Exercises

EXERCISE 1. Make up 5 sentences with Participle II

EXERCISE 2. Translate into Russian pointing the Participle II

1. My brother hates boiled eggs. 2. They stopped before a shut door. 3. This is a house built many years ago. 4. The novels written by this writer show us nice stories about real love. 5. Mother put a plate of fried fish with potatoes in front of me. 6. The dress bought last summer is too small for me now. 7. Jeremy saw the things kept in his grandmothers’ box. 8. Surprised by Alan’s arrival Jane couldn’t say a word.

EXERCISE 3. Translate into Russian pointing the Participle II

1. A fish taken out of the water cannot live anymore. 2. I have seen this young man somewhere but I can not remember where it was. 3. The broken plate couldn’t be glued. 4. A letter sent from New York to Miami was lost. 5. The translation done by this student was correct. 6. Some of the questions put to the governor on the meeting yesterday were very important. 7. A word spoken in time may have very important results. 8. Everything written in this article is right.

EXERCISE 4. Translate into Russian pointing the Participle II

1. The broken arm was examined by the doctor. 2. The medicine prescribed by the doctor tasted badly. 3. The shoes bought at that shop were very elegant. 4. The tree struck by lightning was all black and leafless. 5. The door bolted on the inside could not be opened. 6. This book read by many generations of our family is popular. 7. Translated by a very good translator, the book preserved all the sparkling humor of the original. 8. Approved by the critics, the young author’s story was accepted by a very good magazine.

EXERCISE 5. Choose what Participle is suitable. Translate into Russian.

1. The little girl (writing, written) on the blackboard is our best pupil. 2. Everything (writing, written) here is quite right. 3. The house (surrounding, surrounded) by tall trees is very beautiful. 4. The wall (surrounding, surrounded) the house was very high. 5. Who is that young man (dancing, danced) on the stage? 6. The exercises (doing, done) by the pupils were easy. 7. The girl (washing, washed) the floor is my sister. 8. The floor (washing, washed) by the housekeeper looks clean. 9. We listened to the songs (singing, sung) by these singers. 10. We listened to the singers (singing, sung) the songs.

EXERCISE 6. Choose what Participle is suitable. Translate into Russian.

1. Do you know the girl (playing, played) in the garden? 2. The book (writing, written) by the scientist is very interesting. 3. Translate the words (writing, written) on the blackboard. 4. We could not see the sun (covering, covered) by dark clouds. 5. The (losing, lost) suitcase was found at last. 6. (Going, gone) along the street I met Jenny and Frank. 7. Name so places (visiting, visited) by you last year. 8. I picked up the pencil (lying, lain) on the floor. 9. She was reading the book (buying, bought) the day before. 10. Yesterday we were at the conference (organizing, organized) by the students of this class.

EXERCISE 7. Open the brackets using Participle I or Participle II

1. (to wait) for two more hours in the hall, Adam was invited into the boss’s cabinet. 2. They reached that village, (to walk) across the wood for three days. 3. She went to college, (to leave) her mother alone at home. 4. (to phone) the agency, he left (to say) he would be back tomorrow. 5. (to write) in a very bad handwriting the letter was very difficult to read.

EXERCISE 8. Translate into English using Participle I or Participle II

1. Играя во дворе, мальчик не заметил, что стало совсем темно. 2. Подойдя к окну, он его открыл. 3. Папа подошел к плачущей дочке. 4. Она положила на полку порванную книгу. 5. Молодой человек посмотрел на щенят, играющих с хвостом своей матери. 6. Выучив уроки, близнецы пошли смотреть телевизор. 7. Сидя в уютном кресле, дедушка читал газеты. 8. Принеся папки в комнату, девушка включила компьютер. 9. Прочитав научные труды ученых, он многое для себя понял. 10. выпив утреннюю чашку кофе, он сразу почувствовал себя лучше.

ADDITIONAL STUDY: Functions of advertisements