not effect the rate of discharge of the electroscope.

9.The end where the force lines leave the coil after passing through its centre act like a north magnetic pole.

10.On connecting the ends of the metals with a metal wire we caused the current to flow through that wire.

11.There are some exceptions to this general rule of increased resistance with increasing temperature.

II.Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундиальный комплекс.

1.Plants are useful sources of energy thanks to their storing the sun's radia-

tion in chemical form.

2.We know of the strength of current depending on the resistance of the circuit.

3.After their having been compressed gases will return to the original volume.

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4.Plasma differs greatly from ordinary gases because of its being composed of charged particles.

5.In spite of its being called a dry cell, that cell is not really dry, everybody knows of its containing moisture.

6.Their having obtained good results at such a temperature caused a great surprise.

7.We know of their (three-phase induction motors) being successfully used in industry.

8.Descartes' and Fermat's merit consists in their having introduced the method of coordinates.

9.The amperemeter (ammeter) being used to measure the current flowing in an electric circuit is well known to each engineer.

III.Это упражнение на сравнение герундия и причастия. Переведите предложения на русский язык, предварительно определив - ing-форму.

1.Changing the resistance of the circuit, one may control current flow.

2.Changing the resistance of a circuit is one of the methods of controlling the flow of current in the circuit.

3.The electric current passing through a wire heats that wire.

4.The electric current passing through a wire, the heat developed will depend upon the amount of current.

5.Adding heat to a boiling liquid we make it change its state without changing its temperature.

6.By adding heat to a boiling liquid we make it change its state without changing its temperature.

7.A liquid being heated to the boiling point, its temperature can be raised no higher.

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8.The process of transmitting energy from one body to another without doing work is called heat exchange.

9.Mechanical energy is a specific physical quantity characterizing the capacity of bodies for doing useful work.

10.They knew about our having done this work.

11.The characteristic feature of the analytic geometry is applying algebra in the study of geometry.

12.On being heated, magnetized steel will lose its magnetism because heating makes the molecules move around rapidly and expands the metal.

Сослагательное наклонение

Сослагательное наклонение выражает действие, которое рассматривается как предполагаемое, желательное или возможное при определенных условиях. Формы сослагательного наклонения переводятся на русский язык сочетанием глагола в прошедшем времени с частицей "бы" или с союзом "чтобы".

Формы сослагательного наклонения

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