Exercise 5. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the syntactical functions of participle I.

Attribute and predicative

1. Former members of Saddam Hussein's feared secret services are being recruited to counter growing terrorist threats. (D.T.) 2. This was extremely annoying, but, of course, I had no choice but to hurry on upstairs. (K.I.) 3. Larry seated himself at the writing table and began to count. Isabel and I remained standing. (S.M.) 4. … he's the dreamer of a beautiful dream, and even if the dream doesn’t come true it's rather thrilling to have dreamt it. (S.M.) 5. I looked into his eyes. They were so trusting, so honest. (S.M.) 6. The court was evacuated when white powder and a threatening note were received. (D.T.) 7. He directed a piercing glance at me through his glasses. (S.L.) 8. A diving ship will have no difficulty at all in bringing the fuselage to the surface. (A.M.L.) 9. There were three experiments in the study involving analogical reasoning with figures. (E.J.) 10. In fact, it was most gratifying to learn that all of the great spirits consulted are very happy. (S.L.) 11. The company has also lost its contract supplying J.Sainsbury with savory products. (D.T.) 12. The missing man was very much the root of all our troubles. (A.M.L.)

Adverbial modifier of manner or attendant circumstances

1. Twenty-five years ago this week a message came crackling into the nation's living rooms from 240,000 miles away: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." (People) 2. He sat shivering slightly, with the same timid look in his face as before. (S.L.) 3. The middle window was opened, and clustering roses and the scarlet honeysuckle came peeping round the corner. (E.G.) 4. We were sitting around the tea table awaiting his arrival. (A.Chr.) 5. "Mad," whispered Richard, not thinking she could hear him. (Ch.D.) 6. Poirot looked at me pityingly, shaking his head very gently. (A.Chr.) 7. "Ah, there it is," he cried, seizing it (the valise) and carrying it off. (S.L.) 8. Listening to the ringing tone, he wished that other problems could be settled as swiftly and simply as this one was going to be. (A.H.) 9. She stopped, wondering where Mel Bakersfield was, and if he would come. (A.H.) 10. He turned away and stood staring over the harbour. (A.M.L.)

Adverbial modifier of time and cause

1. However, knowing Miss Kenton as I do, I am inclined to think that a lack of any letter can be taken as an agreement. (K.I.) 2. The King, being in need of good counselors, considered Berkshire to be nearer than Kent for his purposes. (K.B.P.) 3. Lord Burghley himself, when presenting to the Queen his reasons why she should not marry Dudley, if that was her intention, now stated "that he is infamed by the death of his wife". (K.B.P.) 4. Her elder son, a diplomatist, being charge d'affaires in Tokyo during the absence of the ambassador, had been of course unable to leave his post. (S.M.) 5. Elliot, having installed the Maturins in his spacious apartment on the Left Bank, returned to the Riviera at the end of the year. (S.M.) 6. To break this vicious cycle it is important to lose only fat while maintaining or even increasing muscle. (People) 7. Having been a battered wife in an earlier marriage, I can say Mr. Simpson displays the typical pattern of a wife-beater… (People) 8. And then, coming to the familiar door, for my customary summer suit, I found that he was there no more. (S.L.) 9. Acquiring a tankard of cider from the landlord, I seated myself at a table a little way away. (K.I.) 10. Do you mean to tell me that the generalissimo, having successfully completed the confiscation of all the American sugar-refining mills, is now selling the machinery back to the Americans? (A.M.L) 11. Having leaked advance news of a big rights issue, "Royal and Sun Alliance" yesterday invited share-holders. (D.T.) 12. With that he slid in beside me, having opened the door and made sure the belt of my sweater was inside, and off we drove. (H.B.)

Adverbial modifier of comparison and subsequent events

1. She was 20 when she joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame in New York City, but it soon became apparent that convent life was not for her. She left after five months, finishing college at Fordham University in New York City. (People) 2. It rained for two weeks on end, completely ruining our holiday. (M.Swan) 3. His eyes seemed to be peering into it (the photograph) as if seeking to fathom its unfathomable mystery. (S.L.) 4. She looked around the familiar apartment, as though seeking some kind of reassurance from it. (S.Sh.) 5. Duncan had ridden off, leaving Sabrina on the hill. (J.L.) 6. The anger returned, shooting Ophelia off the bed for several paces around the room. (J.L.) 7. On Brule's advice Kirsty moved to Milan to audition for the shows, meeting at first with mixed results. (H.B.)

Part of a compound verbal predicate

1. I beckoned to him and he came walking quickly towards us. (A.M.L.) 2. The ships came sailing into the harbour. (R.W.Zandvoort) 3. And with that Mr. Butt went bursting forth into the rain. (S.L.) 4. The door had opened suddenly, and a young fellow came swaggering in with the air of one who is the master. (A.C.D.) 5. The fact was, I had been "off duty" at that moment when Miss Kenton had come marching into my pantry. (K.I.) 6. She new it was bad form to come visiting your neighbor when you knew he was having a party. (J.L.) 7. Yellow oxygen masks came tumbling down, each mask connected by a short plastic tube to a central oxygen supply. (A.H.) 8. Presently they (the guests) will all come trooping in to breakfast. (S.L.) 9. Jackie Felt came scampering over. (E.S.)

Parenthesis

1. Judging by his music, the singer Chris Martin is not the sort of person prone to fisticuffs. (D.T.) 2. He was not, considering her intelligence, the sort of man she would have been expected to choose. (J.Ch.) 3. But, comparatively speaking, her life was wrecked. (M.F.) 4. Taking everything into consideration, they ought to get another chance. (M.Swan) 5. Granting this to be true, what follows? (R.W.Zandvoort) 6. And speaking again of the survivors, we'll have to find sleeping accommodations for them. (A.M.L.) 7. Considering her comprehensive view of life, it seemed strange that such a thing should have bothered her. (J.Ch.) 8. The next moment, Mrs. Taylor was showing in a well-built man, perhaps in his fifties, who judging from his dress had spent the day engaged in agricultural work. (K.I.) 9. But speaking practically, it's as good a way as any to describe how an industry finds faces to satisfy our culture's hungry eye. (H.B.) 10. Broadly speaking, dogs are more faithful than cats. (M.Swan)

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