The participle

link verb + Participle I
e.g. The music was deafening and we couldn’t speak.
The young man remained standing though he had been offered a seat.

4. 
   Do not confuse Participle I used predicatively with Participle I used as a simple verbal predicate in Present Continuous. Compare:
   

e.g. The music is deafening. # The music is deafening me.
Your answer is surprising. # Your answer is surprising everybody.


PARTICIPLE I AS PART OF A COMPOUND VERBAL PREDICATE
(Complex Subject)
In this function Participle I is used after certain verbs in the passive voice. The most frequent verbs are:
to see to hear to feel to find to catch
to keep to leave
e.g. Jane was heard quarrelling with her brother. = Слышали, как Джейн ссорилась с братом.
Mr. Peterson was found lying dead in his armchair. = Мистера Петерсона нашли лежащим мертвым в кресле.
We were kept waiting for an hour or so. = Нас заставили ждать час или более того.
The child was left standing all alone in the dark room. = Ребенка оставили стоять совершенно одного в темной комнате.


TASK 15. Sort out the sentences below into the corresponding column of the table. The first two are done for you.

Complex Object	Complex Subject
1,	2

1. 
   Bill watched Nell crossing the room and going out of the door.
   
2. 
   The old man was heard moving about the whole night but in the morning he was gone.
   
3. 
   Barbara saw Neil’s teeth gleaming in what must be a smile.
   
4. 
   Simon shortly found Molly having tea in the kitchen.
   
5. 
   Nell liked to watch Bill doing things: digging, planting trimming.
   
6. 
   Tom Wells was noticed standing in the shadow of a big oak tree growing near the of the house.
   
7. 
   Pam felt her cheeks blushing a little.
   
8. 
   The noise in the entrance hall continued and more carriages were heard arriving at the door.
   
9. 
   When Harry opened his eyes he saw Professor Dumbledore sitting by his side on the edge of his bed.
   
10. 
    Rose’s voice was heard rising above all the noise.
    
11. 
    Steve walked through the open French window into the garden. In the last light he saw the flowers closing up.
    
12. 
    Upstairs Annette was heard singing in her bath.
    
13. 
    Lily was seen coming in but no one saw her coming out.
    
14. 
    The outer door was open and the glass of the inner door two men were seen standing in the hall.
    
15. 
    The dead man was left lying in the pool of blood till the police came.
    
16. 
    I am so angry! We were kept waiting for three quarters of an hour before the Consul finally accepted us.
    
17. 
    On November, 5 Guy Fawkes was found lighting gun powder in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament.