3.8.3. Spelling participles
1. You can hear the restrained, unclear whisper of the night (Turgenev). 2. Following the seriously wounded, a dozen and a half of those who could still walk (Simonov) got off the barge. 3. The ears of corn have already filled up, the pillars are chiseled..., the heads are gilded... (Nekrasov). 4. The belly is swollen..t, s..t., tormented..t, ver..t, steep..t, Kalina is barely able to walk (Nekrasov). 5. A scared crow is afraid of a bush (proverb). 6. The wet sides of the stones, sanded.. by hammering, became shiny, like varnished.. (Kuprin). 7. Well, brother, urine tobacco, like a horse being treated, is no good (Sholokhov). 8. The abandoned smoking rooms with closed shutters stood silently (Sholokhov). 9. A locked...hard cannon with a locked...hard 3 fuse was trailing behind us (Pushkin). 10. Grandmother was preparing lunch from purchased provisions.. (M. Gorky). 11. The driven road (Pushkin) wound like a yellowish ribbon. 12. Over there, the coachmen and cooks are giving themselves a ball... and I... I’m like a bro... (Chekhov). 13. The (fishing) industrialist, all covered with smoky kutums, dried and salted pike perch, sits between this grace.. like a black cloud (G. Uspensky ). 14. Loaded...cars rolled...off the steep...bank onto the ice (Azhaev). 15. The armored, torn (half-length) fur coat stayed on him like a starched one (Serafimovich). 16. Here I saw Mikhail Pushchin, early last year (Pushkin). 17. Its [roads] are black, long untrodden ruts barely visible in the grass (Fadeev). 18. All day long you could hear the creaking of unoiled wheels (Kataev). 19. The highway was smooth, asphalted..in..nm (Bykov). 20. The horses started at a quick trot, beating on the ice with their hoofed hooves (Serafimovich). 21. An unbidden tear sparkled in Lyonka’s eyes (Simonov). 22. Icy unclean sidewalks and melted snow on huge boulders (Gilyarovsky). 23. At night I was awakened by the roar of chained wheels (Paustovsky). 24. In a few days the preparations were completed, things were collected3 and tied down (Aksakov). 25. Lyubka was lying on the chest, covered with a colorful, quilted blanket, sewn..m3 from calico..w..x l..cutikov (Chekhov). 26. Here and there a track of an abandoned, untraveled road could be seen from under the snow (B. Polevoy). 27. A chewed raincoat hung from the shoulders, with pockets drawn to the knees (Fedin). 28. These words did not produce the desired effect (L. Tolstoy). 29. If you are a ruddy guy, you will be called a brother to me (Pushkin). 30. For a long time I could not connect Ataman Uralov with this unexpected...unexpected...recluse old man (Gladkov). 31. The expanse of the river valley poured into the sky covered with rare clouds (Fedin). 32. He skipped towards us in a jacket, hung with orders and medals (Antonov). 33. Mixed clay was supplied to the construction site in trolleys (Azhaev). 34. There are wires suspended everywhere (Antonov). 35. On the table in faceted glasses there were homemade tinctures and liqueurs, on plates there were snacks: lightly salted cucumbers, pickled mushrooms and tomatoes, sauerkraut fork cabbage (Rybakov). 36. Sand, torn from the slope, fell on the detachment and began to spin like crazy (A.N. Tolstoy). 37. The steppe was full of unspeakable delight (Sholokhov). 38. Two machine gun nests were neatly arranged, and there were earthen shelves made everywhere (Simonov). 39. The crushed shells of colored eggs were lying on the pavement (Fedin). 40. I brought limp roach there (Mamin-Sibiryak). 41. And spring this year shone with invisible colors (Sholokhov). 42. The principles contain a lot of precise knowledge and poetry (Paustovsky). 43. The paths of the garden were strewn with smooth coarse gravel, crunching3 underfoot, and the sides were lined with large pink shells (Kuprin). 44. The fat butler, resplendent with his round, shaved3 face and the starched bow of his white tie, reported that the food was...ready..but (L. Tolstoy). 45. Nervous people are quick-tempered and unbalanced. 46. The opponents' chances are not yet balanced. 47. The defendant was acquitted by a jury. 48. Emergency measures during floods are extremely justified. 49. To solve this problem, special commissions were organised. 50. The youngest daughter has always been modest, well-mannered and organised. 51. Now these are disciplined, smart, experienced fighters (Tikhonov).
Participle. Participle. Training exercises and creative tasks
Participle. Participle
I. Training exercises and
creative tasks
Exercise 1.
Write it off. Find the participles and underline them.
The room was flooded with yellow sunlight. It’s as if there really is such a yellow, luminous paint that does not dry out either on the floor or on the bookshelf. Wet, melting snow smells like russula. He rustles underfoot. He will no longer appear white on the roofs and pavements. Only in December the snow will return back, white, untouched, without a single spot.
Exercise 2.
Write it down, indicating the gender, number, and case of the participles in brackets.
The wide starry sky, the foggy distance of the meadows silvered with starlight, cleared up and became visible. Even the vague outline of a hill hanging over the river could be guessed at least by the fact that a starless, black place yawned there. Having settled down on the hay, we looked for a long time at the bottomless zenith, filled with moving stars, for a long time we listened to the night with the cry of a crake running nearby the headboard itself.
Exercise 3.
Write down the participles along with the nouns.
In the fair-haired heads of those boys who flounder in a cozy pool overgrown with willows, or run splashing along a murmuring riffle, or pull stubborn clawed crayfish out of muddy holes, the thought rarely comes to mind: where does it flow from, where does their river begin? The river flowed when the children were not yet in the world, and it will flow when they are gone again. Rural children have no other idea of the beginning of any river other than the cold springs gushing out from under the ground.
Exercise
4 .
Write it off. Underline the participles as part of the sentence.
Wild goats love mountainous places covered with forests with clean grassy ridges, cut by small hollows, with steep mountain rivers, murmuring brooks and silent, quiet lakes. Cold springs and springs, even small openings overgrown with dense bushes, at certain times of the year serve as a favorite refuge for roe deer. In winter, roe deer feed on young birch and aspen shoots, frozen catkins remaining on them and yellowed leaves that have not flown off.
Exercise
5.
Write down, indicating the gender, number and case of the participles, and indicate the endings.
The fish rushed into the depths of the pool, hit the bottom, and jumped out of the water like a candle along with a two-pound weight and dangling leashes. The fisherman saw the thick, stone-like body of a giant fish. It seemed that
Wet, blue... from the cold. Alyosha pulled with all his might, tearing into the depths of the giant. Numb... from the cold, with his arms strained, the boy could barely stand on his feet when people appeared on the shore.
Exercise 6.
Write down and underline the participial phrase. Insert the missing letters.
1) A magpie, cleaning its black sharp beak on an alder branch, suddenly turned its head to the side, listened, and sat down. 2) A long, juicy muzzle, crowned with heavy, branchy horns, protruded from the dense, powdered pine needles. 3) Pink suede nostrils, emitting a hot steam of anxious breath, moved convulsively. 4) The elk’s attention was attracted by a sound heard from above. 5) Raised by the war from its winter den, the bear was hungry and angry.
Exercise 7.
Find participles and words dependent on them; write down, emphasizing the participles along with dependent words.
1) A frog in a meadow, having seen an ox, decided to match his stature.
2) Casting a shadow across the valley, the leaves on the tree with marshmallows whispered. 3) The shepherd slept under the shadow, relying on the dogs. 4) A snake crawls towards him from under the bushes, sticking out its sting. 5) The wolf at night, thinking of getting into the sheepfold, ended up in the kennel. 6) Suddenly the whole kennel yard stood up, sensing the gray one so close to the bully. 7) My wolf sits with his butt pressed into the corner, his teeth snapping and fur bristling, his eyes seem like he would like to eat everyone. The Monkey, seeing his image in the mirror, quietly nudged the Bear with his foot.
Exercise 8.
Write out, placing commas, first sentences with participles or participial phrases placed before the predicate, then after the predicate. Label the punctogram.
1) Approaching the groves.. Lisa went quieter. 2) She walked along the roads, lost in thought.. 3) (Without) giving himself time to load the gun, he (Alexey) went out into the field with his faithful Sbogar. 4) Grigory Ivanovich Muromsky, tempted by the good weather, ordered his short mare to be saddled. 5) Approaching the forest, he saw his neighbor. 6) But the horse, having galloped to the ravine, suddenly rushed to the side and Muromsky (could not) sit still. 7) Having fallen rather heavily on the frozen ground, he lay and cursed his scanty mare. Stremyanny led the guilty horse holding it by the bridle. 9) The neighbors had a rather friendly conversation while having breakfast. 10) The father constantly looked at her (daughter) (not) understanding her goals but finding it all very funny.
Exercise
9.
Copy by opening parentheses. Indicate the spelling.
1) (If you don’t) pick up an ax, you (cannot) cut down a hut. 2) (Not) knowing the ford, (don’t) stick your nose into the water. 3) (Don’t) dare to weave bast shoes without tearing the bast. 4) (Do not) boast about the stove in the (un)heated hut. 5) (If you don’t) feed the horse, you (don’t) go far. 6) (Not) having had dinner, it’s easier, but having had dinner, it’s better. 7) (Not) handsome in face, but good in mind.
Exercise 10.
Write it down by writing the letter s over perfect participles and n over imperfect participles. Indicate the suffixes with which gerunds are formed.
1) Three days later, (not) reaching Shakhtnoy station a little, the detachment hastily unloaded. 2) The Red Army soldiers were hunched over, finishing breakfast, buttoning their tunics, resting their hands on the ground, and holding their hand outstretched in my direction, warning me not to move, and at the same time looking down, getting ready to jump. 4) I dropped to the bottom of the ravine, I rushed to the right and saw that Chubuk and a (un)friendly soldier were lurking head over heels near one of the bushes. 5) Clearing his throat and spitting, Chubuk rose from the grass. 6) Looking at the white man and Chubuk, I understood why the prisoner was brought here; with difficulty tearing off his legs, he ran to the side and stopped, tightly grasping the trunk of a birch tree.
Exercise 11.
Replace a four to five sentence text by using two or three participle phrases.
The leaf that fell; the sun that comes out from behind the clouds; a play that is often performed in the theater; the manuscript being read by the editor; a book you haven't finished reading; a child who laughs; a person who is respected, a problem that has not been solved; a dream that will not come true.
Exercise 12.
Write a miniature essay in an artistic style with elements of description, using phrases: in frozen air; over a sleeping lake; a light breeze blew by; twitched...I'm rippling the water; a small river, lost in the wilderness; the crack of broken branches. Title the text.
Exercise
13.
Restore the text by opening the brackets to form participles from the verbs. Determine what style of speech the text belongs to.
Many shrubs and small trees in the deserts of Central Asia obtain water by digging deep into the soil root system. Among the (turn brown) vegetation (burn) by the sun of the clayey Central Asian desert, bright green bushes with very small leaves and a mass of thorns stand out. This is a camel thorn, (to decorate) the desert.
Exercise 14.
Write a miniature essay in an artistic style using these phrases. Title your essay.
Empty park; yellowed leaves; swing, sad in silence; reddening bunches of rowan; a carpet of leaves embroidered with gold.
Exercise 15
.Translate from Ukrainian into Russian. Compare the spelling of participles in both languages.
At night, Mowgli loves to come down from his hump in the field and follow the villagers in the sunshine. Before people, she was incredulous: Bagheera showed her a screen with small self-opening doors, cleverly hidden in the Jungle. Mangli once treated it like a peasant lad, taking a potter's weave, coating it in the middle with clay, filling it with fried powder and eating it from the barns.
