VI. Translate into Russian

1. The devaluation of the pound sterling is known to have led to a rise in the prices of all goods imported into England. 2. The opening of the conference is understood to have been fixed for the 15^th December. 3. The price of this metal in England is stated to have risen by 11.6 per cent in September, 1956. 4. Imports of copper into that country in October, 1954 were stated to be 22,441 tons. 5. A great number of inventions is known to have been suppressed by monopolistic industrial associations in capitalist countries. 6. Paper bags are said to give better protection against frost than jute bags. 7. Many million tons of coal reserves are known to exist in that district. 8. Two shiploads of ore expected to arrive shortly will be sent to that works. 9. The experiment, which is believed to have proved most successful, will be discussed at the conference.

VII. Translate sentences using Complex Subject

1. Говорят, что он в Москве. 2. Ожидают, что договор будет подписан на этой неделе. 3. Сообщают, что экспедиция выехала 15 мая. 4. Известно, что он придерживается другого мнения по этому вопросу. 5. Считают, что он один из лучших режиссёров нашей страны. 6. Говорят, что этот дом был построен около двухсот лет тому назад.

VIII. Translate from Russian into English using the «for» construction

1. Текст был слишком трудный, чтобы он мог перевести его без словаря. 2. Сейчас слишком рано, чтобы докеры начали разгружать судно. 3. Нам очень трудно получить сведения об объемах продаж. 4. Необходимо, чтобы документы и билеты были отосланы сегодня. 5. Сегодня достаточно тепло, чтобы мы провели полевое исследование.

Section 2.2. The participle forms of the participle

	Active	Passive
Participle I	delivering	being delivered
Participle II		delivered
Perfect Participle	having delivered	having been delivered

Functions of the participle

1. Attribute	Mother is looking at her sleeping child.
2. Adverbial modifier а) of time b) of reason c) of manner or attendant circumstances	When asked he refused to answer the question. Having been translated into many languages the book became world famous. Не was reading the news- paper sitting in the armchair.
3. Part of the predicate	The plan is being discussed. All doors were locked.

Participle constructions

Construction	Example
Objective Participial Construction noun (g. c.) + Part. I; II pron.(obj. c.)	We heard him playing the piano. I considered the work done. I had my books bound.
Subjective Participial Construction noun (g. c.) + Part. I; II pron.(nom. c.)	Не was seen crossing the street. She was heard talking about it. Не was seen looking for something.
Absolute Participial Construction noun (g. c.) + Part. I; II pron.(nom. c.)	It being warm, we went for a walk. Radio was invented in 1895, the inventor being the Russian scientist.