Card № 15
Use the appropriate form of Participle:
1. (to translate) by a good specialist, the story гpreserved all the sparkling humour of
the original. 2. (to approve) by the critics, the young author's story was accepted by a thick
magazine. 3. (to wait) for some time in the hall, he was invited into the drawing-room. 4. (to
wait) in the hall, he thought over the problem he was planning to discuss with the old lady.
5. They reached the oasis at last, (to walk) across the endless desert the whole day. 6. (to lie)
down on the soft couch, the exhausted child fell asleep at once. 7. She went to work, (to
leave) the child with the nurse. 8. (to phone) the agency, he left (to say) he would be back in
two hours. 9. (to write) in very bad handwriting, the letter was difficult to read. 10. (to
write) his first book, he could not help worrying about the reaction of the critics. 11. (to
spend) twenty years abroad, he was happy to be coming home. 12. (to be) so far away from
home, he still felt himself part of the family. 13. She looked at the enormous bunch of roses
with a happy smile, never (to give) such a wonderful present. 14. (not to wish) to discuss
that difficult and painful problem, he changed the conversation.