- •The participle
- •Grammatical categories of participle I
- •Participle I and gerund compared
- •Participle I as attribute
- •Participle I as an adverbial modifier
- •Verbs of motion: to come, to enter, to arrive, to turn, to leave
- •Verbs of sense perception: to see, to hear to find
- •Part 2
- •Participle I as part of complex object
- •Verbs of sense perception
- •2. Verbs of causative meaning (побудительное значение)
- •Verbs of wishes and emotions
- •To want to like
- •Participle I as predicative
- •Participle I as part of a compound verbal predicate (Complex Subject)
- •Participle II
- •Participle II as attribute
- •Participle II as an adverbial modifier
- •Attributive clauses
- •Adverbial clauses of time
- •Adverbial clauses of reason
- •Participle II as part of complex object
- •Participle II as part of a compound verbal predicate (Complex Subject)
- •Participle II as a predicative
- •Participles as parenthesis
- •Participial constructions
- •Misrelated participles
Participle II as an adverbial modifier
№ |
Adverbial Modifier |
Questions |
Conjunctions/ particles |
Examples |
1 |
Of time |
When? |
conjunctions:
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2 |
Of reason (cause) |
Why? For what reason? |
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3 |
Of comparison |
No identifying questions |
Conjunctions:
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4 |
Of condition |
In what case? On what condition? |
Conjunctions:
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Professor Garrison could speak for hours unless interrupted. |
5 |
Of concession |
No identifying questions |
Conjunction:
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TASK 19. Sort out the sentences given below into the corresponding columns of the table according to the function of participle I and II in the sentence. The first sentence has been done for you.
Attributes |
1, |
Adverbial modifiers of time |
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Adverbial modifiers of cause/reason |
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Adverbial modifiers of manner and attendant circumstances |
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Adverbial modifier of condition |
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Adverbial modifier of comparison |
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Adverbial modifier of concession |
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The door opened, but into a little space leading to another door.
Mel stopped, realizing he was talking to himself.
Reaching the hotel at Knightsbridge he went to their sitting-room, and rang for tea.
Nodding to her husband, she went over to her father.
They saw a young man hurrying away from the place of the accident.
Their room had two curtained windows looking over the street, a couch with cushions, an almost empty book-case and some photographs of the family standing on it.
Having opened the French window, he went out to the terrace.
Having been away from it for two days I'd forgotten how depressing the house could be.
I do love horses moving slowly against a skyline of trees.
Going up to the dressing-table he passed his hand over the lilac-coloured pin-cushion.
I came here this afternoon thinking I might find Bella in the house.
A subdued light radiated from a single green-paper-shaded bulb hanging in the centre.
David Rubin did not usually say a word unless spoken to.
Douglas, still smiling sweetly, as though determined to prove that he was right, reminded me of his presence by coughing slightly.
Unless urged, the Colonel never mentioned his wounds or decorations.
The two boys exchanged quick embarrassed glances.
Found in the garden after the rain, the letter was impossible to read.
The doctor had never been known to refuse to see a patient at any hour, or to fail to make a house call when sent for.
Though bored with a book, I find it difficult to leave it unfinished.
We were told that the dog was quite peaceful if left undisturbed.
TASK 20. Replace the clauses by the appropriate form of participle where possible.