The Participles and their functions in sentences
§ Exercises
a Encircle the Participles, mark the Present Participles with «Pres» and the Past Participles with «Past» and translate the sentences into Russian:
1 I he tine paid amounted to three hundred dollars.
2The executor is the person appointed to «execute» the will, that is to give effect to the wishes expressed in the will by the testator.
3 All criminal trials in Britain are held before a judge and a jury consisting of twelve ordinary people.
4 The police investigating the case are looking for three men.
5 The police never found the money stolen in the robbery.
6 They promised to compensate for all the expenses incurred.
7 The document corrected cannot be accepted.
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b Complete the following sentences using Participles:
1 They considered the application dated 20 September 1999 (to date) 20 September 1999.
2 The other party wanted to change the period......................... (to establish) previously.
3 The questions........................... (to mention) were of no importance.
4 The facts........................... (to underline) by the girl were rather unexpected.
5 The decision........................... (to make) aroused everybody's interest.
6 The contract........................... (to make) between these two parties has been completed.
7 The Clause........................... (to describe) the terms of payment will be discussed tomorrow.
8 The reports........................... (to reveal) these figures has not been issued jet.
§ Some prepositions
Remember and use for reference:
| · a party to a contract
· a party in an action
· a party in/at fault
· to claim smth
· a claim for smth
· to give rise to a claim
· to state a claim against smb
· in opposition to the claim
· to sue a case against smb
· to bring a civil action against smb
· to proceed a case against smb
· to make charges against smb
| · to accuse smb of smth
· to charge smb with smth
· to acquit smb of smth,
· to be entitled to acquittal
· to witness smth
· a witness to smth
· to testify to smth at/in/ during a trial
· to keep/to detain smb in custody
· to take into custody
· to be in jail/prison
| · under consideration
· under/on oath
· under legal duty
· to take smth into consideration/ account
| · not subject to appeal without appeal
· to support smth in support of smth
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