Participial turnover is a gerund with dependent words. The participle is formed from a verb and denotes an additional action. In a sentence with dee participle turnover there is always a verb in the role of a predicate, which names the main action. The actions called verb and gerund are performed by the same person. This person in the sentence is expressed by a noun or pronoun and is the subject. In the sentence, the adverbial turnover, like the single adverbial participle, plays the role of circumstance.

Separation of gerunds

The adverbial turnover is separated by commas, regardless of the place in the sentence: at the beginning, in the middle or at the end. Offers, complicated by adverbial turnover.

Examples:

  • Hearing a suspicious sound in the forest The hunters grabbed their guns.
  • Artists, bowing to the audience were in no hurry to leave the stage.
  • The kitten crawled under the bed afraid of Sharik.

On both sides, the adverbial turnover is also distinguished if it follows a union or an allied word.

Examples:

  • The car began to accelerate, but, squealing tires, stopped abruptly.
  • The children understood that running away from class, let Maria Ivanovna down.

The adverbial turnover is used in generalized personal sentences and impersonal (with infinitive) sentences.

Examples:

  • kneading the dough use warm foods.
  • Solving the problem you need to read the terms and conditions carefully.
  • Hearing the fire alarm, you can't panic.

The adverbial phrase can have commas inside. Complex adverbial phrases, examples:

  • Children, scattered books, toys and clothes, ran away.
  • Giving the birthday girl flowers, sweets and decorations, the guests went to dance

Cases when the adverbial turnover is not isolated

In three special cases, the adverbial turnover is not separated by commas.
not isolated single adverbial turnover, examples:

  1. Is .
    • Vanya ran away from the dog headlong.
    • During the subbotnik schoolchildren worked tirelessly;
  2. It is connected by the union And with a homogeneous non-isolated circumstance, usually expressed by an adverb.
    • The youth on the bench laughed loud and not embarrassed by anyone.
    • Dexterously and trying not to hurt the nurse removed the bandage.
  3. In front of it is an amplifying particle I.
    • Misha entered the university And without using acquaintances with the dean.

Several adverbial phrases in a simple sentence

In a simple sentence, there can be several adverbial phrases. They can relate to one predicate and be homogeneous among themselves. Putting punctuation marks between them obey the rules punctuation homogeneous members.

Offers with homogeneous adverbial phrases, examples:

  • swallows, circling over the shore, cutting the air with sharp wings, now and then dived into sandy minks.
  • Staying late at work and missing the train, Pyotr Ivanovich was forced to spend the night in the office.
  • Pouring tea, but not offering it to the guest, Masha was waiting for an explanation.

Participle turns in a simple sentence are heterogeneous if they refer to different predicates. Example:

  • The wind blew with terrible force, tearing off roofs from houses, howling in pipes, instilling fear in the villagers.

Mistakes in the use of adverbial phrases

Building a sentence with a participial turnover often causes difficulties. Be aware of common mistakes and be able to avoid them. Errors in the use of adverbial phrases, examples:

  1. The action called a gerund is not performed by the subject.
    • While reading a book, a bookmark fell out of it. Use difficult sentence or make another person liable. Right: When Misha was reading a book, a bookmark fell out of it. Or: While reading a book, Misha dropped a bookmark from it.
    • Picking the flowers, they smelled strongly. Use participial turnover or make another person subject. Right: Picked flowers smelled strongly. Picking flowers, I smelled a strong aroma.
  2. The use of adverbial phrases in an impersonal sentence.
    • Seeing the gifts, Kate became fun. Use a complex sentence or make the sentence personal. Right: Katya felt happy when she saw the gifts. Or: Seeing the gifts, Katya
      rejoiced.
    • Grandma got better after drinking the medicine. Right: Grandma got better after she drank the medicine. Or: Grandma felt better, after drinking the medicine.
  3. A participle turnover in combination with a verb in the form of the future tense.
    • Having prepared a concert, the ensemble will go on tour. Use a complex sentence.
      Right: The ensemble will go on tour when they prepare a concert.
  4. Use with a participial turnover or a verb as a homogeneous member.

      Apple trees covered with pale pink flowers and emitting a light fragrance, attracted
      bees. Use 2 participial or 2 participle turns (if possible). Right: Apple trees covered with pale pink flowers and exuding a light aroma,
      attracted bees.

      Chafer sank heavily onto a branch and folded stiff wings. Use 2 verbs or remove the union I. Right: The cockchafer sank heavily onto a branch and folded its rigid wings. Or: The Maybug has landed heavily on a branch, folded stiff wings.

As many people know, the adverbial turnover has the meaning of an additional predicate, therefore it is isolated, highlighted by commas. This usually does not cause difficulties for students. However, there are cases when the adverbial turnover does not need to be separated. We will now consider these cases in more detail.

1. Participle turnover(most often this is a turnover with the meaning of the circumstance of the mode of action) does not denote an additional action, but, on the contrary, being closely connected with the predicate, it itself becomes the semantic center of the statement. In this case, it cannot be removed or moved without distorting or losing the meaning of the sentence.

He stood with his neck slightly stretched out, sad and thoughtful.(the main thing is that he did not just stand, but stood with his neck slightly stretched out).

She usually read with her head tilted and the tip of her tongue stuck out.(meaning how she read, not what she read at all).

This exercise must be done while sitting on the floor.(the meaning is in exactly how this exercise is performed).

2. The adverbial turnover is a phraseological unit.

The boy hurried headlong to call rescuers for help.

The printers worked tirelessly.

After receiving the news, the girl spent the night without closing her eyes.

Here are some of these phraseological units: sleeveless, barely catching his breath, screaming without taking a breath, rush with his tongue out, lie staring at the ceiling, sit with bated breath, work with his sleeves rolled up, rush about without remembering himself, listen with his ears hanging out others.

Some adverbial phraseological combinations act as introductory ones, then they are isolated.

In all honesty, the exercise could have been done much better.

Apparently, you can already go on the road.

3. When there is an amplifying particle I before the adverbial turnover.

It was possible to report this without starting to quarrel.

A humble person remains humble even after defeating a strong enemy.

You can go home without waiting for the result of the exam.

4. If the adverbial turnover is broken by a word included in subordinate clause or as part of a simple sentence. This usually applies to relative attributive clauses with an allied word which. Similar cases can also be found in some poetic texts.

To the left was a door, leaving through which it was possible to get into the dressing room.

Yesterday, a new film by Jim Jarmusch came out on the screen, after watching it it is not difficult to understand his creative growth.

Perched on the spruce tree, Crow was about to have breakfast, but she thought about it ... (I. A. Krylov).

But Shibanov, keeping his slavish loyalty, gives his horse to the governor (A. K. Tolstoy).

5. The participle may lose its verbal meaning, then it is not separated by commas. Usually in such cases it can be omitted without affecting the meaning of the sentence.

The post office is located not reaching Vosstaniya Square.

Universities accept applicants under the new rules since the end of last year

You can start the task from tomorrow.(the word starting can be omitted, the structure and meaning of the sentence will not change).

However, if the turnover with the word beginning is not related to the concept of time or serves to clarify, explain, then it separates.

Everything seemed suspicious to us, starting with his intonation

Captain from Crimean War, participated in all military operations, except for the Japanese(the word starting cannot be omitted, the structure and meaning of the sentence will change).

Turnovers based And according to in most cases they are not included in the adverbial construction and are not isolated.

The task is based on your wishes.

We will act according to the circumstances.

6. The adverbial turnover acts together with the usual non-isolated circumstance and they are homogeneous. In this case, the adverbial turnover is not separated by commas.

We will teach you how to solve examples and problems with ease and without resorting to reference books.

The boy ran quickly and did not look back.

The lieutenant answered inoenomu and not embarrassed.

However, in this case, isolation is possible if the author wants to put a semantic emphasis or give a passing explanation.

A little guilty and sobbing, mother psaid goodbye to Alyosha.

In the dark sky, wearily and not sparkling, little yellow droplets of stars appeared. (M. Gorky).

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A participle at the beginning of a sentence is always set off with a comma. However, there are a number of cases where the separation of turnover does not occur. The article discusses exceptions to the rule, provides illustrative examples.

Commas in adverbial turnover at the beginning of a sentence

The adverbial turnover at the beginning of a sentence before the word being defined (the verb on which the gerund participle depends) is always isolated - separated by a comma. The same rule applies when it is used in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

Examples of the use of adverbial phrases at the beginning of a sentence:
Taking off my shoes he entered the room. Winning the Olympics, she received the gold medal. whistling a song Sasha descended the stairs.

When is the adverbial turnover at the beginning of a sentence not isolated?

Comma after adverbial phrase at the beginning of a sentence not put under certain conditions:

  • If the adverbial turnover is a homogeneous member of the sentence and is used through the conjunction And with another gerund (participle turnover).

    Examples: Having melted the stove And hanging wet clothes The guys decided to have a snack. Flipping through every book And carefully reading the pages Katya was preparing for the exam.

  • If the adverbial turnover is part of a phraseological expression.

    Examples: They worked tirelessly and got great results. boys listened to old man holding breath.

The opinions of linguists about what a gerund is are divided. Some believe that it refers to a special form of the verb, others suggest that it is an independent part of speech. We will support the second option.

The participle is an independent part of speech. It contains the signs of an adverb and a verb, shows when, why and how the action is performed by the verb-predicate, and has an additional effect. If the gerund in the sentence is not alone, but has words that depend on it, then this set of words is called a gerund. The article will tell about how and when the separation of gerunds in a sentence is made.

What is isolation?

In Russian, the concept of isolation is a way of clarifying and highlighting a certain set of words in a sentence. Only members of the proposal that are secondary can be isolated, and this is how they differ from non-isolated members. Separations are necessary so that the reader can more accurately understand the described picture of the ongoing action. Not only lonely standing participles can be isolated, but also

Examples of single gerunds

If an isolated circumstance does not have dependent words in the sentence, then it is called a single gerund. When writing a sentence, this part of speech is always distinguished by commas on both sides.

The location of the participle in the sentence can be any. Here are examples of the correct selection of single gerunds with commas:

  1. As she stared, she couldn't utter a word.
  2. When I returned, I found my sister at home.
  3. Without training, you can not achieve success in sports.

Accordingly, the following gerunds were allocated with a comma:

  • staring;
  • returning;
  • without exercising.

There are several repeated participles in the letter. They are called homogeneous. At the same time, they are separated by commas among themselves and separated by this punctuation mark as separate parts of speech. Examples of such proposals:

  1. Laughing, singing and spinning, Natasha hurried to her first date.
  2. Laughing and winking, Pasha closed the door.
  3. She was silent, angry, but cowardly.

Homogeneous participles in a sentence can refer to different predicates. For example: Playing and laughing, she, inspired, rushed towards her dreams.

Separation by commas of single gerunds

Separation of single gerunds occurs in the following cases:

  1. If the gerund plays the role of the second predicate in the sentence. Stores the meaning of the verb. Indicates the condition, cause, or time of an action, but not its image. Having escaped, Marina lost her purse. After the holiday, the guests departed without calming down.
  2. If you can check the sentence in your mind by replacing the gerund with a verb, or make a complex sentence out of a simple sentence. When Marina ran away, she rubbed her purse. The guests after the holiday, though not calmed down, but dispersed.

Separation of single gerunds does not occur if:

  1. A single gerund has lost its verbal meaning or has a close connection with the predicate. Masha ran into the room without knocking. Zhenya got down from the tree silently and slowly.
  2. If gerunds are circumstances of the mode of action and they cannot be replaced by verbs. Zhenya tears silently and in no hurry.
  3. If a single participle can be replaced by a noun. Masha ran into the room without knocking.

Isolation of single gerunds depending on their location in the sentence

Separation of gerunds may not occur if they are at the beginning or end of a sentence, but in the middle they are separated by commas. Let's compare two sentences:

  1. Tanya tried on slippers slowly.
  2. On the way, slowly, Tanya admired the flowers.

In the first sentence, the separation of the participle with commas is not done, since it is represented by the circumstance of the mode of action. It can be replaced by the word - "slowly".

In the second sentence, the participle is the circumstance of the reason ("since I was in no hurry").

How is an adverbial turnover formed?

If the sentence contains a part of speech that answers the questions “what are you doing?”, “what are you doing?” and called a gerund, with dependent words, then this set of words is usually called a gerund participle.

In a sentence, this turnover always performs the function of a circumstance and refers to the verb, as it denotes an additional action. Additional actions are performed by the same person, phenomenon or object that performs the main actions.

Examples of adverbial phrases

The separation of participles and participles occurs regardless of where they stand in relation to the verb-predicate. For example:

  1. All day dark clouds were moving across the sky, now opening the sun, then closing it again.
  2. Walking next to his mother, the baby looked at her with surprise and fascination.
  3. Joy, bringing happiness to some people, gave others inescapable grief.
  4. I watched the sunrise without taking my eyes off it.
  5. The kid, following his mother's hand, made the same movements.

What should be remembered when using the gerund and participle in a sentence?

The basic rules for using adverbial phrases when writing a text are as follows:

  1. Expressed by the verb-predicate, the main action and the additional action, expressed by the adverbial turnover, must refer to the same person, object or phenomenon.
  2. Most often, the isolation of circumstances expressed by gerunds and participles is used when writing a one-part, definitely personal sentence, as well as with a verb in the imperative mood.
  3. If the sentence is impersonal in the infinitive, then it is also possible to use the adverbial turnover.
  4. The isolation of gerunds and the isolation of circumstances are one and the same, since the gerund expresses a sign of a circumstance in a sentence.

In what cases are gerunds and participles not separated by commas?

Separation of circumstances expressed by gerunds and participles is not carried out if:

  1. Circumstances are connected by the union "and" with a non-isolated circumstance or predicate. She hated him and accepted his attentions. Dasha played noisily and screamed with joy.
  2. Circumstances converge with adverbs. They lose their added value and acquire the value of a sign of action. This:
  • gerunds, which have become phraseological turns (without closing your eyes, rolling up your sleeves, headlong, opening your mouth, and others). For example: Petya worked carelessly. But: rolling up her sleeves, she washed her hands in the tub. It should be remembered that phraseological introductory phrases (apparently, in other words, in fact, others) are separated by a comma.
  • gerunds that carry the main semantic load. Without them, the predicate does not fully express the thought. This part of speech usually comes after the predicate. The "adverb" of these gerunds is obvious in sentences where there is a group of homogeneous members - gerunds and adverbs. For example: He answered me without embarrassment and frankly. without embarrassment is a gerund, and frankly- adverb.

Commas do not distinguish gerunds in the composition having the dependent word "which" in all its variations. He wanted to get rid of the letter, reading which he recalled his recent grief.

What should be distinguished from verbal participles

Separating the participles, many do not think that these can be adverbs or prepositions.

The following adverbs are distinguished:

  • clover;
  • sneak;
  • joking;
  • silently;
  • sitting;
  • standing;
  • lying and others.

The gerunds identical with these words retain an additional effect. This happens during the formation and connection with other gerunds. Anya rode standing all the way. He will do the job jokingly (easy). These sentences use adverbs.

Standing at the top, Anya looked down. All the way, having fun and playing, Yana did not close her mouth. In these sentences, commas separate the participle in the first sentence and the homogeneous participles in the second sentence.

From the prepositions they distinguish: starting with, based on. Commas are not put, since the adverbial part can be removed from the sentence and its meaning will not change. It's snowing since the night (it's coming from the night)

Separation of participles and participles: what is the difference?

Participle and participle turnovers perform different functions in the sentence and have their following morphological differences:

  1. The participial turnover or single participle refers to the word being defined (noun or pronoun). The participle or participle turnover is closely related to the verb-predicate. At the same time, the participle changes in numbers, genders, cases, has a full and short form, and the gerund is an invariable word form.
  2. The participial turnover and the participle perform the function of definition in the sentence, and the gerund and participle turnovers act as different circumstances.
  3. Participles and participles are different with suffixes. Participles have such suffixes as -usch-(-yusch-), -ashch-(-yashch)- -vsh-, -sh- of real participles and -om-(-em-), -im-- -enn-, -nn-, -t- in the suffering. While gerunds have the following suffixes: -a-, -ya-, -uchi-, -yuchi-, -v-, -lice-, -shi-.

  1. If in a sentence there is a union next to the adverbial phrase, then they are separated by a comma. Unions and are not included in circulation. For example: He smiled at his friend and, jumping over a puddle, ran home. An exception is the union "a", which stands before the adverbial turnover. In this case, it is included in the turnover. For example: A person needs to understand what is the meaning of life, and having understood this, he will tell others.
  2. If the sentence consists of several participial phrases or single participles, then commas are placed between them as when listing homogeneous members of the sentence. For example: She approached, staggering and holding her friend by the shoulder with one hand, and kept the other on her belt.
  3. If in one sentence there are several adverbial phrases relating to different predicates, then each of them is separated by commas. For example: Pushing the gate with his foot, he ran out onto the road and, paying no attention to the people, rushed away.
  4. The adverbial phrase is always separated by commas on both sides.

The isolation of gerunds will not cause problems if you learn how to correctly identify this part of speech in any sentence.

How can you help your child consolidate what they have learned?

After the child has studied the theoretical material, he should be invited to consolidate it with practical exercises.

Initially, children must work orally with sentences and learn to find adverbial phrases and single adverbs in them. After that, students should be asked to write sentences and arrange them. In addition, the child must explain his choice in the arrangement of commas.

After the children have mastered simple sentences, you can give them sentences with conjunctions and allied words. At the same time, before finding a participle or a single participle, one should highlight the grammatical basis.

They complicate the task with complex compound sentences that have several grammatical bases and homogeneous adverbial phrases.

Since the adverbial turnover is a separate circumstance, most often in a sentence it is separated from both sides by commas. However, there are exceptions to this rule. This article describes in detail all the nuances of the use of adverbial turnover.

How is the adverbial turnover marked in the letter?

Participial turnover is a gerund with dependent words. Expresses the meaning of an additional action in a sentence and performs a syntactic role isolated circumstance. As a rule, in sentences with adverbial turnover, commas distinguish a separate speech structure on both sides.

Features of the use of adverbial turnover:

  • At the beginning of a sentence, the adverbial turnover is separated by only one comma - at the end of the turnover. In addition, it must be borne in mind that the adverbial phrase before the defined word (the verb to which it refers) usually names the action that preceded the action called the verb.

    Examples: Having solved the problem, I'll go for a walk. Gathering apples, grandmother cooked jam.

  • At the end of the sentence, the adverbial turnover is separated by a comma only at the beginning of the turnover. The participle turnover after the verb-predicate usually indicates a simultaneous or subsequent action.

    Examples: I was drinking tea, admiring the dawn. He fell, sprained leg.

  • In the middle of a sentence, the adverbial turnover is distinguished by commas on both sides and can be used both before and after the verb-predicate.

    Examples: Kate, having cooked breakfast set the table. The man was on the bus listening to music, and recalled yesterday's conversation.

In what cases is the adverbial turnover not separated by commas?

The adverbial turnover without commas is used in the following cases.


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