Key dates in science

1877 The first sound recording was made in the U.S.A. by Thomas Edison on his prototype pho-nograph machine.

1877 A German-American scientist, Emile Berliner, invented the microphone.

1878 Thomas Edison invented the first successful light bulb.

1881 The first power station was built in Surrey, England.

1884 The first artificial fibres, made from cellulose, were exhibited in London, England.

1885 The petrol-driven car was invented by the German Karl Benz.

Lesson 12

Grammar. Дієприкметник минулого часу. (Participle II)

Text 12A. Time Travel and New Universes.

Text 12B. The Role of Gravity.

Topic. Volyn Region.

Утворення форми дієприкметника минулого часу

1.	Основа стандартного дієслова + ed	asked
2.	III форма нестандартних дієслів	gone

Exercise 1. Form Participle II from the following verbs and translate them into Ukrainian:

to return, to write, to divide, to measure, to install, to change, to add, to throw, to consider, to burn, to maintain, to decide, to leave, to achieve, to develop, to equip, to give, to do, to receive, to speak.

Exercise 2. Read and translate the following word-combinations paying attention to the Participle II.

the measured distance; the achieved results; the information obtained recently; the boy saved by his dog; the lecture delivered by a well-known professor; the research made in the laboratory; the letter sent to the firm; the force exerted upon a body; the vibration detected by the ear; the distance traveled by the body; the law predicted by this scientist; the electrons radiated from the atom.

Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian the following sentences paying attention to the Past Participle (PII).

1. He doesn’t like boiled milk. 2. A broken cup lay on the floor. 3. I remember well his words told at the meeting. 4. Asked about that event, he replied nothing. 5. I don’t like the book bought last week. 6. The stolen things were returned to the owner. 7. We are interested in the goods produced by this factory. 8. The letter written by him was very long. 9. She didn’t understand the words said by him. 10. He didn’t see the things kept in her box. 11. I received some illustrated magazines. 12. She put a plate of fried fish in front of me. 13. The coat bought last year is too small for me now. 14. We stopped before a shut door. 15. A line seen through this crystal looks double. 16. You can find the books taken from the library on the table.

Exercise 4. Choose the correct form of the Participle.

1. Who is the girl (doing, done) her task on the blackboard? 2. The book (writing, written) by him is not very interesting. 3. The translation (doing, done) by me was very easy. 4. The (losing, lost) keys were not found. 5. The (losing, lost) team will not get the prize. 6. I don’t like the video (buying, bought) yesterday. 7. Do you know the boy (coming, come) towards us? 8. We like the songs (singing, sung) by this singer. 9. The woman (singing, sung) is his wife. 10. The question (discussing, discussed) at the meeting was very important. 11. (translating, translated) by a good specialist, the story preserved all the sparkling humour of the original. 12. (approving, approved) by the critics, the young author’s story was accepted by a magazine.

Exercise 5. Translate into English using Participle I or Participle II.

1. Це доповідь, яку обговорювали під час останніх зборів. 2. Вчора я був на вечірці, організованій моїми друзями. 3. Гра, яку виграла наша команда, була останньою грою чемпіонату. 4. Ось телеграма, отримана мною. 5. Отримуючи телеграму, він забув поставити підпис. 6. Цей вірш схожий на всі інші, які пишуть підлітки. 7. Коли жінку запитали про той нещасний випадок, вона нічого не могла розповісти. 8. Хлопчик узяв книжку, що лежала на столі. 9. Статті, написані сучасними журналістами, відрізняються від тих статей, які були написані багато років тому. 10. Вона дивилась на стару жінку, яка сиділа біля каміну. 11. Ось нові журнали, надіслані для нашого офісу. 12. Вона показала їй сукню, куплену в Парижі. 13. Вони згадували чудові дні, які провели на узбережжі Чорного моря.