Verbals. Минакова Т.В - 21 стр.

     Для того, чтобы распознать самостоятельный оборот в тексте, следует
помнить его формальные признаки:
     1) Перед причастием стоит существительное в общем падеже без предлога
(или местоимение в именительном падеже);
     2) Самостоятельный причастный оборот всегда отделен запятой.

      2.8 Упражнения

     2.8.1 Переведите на русский язык

     My task having been finished, I went home.
     Peter being away, John had to do his work.
     It being very cold, they made a fire.
     The game having ended, the people went home.
     Nobody being there, I went away.
     My brother having taken the key, I couldn't enter the house.
     Dinner being over, we went into the garden.
     The weather being fine, all the windows were opened.
     The play being very popular, it was difficult to get tickets.
     The weather being nasty, they stayed at home.

    2.8.2 Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на самостоятельный
причастный оборот

     The next morning, it being Sunday, they all went to church.
     Dinner being over, he had asked Lizzy to come and sit with him.
     She sat on the steps, her arms crossed upon her knees.
     The door of the next room being opened, I heard some voices.
     The girl being really weak, they couldn't go to the country.
     His tale told, he put his head back and laughed.
     The dictionaries having been brought, they began translating the text.
     There are some pictures in the book, one being the map of England.
     The question being too difficult, no one could answer it.
     The translation of the text being ready, I shall show it to you.

    2.8.3 Перефразируйте     придаточные               предложения,           используя
самостоятельный причастный оборот

     When the meeting was over, we went home.
     Radio was invented in Russia, its inventor was a Russian scientist A.S. Popov.
     When the vacations were finished, we began our studies.
     As her brother was very ill, she couldn't go to the university that day.
     We had three lectures yesterday, the last was on mathematics.
     To translate this text without a dictionary is difficult for him because the text
contains too many new words.
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