Exercise 10. Translate the words in brackets using Participle I and II if possible. 1. The textbooks (написанные) some years ago are not useful now. 2. The book
(обсуждаемая) now will be published in some months. 3. (Создавая) this book the
author took into consideration new scientific discoveries. 4. (После того, как она была
написана), the book was published several times. 5. The man (написавший) this book
lived in the 15
th
century. 6. She went away (оставив) him alone. 7. At the conference
they discussed new methods (применяемые) in genetics. 8. One day you‘ll get a letter
(информирующее) you of our work. 9. She smiled (вспоминая) the joke. 10. She
smiled (вспомнив) the joke. 11. He wrote a letter (объясняющее) his behaviour. 12. He
wrote a letter (объяснив) his behaviour. 13. Special attention should be paid to the
experiments (проводимые) now in genetics. 14. The experiments (проводимые) in
genetics are of great importance. 15. I couldn‘t visit the conference (проходившую) at
the University last week and asked to be sent the report. 16. The woman (ожидавшая)
for you has already gone. 17. (После того, как еѐ одобрил учѐный совет), my article
was published in the collection of scientific works.
The Objective and Subjective Participial Constructions (Complex Object and Complex Subject) (a)
The Objective Participial Construction is a construction in which the participle
is in predicate relation to a noun in the common case or a pronoun in the objective case.
In the Objective Participial Construction Participle I Indefinite Active or
Participle II is used. In the sentence this construction has the function of a complex
object. It usually corresponds to a subordinate object clause in Russian.
The Objective Participial Construction may be found:
After verbs denoting sense perception (
to see, to hear, to feel, to find , etc.)
She heard
