The Objective Participial Construction

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Predicative Constructions with Participles

Forms of Participles

Language Work

Unit 11. The Forward-Biased P-N Junction

For example:

· Speaking about the new method the engineer told us many interesting things.

· The results obtained are very important.

· Having been made carelessly the experiment proved useless.

Study the examples. When do the actions expressed by participles take place?

a) Noun (Common case)/Pronoun (Objective case) + Participle I/II (after: feel, hear, notice, observe, perceive, see, watch, listen, have, get, imagine, help, etc.)

For example:

· We saw him providing an experiment.

· Please, help me to start these mechanisms working.

b) Noun (Common case)/Pronoun (Objective case) + Participle II (after: make, get, like, want, etc.) and when the subject represents a lifeless thing.

For example:

· He had the battery connected across the crystal.

· They wanted the holes removed from the positive end of the battery.

The Subjective Participial Construction (A Predicate is in Passive)

For example:

· He was seen providing the experiment.

· The electrons were noticed repelling from the negative end of the crystal.

· The current was perceived increasing very rapidly.