1. The sun having risen, they continued their way.
2. The professor being ill, the lecture was put off.
3. The wool was placed in the warehouse, the cotton being forwarded to the factory.
4. Weather permitting, the ship will leave port tomorrow.
5. There being a severe storm at sea, the steamer could not leave the port.
6. If being Sunday, the library was closed.
7. The work finished, we went home.
8. The signal given, the train started.
9. The weather being fine, they went for a walk.
10. The goods having been unloaded, the workers left the port.
11. Business on the London Metal Exchange was very brisk that day, over one thousand tons of tin being sold in the afternoon.
12. Agriculture is Costa Rica’s chief activity, mining and manufacturing being little developed.
13. Modern digital computers operating with tremendous speed, it is widely used in science and engineering.
14. Radio was invented in Russia, its inventor being the Russian scientist A.S. Popov.
15. Then they heard the noise of the plane, its shadow passing over the open glade.
Ex.8 Translate the sentences, paying attention to the Participle and its functions.
1. Being very ill, she couldn’t do her work.
2. The first rays of the rising sun lit up the top of the hill.
3. The tree struck by lightning was all black and leafless.
4. Being busy, he postponed the trip.
5. Having been shown the wrong direction, the travelers soon lost their way.
6. Having descended the mountain they heard a man calling for help.
7. Flushed and excited, the boy came running to his mother.
8. He stood watching the people passing by.
9. While being examined, the boy couldn’t help crying.
10. Strictly speaking, he is not a good student.