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turns makes the magnetic field stronger. 7. Iron is covered with a thin layer of tin to prevent it from rusting, for tin does not rust on exposure to air. 8. The small physical size of the crystal in relationship to its input capacitance results in the resonant frequency of the input system being higher than when the tube is employed. 9. Most actual crystals are imperfect, owing to being grown under conditions in which solid material is somewhat impeded in reaching and being deposited on certain faces. 10. All alkali metals resemble each other in having low melting points.

70. Read the following -ing words and find the Participles:

Reading; shortcoming; about asking questions; the student’s asking; their asking questions; No smoking!; notwithstanding that; granting that; seeing that; considering that; supposing that; notwithstanding; following; barring; excepting; according to; considering; regarding; а 'reading 'student; a 'reading lamp; a 'dancing 'girl; a 'dancing girl; a 'drinking man; a 'drinking 'man.

71. Define the syntactic function of the Participle I.

1. The man is speaking with him. 2. The man speaking with him looks like Bob. 3. The man speaking with him is Bob. 4. Speaking with him is Bob. 5. The student opening the door is Bob. 6. Opening the door the student said, "Good morning!" 7. "Good morning!", the student said opening the door. 8. The student asking questions, we answer them. 9. The student asking questions speaks English. 10. We heard the student asking questions. 11. The student asking questions, we waited. 12. He was seen running. 13. He seemed to be dying.

72. Read the following words and find the Participles:

He worked; he has worked; the wounded; retireds; old-fashioneds; illustrateds; unwanteds; coloureds; disableds; young marrieds/newly weds; blue-eyed; provided (that); granted (that); granted.

73. Is the word in bold a Participle or a finite verb?

1. The student was asked a question. 2. The student has asked a question. 3. The student asked a question. 4. The student asked the question did not know the answer. 5. The question asked proved difficult. 6. Asked the question, the student did not know the answer. 7. The question asked was difficult.

74. Define the syntactic function of the Participle I.

1. The engines produced… 2. The engines are produced… 3. (When) asked the question, the student did not know the answer. 4. The student asked the question did not know the answer. 5. The work finished by him, we left. 6. The work finished by him was difficult. 7. I want the work finished. 8. The work finished, we left. 9. He was reported killed. 10. He looked scared. 11. You seem to be interested.

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75. Translate the following sentences with Gerunds and Participles.

1. Before going out I called Jim. 2. I got home feeling very tired. 3. Feeling tired, I went to bed early. 4. What did you do after leaving school? 5. Not knowing her address, I couldn't find her. 6. Jane left without finishing her dinner. 7. She was standing there reading a newspaper. 8. A plane carrying 360 passengers took off. 9. Bob ran three miles without stopping. 10. The police stopped everyone from leaving the bank. 11. The child came in crying. 12. Being unemployed, he has a lot of free time. 13. Taking a key out of her handbag, she opened the door. 14. The child fell asleep watching television. 15. Please forgive me for not writing to you. 16. Did you have any difficulty reading my writing? 17. Being a foreigner, you need a visa. 18. There is no point in buying this book.

76. Read aloud and translate the word phrases below:

1) building site, 2) sleeping boy, 3) sleeping bag, 4) whipping boy, 5) swimming match, 6) floating match, 7) dancing hall, 8) writing man, 9) writing desk, 10) listening man, 11) listening post, 12) dining student, 13) dining room, 14) smoking room, 15) washing machine, 16) answering machine, 17) sewing machine, 18) calculating machine, 19) reading glasses.

77. Give the translation of the following sentences.

1. Do you know the girl talking to Jim? 2. Can you hear someone singing? 3. We didn't know when to go shopping, each shop opening at a different time. 4. It was raining when I got up. 5. Not being able to understand English, the man didn't know what you said. 6. Is there anybody waiting to see me? 7. I've never seen her smoking. 8. The baby was lying on the bed crying. 9. The girl talking to John is American. 10. Mike is having a bath. 11. The bus drivers being on strike, many people had to get to work using other means of transportation. 12. I heard the bell ringing. 13. Who is that man standing near our house? 14. I've heard her playing the piano. 15. The man fell getting off the bus. 16. This time last year I was living in England. 17. We saw Nancy playing tennis. 18. There were some children swimming in the river. 19. The house being constructed poorly, it is repaired every year.

78. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the words ending by -ed.

1. I want this watch repaired. 2. Is that a four-legged animal? 3. You will soon see his published work. 4. John started school in 1980. 5. The living, the wounded, and the dead flew together in the same plane. 6. There was a truck full of wounded men. 7. Parliament was discussing the problem of the unemployed. 8. Yesterday he called three times. 9. He has called twice today. 10. Her brother is called Jim. 11. Called early, he ate a quick breakfast. 12. There came in a blonde-haired woman. 13. The discussion finished, we went home. 14. He came out of prison a changed man. 15. This substance, discovered almost by accident,

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has revolutionized medicine. 16. When questioned, she said she did not know the man.

79. Find the participles in the sentences below.

1. Hydrogen is the lightest element known. 2. The technique employed uses a single probe. 3. The quantity of electricity flowing is directly related to the amounts of material transformed at the electrodes. 4. Everything depends on the proportion of the two substances being distilled. 5. The complexity of the technique involved increased considerably. 6. The rate of a reaction depends on the specific nature of the substances involved. 7. Energy loss has been considered in Chapter II. The processes involved are ionizing collision and atomic excitations. 8. This half life is a characteristic only of the particular nucleus concerned. 9. None of the authors concerned had based his experiment on the method discussed.

80. Analyze the tables below.

PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTIONS

PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTION

BEFORE THE WORD IT IS REFERRED TO

Reading this book the student found Читая эту книгу, студент обнаруout many interesting things. жил много интересного.

Having made the measurements the Проведя измерения, эксперимента- experimenter then processed the data. тор затем обработал данные.

PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTION

AFTER THE WORD IT IS REFERRED TO

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COMPLEX SUBJECT

They were seen leaving the station. Видели, как они уходили со станции.

The class of regulators can be Можно сказать, что этот класс ре- thought of as composed of three гуляторов состоит из трех частей. parts.

Remarks (which were) considered Замечания, которые, как считалось, as being wrong are in fact correct. были ошибочными, на деле оказыва-

ются правильными.

ABSOLUTE PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTION

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