Progress check (the Participle, the Gerund, the Infinitive)

1. Choose between the Infinitive, Participle I or Gerund of the verb:

1. We didn’t have an opportunity… (to apprehend) him. 2. The most offences… (to involve) criminal law are those against the state. 3. Copyright law protects literary and artistic works… (to include) paintings and sculpture. 4. They want him… (to pay) damages. 5. I’ve never heard him… (to start) legal proceedings. 6. They’ll look forward to… (to charge) him for the second time. 7. The offence turned out… (to be) committed while sleepwalking, and this act can’t be qualified as a crime.

2. Choose the correct item:

1. Roman law is a system of laws…in the 8^th century BC.

a) evolved b) evolving c) to evolve

2. Authority is the control…from a community’s system of rules.

a) to result b) resulting c) resulted

3. The civil law includes cases…to family, property and contracts.

a) relating b) related c) to be related

4. Family law includes the laws…marriage, divorce and welfare of children.

a) governed by b) governing c) to govern

5. We can’t believe him…the offer.

a) to revoke b) revoking c) to have revoked

6. I suspect him … this computer program.

a) of copying b) to copy c) copying

7. They sold the original work for low price,…the original creator without a chance to get economic reward.

a) to leave b) leaving c) by leaving

3. Correct the mistakes:

1. Criminal law presupposes a rule of law in defined acts as criminal. 2. Intellectual property laws reward the creators of original works by prevent others from to copy their works. 3. They stopped to involve the lawyer to defend the offender. 4. That’s not worth to involve children into the trial stage. 5. He is accused of committing a robbery. 6. We didn’t make him to determine if there was a criminal intent. 7. If the offender turns out to being a policeman, we’ll qualify the offence as omission. 8. Acts committing during fits of epilepsy are involuntary.

4. Read these sentences choose the correct non-finite form of the verb and translate the words in brackets into English:

1. A criminal lawyer is a lawyer (що спеціалізується) in felonies. 2. A war criminal is a person (визнаний винним) in crimes against humanity. 3. Criminal procedure is the rules (що регулюють) the investigation of crimes; the arrest, (обвинувачення) and a trial of (звинувачених) criminals; and the (винесення вироку) of those convicted. 4. Criminal liability is a responsibility for (скоєння) a crime. 5. Murder is the unlawful crime (скоєний) against a person. 6. (Озброєне) robbery is the unlawful taking of another’s property (використовуючи) some dangerous weapon.