Job source: Decision 2442. Unified State Exam 2018. Russian language. I.P. Tsybulko. 36 options.
Task 7. Establish a correspondence between grammatical errors and the sentences in which they were made: for each position in the first column, select the corresponding position from the second column.
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GRAMMATICAL ERRORS A) violation in the construction of a sentence with an inconsistent application B) incorrect use of the case form of a noun with a preposition B) incorrect construction of a sentence with an adverbial phrase D) disruption of the connection between subject and predicate D) violation in the construction of sentences with participial phrases |
OFFERS 1) The midday heat was replaced by the cool of the evening. 2) Chasing the beast, the hunters went to the river. 3) At the Bolshoi Theater we listened to P. I. Tchaikovsky’s opera “The Queen of Spades”. 4) Upon the passenger’s arrival at the airport, border control workers put a border crossing stamp in the passport. 5) The city of Sochi became the capital of the XXII Winter Olympic Games. 6) According to the agreement, after some time we met in the library. 7) The bridges built on the Moscow River were floating. 8) Noticing signs of an approaching storm, the ship's sails were removed. 9) With the creation of the “Workshop of Poets” in 1911, a new literary movement declared itself - Acmeism. |
Solution.
Let's look at each of these sentences and determine whether there are grammatical errors in them.
1) Breathed noon the heat gave way to the evening cool. – A simple sentence, complicated by a participial phrase, the word order is disrupted. Right: Breathed in the heat noon... or Noon, breathing the heat, ... (Error D)
2) Chasing the beast, the hunters went to the river. – A simple sentence, complicated by an adverbial phrase, there is no error.
3) At the Bolshoi Theater we listened opera P. I. Tchaikovsky "The Queen of Spades."– There is an inconsistent application (name in quotation marks) standing with the generic word (opera). When a generic word is used, the name in quotation marks is not declined. Right: listened to P. I. Tchaikovsky’s opera “The Queen of Spades” or listened to P. I. Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades”. (Error A)
4) Upon arrival When a passenger arrives at the airport, border control workers put a border crossing stamp in their passport. – A simple sentence, an error was made in the case management: the preposition PO determines the case of the noun. Right: Upon passenger arrival... (Error B)
5) City Sochi become the capital of the XXII Winter Olympic Games. – A simple sentence, an error was made in agreeing the subject and predicate. Right: City Sochi became capital or Sochi steel capital... (Error D)
6) According to the agreement, after some time we met in the library. Simple sentence, no grammatical errors.
7) The bridges built on the Moscow River were floating. A simple sentence, complicated by a participial phrase, no grammatical errors.
8) Noticing the signs of a coming storm sail ship were removed. – A simple sentence complicated by an adverbial phrase, there is an error. Right: Noticing signs of an approaching storm, the sailors removed ship sails. (A mistake in)
9) With the creation of the “Workshop of Poets” in 1911, a new literary movement declared itself - Acmeism. – A simple sentence, complicated by an application, no grammatical errors.
Examination. Be sure to review each sentence from the proposed options to avoid making a mistake. The numbers in the answer are not repeated.
In response, we write down the numbers corresponding to the letters, strictly observing their order, without spaces or commas.
For execution tasks 7 it is necessary to know typical cases of violation of syntactic norms. Material for expanding speech experience is systematized by topic.
Faulty designs
1. Management
1) Verbs with different controls as homogeneous members of a sentence:
Words with different controls can be used as homogeneous members if each of them has its own dependent words used in the required case. For example:
She waited for him and called him all evening.
She was waiting for (who?) his(V.p.) and called (who?) to him(D.p.) all evening.
Pronouns often help to construct such sentences correctly:
Children rarely listen to and follow the advice of adults.
Children rarely listen (to what?) to advice (D.p. with the preposition To) adults and follow (what?) them(D.p.).
People were exhausted, but they believed in victory and hoped for it.
People were exhausted, but they believed (in what?) in victory (V.p. with the pretext V) and hoped (for what?) at her(D.p. with preposition on).
2) Different controls for verbs and nouns:
be interested in art(t.p.) — interest in art(D.p.)
love literature(v.p.) — love of literature(D.p.)
hate clutter(v.p.) — hatred of disorder(D.p.)
respect colleagues(v.p.) — respect for colleagues(D.p.)
trust a friend(D.p.) — trust in friends(D.p.)
sympathize with the weak(D.p.) — sympathy for the weak(D.p. with a preposition)
3) Different controls for words with similar meanings:
worry about something(P.p.) — worry about something(V.p.)
pay for something(v.p.) - z pay for something(V.p. with preposition behind)
pay for travel(V.p. with preposition behind) — pay for travel(V.p.)
pay attention to something(D.p.) — pay attention to something(V.p. with preposition on)
inform someone(D.p.) — inform someone(V.p.)
to blame for something(P.p. with preposition V) — condemn for something(V.p. with preposition behind)
review of something(P.p. with preposition O) — review of something(V.p. with preposition on)
belief in something(V.p. with preposition in (in)) — confidence in something(V.p. with the preposition c)
characteristic of something(D.p.) — characteristic of something(R.p. with a preposition For)
4) Different controls for verbs with and without negation:
notice the reaction(v.p.) — not notice the reaction(R.p.)
He noticed(What?) the audience's reaction to his words. - Out of excitement, he didn’t notice(what?) the audience's reactions to his words.
5) The use of names of works of literature and art.
In “War and Peace,” actor V. Tikhonov played the role of Prince Andrei.
In the film “War and Peace,” actor V. Tikhonov played the role of Prince Andrei.
After words - generic designations, for example, fairy tale, novel, story, story, picture, film and others similar, naming the genre of a work of literature or art, the proper name is placed in the nominative case. If such words are absent in the sentence, then the names of works of literature and art are used in those cases that are necessary for the context of the sentence.
In the fairy tale "Turnip" or: In "Turnip"
In the movie "War and Peace" or: In "War and Peace"
In the ballet "The Nutcracker" or: In "The Nutcracker"
Remember:
Many verbs require a specific noun case after them.
Verbs require the genitive case:
Achieve, achieve, desire, crave, want, expect, do, fear, beware, fear, avoid, lose, be afraid, be ashamed, shun, cost, seek, ask, demand etc. (who? what?)
Verbs with negation: don't see, don't notice, don't hear etc. (who? what?)
Verbs require the dative case:
Give, believe, trust, threaten, indulge, learn, rejoice, smile, speak, answer, threaten, threaten, object, bow, nod, wave, signal, call, write, speak, tell, announce, answer, explain, report, to please, to seem, to disturb, to harm, to take revenge, to change, to harm, to avenge, to annoy, to disgust, to give, to buy, to bring, to send, to show, to help, to promise, to dream, etc.(to whom; to what?)
All transitive verbs require the accusative case:
Give, donate, sell, buy, send, show, promise, build, sew, clean, wash, erase, take, put, put, hang, see, look, hear, listen, feel, experience, notice, love, hate, despise, respect, appreciate, remember, understand, study, decide, teach, tell, explain, inform, speak, thank, congratulate, remember, meet, scold, wait, etc.(who? what?)
Verbs require the instrumental case:
rule, lead, manage, command, manage, rule, manage, get carried away, be interested in, engage in, admire, admire, delight, enjoy, be proud, admire, admire, be captivated, treasure, own, use, possess, take possession of, boast, be proud of, boast, swear, trade, sacrifice, risk, be, become, become, appear, appear, remain, be considered, have a reputation, be called, etc.(by whom? with what?)
Many verbs are characterized by double control:
give, convey, hand over, give out, sell, return, donate, hand over, provide, entrust, give up, leave something to someone
To say, explain, announce, inspire, tell, declare, answer, promise, recommend something to someone
Promise, guarantee something to someone
teach someone something
count, imagine, recognize, imagine, name, depict, scold, declare someone to be someone
Standard options
to want, desire, crave, ask, deserve a reward - rewards(V.p. and R.p), but: deserve a reward(V.p.)
Ask for advice, permission - advice, permission(R.p. and V.p.)
Wait for the train, call - train, call(R.p. and V.p.), but wait for grandma, sister(V.p.)
Give, take, get, receive, send, buy, put, pour, sprinkle, drink, sip, taste water, sugar - water, sugar(V.p. and R.p.)
Attention:
Miss (what? who?) work, home, mother, husband. But with pronouns: miss (who?) us, you. This use of pronouns in the prepositional case has long been considered the only correct one.
For example, in the reference book by D. E. Rosenthal “Management in the Russian Language” it is indicated that with nouns and pronouns of the 3rd person it is correct: miss someone or something, For example: miss my son, miss him. But with personal pronouns of the 1st and 2nd person plural. numbers are correct: miss someone, For example: missed us, miss you.
But recently, both options have been accepted as acceptable. It is believed that with I'm heaping(and I'm sad, I'm sad and so on.) for you- old norm; for you- new. Today these options compete, which is reflected in reference books. Thus, “Russian Grammar” (M., 1980) forms miss you And miss you considered as variable.
2. Constructions with prepositions
1 ) prepositional control:
thanks, according to, despite, in defiance, like+ D.p. noun, for example: contrary to instructions, rules, opinions of loved ones, according to the order...
by (meaning “after something”) + P.p. noun, for example: upon arrival, upon return, upon completion of the experiment...
to the extent, by virtue of, during, in continuation, in conclusion, for the reason of, upon completion, like, by means of+ R.p. noun,
For example: in the course of the conversation, in a week..
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2)use of prepositions in non-prepositional constructions:
The article sparked my thoughts.
Wrong: to thoughts
Incorrect: to the manufacturer
3) prepositions with homogeneous members of the sentence:
I need to go to the station, the post office and the store.
Classes take place in the stadium, park and hall.
If different prepositions are required with different nouns, they must be used. Omitting prepositions in such cases is unacceptable.
4) prepositions in, on - with, from:
In Kamergersky Lane, store in Kamergersky
on the street, shop on Tverskaya
From Rostov, from the theater, from the store, from the park, from exile, from the circus, from the club, from the conservatory, from the restaurant, from school, from class, from the airport, from the port, from the institute, from the university, from the library, from the hospital
from the south, from the square, from the boulevard, from the post office, from the market, from a lecture, from a performance, from a concert, from a station, from a train station
3. Using the full form of adjectives instead of the short form
1) short forms of adjectives act as predicates:
Sister sick already a week.
Incorrect: My sister has been sick for a week.
This photo road us.
Wrong: This photo is dear to us.
2) full and short forms are not used as homogeneous members of a sentence:
Sister she was beautiful And sad.
Wrong: The sister was beautiful and sad.
4. Sentences whose subordinate part begins with the conjunctive word who
Relative pronoun Who as a conjunctive word it is used only with singular verbs, for example:
Anyone has an excellent chance to enter the most prestigious universities.
Whoever is not late will participate in the competition.
The subject and predicate in the main part must be in either singular or plural form. The predicate cannot be used in the singular if the subject is plural, and vice versa. For example:
Those, Who will write the Unified State Examination with 85 points and above, will be able to enroll to the most prestigious universities.
All, Who will write the Unified State Examination with 85 points and above, will be able to enroll to the most prestigious universities.
5. Violations in sentences with participial phrases
Having climbed the mountain, tourists saw the sea.
It means that
1) tourists have risen (several action producers),
2) tourists saw.
Hence:
1) there are actors: tourists,
2) they performed the following actions: got up and saw
3) the main action is expressed by a verb, the additional action is expressed by a gerund.
Such two-part simple sentences are the most typical examples of the use of participial phrases in speech.
Are there sentences constructed differently? There are. Let's look at them below.
In preparation for the Unified State Exam, I complete practice tasks.
Definitely a personal proposal. There is a character: this is evidenced by the form of the verb. There is no subject, but it can be restored. Here it can be the personal pronoun of the 1st person singular. I.
Consequently, the use of participial phrases is possible in definite personal sentences with a predicate, an expressed verb in the 1st or 2nd person singular forms. or plural It is important that such proposals relate to a situation in which there is an actor or actors and the actions they perform: main and additional.
When preparing for the Unified State Exam, complete practice tasks.
Definitely a personal proposal. There is a character: the imperative sentence is addressed to him. The predicate in a definite personal sentence is expressed by a verb in the form of the imperative singular. Propositions of this kind correspond to a situation in which there is an actor and the actions he performs: main and additional.
When preparing for the Unified State Exam, you need to complete practice tasks.
There is no subject, the predicate is expressed by a verb in the indefinite form of the verb (=in the infinitive form). In such sentences the following words are required: necessary, possible, must, follows (should, should), has to (had to, had to, would have to), succeeded, cannot, impossible, should not, does not have to, failed. In such sentences, personal pronouns in the form D.p. are frequent: me, us, you, you, him, her, them, which will designate the character. This is one of the types of impersonal sentences.
Violations:
Participial phrases are not possible in impersonal sentences, except for the sentences with infinitives described above.
In Russian you cannot say: Having climbed the mountain, it became completely dark.
Right: When he (I, she, we, they, etc.) climbed the mountain, it became completely dark.
Participles are not possible in passive constructions.
In Russian you cannot say: Having climbed the mountain, they wrote a poem.
Right: Climbing the mountain, he wrote a poem.
Participles are not possible in sentences with personal pronouns in D.p., unless they include an infinitive.
In Russian you cannot say: It was difficult for us while preparing for the Unified State Exam.
Right:When we were preparing for the Unified State Exam, it was difficult for us.
Participles are not possible in sentences with personal pronouns in V.p., unless they include an infinitive.
In Russian you cannot say: While taking the Unified State Exam, he was shaking with excitement.
Right: When he took the Unified State Exam, he was shaking with excitement.
6. Violations in sentences with participial phrases
1) agreement of the participle with the word being defined:
Herbs, (what?) used to make medicine, assembled in China.
He asked the audience a series of questions, (what?) exciting for everyone.
Katerina’s protest, (what?) defending her rights, shown in this production in a new way.
2) mixing of passive and active participles:
Exercise, carried out by us, does not cause any difficulties.
Wrong: Task performed by us.
3) combination of constructions a) with a participial phrase and b) with which:
Rain, poured in the morning and interfered with our walk, ended after lunch.
The rain, which had been pouring since the morning and interfered with our walk, stopped in the afternoon.
Wrong: The rain, which had been pouring since the morning and which interfered with our walk, stopped in the afternoon.
7. Sentences with a conjunction word which
These are complex sentences with attributive clauses.
1) It is a mistake to make a break between the defined word and the subordinate clause with the word which:
Wrong: I want to pass the Unified State Exam in Russian, mathematics, and history, which I have not studied seriously before.
Right:I want to pass the Unified State Exam in mathematics, history and the Russian language, which I have not seriously studied before.
Wrong: Look at the gift for my mother's birthday that my sister made herself.
Right: Check out the gift my sister made herself for my mom's birthday..
2) erroneous control of the word which:
Wrong: Yesterday it snowed, which made us all happy.
Right: Yesterday it snowed, which we were all happy about. I: Yesterday it snowed, which we all missed.
8. Erroneous transmission of indirect speech
Wrong: Petka said that I am not yet ready for the exam and am very afraid of not passing it. (Petka said: “I’m not ready for the exam yet and I’m very afraid of not passing it.”)
1st and 2nd person pronouns are not used in indirect speech.
Right:Petka said that he is not yet ready for the exam and is very afraid of not passing it.
Wrong: Petka said that he was waiting for his mother, who was supposed to arrive yesterday. (Petka said: “I’m waiting for my mother, who should arrive yesterday.”)
Right:Petka said that he was waiting for his mother, who was supposed to arrive yesterday.
9. Sentences with double conjunctions
1) incorrect placement of conjunctions in a sentence:
Like... and...
Not only but…
If not... then...
Not so much... as...
Not that... but...
Wrong: Not only the ninth, but also the eleventh grades passed the exams. (Violation of logic, conjunction used incorrectly)
Right:Not only the ninth, but also the eleventh grades passed the exams.
2) erroneous doubling of the union how: than than:
Wrong: He is more talented than his brother. (Union how simple)
Right:He is more talented than his brother.
3) violation of the union structure not so... than instead of not like:
Wrong: My bag is not as beautiful as my friend’s. (The type of union has been distorted because)
Right: My bag is not as beautiful as my friend's. Or: My bag is less beautiful than my friend’s.
Wrong: He did not perform as well as his friends. (The type of union has been distorted because)
Right: He didn't perform as well as his friends. Or: He performed less successfully than his friends.
10. Sentences with homogeneous members
1) using different parts of speech as homogeneous members of a sentence:
Wrong: Please be quiet and listen to me.
(Incorrect use of different parts of speech as homogeneous members of a sentence)
Right: I ask for silence and attention.
False: He loves football and shooting.
Right: He loves to play football and shoot. Or: He loves football and shooting.
2) use of full and short forms of adjectives:
False: Trees are tall and slender.
Right: The trees are tall and slender. Or: The trees are tall and slender.
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Theory of task 7
TASK: Establish a correspondence between the sentences and the grammatical errors made in them: for each position in the first column, select the corresponding position from the second column. In the 1st column under the letters A) B) C) D) D) examples are given, in the 2nd column under the numbers 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) justifications for grammatical errors are given.
Write down the selected numbers in the table under the corresponding letters.
What the response should look like:
- In the letter task, we look for derived prepositions (usually the sentence begins with them) and check the case of the noun that comes after the preposition. All of the following prepositions can only be combined with the Dative case of a noun:
- According to (who? what?)
- Thanks to (who? what?)
- Contrary to (who? what?)
- Like (who? what?)
- In defiance of (who? what?)
- Also in a sentence there can be prepositions that are combined with a noun in the Genitive case:
- in moderation (of what?)
- during (what?)
- in continuation of (what?)
- due to (what?)
- in conclusion (what?)
- in the form of (what?)
- for a reason (what?)
- like (what?)
- For example: Thanks promotion the level of service in company stores has increased in number of customers.
- We are looking for a construction in tasks with a letter“all who...”, “those who...”, “one who...”, etc., it is necessary to check the agreement of the subject and predicate (singular/plural) in the main and subordinate clauses.
pl.s.s.s.s. plural
- For example: All who read Pushkin’s “Boris Godunov”, remembers tramp Varlaam.
OR
Everyone who read Pushkin’s “Boris Godunov”, they remember the tramp Varlaam.
- Letter assignments must have quotation marks.
- For example: To those who passionately love their native culture, D.S. appears before us. Likhachev in the book« Letters about the good and the beautiful» .
- Explanation: Application is a definition expressed by a noun.
- Explanation:
- If a generic title (book, newspaper, magazine, painting, etc.) precedes the quotation marks, the title in quotation marks must appear in Im.p. For example, the novel “Eugene Onegin”; painting “Autumn”; song "Dubinushka".
- If there is no generic name before the quotation marks, the name in quotation marks is declined. For example, in “Eugene Onegin”; in "Autumn" by Levitan; in "Dubinushka".
- If a sentence contains homogeneous clause members connected by the conjunction “and”, followed by a common dependent word(s), it is necessary to check whether the first homogeneous clause clause is consistent with this common dependent word.
For example, in the sentence “we hoped and believed to victory “The first homogeneous member of the sentence “hoped” does not agree with “in victory”, therefore there is a grammatical error in this sentence.
For example, “I love drawing and painting »
- If in a sentence homogeneous members are connected by double conjunctions “not only – but also”, “both – so and”, “if not – then”, it is necessary to check whether the homogeneous members of the sentence are located immediately after these conjunctions. For example, in the sentence “We waited not only Masha, but also Vanya” the conjunctions are correct. If we change the place of one of them: “We not only were they waiting for Masha, but also Vanya,” a grammatical error will appear in the sentence.
- Words from different parts of speech cannot be used as homogeneous members of a sentence
For example, “I love drawing and painting »
- It is unacceptable to violate the homogeneity of the syntactic elements of a sentence. The participial phrase and the subordinate part of a complex sentence cannot act as homogeneous syntactic elements.
- For example, in the sentence “Ivan, who studied in the 9th grade and took part in the competition, ...” an error was made.
- The letter task begins with an adverbial phrase
- For example: Having received Primary home education in Moscow, Radishchev was enrolled in the St. Petersburg Page Corps.
- Participles answer the questions:doing what? what did you do?
- Explanation: the gerund expresses an additional action with the main action expressed by the verb. The person performing both actions must be the same. In the sentence, the action “enrolled” is performed by “they, some people” (indefinite personal sentence), and the action “received” is performed by Radishchev.
- Explanation: participial phrases most often cannot be used together with impersonal sentences, except in cases where the action is expressed by the words “can, can’t”
- We look for participial phrases in tasks with letters
- The sacrament answers the questions: what is he doing? what did he do? what done?
- Examples of participles: working, doubting, arrived, written, etc.
- For example: To one of the heroes of the novel, those seeking the meaning of life, the path to inner freedom opens.
- Explanation: If a sentence contains a participle, its form (ending) must agree with the noun it modifies. To do this, we ask a question from the word being defined to the participle. For example, “there were a lot of guys (who?) came to the forest.” The end of the participle must coincide with the end of the question to it.
- You cannot mix direct and indirect speech. It is unacceptable to use the pronouns “I, WE, YOU, YOU” in the subordinate part of a sentence in indirect speech.
- For example, “Dima admitted that I I’m not ready for class today.”
- Errors associated with violation of word order in a simple sentence
Type of error | Example |
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The subject occupies a place that does not correspond to the established generally accepted order. | The author discusses the problems of humanism and mercy in his article. |
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The complement is in isolation from the word that controls it. | We cannot agree on his attitude to the problem with the author. |
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The definition is in isolation from the word being defined. | He was struck by the majestic and beautiful building of the theater located on the right. |
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The circumstance occupies a place that does not correspond to the generally accepted order. | He returned to Leningrad later, after the war, from the hospital. |
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Wrong location of preposition. | After two hours the dispute ended (two hours later)Mixing prepositions | When he arrived With villages to the city, I was surprised at many things. |
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No excuse. | You can't help but bow down his heroism. |
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Having an unnecessary pretext. |
CLASSIFICATION OF GRAMMAR ERRORS:
- incorrect use of the case form of a noun with a preposition
- incorrect use of the case form of a noun
- disruption of the connection between subject and predicate
- violation in the construction of a sentence with an inconsistent application
- error in constructing a sentence with homogeneous members
- violation of homogeneity of concepts
- violation of the homogeneity of syntactic elements
- incorrect construction of sentences with participial phrases
- violation in the construction of sentences with a participial phrase
- incorrect construction of sentences with indirect speech
- violation of word order in a simple sentence
Establish a correspondence between grammatical errors and the sentences in which they were made: for each position in the first column, select the corresponding position from the second column.
| GRAMMATICAL ERRORS | OFFERS | |
A) violation in the construction of sentences with participial phrases B) an error in constructing a sentence with homogeneous members C) incorrect construction of sentences with indirect speech D) disruption of the connection between subject and predicate D) incorrect construction of a sentence with an adverbial phrase | 1) M. Gorky wrote about A.S. Pushkin, that how he “decorated folk songs and fairy tales with the brilliance of his talent!” 2) Creating a website seems difficult to many. 3) In the estate, which before the revolution belonged first to Ivan Turgenev, and then to the ancient Botkin family, a meeting of the descendants of the former owners of the house took place. 4) The Egyptian Bridge in St. Petersburg is famous not only for the sphinxes installed on it, but also for the mystical story that happened in 1905. 5) By giving orders to Western aircraft manufacturing companies, industry leaders are causing serious damage to the Russian economy. 6) The school administration, primarily the director and head teacher, paid special attention to improving the professional skills of teachers. 7) Mozart, who worked in various fields of musical art, paid special attention to opera. 8) And now meteorologists in their weather predictions rely on some folk signs that give a fairly accurate forecast. 9) The meaning that people attach to various concepts changes as people and society change. |
Write down the numbers in your answer, arranging them in the order corresponding to the letters:
| A | B | IN | G | D |
Explanation (see also Rule below).
A) a violation in the construction of a sentence with a participial phrase in sentence 8. This error is caused by the fact that the participle is not consistent with the word to which it obeys, either in gender, or in number, or case.
Let's give the correct spelling: And now meteorologists in their weather predictions rely on some folk signs (which ones), which give a fairly accurate forecast.
Rule 7.1.1
7.1. USE OF PARTICIPAL SPEECHES
INTRODUCTION
A participial phrase is a participle with dependent words. For example, in the sentence Graduates who successfully pass the exam become applicants
word Graduates- the main word,
those who passed - participle,
those who passed (how?) successfully and passed (what?) the exam are participle-dependent words.
Thus, the participle phrase in this sentence is successfully passed the exam. If you change the word order and write the same sentence differently, placing the turn before main word ( Successfully passed the exam Graduates become applicants), only the punctuation will change, but the phrase remains unchanged.
Very important: before starting work with task 7 to find errors in a sentence with a participle, we advise you to solve and study task 16, which tests the ability to put commas with correctly constructed participial and participial phrases.
The goal of the task is to find one such sentence in which grammatical norms are violated when using a participial phrase. Of course, the search must begin with finding the sacrament. Remember that the participle you are looking for must be in its full form: the short form never forms a participial phrase, but is a predicate.
To successfully complete this task you need to know:
- rules for agreeing the participle and the main (or qualified) word;
- rules for the location of the participial phrase in relation to the main word;
- time and type of participles (present, past; perfect, imperfect);
- participle voice (active or passive)
Please note that that in a sentence with a participial phrase, not one, but two or even three errors can be made.
Note for teachers: keep in mind that the authors of various manuals have different points of view on classification, as well as on the types of errors that can be classified as a certain type. The classification adopted at RESHU is based on the classification of I.P. Tsybulko.
We classify all types of possible grammatical errors when using participial phrases.
7.1.1 Violation of agreement between the participle and the word being defined
The rule according to which single participles (as well as those included in the participle phrase) are consistent with the main (= defined) word, requires the participle to be placed in the same gender, number and case as the main word:
About children (which ones?) returning from a trip; for an exhibition (WHAT?) being prepared at the museum.
Therefore, we simply find a sentence in which there is a full participle, and its ending does not correspond to (or) gender, (or) case, (or) number of the main word.
Type 1, the lightest
I had the opportunity to communicate with guests, those present at the opening of the exhibition.
What is the reason for the error? The participle is not consistent with the word to which it must obey, that is, the ending must be different. We pose a question from a noun and change the ending of the participle, that is, we agree on the words.
I had a chance to chat with guests(what MIMI?), present at the opening of the exhibition.
In these examples, the noun and its participle are next to each other, the error is easy to see. But this doesn't always happen.
Type 2, more difficult
Consider sentences with grammatical errors.
I want to find the words to the song heard recently.
These sentences contain two nouns: author, book; lyrics. Which of them has a participle phrase attached to it? We think about the meaning. What was published, the author or his book? What do you want to find, words or a song?
Here is the corrected version:
I want to find the words of the song (Which one?), HEARD recently.
Type 3, even more difficult
The endings of participles sometimes fulfill a very important meaning-distinguishing mission.. Let's think about the meaning!
Let's compare two sentences:
The sound of the sea (what kind?), which woke me up, was very strong. What woke you up? It turns out that the sea. The sea cannot wake you up.
The noise (what?) of the sea that woke me up was very strong. What woke you up? It turns out that noise. And the noise can wake you up. This is the right option.
I heard the heavy steps (what?) of a bear, chasing me. Footsteps cannot pursue.
I heard the heavy steps of a bear (WHAT?), chasing me. The bear may chase. This is the right option.
Children of employees (which ones?), having any diseases, receive discounted vouchers to the sanatorium. The participle “having” refers to the word “employees.” It turns out that employees will be sick, and the children of sick employees will receive vouchers. This is the wrong option.
Children (what?) of employees, having any diseases, receive discounted vouchers to the sanatorium. The participle “having” refers to the word “children,” and we understand that it is the children who have illnesses and they need vouchers.
Type 4, variant
Often there are sentences in which there are phrases of two words, the first of which is part of the whole indicated by the second, for example: each of their participants, one of all, any of those named, some of them, some of the gifts.. A participial phrase can be attached to each of the nouns, depending on the meaning: in such phrases, the participle (participial phrase) can be agreed with any word. It would be an error if the participle “freezes” and has no connection with any of the words.
Consider sentences with grammatical errors.
Each participant who received the maximum number of points was given the right to perform one more number.
The participle can be agreed with both the word “to each” and the word “participants”.
Each (which one?) of the participants, who received the maximum number of points, was given the right to perform one more number
Each of the participants (which ones?), who received the maximum number of points, was given the right to perform one more number.
Please note that an error would be a discrepancy between NEITHER the first word and NOR the second:
Incorrect: Each of the participants who received... or Each of the participants who received... This is not possible.
In explanations of RESHU, the variant of agreement with the ending IM is more often used.
Similarly true: Part of the books (which ones?), received as a gift, will go as a gift.
Or Part (what) of books, received as a gift, will go as a gift.
Incorrect: Some of the books received as a gift will be given as a gift.
NOTE: This type of error when checking essays is considered a coordination error.
7.1.2 Participial phrase and place of the main word
In correctly constructed sentences with participial phrases the main (or qualifying word) cannot stand inside a participial phrase. His place is either before or after him. Remember that this depends on the placement of punctuation marks!!!
Consider sentences with grammatical errors.
It is necessary to carefully check the sent documentation for examination.
We walked along the strewn alley fallen leaves.
Presenter Street the city was free.
Created novel by a young author caused lively debate.
note: With this construction of the sentence, it is completely unclear whether to put a comma.
Here is the corrected version:
Must be checked carefully documentation, sent for examination. Or: Need to check carefully sent for examination documentation.
We walked along alley, strewn with fallen leaves. Or: We walked along strewn with fallen leaves alley.
Street, leading to the city, was free. Or: Leading into the city Street was free.
7.1.3. Participle phrases including irregular forms of participles
In accordance with the norms for the formation of participles, the modern Russian literary language does not use forms of participles in –shchy, formed from perfective verbs with the meaning of the future tense: there are no words pleasing, helping, reading, able. According to the editors of I DECIDE, such erroneous forms should be presented in task 6, but since in the manuals of I.P. Tsybulko there are similar examples, we consider it important to note this type too.
Consider sentences with grammatical errors.
Until I found person, who can help me.
A valuable prize awaits participant, who finds the answer to this question.
These sentences need to be corrected because future participles are not formed from perfect verbs. There is no future tense for participles..
Here is the corrected version:
We replace the non-existent participle with a verb in the conditional mood.
Until I found a person who can help me.
A valuable prize awaits the person who finds the answer to this question.
7.1.4. Participle phrases including irregular forms of voice of participles
This type of error was present in the Unified State Exam assignments of previous years (before 2015). In the books of I.P. Tsybulko 2015-2017 there are no such tasks. This type is the most difficult to recognize, and the error is due to the fact that the participle is used in the wrong voice, in other words, the active is used instead of the passive.
Consider sentences with grammatical errors.
Documentation, heading for examination,
Contest, organized by the organizers
Foam, pouring into the bath, has a pleasant aroma.
Here is the corrected version:
Documentation, sent for examination, needs to be checked carefully.
Contest, conducted by the organizers, the participants really liked it.
The foam that we pour into the bath has a pleasant aroma.
B) the error in constructing a sentence with homogeneous members in sentence 4 is that with homogeneous members an attempt was made to use a double conjunction, and ALSO was mistakenly added to the part NOT SO MUCH. The parts of double conjunctions are constant: NOT SO MUCH, HOW MUCH.
Let's give the correct spelling: The Egyptian Bridge in St. Petersburg is known not so much for the sphinxes installed on it, but for the mystical story that happened in 1905.
Rule 7.6.2
7.6. ERROR IN CONSTRUCTING A SENTENCE WITH HOMOGENEOUS MEMBERS
INTRODUCTION
Homogeneous are members of a sentence that perform the same syntactic function, are united by the same relationship to the same member of the sentence, and are connected by a coordinative connection. Both main and secondary members can be homogeneous: subjects, predicates, additions, definitions, circumstances. For example, the definitions “new, super-powerful computer” in relation to the word “computer” will be homogeneous; circumstances were “depicted colorfully, but unclearly” in relation to “depicted.”
TYPES OF ERRORS WHEN USING HOMOGENEOUS MEMBERS
7.6.1 Homogeneous predicates have the same dependent object.
Rule: With a normal, correct structure of a sentence, from each of two homogeneous predicates (first and second), ONE GENERAL question is posed to the general complement, For example:
Guys are interested in (what?) and do (what?) sports; Heroes of the story remember (about what?) and share impressions (about what?) about the years of youth.
An error occurs if each of the predicates asks a DIFFERENT question to the COMMON object.
Example 1: I love (who? what?) and admire (who? what) my father.
The predicates “I love” and “I admire” have one dependent word “father”, which is in the instrumental case. It turned out that the addition “father” correctly obeyed only the second predicate, since the verb “love” requires an accusative from the addition (I love who? What? father), therefore, this sentence is constructed incorrectly. To correctly express a thought, you need to change the sentence so that each predicate has a separate, case-appropriate addition, for example, like this: I love and admire my father.
Example 2: The hero of the story believed (in what? what?) and strived (for what?) for his dream. Each of the verbs requires its own form of addition, it is impossible to find a common word, so we change the sentence again so that each predicate has a separate addition, appropriate in case, for example, like this: The hero of the story believed in his dream and strived for it.
Note for teachers: This type of error refers to control errors. In written work, such an error is usually made by students due to inattention: the first predicate is simply overlooked, and the error (when pointed out) is easily corrected. A much more serious problem arises where the student does not realize that a particular case question cannot be raised from a given verb in principle.
7.6.2 Homogeneous members are connected by double unions not only..., but also...; if not... then... and others
.Rule 1. In such proposals, you need to pay attention to the fact that that parts of a double union must connect homogeneous members of the same series, For example: We were inspired not so much colorful places in this quiet city, How many the sincerity of its inhabitants. Let's make a proposal diagram: not so much ABOUT , How many ABOUT . First part of the double conjunction: not so much, is located before the first och, subject to “places” (we do not take the word “colorful” into account), the second part How many stands before the second subject “soulfulness”.
Now let’s “break” the sentence. Us not so much inspired by the colorful places of this quiet city, How many the sincerity of its inhabitants. The first part of the conjunction now refers to the predicate, and the second to the subject. This is where this type of error lies.
Let's look at some more examples:
Example 1: It can be argued that the mood was the main thing Not only for the creator of the poem, but also for his readers. That's right: each part comes before the OP, in this example before the additions. Compare with an incorrectly constructed sentence: It can be argued that the mood was Not only most important for the creator of the poem, but also for his readers. The parts of a conjunction are connected not by homogeneous members, but by a predicate and an object.
Rule 2. It is also necessary to remember that the parts of the double conjunction are permanent and cannot be replaced by other words. So, the proposal would be wrong Merchants Stroganovs Not only cooked salt and , since the union not only...but also No. The conjunction “not only” has a second part “but also”, not “also”. The correct version of this sentence would be: Merchants Stroganovs Not only cooked salt but also mined iron and copper in their lands
This is how you can do it: (options for the second part are given in brackets).
1) not only... but also (and and; but even; and also; and besides); not only not... but (but rather, rather; on the contrary, on the contrary); not only; 2) not that... but (a; just; even, not even); not even... not that; not even... not even that; not even... much less;
3) not only that... also; not only that... also; little of; moreover, more than that; worse than that; or even...
7.6.3 In sentences with homogeneous members there is a generalizing word.
It must be taken into account that everything homogeneous members must be in the same case as the generalizing word.
The following sentence is grammatically correct: I forgot about everyone: about worries and sorrows, about sleepless nights, about sadness and melancholy. . The word [about] “everything” is generalizing and is in the prepositional case. All och are in the same case.
Failure to comply with this rule is a gross violation of the syntactic norm: gifts:crossbows, sables and decorations.
In this sentence, the generalizing word “gifts” is in the genitive case, and all homogeneous members (“crossbows, sable and decorations”) are in the nominative case. Therefore, this sentence is constructed incorrectly. Correct option: Soon the nobleman began inspecting the brought gifts: crossbows, sables and jewelry.
7.6.5 Using various syntactic elements of a sentence as homogeneous members
.There is a strict grammatical rule that prescribes which elements can and cannot be combined into homogeneous members.
Let us list the cases in which this rule is violated.
If in a sentence they are combined into homogeneous
- form of noun and infinitive form of verb: I love chess and swimming, I like embroidery and needlework, I’m afraid of the dark and being alone and similar;
- different forms of the nominal part of the predicate: my sister was sad and worried, she was younger and kinder and similar;
- participial phrase and subordinate clause: The main characters of the story are people who are not afraid of difficulties and who are always true to their word; I don’t like people who change their attitude and don’t hide it. and similar;
Participial and participial phrase: Loving their work and striving to do it well, the builders achieved excellent results and similar;
that is - grammar mistake. Note that such violations occur very often in written work, therefore, like the entire task 7, this part is of great practical importance.
The following types of errors were encountered in assignments before 2015.
7.6.4 With homogeneous members, different prepositions can be used.
In one row of OPs, when listing, it is possible to use prepositions, for example: V theater, and on exhibition VDNKh, and onRed Square. As you can see, this sentence uses prepositions V And on, and that's true. It would be a mistake to use the same preposition for all words in this series: During my three stays in Moscow I visited and V theater, and the VDNKh exhibition, and Red Square. You cannot be “in VDNKh” and “in Red Square.” So the rule goes like this: You cannot use a general preposition to all members of a series if the meaning of this preposition does not fit at least one of the OPs.
Example with error: Crowds of people were everywhere: on the streets, squares, squares. Before the word “squares” it is necessary to add the preposition “in,” since this word is not used with the preposition “on.” Correct option: Crowds of people were everywhere: in the streets, squares, and parks.
7.6.6 Combination of species and generic concepts in one row
For example, in the sentence: The bag contained oranges, juice, bananas, fruits a logical error has been made. “Oranges” and “bananas” are specific concepts in relation to the word “fruit” (that is, general), therefore, they cannot stand with it in the same row of homogeneous members. Correct option: The bag contained juice and fruit: bananas, oranges.
Another example with an error: Adults, children, and schoolchildren came to meet the famous artist. The words “children” and “schoolchildren” cannot be made homogeneous.
7.6.7 Use of logically incompatible concepts in the same series of homogeneous terms
For example, in the sentence Mourners walked with bags and sad faces a mistake is felt: “faces” and “bags” cannot be homogeneous.
Such a deliberate violation can act as a stylistic device: Only Masha, heating and winter did not sleep(K. G. Paustovsky). When the frost and mother allowed him to stick his nose out of the house, Nikita went to wander around the yard alone(A.N. Tolstoy). Only if this is acceptable for a work of art of the level of Tolstoy or Chekhov (they are not on an exam, they can joke, play with words!), then such humor will not be appreciated either in written work or in task 7.
C) the incorrect construction of a sentence with indirect speech in sentence 1 is that direct speech is mixed with indirect speech. For the direct line, the conjunctions “how, what” and the pronoun “he” are not needed; for indirect - extra “how”
Since we do not know whether this quote is accurate, we will use only indirect speech as the correct spelling, leaving the statement itself in quotation marks.
Let's give the correct spelling: M. Gorky wrote about A.S. Pushkin that __ he “decorated folk songs and fairy tales with the brilliance of his talent!”
Rule 7.9.1
7.9 IMPROPER CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES WITH ANOTHER SPEECH
This task tests students' ability to correctly construct sentences with quotations and indirect speech: out of 9 sentences on the right, you need to find one that contains an error.
The rules set out below will deal with quoting and indirect speech, these are very close, but not identical units.
In everyday life, especially often in oral speech, we often use the transmission of someone’s words on our own behalf, the so-called indirect speech.
Sentences with indirect speech are complex sentences consisting of two parts (the words of the author and indirect speech), which are connected by conjunctions what, as if to, or pronouns and adverbs who, what, which, how, where, when, why etc., or a particle whether.
For example: They told me it was my brother. She demanded that I look into her eyes and asked if I remembered minnows, our little quarrels, picnics. We talked about how the birds I caught lived.
Sentences with indirect speech serve to convey someone else's speech on behalf of the speaker, and not the one who actually said it. Unlike sentences with direct speech, they convey only the content of someone else's speech, but cannot convey all the features of its form and intonation.
Let's try to restore the sentences: from indirect speech we will translate into sentences with direct speech:
They told me it was my brother. - They told me: “It was your brother.”
She demanded that I look into her eyes and asked if I remembered minnows, our little quarrels, picnics. - She said: “Look me in the eyes!” And then she demanded: “Do you remember the minnows, our meetings, our quarrels, picnics? Do you remember?
A friend asked: “How do the birds you caught live?”
As can be seen from the examples, the sentences coincide only in meaning, but the verbs, pronouns, and conjunctions change. Let us consider in detail the rules for translating direct speech into indirect speech: this is very important both for writing an essay and for completing task 7.
7.9.1 Basic rule:
When replacing sentences with direct speech with sentences with indirect speech, special attention should be paid to the correct use of personal and possessive pronouns, as well as verbs associated with them, since in indirect speech we convey other people’s words on our own behalf.
| Sentence with direct speech | Correctly formed indirect speech | Incorrectly formed indirect speech |
| The father said: " I I'll be back late." | Father said that He true yeah It's late. | My father said that I would be back late. |
| We asked: “A You where did you come from? | We asked where He I arrived. | We asked “where did you come from?” |
| I admitted: " Yours Mikhail took the books.” | I admitted that their Mikhail took the books. | I admitted that “Mikhail took your books.” |
| The children shouted: " We not guilty!" | The children shouted that They not guilty. | The children shouted that “it’s not our fault.” |
| Please note that that quotation marks can help to detect an error, but you cannot rely solely on them, since quotation marks appear both in the application and in sentences with quotes without errors, and not in all tasks. | ||
7.9.2 There are a number of additional rules,
associated with the peculiarity of translating direct speech into indirect speech, their compliance is also checked in task 7.a) If direct speech is a declarative sentence,
What. Example: The secretary replied: “I complied with the request.” – The secretary replied that he complied with the request. The pronoun has been changed!
b) If direct speech is an interrogative sentence,
then when replacing it with a subordinate clause, the role of subordinating conjunctions is played by interrogative pronouns, adverbs, particles, which stood in direct question. There is no question mark after an indirect question. Example: “What did you manage to accomplish?” - the teacher asked the students. – The teacher asked the students what they had accomplished so far. The pronoun has been changed!
c) When in direct speech - an interrogative sentence there are no interrogative pronouns, adverbs, particles,
when replacing it with an indirect one, the particle is used for communication whether. Example: “Are you correcting the text?” - the secretary asked impatiently. – The secretary asked impatiently if we were correcting the text. The pronoun has been changed!
d) If direct speech is an exclamatory sentence with a call to action,
then it is replaced by an explanatory subordinate clause with the conjunction to. Example: The father shouted to his son: “Come back!” - The father shouted to his son to come back. Pronoun added!e) Particles and words that are not grammatically related to the members of the sentence
(addresses, interjections, introductory words, complex sentences) and contained in direct speech are omitted when replacing it with indirect speech. Example: “Ivan Petrovich, draw up an estimate for the next quarter,” the director asked the chief accountant. – The director asked the chief accountant to draw up an estimate for the next quarter.
7.9.3. Special rules for citing.
When writing essays, there is often a need to quote either the desired fragment of the source text, or to quote a statement from memory, organically including the quotation in a sentence. There are three ways to introduce a quote into your speech:
1) using direct speech, observing all punctuation marks, for example: Pushkin said: “All ages are submissive to love” or “All ages are submissive to love,” said Pushkin. This is the easiest way, but it is not always convenient. Such sentences will be found as true!
2) using subordinate clause, that is, using conjunctions, for example: Pushkin said that “all ages are submissive to love”. Please note the changed punctuation. This method no different from the transmission of indirect speech.
3) a quote can be included in your text using introductory words, for example: As Pushkin said, “all ages are submissive to love”.
Note that in nothing can be changed from the quote: what is enclosed in quotation marks is conveyed absolutely accurately, without any distortion. If you need to include only part of a quotation in your text, special characters are used (ellipses, various types of brackets), but this is not relevant to this task, since there are no punctuation errors in task 7.
Let's look at some features of citation.
a) How to avoid a mistake if there is a quote with a pronoun?
On the one hand, quotes cannot be changed, on the other hand, the pronoun cannot be left. If you just paste a quote, there will be errors: Napoleon once remarked that " I I can lose this battle, but I can’t lose a minute.”. Or like this: In his memoirs, Korolenko wrote that he always “ I I saw undoubted intelligence in Chekhov’s face.”
In both sentences you need:
firstly, replace the pronoun “I” with “HE” and exclude the pronoun from the quote:
secondly, change the verbs by associating them with new pronouns and also exclude them from the quote, so we know that nothing can be changed.
With such changes, the quotes will certainly “suffer”, and if we can keep the second sentence in this form: Korolenko wrote that He always “saw undoubted intelligence in Chekhov’s face”, then Napoleon’s statement cannot be preserved. Therefore, we safely remove the quotation marks and replace the quote with indirect speech: Napoleon once remarked that he can lose this battle, but not Maybe lose a minute.
b) Particularly noteworthy are cases of erroneous combination of two ways of introducing a quotation in a sentence,
which causes a grammatical error. As we already know, a quotation can be introduced either as a subordinate clause or using introductory words. This is what happens when two methods are combined:
Wrong: According to Maupassant, What“love is strong as death, but fragile as glass”.
Right: According to Maupassant, “love is strong as death, but fragile as glass.”
Wrong: As P.I. Tchaikovsky stated, What“inspiration is born only from work and during work”.
Right: As P.I. Tchaikovsky argued, “inspiration is born only from work and during work.”
Thus, we formulate the rule: When using introductory words, the conjunction is not used.
c) In students’ works there are also cases when a quotation is introduced using introductory words,
but direct speech is framed as a separate sentence. This is not only a violation of punctuation, it is a violation of the rules for constructing a sentence with a quotation.Wrong: According to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: “Only the heart is vigilant: you cannot see the most important things with your eyes.”
Right: According to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “only the heart is vigilant: you cannot see the most important things with your eyes.”
Wrong: According to L. N. Tolstoy: “Art is the highest manifestation of power in man”.
Right: According to L.N. Tolstoy, “art is the highest manifestation of power in man.”
D) the violation of the connection between the subject and the predicate in sentence 6 is that the predicate “gave” is in the plural, although the subject “administration” is singular. The subject has qualifying members (in italics), but they do not affect the number of the predicate.
Here is the correct spelling: School Administration, first of all the director and head teacher, paid special attention to improving the professional skills of teachers.
Rule 7.3.6
7.3. Agreement of the predicate with the subject
INTRODUCTION
The subject is the main member of the sentence, which agrees with its predicate according to the laws of grammar.
The subject and predicate usually have the same grammatical forms of number, gender, person, for example: The clouds are rushing, the clouds are swirling; The invisible moon illuminates the flying snow; The sky is cloudy, the night is cloudy.
In such cases, we can talk about agreement of the predicate with the subject. However, the correspondence of the grammatical forms of the main members of the sentence is not necessary; incomplete correspondence of the grammatical forms of the main members is possible: My whole life has been a guarantee of a faithful date with you- correspondence of number forms, but different gender forms; Your destiny is endless troubles- mismatch of number forms.
The grammatical connection of the main members of a sentence is considered coordination. This grammatical connection is broader and freer than agreement. It can contain different words; their morphological properties do not necessarily have to correspond to each other.
When coordinating the main members of a sentence, the problem of choosing the number forms of the predicate arises when the gender/number of the subject is difficult to determine. This “Help” section is devoted to consideration of these issues.
7.3.1. In a complex sentence, pronouns act as subjects
If a sentence (and not necessarily a sentence!) uses a pronoun as the subject, then you need to know a number of rules that prescribe how to correctly coordinate the predicate with it.
A) If the subject is expressed by the pronouns WHO, WHAT, NO ONE, NOTHING, SOMEONE, SOMEONE, WHOEVER, then the predicate is put in the singular form: For example: [Those ( who neglect the opinions of others) risk being left alone].
EXAMPLE 1 (Whoever comes), [everyone will know].
EXAMPLE 2 [Nobody knew (that the class was postponed).]
EXAMPLE 1 (Whoever comes, [everyone will know].
EXAMPLE 2 [Nobody knew (that the class was postponed).]
B) If the subject is expressed by a plural pronoun TE, ALL, the predicate is put in the plural form. If the subject is expressed by singular pronouns TOT, TA, TO, the predicate is put in the singular form. For example: [ THOSE (who graduated from school with honors) have a greater chance of entering a university on a free basis].
This proposal is built on the following model:
[Those (who+ predicate), ...predicate...]. And this is the most common model in which it is proposed to find an error. Let's analyze the structure of a complex sentence: in the main sentence the pronoun “those” is the subject, plural. h; “have” - predicate, plural This corresponds to rule B.
Now pay attention to the subordinate clause: “who” is the subject, “finished” is the predicate in the singular. This corresponds to rule A.
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors:
EXAMPLE 1 [Everyone (who purchased tickets at the box office) must independently check in for the flight].
EXAMPLE 2. [Those (who have seen the northern lights at least once) will no longer be able to forget this extraordinary phenomenon].
EXAMPLE 3. [Those (who are planning a vacation for the summer) buy tickets in the spring].
Here are the corrected options:
EXAMPLE 1 [Everyone (who purchased tickets at the box office) must independently check in for the flight].
EXAMPLE 2. [Those (who have seen the northern lights at least once) will no longer be able to forget this extraordinary phenomenon].
In examples 1 and 2 the error is easy to see: it is enough to throw out the subordinate clause. In the following example, the error often goes undetected.
EXAMPLE 3. [Those ( who is planning a vacation for the summer), buy tickets in the spring].
C) If the subject is expressed by the phrase ONE OF..., EACH OF..., NONE OF... then the predicate is put in singular form. If the subject is expressed by the phrase MANY OF..., SOME OF..., ALL OF... then the predicate is put in the plural form. For example: [None of those (who took the prize) wanted to go to the republican competition].
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors:
EXAMPLE 4 [Many of those (who visited Mikhailovsky Park) were amazed at the size of the ancient estate trees].
EXAMPLE 5 [Each of us (who has been in a similar situation) certainly thought about ways out of it].
EXAMPLE 6 [Each of the parties (who presented their project) defended its advantages over other projects].
Here are the corrected options:
EXAMPLE 4 [Many of those (who visited Mikhailovsky Park) were amazed at the size of the ancient estate trees].
EXAMPLE 5 [Each of us (who has been in a similar situation) certainly thought about ways out of it].
EXAMPLE 6 [Each side, (who presented her project), defended its advantages over other projects].
D) If the sentence contains the phrase WHO, HOW NOT..., the predicate is put in the singular masculine form. For example: Who, if not parents, SHOULD teach children the ability to communicate?
This phrase can be considered as clarifying, see other examples in paragraph 7.3.3, part B.
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors:
EXAMPLE 7 Who, if not us, should worry about the cleanliness of our cities?
EXAMPLE 8 Who, if not your mother, taught you an example of endurance and love of life?
Here are the corrected options:
EXAMPLE 7 Who, if not us, should worry about the cleanliness of our cities?
EXAMPLE 8 Who, if not your mother, taught you an example of endurance and love of life?
7.3.2 Coordination of predicate with subject, expressed word or combination of words with the meaning of quantity
When coordinating the main members of a sentence, the problem of choosing the forms of the number of the predicate arises when the subject indicates many objects, but appears in the singular.
A) The subject is a collective noun and words close to them in meaning.
Collective nouns denote a collection of homogeneous objects or living beings as an indivisible whole: FOLIAGE, OAK, ASPEN, CHILDREN, STUDENTS, TEACHING, PROFESSORY, PEASANTRY. They have only the singular form, are not combined with cardinal numbers and with words denoting units of measure, but can be combined with the words a lot/little or how much: A LITTLE RELATIVES, A LITTLE LEAVES, A LOT OF MOVIES.
Close to them in terms of the meaning of collectiveness are the words PEOPLE, PACK, ARMY, GROUP, CROWD; THOUSAND, MILLION, HUNDRED; THREE, PAIR; DARKNESS, ABYSS, MANY AND OTHERS
The subject expressed by a collective noun requires the predicate to be placed only in the singular form:
For example: The children frolicked in the courtyard of the house; young people often take the initiative.
The subject expressed by a noun like GROUP, CROWD also requires putting the predicate only in the singular form:
For example: A group of festival participants shared their impressions; three horses rushed under the windows
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors:
EXAMPLE 1. Over the past three years, the management of the Central and regional markets have repeatedly filed complaints with higher organizations.
EXAMPLE 3. A couple of lovers were sitting on a bench.
Here are the corrected options:
EXAMPLE 1. Over the past three years, the management of the Central and regional markets has repeatedly filed complaints with higher organizations.
EXAMPLE 3. A couple of lovers were sitting on a bench.
B) The subject is a collective noun with a quantitative meaning
The nouns MOST, MINORITY, PLURAL, SERIES, PART, despite the grammatical form of the singular, denote not one object, but many, and therefore the predicate can take not only the singular form, but also the plural. For example: On this pond... countless ducks were bred and kept; Many hands are knocking on all the windows from the street, and someone is breaking on the door. Which form should you prefer?
A subject containing the collective nouns MOST, MINORITY, PLURAL, SERIES, PART requires putting the predicate only in the singular form if:
A) there are no dependent words from a collective noun
Some went on vacation, and some stayed; many fled Axis, a minority remained
b) a collective noun has a singular dependent word
With a subject containing the words MAJORITY, MINORITY, PLURAL, SERIES, PART, you can put the predicate in both the plural and plural form, if the noun has a dependent word in the plural:
Most students passed the test; a number of participants demonstrated excellent knowledge.
Some of the books were purchased for the library; a number of objects were delivered ahead of schedule
The plural of the predicate in such constructions usually indicates the activity of the characters.
Let's consider cases in which the use of a plural predicate is permitted and permissible.
| The predicate is put | |
| in the singular, if | in the plural, if |
| The activity of animate persons is not emphasized: Some of the conference participants didn't accept participation in discussion | Activity is emphasized. The subject is animate. Most writers decidedly rejected editor fixes. Most students are good answered at the lesson. |
| Activity is not emphasized; the passive participle indicates that the object itself does not perform the action. A number of employeesattracted to responsibility. | Activity is emphasized in the presence of a participial or adverbial phrase. |
| The activity is not emphasized, the subject is inanimate Most items lay in disarray A number of workshops manufactures parts for our workshop. | Activity is also indicated by a number of homogeneous members: Majority editors, proofreaders, authors, reviewers studied these documents. Most editors got order, got acquainted with its content and done necessary conclusions. A series of homogeneous predicates. |
Nevertheless, it must be taken into account that the singular form of the predicate is more consistent with the tradition of book and written styles and the use of the plural form of the predicate must be clearly justified. An error in the Unified State Examination tasks would be the unreasonable placement of the predicate in the plural.
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors:
EXAMPLE 4 Most of the tasks were not completed correctly enough.
EXAMPLE 5 A number of events will be held in Yelets, Voronezh, and Orel.
EXAMPLE 6 Many poems by this author have been published in the “Children’s Library” series
Here are the corrected options:
EXAMPLE 4 Most of the tasks were not completed correctly. The predicate in the form of the passive participle indicates the passivity of the actor.
EXAMPLE 5 A number of events will take place in Yelets, Voronezh, and Orel. Events cannot act on their own, so the predicate must be used in the singular.
EXAMPLE 6 Many poems by this author were published in the “Children’s Library” series. The predicate in the form of the passive participle indicates the passivity of the actor.
C) The subject is a combination of a numeral and a noun
With a subject expressed by a quantitative-nominal combination, the same problem arises: in what number is it better to use the predicate. In Chekhov we find: Some three soldiers stood nearby at the very descent and were silent; He had two sons. L. Tolstoy preferred the following forms: Three men and a woman were sitting in the sleigh; Two feelings fought in his soul - good and evil.
Note: Such cases do not occur in Unified State Examination tasks, since there is a high possibility of misclassification of the type of error - such cases can be attributed to an error in the use of a numeral. Therefore, we will limit ourselves to general comments and note the most serious mistakes made in written works.
When a subject contains a numeral or a word with the meaning of quantity, you can put the predicate in both the plural and singular form:
Five years have passed; ten graduates chose our institute
The use of different forms depends on the meaning that the predicate brings to the sentence, activity and generality of action are emphasized many times. number.
The predicate is usually put in the singular if
The subject is a numeral ending in “one”:
Twenty-one students of our institute are members of the city volleyball team, But Twenty-two (three, four, five...) students of our institute are members of the city's national volleyball team
If the message records a particular fact, result, or when the message is given an impersonal character:
Twenty-two suits sold; About three or four students will be transferred to another class.
The predicate is expressed by a verb with the meaning of being, presence, existence, position in space:
Three kingdoms stood before her. The room had two windows with wide window sills. Three windows of the room faced north
Wrong: Three kingdoms stood. The room had two windows with wide window sills. Three windows of the room faced north
A single number, creating an idea of a single whole, is used to designate a measure of weight, space, time:
To paint the roof you will need thirty-four kilograms of drying oil. Twenty-five kilometers remained until the end of the journey. A hundred years have passed. However, it seems that eleven o'clock has already struck. Five months have elapsed since then
Wrong: Thirty-four kilograms of drying oil will be required to paint the roof; Twenty-five kilometers remained until the end of the journey. A hundred years have passed. However, it seems that eleven o'clock has already struck. Five months have passed since then.
When the subject is expressed by a complex noun, the first part of which is the numeral gender, the predicate is usually placed in the singular, and in the past tense - in the neuter gender, For example: half an hour will pass, half a year has flown by, half the city has taken part in the demonstration.
Wrong: half the class took part in the competition, half an hour will pass
7.3.3 Coordination between subject and predicate separated from each other
Between the subject and the predicate there may be secondary isolated members of the sentence, clarifying members, and subordinate clauses. In these cases, the general rule must be strictly observed: the predicate and subject must be consistent.
Let's consider special cases.
A) Coordination of the subject and the compound nominal predicate in a sentence built according to the “noun” model. – this is a noun.”
Note to teacher: this type of error in the SPP is noted in his manual “How to get 100 Unified State Exam points” (2015) by I.P. Tsybulko, while in the “Handbook of Spelling and Literary Editing” by D. Rosenthal, such an error is called a shift in construction in a complex sentence.
The nominal part of the predicate in a sentence constructed according to the noun+noun model must be in the nominative case.
For example: [The first thing (what you should learn) is to highlight the stem of the sentence].
The grammatical basis of the main clause consists of a subject first and predicate allocation. Both words are in the nominative case.
And this is what it looks like misspelled sentence: [The first thing (what you should learn) is to highlight the basis of the sentence]. Under the influence of the subordinate clause, the predicate received the genitive case, which is an error.
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors:
EXAMPLE 1 [The main thing (that needs to be paid attention to) is the ideological side of the work]
EXAMPLE 2 [The last thing (that should be addressed) is the composition of the book]
EXAMPLE 3 [The most important thing (to strive for) is to make your dreams come true]
Here are the corrected options:
EXAMPLE 1 The main thing (what needs to be paid attention to) is the ideological side of the work]
EXAMPLE 2 [The last thing (that should be addressed) is the composition of the book]
EXAMPLE 3 [The most important thing (to strive for) is the fulfillment of dreams]
B). Coordination of the predicate with the subject, in which there are clarifying members.
In order to clarify the subject, sometimes clarifying (explanatory phrases), connecting members of the sentence, and separate additions are used. Yes, in a sentence Competition jury, including representatives of a cosmetic company selected from the audience, could not determine the winner, the highlighted turnover is connecting(in other manuals it is called clarifying).
The presence in a sentence of any member that specifies the meaning of the subject does not affect the number of the predicate. Such phrases are attached with the words: EVEN, ESPECIALLY, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE; EXCEPT, IN ADDITION, INCLUDING and the like. For example: Editorial board of the magazine, including editors of the Internet portal, advocates for reorganization.
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors:
EXAMPLE 4. The entire team, including dancers and jugglers, supported participation in the competition.
EXAMPLE 5. The whole family, and especially the younger children, were looking forward to the arrival of their grandfather.
EXAMPLE 6. The school administration, including members of the parent committee, advocated holding an extended parent meeting.
Here are the corrected options:
The error is easy to see if you drop the subordinate clause.
EXAMPLE 4 The entire team, including dancers and jugglers, supported participation in the competition.
EXAMPLE 5 The whole family, and especially the younger children, was looking forward to the arrival of their grandfather.
EXAMPLE 6 The school administration, including members of the parent committee, advocated holding an extended parent meeting.
7.3.4 Coordination of the predicate with the subject, the gender or number of which is difficult to determine.
To correctly connect the subject with the predicate, it is very important to know the gender of the noun.
A) Certain categories or groups of nouns have difficulty determining gender or number.
The gender and number of indeclinable nouns, abbreviations, conventional words and a number of other words are determined by special rules. To correctly match such words with the predicate, you need to know their morphological characteristics.
Ignorance of these rules causes errors: Sochi became the capital of the Olympics; cocoa has cooled down; the shampoo is out; the university has announced enrollment of students, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported
Need to: Sochi became the capital of the Olympics; the cocoa has cooled down; The shampoo has run out, the university has announced enrollment of students, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported
Nouns whose gender/number is difficult to determine are discussed in the section. After studying the material provided, you will be able to successfully complete not only task 6, but also 7.
Consider sentences with errors
EXAMPLE 1. The parcel was sent at the beginning of the week.
In the sentence, the word “parcel” is the subject, feminine. The predicate “was sent” is in the masculine. This is mistake. Correcting: The parcel was sent at the beginning of the week
EXAMPLE 2. The tulle harmonized perfectly with the color of the upholstered furniture.
In the sentence, the word “tulle” is the subject, masculine. The predicate “approached” is in the feminine. This is mistake. Correcting: The tulle harmonized perfectly with the color of the upholstered furniture.
EXAMPLE 3. The UN has gathered for its next meeting.
In the sentence, the word “UN” is the feminine subject (organization). The predicate “gathered” is on average. This is mistake. Correcting: The UN has gathered for its next meeting.
EXAMPLE 4. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced participation in the meeting
In the sentence, the word “MFA” is the subject, it does not change. When decrypted we get “Ministry
Foreign Affairs". At the same time, we remember that this word refers to the masculine gender. The predicate “reported” is on average. This is mistake. Correcting: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its participation in the meeting.
EXAMPLE 5. Moskovsky Komsomolets published a ranking of the best universities in the country.
In the sentence, the phrase “Moskovsky Komsomolets” is the subject; it is a conventional Russian name, a masculine word, like the word “Komsomolets”. The predicate “printed” is in the feminine. This is mistake. Correction: Moskovsky Komsomolets published a ranking of the best universities in the country.
EXAMPLE 6. Tbilisi attracts tourists .
In the sentence, the word “Tbilisi” is the subject; it is an unchangeable conditional name. It is a masculine word, like the word "city". The predicate “attract” is in the plural. This is mistake. Correcting: Tbilisi attracts tourists.
B) Coordination of the predicate with the subject with the meaning of profession
When a masculine noun denotes a profession, position, title, etc., the predicate is put in the masculine gender, regardless of the gender of the person in question. For example: the teacher made a report, the director called an employee to his office
WITH proposals would be a mistake, in which the teacher made a report, the director called an employee to her .
Note: in the presence of a person’s own name, especially a surname, in which the indicated words act as applications, the predicate is consistent with the proper name: Teacher Sergeeva gave a lecture. More details about this point below, 7.3.5
7.3.5 With the subject there is an application
Application is a definition expressed by a noun that agrees with the word being defined in case: city (which?) Sochi, bird (what?) hummingbird, website (which?) “I will solve the Unified State Examination”
As a general rule, the predicate agrees with the subject, and the presence of an application to the latter in the form of a different kind or number does not affect the agreement
For example: The plant, this grandiose colossus, seemed to also be a ship of unheard-of dimensions The proposal would be wrong The plant, this grandiose colossus, seemed to also be a ship of unheard of sizes .
If there is an application with the subject, then, first of all, it is necessary to find out which of the words is the subject and which is the application, and after that put the predicate in one gender or another.
Table 1. The application and subjects are written separately. When combining a generic name and a species name or a species name and an individual name, the subject is considered to be a word denoting a broader concept, and the predicate agrees with it. Here are some examples:
Application is a common noun:
the rose flower smelled amazing; the oak tree has grown; Kharcho soup is cooked
Application - proper noun
the Dnieper River overflowed; newspaper "Moscow's comsomolets" came out ; Barbos the dog barked
Exception: last names of people. In pairs, engineer Svetlova reported, Doctor of Sciences Zvantseva came out, head teacher Marina Sergeevna noted proper names are the subject.
Table 2. Subject is compound noun, forms terms, in which one part functions like an application. In these cases, the leading (defined) word is the word that expresses a broader concept or specifically designates an object.
The predicate agrees with the first word, both words change
the chair-bed stood in the corner; The laboratory plant fulfilled the order; the invoice was issued on time; the studio theater trained many actors; The table-poster attracted attention; the romance song became very popular
The predicate agrees with the second word, the first word does not change:
cafe-dining room is open(dining room is a broader concept); vending machine is open(in this combination the bearer of a specific meaning is the snack bar part); the raincoat lay(a tent in the form of a raincoat, not a raincoat in the form of a tent); "Roman-newspaper" was published in large circulation(newspaper is a broader name).
EXAMPLE 1 Ice cream cake cut into equal parts .
The compound noun “ice cream cake” is based on the main, more general word “cake”, masculine, therefore: Ice cream cake cut into equal parts
EXAMPLE 2 The story “Children of the Dungeon” was written by V.G. Korolenko. .
The conventional name is an application, so the predicate must be coordinated with the word “story”: The story “Children of the Dungeon” was written by V.G. Korolenko.
EXAMPLE 3 A tiny dog, just a puppy, suddenly barked loudly. .
The subject is the word “dog”, it is feminine, therefore: A tiny dog, just a puppy, suddenly barked loudly.
EXAMPLE 4 Yesterday the young teacher Petrova gave her first lecture. .
The subject is the surname “Petrova”, it is feminine, therefore: Yesterday the young teacher Petrova gave her first lecture.
A) The sentence has homogeneous subjects and one predicate
If the predicate refers to several subjects not connected by conjunctions or connected through a connecting conjunction, then the following forms of coordination are applied:
The predicate, which comes after homogeneous subjects, is usually placed in the plural:
Industry and agriculture in Russia are steadily developing.
The predicate preceding homogeneous subjects usually agrees with the nearest of them:
There was stomping and screaming in the village
If there are disjunctive or adversative conjunctions between subjects, then the predicate is put in the singular.
The fear or momentary fright experienced after just a minute seems funny, strange, and incomprehensible. Not you, but fate is to blame.
Let's look at sentences with errors:
EXAMPLE 1 Passion for sports and a strict daily routine did their job. .
There are two subjects, the predicate comes after a number of homogeneous members, and therefore must be in the plural: Passion for sports and a strict daily routine did the trick.
EXAMPLE 2 It was not reason, but fear that suddenly took possession of me. .
Two subjects, with the conjunction a, the predicate must therefore be singular: It was not reason, but fear that suddenly took possession of me.
EXAMPLE 3 The usual noise and loud voices were heard in the distance. .
There are two subjects, the predicate stands before a number of homogeneous members, therefore it must be in the singular: In the distance the usual noise and loud voices were heard.
B) The combination in the subject of a noun in the nominative case with a noun in the instrumental case (with the preposition c) like “brother and sister”
Placing the predicate in the plural or singular depends on what meaning is given to the phrase: joint action or separate.
When the subject combines a noun in the nominative case with a noun in the instrumental case (with the preposition c) like “brother and sister,” the predicate is put:
in plural, if both named objects (persons) act as equal action producers(both are subjects);
Pasha and Petya waited a long time for their mother to return and were very worried.
singular, if the second object (person) accompanies the main producer of the action ( is a complement):
The mother and child went to the outpatient clinic. Nikolai and his younger sister arrived later than everyone else.
Only in the singular in the presence of the words TOGETHER, TOGETHER:
The father and mother went out of town.
Only in the singular with a subject expressed by the pronoun I, YOU
I'll come with a friend; you and your mom had a fight
Let's look at sentences with errors:
EXAMPLE 1 My brother and his friends went to the beach. .
With the word “together” the predicate cannot be in the plural: My brother and his friends went to the beach.
EXAMPLE 2 Ruslan and I will come to class today. .
With the subject I (+someone else), the predicate cannot be in the plural: Ruslan and I will come to class today. Or: Ruslan and I will come to class today.
EXAMPLE 3 You and your sister will live in this room. .
With the subject you (+ someone else), the predicate cannot be in the plural: You and your sister will live in this room.Or: You and your sister will live in this room.
E) the error in constructing a sentence with an adverbial phrase in sentence 2 lies in the fact that the adverbial participle “creating” is mistakenly assigned to the predicate “seems complex.” It turned out that “this” both “seems complex” and it also “creates”. And this is meaningless, because it is man who creates, not “this.” According to grammatical norms, a gerund cannot be attached to a predicate expressed by a reflexive verb with the particle -sya (it seems).
The sentence can be rearranged like this: The process of creating a website seems complicated to many.
Rule 7.8.1 TYPE3
7.8. USE OF PARICIPLES. ERRORS DURING USAGE
INTRODUCTION
A participial phrase is a participle with dependent words.
A gerund always denotes an additional action that occurs in parallel with the main one, for example: the man walked (main action), waving his arms(additional, what while doing); the cat fell asleep (main action), tucking its paws (additional action, what did you do?)
Participles answer the question: What are you doing? (imperfect form) and what did you do? (perfect view). Along with this question, you can also ask questions How? how? for what purpose? and the like. A participle always denotes a sign of an action, that is, it describes how the main action occurs.
We classify all types of possible grammatical errors when using participles.
7.8.1 Participial phrase in a sentence with a subject
The general rule for using participial phrases is as follows: The gerund and the predicate must denote the actions of the same person, that is, the subject. This person performs two actions: one main, the second additional. The gerund should be easily replaced by the second verb: sat down, laid out the textbooks - sat down and laid them out; looked, smiling - looked and smiled.
TYPE 1. Participle and verbal predicate, expressed by a verb without a postfix -sya
Consider sentences with grammatical errors.
Slipping on the ice, the guy who happened to be nearby picked me up.
Passing under the house, an icicle almost fell on me.
In each of the sentences there were two characters: in the first, someone slipped and someone caught him; in the second: someone was passing and someone almost fell. But due to an error in the construction, it turns out that the guy caught it after slipping; The icicle almost fell off as it passed.
With this construction, the participle is mistakenly attributed to one character, and the predicate to another, which violates the basic rule. To avoid mistakes, you need to ensure that the gerund and predicate refer to the same person.
When I slipped on the ice, the guy next to me caught me.
When I walked under the house, an icicle almost fell on me.
TYPE 2. The gerund refers to the predicate in the form of a short passive participle
Having written the poem “Death of a Poet”, Lermontov's fate was determined.
Analyzing the poetic text, I was absolutely correct in determining its size.
As in type 1, the gerund and predicate refer to different persons. Due to an error in construction, it turns out that fate was determined by writing; size is determined having analyzed. The predicate is a short passive participle.
If the predicate is expressed by a short participle, it means that the subject itself does not perform the action, something is done to it. With this form of the predicate gerund there cannot be.
Here are the options for the corrected proposals:
When Lermontov wrote the poem “The Death of a Poet,” his fate was determined.
When I analyzed poetic text, I determined its size absolutely correctly.
TYPE 3. The participial phrase is attached to the predicate-reflexive verb in the passive meaning, which has a postfix Xia
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors.
Usually, creating your own work, it expresses Xia the author's attitude to life and people.
Having received an education, students guide Xia senior master for practice.
As in type 2, the subject in such a sentence does not actually perform the action itself: attitude expresses Xia(by someone); displays Xia(by someone); guide Xia(by someone). But ah if there is no action, then there cannot be an additional, additional, expressed by a gerund. We replace the participial phrase with a subordinate clause.
Here are the options for the corrected proposals:
Usually, when a work is created, it expresses the author’s attitude towards life and people. Or: Creating a work, the author always expresses his attitude towards life and people.
When students complete their education, they are sent to practice by a senior master.
7.8.2. Participial phrase in a sentence without a subject
It often happens that the subject performing both actions may not be formally expressed, that is, there is no subject in the sentence. In this case we are talking about one-part sentences. It is these types that cause the greatest difficulty in finding errors.
TYPE 4. Participial phrase in an impersonal sentence (except type 7)
Consider sentences with grammatical errors.
Sending a rather important telegram, I didn't have enough money.
He was sad.
There is no subject, the actor is expressed by a pronoun to me(this is the dative case). The use of participles in impersonal sentences is unacceptable. You can: either make a subordinate clause from an adverbial clause, or make an ordinary one from an impersonal one, with a subject.
The exception is sentences with an infinitive verb, see type 7.
Here are the options for the corrected proposals:
When I sent a rather important telegram, I did not have enough money.
Refusing to conduct an experiment, he felt sad.
TYPE 5. Participial turnover in an indefinite-personal sentence
Let's look at sentences with grammatical errors.
Having received a good education, Griboyedov was sent as secretary of the diplomatic mission to Persia.
Without finishing the report, the head of the department was asked to go on a business trip.
There cannot be an adverbial phrase with a subject if it is not defined. This situation occurs in vaguely personal sentences with a verb in the past tense plural form.
Who directed? who received it? who suggested? who didn't finish the report? Unclear. We replace the phrase with a subordinate clause or rearrange it so that it is clear who received the education and who completed the report.
Here are the options for the corrected proposals:
When Griboyedov received a good education, he was sent as secretary of the diplomatic mission to Persia.
Without finishing the report, the head of the department received an offer to go on a business trip.
7.8.3. Participial phrase in a sentence without a subject. Permitted techniques.
Due to the fact that the tasks may also contain correct sentences with participles, we consider it important to place a table with examples and rules that are not found in the erroneous ones. Everything in this table is allowed.
TYPE 6. The participial phrase refers to the verb in the imperative mood
When crossing the street, pay close attention to traffic.
Having received a task for an adverbial phrase, check whether it contains a request, order or advice.
There is no subject in sentences. But It is allowed to use participial phrases in sentences where a verb is used in the imperative mood: follow, go, write, search, and so on. It turns out that both the phrase and the predicate refer to the same person, to whom we advise to do something. It's easy to substitute a pronoun You: you follow, moving; you check after receiving.
TYPE 7. Participial phrase refers to the infinitive
Consider proposals without errors.
Walking through the autumn forest, it’s pleasant to inhale the intoxicating aroma of fallen leaves.
When submitting your work, you should check it carefully.
Despite the fact that there is no subject (impersonal sentence) It is permissible to use an adverbial phrase if it refers to the infinitive: while walking, inhale; reading, sitting; dreaming, dozing; dozing, dreaming.
Not all manuals allow this rule: in some of them, the infinitive is necessarily required, it is possible, it is necessary, it follows, and others (the so-called modal words). In any case, sentences like: when rewriting, you should mark; having started, one must finish; having received, it is necessary to do, will be ERROR FREE.
TYPE 8. Participial turnover in a definite-personal or generalized-personal sentence
Let's look at the sentences without errors.
Gathering at the family table in my parents' house, we always remember grandma’s pies and tea with viburnum and mint.
Planning your upcoming vacation, carefully calculate the family budget.
There is no subject, but a sentence definitely personal, easy to substitute a pronoun We. You can turn it around! It refers to the implied person: we remember as we gather; we calculate by planning.
Answers in order according to letters:
| A | B | IN | G | D |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Answer: 84162
Now I want to offer a unique "cheat sheet". I’ll explain how easy it is to complete task No. 7.
How to easily complete task No. 7
As an example for commentary, I will take the task proposed in the demo version for 2016.
A comment
Sentence 1. Pay attention to the verbs - predicates in it. They are standing in different tenses and are verbs of different types(exposes- present time, nesov view; revealed- past time, owl view).
Conclusion: the type-temporal correlation of verbs is broken (verbs in one sentence must be of the same type and tense). Answer- D
Proposal 2. We have a complex sentence before us. Look at the stem in the main clause: took everything away. As we see , the predicate must be in the plural. number (taken away). The essence of the error here is that the word is taken as the subject Who, and this is the subject of the subordinate clause ( who visited). Therefore, find the correct grammatical basis, then you will immediately see the error. Answer- G(the connection between the subject and the predicate is broken)
Proposal 3.The work is based on “Tales of a Real Man.” There is an error here. When a sentence contains common nouns (story, novel, book, opera, ballet, etc.), then the title of the work is written in the nominative case.
Right: At the heart of the work " Tale about a real person."
Looking for an answer about the application(the title of the work is an application, that is, a definition expressed by a noun). Answer: IN
Proposal 5. In this sentence we see participial because it answers the question what(sketches brought th from a trip to the East). What's wrong here? What sketches? Brought s
Conclusion: The sentence with the participial phrase is constructed incorrectly. Answer: A
Proposition 9. Here is a complex sentence. Look, the subordinate part in it is attached to the main part by two means of subordinating connection – what to what extent. All you need is a conjunction word how much. Therefore the answer is B, that is, an error in the construction of a complex sentence.
Let's write down the answers in numbers:
Answer:
Keep in mind that in task No. 7 there are 5 answers and 9 sentences. Therefore Not suitable for answering sentences No. 4,6,7,8
What other sentences could there be with errors? (they are not in the demo version)
Incorrectly constructed sentence with indirect speech. Remember, in such a sentence personal pronouns should only appear at 3 face.
Examples:
A.N. Nekrasov wrote that “ I dedicated the lyre to his people."
Right: " He lira..."
Errors in the sentence with participial phrase. Remember the rules. They are on this site. Let me remind you that The action in the participial phrase must be performed by the subject.
Examples:
Climbing the mountain, it became completely dark. (Here the sentence is impersonal, there is no subject, there is no one to climb the mountain)
Approaching the station, my hat fell off. (The hat can fly off, but driving up to the station can’t)
Correct example:
Preparing for the exam, I do a lot of test tasks. (I prepare and I perform)
Errors in sentences with homogeneous members. There can be a lot of different errors here. Remember the rules, types of errors. Let me give you a few examples.
Examples:
She bought fruits, apples, pears. (Fruit is a more general concept, so it is not a homogeneous member, but a generalizing word. She bought fruit: apples, pears).
I love many items: mathematics, Russian, history.
(Homogeneous members must be in the same form as the generalizing word: I love many objects: mathematics, Russian, history).
These are my comments and tips. Train, learn the rules, and then everything will work out.
Melnikova Vera Alexandrovna.
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