Exercise 3. Join a sentence from column A with one from column B to make one sentence.
Pattern: John hurt his arm. He was playing tennis.
John hurt his arm playing tennis.
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| Carol was in the bar. | She finds it difficult to get around. |
| Emma was sitting in an armchair. | She said she would be back in an hour. |
| Sue got home late. | She looked at the sights and took photographs. |
| Ann went out. | She was reading a book. |
| A man ran out of the house. | She was having a drink. |
| Linda was in London for two years. | He was shouting. |
| Mary walked round the town. | She worked as a tourist guide. |
| He opened the door. | He took the key out of his pocket. |
| I felt tired. | She was feeling very tired. |
| She doesn’t have a car. | I went to bed early. |
Exercise 4. Make one sentence of two using participles.
He hasn’t got much money. He is unemployed.
I didn’t want to go to the cinema. I had already seen it twice.
Jim cut himself. He was shaving.
John was playing tennis. He hurt his arm.
I was watching TV. I felt asleep.
The man slipped. He was getting off a bus.
I was walking home in the rain. I got wet.
Margaret was driving to work yesterday She had an accident.
Two foremen were overcome by smoke. They were trying to put out the fire.
She finished her work. Then she went home.
They continued their Journey. They had had their dinner.
We bought our tickets. Then we went into the theatre.
Exercise 5. Make sentences beginning with -ing or Not -ing. Sometimes yon have to begin with Having + Past Participle.
Lucy had done all her shopping. She went for a cup of coffee.
I felt tired. So I went to bed early.
I thought they might be hungry. So I offered them something to eat.
She is a foreigner. So she needs a visa to stay in this country.
I didn’t know his address. So I wasn’t able to contact him.
Sally has travelled a lot. So she knew a lot about other countries.
The man wasn’t able to understand English. So he didn’t know what Iwanted.
We had spent nearly all our money. So we couldn’t afford to stayin a hotel.
Exercise 6. Translate into English suing Participle where possible.
Получив телеграмму, моя сестра немедленно выехала в Москву.
Войдя в класс, преподаватель спросил дежурного, кто отсутствует.
Мать улыбалась, глядя на детей, играющих в саду.
Взяв ручку и бумагу, мальчик стал писать письмо отцу, уехавшему на Дальний Восток.
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Услышав голос друга, я вышел из комнаты, чтобы встретить его.
Увидев незнакомого человека, я извинился и вернулся в свою комнату.
Будьте осторожны, переходя улицу.
Прожив много лет в Англии, он хорошо говорит по-английски.
Читая эту книгу, я встретил несколько интересных выражений.
Прочитав эту книгу, мальчик вернул ее в библиотеку.
Студенты, читающие английские книги в оригинале, легко овладевают языком.
Проведя лето в деревне, больной совершенно поправился.
Exercise 7. State the functions of Past Participle. Translate into Russian.
Stirred by the beauty of the twilight, he strolled away from the hotel.
All the country near him was broken and wooded.
For a moment he stood as if turned to stone.
He spoke when spoken to, politely and without much relevance.
Miss Brown, though not personally well known in the city, had been spoken well of by all men.
He went through a dark hall, guarded by a steward.
He looked at her for a moment as though amazed at her friendliness.
Fancy a married woman doomed to live on from day to day without a single quarrel with her husband.
He bowed low when presented to her.
He took a folded strip of paper from his vest and gave it to the reporter.
Exercise 8. Change the structure of the sentences according to the pattern.
Pattern: The story which was told by the teacher was long.
The story told by the teacher was long.
The books which are borrowed from the library may be kept for ten days.
The letters which are sent today from here to London will arrive there in five days.
The reports which were made at the conference were rather interesting.
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Cities and towns which were destroyed during the war were built anew.
Here is the dictionary which was left by somebody in the room.
Exercise 9. Analyze the following sentences paying attention to the participle construction.
1. I saw Ann waiting for the bus.
2. I saw him walking along the street.
3. I’ve never seen her dancing.
4. Listen to the birds singing.
5. I found Sue in my room reading my letters.
6. They observed us making tests.
7. We saw Clare having a meal in a cafe.
8. We heard Bill playing the guitar.
9. We saw Linda jogging.
10. I want to have my hair cut.
11. I had my dress cleaned there last month.
12. I’d like to have these jeans shortened, they are a bit too long.
13. He had the roof repaired.
14. I want to have the walls papered.
15. She got her photos taken.
16. I want to have this problem solved by the computer.
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