UNIT 7. The Participle
1. Translate into Russian paying attention to the syntactic functions of PARTICIPLE I.
a) 1.All the people living in this house are students.
2. The woman speaking now is our secretary.
3. The apparatus standing on the table in the corner of the laboratory is quite new.
4. People taking books from the library must return them in time.
b) 1. Walking in the forest, the children suddenly saw a wolf.
2. Living in the country, they enjoyed beautiful nature.
3. The people stood on the bridge, watching the boats on the river.
4. The boys kept silence, thinking about the teacher’s question.
5. Looking for his dog, Tom was running around the town.
c) 1. Hearing the steps on the stairs, he turned round.
2. Entering the house, I heard some strange noise.
3. Arriving at the station, we hurried to the information bureau.
4. Taking the dictionary, he looked up the unknown word.
d) 1. Being very ill, she couldn’t speak.
2. Being busy, he put off the trip.
3. Mrs Maple being angry, they sat in silence.
4. The weather being cold, he put on his overcoat.
5. There being little time left, they took a taxi.
e) 1. Having gone there twice, I didn’t want to go there again.
2. Having left the house, I suddenly remembered that I had left behind the umbrella.
3. He knew the city very well, having lived in Paris for a long time.
4. Having written the book, he could relax.
2. Translate into Russian.
1. Everybody looked at the dancing girl. 2. The little plump woman standing at the window is my grandmother. 3. The man playing the piano is Kate’s uncle. 4. Entering the room she turned on the light. 5. Coming to the theatre she saw that the performance had already begun. 6. Looking out of the window he saw his mother watering the flowers. 7. Hearing the sounds of music we stopped talking. 8. She went into the room leaving the door open. 9. Working at his desk he listened to a new CD. 10. Running into the road the young man stopped a taxi.
11. Looking through the newspaper she noticed a photograph of her boss. 12. Using chemicals the firemen soon put out the fire in the forest.
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