A: Is it true that British people attach great importance to their customs and traditions?
B: …
A: Could you tell me in detail about any British custom or tradition? Which one do you like the most?
B: …
A: Thank you very much for such an interesting information.
B: …
A: And one more question. Have you ever been present at Thanksgiving Dinner?
B: …
A: Oh, really. I didn’t know it’s an American tradition. And have you ever been to the USA.
B: …
A: What a pity. I hope you’ll soon visit this country and tell me everything about their habits, folklaw, traditions and customs.
Grammar Exercises
Participle II
Past Participle має лише одну форму і є пасивним дієприкметником. Він вживається тоді, коли іменник або займенник, якого він стосується, позначає об’єкт вираженої ним дії.
· Здебільшого Participle ІІ виражає дію, що передує дії, вираженій присудком;
We looked at the ash left from the burnt on the bonfire figures.
· але може також виражати дію, одночасну з дією, вираженою дієсловом-присудком, а також дію, безвідносну до часу.
Ireland remained for him a mystery, an unsolvedproblem. (Murdoch)
I. Transform the following sentences using Participle II instead of the subordinate clauses.
Model: We live in the city which was founded more than two thousand years ago. –
We live in the city founded more than two thousand years ago.
1. Englishmen are proud of their traditions which are carefully kept up by them.
2. Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states which are known as the Commonwealth realms
3. On Bonfire Night one can see children who are dressed in old clothes with figures which are made of sacks and straw.
4. The midday meal, which is called lunch, usually consists of stew, fried fish, chops, liver or sausages, vegetables.
5. From 4 to 6 there is a very light meal which is named 5 o’clock tea.
6. Supper, which is rarely served in England, may be a snack of bread and cheese and cocoa.
7. Queen Elizabeth’s coronation service, which was held in 1953, was the first to be televised.
8. The tasks on Participle II which were given to the students at the exam were not very difficult.