Part of a compound nominal predicate

 

Translation: 

by the verbs быть, стать, etc. in their combinations 

with nouns, adjectives, participles.

He seemed 

tired

, but 

 working.

Он казался 

усталым

, но 

 работать. 

5. 

Participial phrases as parenthesis.

Here we always find a participial phrase; a single participle is not 

used in this function.

NOTE: 

They can be translated in different ways.

, we must point out the following issues.

, необходимо выделить следующие моменты 

(деепричастие).

Если подводить итоги 

... (неопределенная форма глагола с со-

юзом «если»).

Подведем итоги

 ... (повелительное наклонение).

1. Taking his seat, he looked at his watch. 

2. Lingering in the cold, he debated whether he should ride on to 

the house.

3. Having heard the gist of the report, Mr. Smith did not dispute it. 

4. Arriving at the station, she saw him at once, leaning against the 

railing. 

5. Crossing that little empty room to the door, she thought, “It opens 

inwards, I must pull it to behind me!” 

6. Adrian, glancing round, suddenly saw Kate. 

7. Jane, having slammed the kitchen door, stood waiting for Tom to 

open it. 

8. So thinking, he paused before his house door. 

9. Hearing that the new Member would be at his headquarters all 

the morning, the sisters started about eleven o’clock. 

10. About to sink into an armchair, he noticed standing before the 

fire a tallish thin man with twisting dark eyebrows.