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APPENDIX 2


Exercise 3. Render the sentences and comment on the translation of the non-finite forms of the verbs.


Model: Excuse my interrupting you.
Гапингизни бўлганим учун узр.
Извините, что перебил вас.
My interrupting you — Gerundial phrase: lack of corres­pondence of the Grammar forms; the way of translation — Grammar transformation, substitution of the Gerundial phrase by a subordinate Clause.


A. 1. They claim to be working for peace.
2. I wanted to be answered at once.
3. To know English well you have to work hard.
4. He insists on his being sent on a mission.
5. We came here For mastering the English language.
6. I knew nothing about his sending that letter.
7. We postponed our visit because of John's being ill.
8. My mother's favorite cup is broken.
9. I saw the police struggling with the crowd.
10. The house which is being built in our street Is very beautiful.
11. If given the opportunity this industry will rapidly develop.
12. The cosmonauts are expected to be given a state wel­come at a Red Square parade next week. (Moscow News)
13. She didn't see anyone enter the room.
14. I am having my books bound.
15. Weather permitting the performance will be held out of door.
16. The weather is too fine for you to stay at home.
17. He was believed to be an experienced doctor.


B.1. The pilot is reported to have started on his flight in the morning.
2. These islands are said to have been discovered as ear­ly as 1762.
3. She was believed to be the luckiest woman in the world.
4. There appeared to be great excitement about the news.
5. There was no response— the empty rooms seemed to have sunk into their old stillness.
6. The fold around his mouth seems to express eternal disgust.
7. An old lady, who has for some obscure reason begged me not to divulge her name, happened to show me the dia­ry she had kept in the past.
8. I've always known him to be a genuine fault-finder.
9. I suppose being in love with my girl is a kind of trouble. (Gr. Greene.)
10. By concealing the truth you are running a serious risk of being suspected.
11. Look, there is someone waving to you.
12. In the joy of being alone Anthony filled his lungs with the pure morning air. (G. Gordon.)
13. I don't like being ignored. (G. Gordon.)