THE NON-FINITE FORMS OF THE VERBS (VERBALS)
THE PARTICIPLE
1. Derek, who had slept the sleep of the dead, __ none for two nights, woke __ of Nedda. (to have, to think) (Galsworthy) 2. The street was full of people, t- and __ home, (to laugh, to go) (Greene)3. The gypsy smiled, __ his teeth, (to show) (Hemingway)4. While __ my directions, he glanced at me now and then, suspiciously, from under his frost-white eye-lashes, (to obey) (Ch. Bronte)5. __ them, he raised his coffee cup. (to watch) (Cronin)6. It (the letter] contained very little matter, __ in haste; but the meaning was bulky enough, (to write) (Hardy)7. He went upstairs again, __ past the door, and, __ his room, switched on the light, (to tiptoe, to enter) (Galsworthy)8. The missionary, __ daily opportunities of looking at this seascape for thirty years or so, pays no heed to it, __ in trimming a huge red geranium bush. (to have, to absorb) (Shaw)9. __ my back on him I started down the steps, (to turn) (Clark)10. At that moment he was plunged in the depth of an easy-chair, __ to by Mr. Vandernoodt. (to talk) (Eliot)11. There was only one candle __ on the rough board table. (to ficker) (Stone)12. Boldwood, __ her comparatively isolated, came up to her side, (to see) (Hardy)13. On the sultry platform of Grand Central he opened the bulky Times..., __ the valise on his feet, (to set) (Priestley) 14. Young Herndon had done preparatory work at Illinois College for a year but, not __ to the college proper, had returned home, (to admit) (Stone)15. __ his hands and __ a towel over his face, he followed her down the stairs of the hushed house, (to wash, to pass) (Galsworthy) 16. Frank __ the step on the gravel, turned sharply round. (to hear) (Trollope)17. She had not brought him money or position, __ no more than the daughter of a Wort ley doctor, (to be) (Cronin)18. Abraham was back at the end of three weeks, __ an extra eighty miles, (to ride) (Stone)19. Then swiftly __ neither to left nor right, she returned to Adrian, (to look) (Galsworthy) 20. And __ this in her official and impersonal tone of voice, the chambermaid then grinned, winked and vanished, (to say) (Priestley) 21. The campaign progressed uneventfully, from day to day, no longer __ in news broadcasts, (to mention) (Mailer)22. __ that no one else was coming, Mr. Lincoln rose, (to see) (Stone) 23. __ dinner, Soames lighted the second of his two daily cigars, and took up the earpieces of the wireless, (to finish) (Galsworthy)
1. Having traversed seven hundred miles he was now travelling toward the border of the United States. (Horgan) 2. There was a tiny smile playing about the corners of his mouth. (Stone)3. He bad a beautiful old house in Queen Anne Street, and being a man of taste he had furnished it admirably. (Maugham)4. Dona Carlotta covered her face with her hand, as if swooning. (Lawrence)5. Turning in anger, she gave John a shove, spilling his tea. (Lindsay)6. To Maggie, the new protective gentleness of her son was sweet, and also very frightening. (Lessing)7. Judging him by his figure and his movements, he was still young. (Collins)8. Placing his drink upon the mantlepiece the ex-convict stood for a moment observing the young man out of the corner of his eye. (Cronin)9. Being very tired with his walk however, he soon fell asleep and forgot his" troubles. (Dickens)10. He [Lincoln] raised his eyes, looked at her as though peering over the top of spectacles. (Stone)11. There were four girls sitting on the wooden benches of the agency's front room. (/. Shaw)12. Having shaken hands with them, he brought his own hands together with a sharp slap. (Priestley) 13. Manuel went in, carrying his suitcase. (Hemingway)14. While pondering this problem, I sat in the dormitory window-seat. (Ch. Bronte)15". I am going to Rome, having friends there. (Dickens)16. There was sunlight coming in through the shutters. (Hemingway)17. Abraham appeared at noon the next day, bringing with him two hundred dollars in cash. (Stone)18. Much of the afternoon I looked out of the window, as though thinking, but not really thinking. (Snow)19. He was thoughtful for a moment while leaning perilously close to the fire. (Stone)20. Cecilia had heard very little being absorbed in her own reflections. (Crawford)21. Having breakfasted, out I went. (Ch. Bronte)22. He looked at his father listening with a kind of painful desperation. (Cronin)23. She recrossed her legs comfortably, as though preparing for a long session on the sofa. (/. Shaw)24. Never having encouraged friends to drop in spontaneously, she was almost totally alone. (Stone)25. A cold wind swept the pavement, bearing a scrap of silver paper from a chocolate box across the lamplight. (Greene)
1. Получив телеграмму, моя сестра немедленно выехала в Москву. 2. Войдя в класс, учительница спросила дежурного, кто отсутствует. 3. Мать улыбалась, глядя на детей, играющих в саду. 4. Взяв перо и бумагу, мальчик стал писать письмо отцу, уехавшему на Дальний Восток. 5. Услышав голос товарища, я вышел из комнаты, чтобы встретить его. 6. Увидев незнакомого человека, я извинился и вернулся в свою комнату. 7. Будьте осторожны, переходя улицу. 8. Приехав в Москву, мы прежде всего сдали веши на хранение (to leave something in the left luggage room). 9. Прожив много лет в Англии, он хорошо говорит по-английски. 10. Читая эту книгу, я встретил несколько интересных выражений (to come across). 11. Прочитав книгу, мальчик вернул ее в библиотеку. 12. Проведя лето в деревне, больной совершенно поправился (to be fully recovered). 13. Студенты, читающие английские книги в оригинале, легко овладевают языком. 14. Увидев своих друзей, пришедших проводить его, он подошел к ним.