Задание 18.13. Раскройте скобки , употребив правильно формулу герундия.

1. I like (to ask) other people for help.

2. I like (to ask) for help by other people.

3. These walls need (to paint ).

4. He entered without (to knock) at the door.

5. Your suggestion is worth (to pay attention to).

6. On (to tell) me the truth, he felt very relieved.

7. I remember (to be) here a long time ago.

8. We are strongly against (to treat) like this.

9. The professor insisted on the task (to fulfill) by the coming semmiar.

10. There is no (to prevent) it now.

11. We all appreciate your (to do) it all by yourself.

12. I prefer (to walk) home to (to drive).

13. I find the book worth (to read).

14. They kept on (to argue) for hours.

15. He mentioned (to see) her in the office last week.

16. I am sorry for (not to support) you at the last board meeting.

17. His suggestion of (to come) before everyone else to get the best seats was met well.

18. I am not used to (to do) this in public.

19. I am not used to this (to do) in public.

20. The idea of film (to be) in Paris excited her.

Задание 18.14. Употребите нужный предлог.

1. I regret … not having worked harder at the language as a boy.

2. He kept … arguing with me though I was silent.

3. He is accustomed … being treated like this.

4. Don`t be afraid … being treated like this.

5. You can`t prevent them … being together.

6. We have no difficulty … communicating our thoughts.

7. I am not used … being interrupted.

8. I have never been fond … accompanying my wife to the shops.

9. The teacher strongly objected … our missing the lessons without a plausible excuse.

10. He suggested … going to the mountains in summer.

11. He depended very much … his winning the scholarship.

12. I have never enjoyed people … singing at the parties.

13. My parents can`t afford … buying this house.

14. I think I can never succeed … passing my driving test.

15. Do you appreciate people … gossiping around?

16. I don`t fancy … wearing this dress at the party – it makes me look old.

17. I shall never forget … taking this exam.

18. He is punctual – you can rely … his coming in time.

Задание 18.15. Переведите нa русский язык, обращая внимание нa герундий.

1. She has always dreamt of living in a small house by the sea. 2. She disliked living in her old house. 3.She was thinking of buying a new one. 4. Now, she enjoys living in a beutiatiful new house. 5. She misses seeing the neighbours of course. 6. She enjoyed talking to them and didn't mind helping them usually. 7. She likes cooking and is very good at it. 8. Bout she doesn't like washing and ironing. 9. She hates getting up early, but she has to. 11. She doesn't mind working a lot, you know. 11. She en­joys driving an expensive car. K2. She has allays dreamt of travelling round the world. 1з. Bout she hates flying and she's never been overseas. 14. She has risen to be head of the company in spite of being a woman in a man's world. 15. She loves meeting peo­ple because she can't bear being alone. 16. She loves talking to the press and appearing on PTV shows, 17. She enjoys being photographed because she thinks she's beautiful. 18. She hates being laughed at. 19. She likes being stared at because she thinks she's attractive. 20. She hates being ignored.

Задание 18.16. Переведите на русские язык обращая внимание

Ha разные формы герундия.

1. I understand perfectly your wishing to start the work at Ponce. 2. Everybody will discuss the event, there is no preventing it. 3. At last he broke the si­lence by inviting everybody to walk into thee dinging rooms. 4. One being told the news, she turned pale, 5. Them place is worth visiting. 6. Watching footballs matches may be exciting enough, but of course it is more exciting playing football. 7. She stopped con-ing to see us, and I wondered what had happened to her. A. Can you remember having seen the пап be­fore? 9.She was terrifies of having to speak toe any­body, and even morel, of being spoken to. 10. Нe was on the point of leaving the club, as the porter stopped him.11. After being corrected by the teach­er, the students' papers were returned to them.

Задание 18.17. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий.

1.He keeps insisting on my goings to the south. 2. Ohplease do stop laughing at him. 3. Do you mind my asking you a difficult question? 4. Would you mind coming again in a day or two? 5. I don't mind wearing this dress. 6. She could not help smiling. 7. I cannot put off doing this translation. 8. Though David was tired, he went on walking in the direction of Dover. 9. I avoided speaking to them about that matter.10. She burst out crying. 11. They burst out launching. 12. She denied having been at home that evening. 13. He enjoyed talking of the pleasures of travelling. 14. Excused my leaving you at such a moment. 15. Please forgive my interfering. 16. He gave up smoking a few years ago. 17. They went on talking. 18. Her husband used to smoke, but he stopped smoking two years ago. But it was too late.19. Have you finished washing the dishes yet ? 20. Don't be nervous! Stop biting your nails! 21. Не postponed going to News York as he felt ill.

Причастие

Задание 18.18. Переведите нa русский язык, обращая внимание нa причастия.

1. Everybody looked at the dancing girl. 2. The little plump woman standing at the window is my grandmother. 3. The man playing the piano is Katie's uncle. 4. Entering the room, she turned on the light. 5. Coming to the theatre, she saw that the perform­ance had already begun. 6. Looking out of the win­dow, he saw his mother watering the flowers.7. Bearing the sounds of music, we stopped talking.8. She went into the room, leaving the door open.9. Working at his desk, he listened to a new CD. 10.Running into the road, the young man stopped a taxi. 11. Looking through the newspaper, she no­ticed a photograph of her boss. 12. Using chemicals, the firemen soon put out the fire in the forest.

Задание 18.19. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на Past Participles.

1. She put a plate of fried fish in front of me.2.The coat bought last year is too small for me now.3.Nobody saw the things kept in that box. 4. Ay sister likes boiled eggs. 5. We stopped before a shut door. 6. Tided to the tree, the goat could not run away, 7. They saw overturned tables and chairs and pieces of broken glass all over the room. 8. Thins is a church built many years ago. 9. Them books written by Dickens give us a realistic picture of the 19th century England. 10. The boy playing in the garden is my sister’ s son. 11. You can get the recommended book in the library. 12. He asked her to go on with her story, promising not to interrupt her again. 13. Receiving no letters from her father, she called him. 14. He left the office at three o’ clock, saying he would be back at five. 15. She stood learning against the wall. 16. He lay on the sofa reading a newspaper. 17. Seeing her he raised his hat. 18. Having signed the letter the manager asked the secretary to send it off at once. 19. Informed of the arrival of the ship, they sent a car to the port. 20. Having lived in that town all his life, he knew it very well. 21. Having arranged everything, he went home on the 10.30 train. 22. Having been well prepared for the interview, he could answer all the questions. 23. Being checked with great care, the report didn’t contain any errors. 24. These machines will be sent to the plant being contructed in this region.

Задание 18.20. Переведите нa русский язык, обpaщая внимaниe нa Participle I u Participle II.

1. a) A letter sent from St. Petersburg today will be in Moscow tomorrow.

b) He saw some people in the post office send­ing telegrams.

c) When sending the telegram, she forgot to write her name.

2. a) Some of the questions put to the lecturer yesterday were very important.

b) The girl putting the book on the shelf is the new librarian.

c) While putting the eggs into the basket, she broke one of them.

3. a) A fish taken out of the water cannot live.

b) A person taking a sunbath must be very ca­reful.

c) Taking a dictionary, he began to translate the text.

4. a) A line seen through this crystal looks double.

b) A teacher seeing a mistake in a student's dictation always corrects it.

с) Seeing clouds of smoke over the house, the girl cried: "Fire! Fire!"

5. a) The word said by the student was not correct.

b) The man standing at the door of the train carriage and saying goodbye to his friends is a well-known musician.

c) Standing at the window, she was waving her hand.

6. a) A word spoken in time may have very im­portant results.

b)The students speaking good English must help their classmates.

c)The speaking doll interested the child very much.

d)While speaking to Nick some days ago, I for­got to ask him about his sister.

Задание 18.21. Раскройте скобки употребляя правильную форму причастия.

Interesting films interested spectators

exciting games excited children

boring lessons bored students

burning fires burnt woods

sinking ships sunk ships

1. A crowd of (excite) people were watching the firemen trying to save the (burn) building. 2. “During my vacation I came across several extremely (interest) books,’’ said he. “Which ones?’’ she asked in an (interest) voice. 3. Why do you look so (worry)? – I’ve had a number of (worry) telephone calls lately. 4. I don’t know what was in the (burn) letter, I didn’t read it. 5. Nothing can save the (sink) ship now, all we can do is to try and save the passengers. 6. It was an (excite) incident. No wonder she spoke about it in an (excite) voice. 7. After hearning the (frighten) tale, the (frighten) children wouuldn’t go to sleep. 8. The doctor did his best to convince her that there was nothing seriously wrong with the boy, but the (worry) mother wouldn’t calm down.

Задание 18.22. Переведите следующие причастия на английский язык.

(А)

1. написанный; 2. принесённый; 3. давая; 4. разговаривающий; 5. спрошенный; 6. отвечая; 7. читаемый; 8. рассказанный; 9. издаваемый; 10. работающий; 11. читая; 12. открывающий; 13. берущий; 14. потерянный; 15. сделанный; 16. стоя; 17. идущий; 18. входя; 19. смотрящий; 20. построенный; 21. видя.

(В)

1. разбитая чашка; 2. проигранная игра; 3. разорванный конверт; 4. проигравшая команда; 5. проигрывающая команда; 6. кипячённая вода; 7. кипящая вода; 8. забытый метод: 9. человек, забывший (раньше); 10. лаящая собака; 11. испытанный метод; 12. жаренная рыба; 13. жарящаяся рыба; 14. вспрыгнувший на стол кот; 15. прыгающая собака; 16. украденная тема; 17. смеющийся голос; 18. смеявшаяся девушка; 19. выбранная тема; 20. печёный картофель; 21. потерянный шанс; 22. найденное решение; 23. выйгравший спортсмен; 24. написанное письмо.