Lesson 5

Part 1

Participle I

Participle I has two forms: present and perfect. Present participle in the active voice is formed by adding ending -ing to the verb and translated by Russian participle of the active voice:

to buy - buying - покупать - покупающий.

Present participle has also a passive form which is formed in the following way:

being + V3 (Ved) and is translated by Russian participle of the passive voice:

being bought - покупаемый или тот, который покупают.

Perfect Participle has also both passive and active forms:

an active form: having bought - купив;

a passive form: having been bought - будучи купленный.

In the sentence it can play a few roles:

1. it can play the role of an attribute and be placed before or after a subject. In this case it is translated by a participle in an active voice or a subordinate clause.

E.g.: A number of animals living on the Earth eat plants. - Ряд животных, живущих (или которые живут) на земле, питаются растениями.

2. It can play the role of an adverb and be placed at the beginning of a sentence or at the end of a sentence. In this case it is translated by the Russian verbal participle. E.g.: Taking into account this news we decided to change our plans. - Принимая во внимание эту новость мы решили изменить наши планы.

3. It can play the role of a parenthetical word:

allowing for - принимая во внимание;

assuming that - полагая, что;

judging by - судя;

putting it mildly - мягко говоря;

roughly speaking - грубо говоря.

4. It can also play the role of a subject and is translated by a verbal noun, e.g.: Substituting carbon for this substance will reduce environmental pollution - Замена углерода на это вещество позволит снизить уровень загрязнения окружающей среды.

Vocabulary


admixture - примесь

limited scope - ограниченная сфера применения

hydrochloric acid - соляная кислота

residue - остаток, осадок

powder- порошок

affinity - сродство

ketal - кетал

partake - участвовать

convention - условие

abstraction - отделение

nitrosation - нитрование

 


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