- •Неличные формы глагола
- •Предисловие
- •Part I. The non-finite forms of the verb (the verbals)
- •§ 2. The characteristic traits of the verbals are as follows:
- •The participle
- •§ 3. The participle is a non-finite form of the verb which has a verbal and an adjectival or an adverbial character.
- •§ 5. The tense distinctions of the participle.
- •§ 6. The voice distinctions of the participle.
- •§ 7. The functions of Participle I in the sentence.
- •§ 8. The functions of Participle II in the sentence.
- •§ 9. Predicative constructions with the participle.
- •§ 10. The Objective Participial Construction.
- •§ 11. The Subjective Participial Construction.
- •§ 12. The Nominative Absolute Participial Construction.
- •§ 13. The Prepositional Absolute Participial Construction.
- •§ 14. Absolute constructions without a participle.
- •§ 15. The Nominative Absolute Participial Construction and the Nominative Absolute Construction are separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma or a semicolon.
- •The gerund
- •§ 16. The gerund developed from the verbal noun, which in course of time became verbalized preserving at the same time its nominal character.
- •§ 17. The double nature of the gerund.
- •§ 18. The tense distinctions of the gerund.
- •§ 19. The voice distinctions of the gerund.
- •§ 20. Predicative constructions with the gerund.
- •§ 21. The use of the gerund.
- •§ 22. The gerund and the infinitive.
- •§ 23. The functions of the gerund in the sentence.
- •§ 24. The gerund and the participle.
- •§ 25. The gerund and the verbal noun.
- •The infinitive
- •§ 27. The tense and aspect distinctions of the infinitive.
- •§ 28. The voice distinctions of the infinitive.
- •§ 29. The use of the infinitive without the particle to (the bare infinitive).
- •§ 30. The functions of the infinitive in the sentence.
- •§ 31. Infinitive constructions.
- •§ 32. The Objective-with-the-Infinitive Construction.
- •The use of the objective-with-the-infinitive construction
- •§ 33. The Subjective Infinitive Construction.
- •The use of the subjective infinitive construction
- •§ 34. The for-to-Infinitive Construction.
- •Attribute.
- •§ 35. With the expressions to be sorry, to be glad the infinitive is used only if the subject of the sentence represents at the same time the doer of the action expressed by the infinitive.
- •Part II exercises in the non-finite forms of the verb participle I
- •Predicative Constructions with Participle I
- •Participle II
- •Dialogue
- •Revision (the participle)
- •Dialogue
- •The gerund
- •As subject or predicative:
- •As a part of a compound verbal predicate:
- •As a prepositional object:
- •As an attribute:
- •As an adverbial modifier:
- •Predicative Constructions (Complexes) with the Gerund
- •Revision (the gerund)
- •Dialogue
- •The infinitive
- •Predicative Constructions with the Infinitive
- •Revision (the infinitive)
- •Dialogue
- •General revision
- •Dialogue
- •Contents
Dialogue
Harry: It’s very nice to be home. Had a good day, Nora?
Nora: Not very good. People kept knocking at the door all the morning. I must have come downstairs a dozen times to open the door.
Harry: Oh. Who are they all?
Nora: Oh, nobody special. Just the electric-light man to read the meter, the man selling fruit, the postman — all the usual people. … But Harry, I’ve got something awful to tell you!
Harry: What’s that?
Nora: I went to the market to buy some meat, and I took Rex with me for a walk. And he disappeared!
Harry: What, you mean the dog disappeared while you were buying the meat?
Nora: Yes. One minute I was paying for it, and the next minute I looked round to find that he had gone. Of course we looked all round the butcher’s stall, but he wasn’t there. I’ve done nothing but worry. I went to the police station to report it; but they telephoned just before you came in to say they had no news of him.
Harry: Oh, he’ll be all right. He’s clever enough to come home.
Nora: I’m sure he’s been run over. (A knocking at the front door.) Who’s that now? Why, it’s Mr. Grimble, the butcher!
Grimble: Yes, Madam, I’ve just called to bring you this dog. I see from the collar that he’s yours.
Nora: Oh, that’s wonderful! Look, Harry, Mr. Grimble has come specially to bring Rex back!
Grimble: H’m. And to give you this bill for five pounds of best beef your dog ate while he was hidden under my stall!
Meet the Parkers
Contents
Part I. The Non-Finite Forms of the Verb |
4 |
The Participle |
5 |
The Gerund |
20 |
The Infinitive |
34 |
Part II. Exercises in Non-Finite Forms of the Verb |
52 |
The Participle |
52 |
The Gerund |
74 |
The Infinitive |
90 |
General Revision |
114 |
1 If the word-group to be pleased (displeased) is followed by a noun or pronoun the preposition with is used:
I am pleased with you (with your paper).
2 All the observations concerning the infinitive as subject, object, attribute and adverbial modifier of result hold good when these parts of the sentence are expressed by the /ог-io-lnfinitive Construction.