1 Transform the following sentences using participle phrases instead of the subordinate clauses:

1.1 Most of the people who work at our factory have received comfortable flats in new houses.

1.2 Many students who study English are members of our English club.

1.3 The woman who is explaining the new rules is our English teacher.

1.4 The workers who are repairing the road go home by bus.

1.5 When we arrived in London, we went sightseeing.

1.6 As I entered the hall, I saw my friends dancing round the fir-tree.

1.7 When the pupils discussed this novel, they expressed their thoughts in good literary language.

1.8 While I was waiting for you, I read this magazine.

1.9 As we had booked tickets beforehand, we went to the theater half of an hour before the performance

began.

1.10 After they received the telegram, they packed and left for Glasgow.

1.11 The decisions which were adopted at the conference are supported by many scientists.

1.12 The machines which are made at our plant are exported to many countries of the world.

1.13 We live in a house which was built 30 years ago.

2 Replace the infinitives in brackets by the appropriate form of the Participle:

2.1 He walked down the road (to sing).

2.2 (To enter) the room I recognized him at once.

2.3 (To translate) into a foreign language the story lost all its charm.

2.4 (To translate) seven articles, he decided to have a break.

2.5 While (to discuss) this problem, we sat on the window sill.

2.6 (To examine) by the doctor, the patient could not stop talking.

2.7 All the children looked at me (to listen) with a great attention.

2.8 (To prescribe) the medicine, the doctor left our house.

2.9 (To discuss) at the meeting, the problem was of great importance.

2.10 We are going to London, (to have) relatives there.

2.11 (To hear) the man’s steps, the wolf disappeared.

3 Combine the given two sentences into one using the Objective Participle Complex:

3.1 She was picking flowers in the park. I saw it.

3.2 The pupils were writing compositions. The teacher observed it.

3.3 He was repairing his car. She watched it.

3.4 Wild geese were flying to the South. We saw it.

3.5 The woman was shouting at the boys. They heard it.

3.6 The man was trying to unlock the door. I noticed it.

3.7 The children were swimming in the river. We watched it.

3.8 The birds were singing in the trees. She heard it.

4 Translate the sentences into Russian. Mind the Absolute Participle Complex:

4.1 My brother having lost the key, we couldn’t enter the house.

4.2 This being understood, the discussion was over.

4.3 The winter being cold, we spent three months in the city.

4.4 The good having been unloaded, the ship left port.

4.5 The article translated, the young woman had nothing to do.

4.6 The fields having been ploughed, the peasants expected the good harvest.

4.7 The encyclopedia being bought, the students found all the necessary information.

4.8 The concert finished, the time of the lottery came.