Participle II

Ex. 1. Define the function of Participle II.

1. Rosie looked round with delight at the great dark smoky house, crowded to the ceiling with the inhabitants of South London. (S. M.) 2. Carried away by the melody, Marie went so far as to dance a step or two herself. (P. W.) 3. "Let's skate again," she said, "shall we? With crossed hands." (Bates) 4. They had gazed sadly on the pitted surface of the once smooth lawn. (A. Chr.) 5. Sam looked up, relieved. Dear Old Bates was standing in the lighted doorway. (P. W.) 6. I had been seated at the desk a long time, lost in thought. (H. R.) 7. Again there was a silence in the wooden shed, broken only by the drumming of the rain upon the tin roof. (Cron.) 8. I laughed, embarrassed, but not wholly displeased with the role thrust upon me. (A. Chr.) 9. Mr. Wrenn, startled, dropped his hat. (P. W.) 10. Embarrassed he didn't know what to say. (Cron.) 11. Poirot shook his head in a dissatisfied manner. (A. Chr.) 12. With a smile he looked across at Christine, seated on the opposite seat. (Cron.) 13. Surrounded by difficulties and uncertainty, he longed for Christine. (Cron.) 14. The owner was a half-caste named Horn, with a native wife surrounded by little brown children, and on the ground-floor he had a store where he sold canned goods and cottons.;(S. M.)

Ex. 2. Point out predicative constructions with Participle II and define their structure.

1. Bart watched Chilla engulfed by his family and then saw them go, too, unchallenged. (Cus.) 2. They've got me cornered. (Cart.) 3. I had it all planned. (Vickers) 4. He distinctly heard the Boers sympathized with, the British Government blamed. (Galsw.) 5. She kept her eyes fastened upon her plate. (Cron.) 6. He kept his eyes fixed on mine till I had finished, and then he turned away. (S. M.) 7. I saw her stretched out beside in the dust, her eyes glittering, and she wrinkled her nose at me. (J. Ch.) 8....I even heard it suggested that he might get the Foreign Office. (S. M.) 9. But a week later, feeling himself betrayed, hysterical and in terror, Norberd betrayed his wife. (Maltz) 10. As he ate the cottage pie that was his portion he felt Blodwen's eye fastened on him.... (Cron.) 11. We'll have supper sent up to the suite. (A. Chr.) 12. About ten minutes later he heard the front door shut. (A. Chr.) 13. Perhaps she refused to have him sent for because she knew he would refuse to come. (S. M.)

Ex. 3. Translate into Russian paying attention to the function of Participle II.

1. A lady in velvet jacket was sitting there, with her eyes fixed on the ground. (A. Chr.) 2. Occupied by other thoughts I stopped thinking about Strickland and his affairs. (S. M.)3. The Driffields lived in a house painted a dull red.... (S. M.) 4. It was a fairly large Victorian mansion kept in good state of repair. (A. Chr.) 5. He liked the way she had her hair arranged, wondering if it was brillaintine that made it glisten so. (F. F.) 6. She seemed pleased at Jane's gracious-ness and complimentary sayings. (A. Chr.) 7. Of the four persons who made up the little group collected about the threshold of the "Angry Cheese", three now spoke simultaneously. (P. W.) 8. He seemed calmed and at peace. (P. W.) 9.1 took her hands in mine: she held my sprained wrist gently. (Bates) 10. These two people seem extraordinary interested in Mon Repos. (P. W.) 11....a puzzled look crossed his face. (H. R.) 12....He went to the studio at ten with his coat collar turned up and his hat pulled low over his ears. (F. F.) 13. There were several letters in the pile laid on the table. (Gr. Gr.)

Ex. 4. Recast the following sentences so as to use subordinate clauses instead of predicative constructions.

1. About an hour had passed when he heard the key softly turned, and the door opened. 2. Arrived at the edge of the pond he stood, noting another water-lily opened since yesterday. 3. Hester, suppose you were to find yourself discharged from the faculty? 4. When Dr. Frank went back he found his wife nearly dressed. 5. I found him absorbed in detective novels. 6. The chair creaked, and Hope felt the glass drawn away from her. 7....the man of the world could feel Irene's arms crushed against his own. 8. Although Harold knew the facts so well he felt himself carried away by the rising current of excitement in the air. 9. Lambert liked to hear his children praised. 10. They saw the white sand spread in the explosion. 11. With mortification Simon saw his dark sardonic face relaxed. 12. But Willy had seen her carried off by half a dozen policemen, screaming and tearing their.hair. 13. He has felt himself compelled to bring this action.

Ex. 5. Recast the following sentences so as to use predicative constructions instead of subordinate clauses.

1. I tried the handle, and found that the door was unlocked. 2. Silas chose the law, because he felt that he was morally adapted for it. 3. They considered that the plan had been lost. 4. It could be considered that she was cured. 5. It seemed that she was greatly worried. 6. It appeared that Leila was calmed and delighted. 7. It turned out that the letter had been signed and ready to be posted. 8. When we came up to the village we found that it had been burnt to the ground. 9. When I entered the room I found that she had been already dressed for the party. 10. His thoughts wandered and he found that his mind was filled with memories of the past. 11.1 heard that his name had been mentioned several times during the conversation.

Ex. 6. Translate the Russian participles in brackets by English Participle II.

1. I lay there with my eyes (закрытые). 2. She kept her eyes (устремленные) upon her plate. 3. It was a room (предназначенная) not to live in but for purposes of prestige, and it had a musty melancholy air. 4. I had that door (покрашенная) only last week. 5. Meditatively he took from his pocket a neatly (сложенная) telegram which he opened and re-read. 6. Bill wheeled round. His face was set. He spoke through (стиснутые) teeth. 7. Bob moved up and down, searching for Bette, and at last found her (спрятанной) behind a large placard. 8. Andrew stood with his head (склоненной), silent. 9. Ferry found the (скомканную) note with the phone number on it, which Grace had left. 10. Feeling the warmth of the grass beneath him, the world around him (окруженный) with movement, it did not seem that there was such a thing as illness.

Ex. 7. Read the following dialogue and point out predicative constructions with Participle II. Make up your own dialogues using predicative constructions with Participle II.