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10.

I'm afraid of..................................

 

(lose) my way in the forest.

11.

What do you mean..................................

(do) with all that money?

12.

Playing a musical instrument well means.........................

(practise) for years.

13.

I regret..............................

 

(inform) you that your husband has been arrested.

14.

She regrets..................................

 

(spend) so much money on her new dress.

15.

Do you remember..................................

 

(ride) a bicycle for the first time?

16.

Remember..................................

 

(post) the letters on your way home.

17.

I'd prefer..................................

 

(pretend) I didn't hear what you just said.

18.

I prefer.................

(borrow) books from the library to .................

(buy) them.

19.

Don't forget..............

(bring) some cash in case they don't accept credit cards.

20.

I was sorry................................

 

(hear) about you failing the exam.

21.

He said he was sorry for...............................

(speak) to you so rudely.

22.

Oh no! I totally forgot.................................

(turn off) the cooker.

23.

I'll never forget.............................

 

(sail) through that storm in the Atlantic.

46. Put the verbs in brackets into the -ing form or the infinitive.

Kim: I'll never forget ...going... (go) to America for the first time. I was incredi-

bly excited although I was trying.......................

(act) cool and casual.

Tom: I know. I remember....................

(be) quite envious because I wanted

.............. (go) there too.

Kim: Yes, I know. I was a bit over the top, wasn't I? I'm sorry for.......................

(behave) so badly.

 

Tom: Yes, you were! You just went on.......................

(talk) about America con-

stantly.

It was quite funny though when I

think back. You hardly let

me.................

(say) a word.

 

Kim: I'm sorry, but you know that in my excitement I nearly left a lot of things behind like my camera and my money.

Tom: I didn't know you had such a bad memory.

Kim: I'm not usually so forgetful. I had a lot on my mind. Anyway, I don't re-

member actually........................

(leave) anything behind in the end.

 

Tom: How did you feel when you first arrived there?

 

Kim: I remember.....................

(worry) about what to do and where to go. I

wanted.....................

(see) everything but I didn't know where............

(begin).

Tom: So where did you go first?

Kim: Well, we started in New York. At first, the traffic was so bad that I was afraid.................... (cross) the road. But it got easier. I saw the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty and lots of other things. It was incredible! I love New York!

47. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive infinitive or -ing form.

1.

We are waiting for his first novel ...to be punished... (publish) in English.

2.

His music seems.....................

(influence) by the rock culture of the seventies.

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3. .......................

(hurt) badly in the past, she found it very difficult to trust any-

one again.

 

 

4. Don't tease him any more. He doesn't enjoy.....................................

(laugh at).

5. Many film stars now hire bodyguards because they want.......................

(pro-

tect).

 

 

6. ................. (award) an Oscar was the most memorable event in the actor's

life.

 

7. Ann claimed................

(invite) to Tom Cruise's wedding while she was in

America.

 

8. I was very upset when I failed the audition, so you can imagine how de-

lighted I was.............................................

 

(give) a second chance.

9. I'm not used to.............................................

 

(approach) by complete strangers

asking for my autograph.

 

 

10.

Listen carefully because I don't want....................................

(misunderstand).

11.

I wouldn't phone her after midnight. She won't like.......................

(wake up).

12.

I don't remember.........................

(tell) the news before. Are you sure you

mentioned it yesterday?

 

 

13.

Ten more people have asked................................

(include) in the conference.

14.

He always wears such outrageous clothes because he wants..............

(notice).

15.

I see that......................

(send) to prison for five years has taught you nothing.

16.

Actors consider............................

 

(see) on television as the first step to fame.

48.

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate participle.

 

 

Carla has been

...interested...

(interest) in dancing since she was a little girl.

When she put on her own "performances" at home for her relatives, they were all.................................... (entertain) by the sight of the young girl twirling around in her home-made costumes. No one guessed, however, that by the age

of eighteen she would be an.........................

 

(entertain) spectacle for a much lar-

ger audience. Carla's family were..........................

(thrill) to attend a Royal Per-

formance and to witness their little girl's .........................

(excite) debut. Carla

herself was more.......................

(excite) and

................................. (frighten) than

she'd ever been in her life. Her climb to fame had been extremely........................

(reward). And now, here she was, dancing for the Queen. How.............................

(please) she felt! But the.........................................

 

(amaze) reviews she received

the next day were even more ......................................

 

(thrill).

49. Put the verbs in brackets in the -ing form or the to-infinitive.

I've been trying ...to get... (get) fit for years but it

has been impossible

.........................................

(find) a method that has not ended in disaster. Two

years ago I started.................

(go) to karate classes. On the second day I broke

my arm. When I had recovered from that, I took up..................

(swim). At first I

really enjoyed........................

(race) my friend up and down the pool. But I re-

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gret.........................

(say) that it wasn't long before, I slipped over on the pool

side and cracked my head on the tiles. I needed....................

(go) to hospital to

make my head stop ....................

(bleed). A few months later a friend advised

me.................

(try) aerobics. That didn't last

long either,

because I

hate......................

(listen) to loud disco music. Then last month I bought a bicy-

cle. I had always loved.....................

(cycle) ever since I was a child. I really re-

gret.....................

(buy) that bike, though. At this very moment, I am lying in

hospital with two broken legs. I have decided.........................

(give up) trying

..........................

(get) fit.

From now on, I'm

going to

concentrate

on..........................

(stay) alive.

 

 

 

50. Work in groups. Make up as many sentences to the picture (pic. 4) as possible using Verbals.

Pic. 4

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INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS

 

There is AN AGENT in the

There is NO AGENT in the

tion itself (независимый)

 

 

-

 

infinitive construction itself

Absolute

In-

ob

 

 

 

(зависимый)

finitive

Con-

Complex ject

 

 

struction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

infinitive construc-

Complex Subject

For + Noun + Infinitive

 

 

INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTION WITH NO AGENT

I’m sorry to have lectured at this club.

 

Я сожалею, что я читала лекции в

 

 

этом клубе.

 

We still cannot say to have solved the

 

Мы все еще не можем сказать, что

problem.

 

мы решили эту проблему.

 

INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTION AS A PARENTHESIS

 

То anticipate a little, these data prove

Забегая

несколько

вперед,

that...

заметим…

 

 

Galileo, Newton, Huygens – to men-

Галилей, Ньютон, Гюйгенс – мы

tion only the most prominent men of

называем

лишь наиболее

видных

science – were the founders of classi-

ученых – были создателями клас-

cal mechanics.

сической механики.

 

to begin with

начнем с того, что...; прежде всего;

 

для начала

 

 

to be sure

конечно, несомненно

 

needless to say

не стоит и говорить, само собой ра-

 

зумеется

 

 

to put (it) in another way

другими словами

 

so to say

так сказать

 

to say the least

не говоря большего, по меньшей

 

мере

 

 

ABSOLUTE INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTION

 

We asked him to help us, the work to

Мы попросили его помочь нам, так

be done in a week.

как работа должна быть сделана

 

через неделю.

 

We shall make the experiment with

Мы проведем этот эксперимент,

the raw materials to be taken from

причем исходные материалы будут

another lab.

взяты из другой лаборатории.

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COMPLEX OBJECT

We expect the scientist to be involved

Мы предполагаем, что ученого

in the work.

привлекут к этой работе.

I know them to work hard.

Я знаю, что они много работают.

During the experiment we saw the

Мы видели во время опыта, как

temperature fall rapidly.

температура быстро падала.

They believe the substance to have

Они полагают, что вещество рас-

dissolved.

творилось.

COMPLEX SUBJECT

(говорят (to be said); известно (to be known); принимается (to be taken); считается (to be considered, believed); предполагается (to be assumed); наверняка (to be sure); возможно (to be apt); безусловно (to be certain); вероятно (to be likely); казаться (seem, appear); оказываться (prove, turn out); случаться (happen, chance))

The lifetime of the equipment is as-

Предполагается, что срок службы

sumed to be 30 years.

этого оборудования составляет 30

 

лет.

The method is reported to give good

Сообщается, что этот метод дает

results.

хорошие результаты.

This student is known to work hard.

Известно, что этот студент много

 

работает.

They are likely to come here.

Вероятно, они придут сюда.

Dr. Meyer is supposed to arrive at 10.

Полагают, что д-р Мейер приедет в

 

10.

 

Д-р Мейер должен приехать в 10.

The acid seems to be likely to dis-

Эта кислота, по-видимому, может

solve the precipitate.

растворить осадок.

Water was considered to be an ele-

Считали, что вода является эле-

ment.

ментом.

This substance was not observed to

Радиоактивных свойств у этого

possess radioactive properties.

вещества не наблюдали.

This substance is believed not to ex-

Считают, что это вещество не ра-

hibit radiation.

диоактивно.

FOR + NOUN + INFINITIVE

For this method to be valuable it must

Чтобы этот метод был полезным,

be improved.

его надо усовершенствовать.

There is a possibility for him to at-

У него есть возможность присутст-

tend the conference.

вовать на этой конференции.

For a force to exist there must be two

Для того чтобы существовала сила,

objects involved.

необходимо, чтобы было два пред-

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