10. |
I'm afraid of.................................. |
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(lose) my way in the forest. |
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11. |
What do you mean.................................. |
(do) with all that money? |
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12. |
Playing a musical instrument well means......................... |
(practise) for years. |
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13. |
I regret.............................. |
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(inform) you that your husband has been arrested. |
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14. |
She regrets.................................. |
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(spend) so much money on her new dress. |
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15. |
Do you remember.................................. |
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(ride) a bicycle for the first time? |
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16. |
Remember.................................. |
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(post) the letters on your way home. |
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17. |
I'd prefer.................................. |
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(pretend) I didn't hear what you just said. |
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18. |
I prefer................. |
(borrow) books from the library to ................. |
(buy) them. |
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19. |
Don't forget.............. |
(bring) some cash in case they don't accept credit cards. |
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I was sorry................................ |
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(hear) about you failing the exam. |
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21. |
He said he was sorry for............................... |
(speak) to you so rudely. |
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22. |
Oh no! I totally forgot................................. |
(turn off) the cooker. |
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I'll never forget............................. |
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(sail) through that storm in the Atlantic. |
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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. |
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Tom: Yes, you were! You just went on....................... |
(talk) about America con- |
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stantly. |
It was quite funny though when I |
think back. You hardly let |
me................. |
(say) a word. |
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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. |
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Tom: How did you feel when you first arrived there? |
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Kim: I remember..................... |
(worry) about what to do and where to go. I |
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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. |
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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- |
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one again. |
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4. Don't tease him any more. He doesn't enjoy..................................... |
(laugh at). |
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5. Many film stars now hire bodyguards because they want....................... |
(pro- |
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tect). |
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6. ................. (award) an Oscar was the most memorable event in the actor's
life. |
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7. Ann claimed................ |
(invite) to Tom Cruise's wedding while she was in |
America. |
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8. I was very upset when I failed the audition, so you can imagine how de-
lighted I was............................................. |
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(give) a second chance. |
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9. I'm not used to............................................. |
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(approach) by complete strangers |
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asking for my autograph. |
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10. |
Listen carefully because I don't want.................................... |
(misunderstand). |
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11. |
I wouldn't phone her after midnight. She won't like....................... |
(wake up). |
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12. |
I don't remember......................... |
(tell) the news before. Are you sure you |
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mentioned it yesterday? |
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13. |
Ten more people have asked................................ |
(include) in the conference. |
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14. |
He always wears such outrageous clothes because he wants.............. |
(notice). |
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15. |
I see that...................... |
(send) to prison for five years has taught you nothing. |
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16. |
Actors consider............................ |
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(see) on television as the first step to fame. |
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48. |
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate participle. |
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Carla has been |
...interested... |
(interest) in dancing since she was a little girl. |
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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......................... |
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(entertain) spectacle for a much lar- |
ger audience. Carla's family were.......................... |
(thrill) to attend a Royal Per- |
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formance and to witness their little girl's ......................... |
(excite) debut. Carla |
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herself was more....................... |
(excite) and |
................................. (frighten) than |
she'd ever been in her life. Her climb to fame had been extremely........................ |
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(reward). And now, here she was, dancing for the Queen. How............................. |
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(please) she felt! But the......................................... |
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(amaze) reviews she received |
the next day were even more ...................................... |
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(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 |
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......................................... |
(find) a method that has not ended in disaster. Two |
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years ago I started................. |
(go) to karate classes. On the second day I broke |
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my arm. When I had recovered from that, I took up.................. |
(swim). At first I |
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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 |
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side and cracked my head on the tiles. I needed.................... |
(go) to hospital to |
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make my head stop .................... |
(bleed). A few months later a friend advised |
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me................. |
(try) aerobics. That didn't last |
long either, |
because I |
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hate...................... |
(listen) to loud disco music. Then last month I bought a bicy- |
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cle. I had always loved..................... |
(cycle) ever since I was a child. I really re- |
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gret..................... |
(buy) that bike, though. At this very moment, I am lying in |
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hospital with two broken legs. I have decided......................... |
(give up) trying |
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.......................... |
(get) fit. |
From now on, I'm |
going to |
concentrate |
on.......................... |
(stay) alive. |
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50. Work in groups. Make up as many sentences to the picture (pic. 4) as possible using Verbals.
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INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
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There is AN AGENT in the |
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There is NO AGENT in the |
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infinitive construction itself |
Absolute |
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finitive |
Con- |
Complex ject |
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struction |
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infinitive construc-
Complex Subject |
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INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTION WITH NO AGENT
I’m sorry to have lectured at this club. |
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Я сожалею, что я читала лекции в |
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этом клубе. |
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We still cannot say to have solved the |
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Мы все еще не можем сказать, что |
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problem. |
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мы решили эту проблему. |
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INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTION AS A PARENTHESIS |
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То anticipate a little, these data prove |
Забегая |
несколько |
вперед, |
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that... |
заметим… |
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Galileo, Newton, Huygens – to men- |
Галилей, Ньютон, Гюйгенс – мы |
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tion only the most prominent men of |
называем |
лишь наиболее |
видных |
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science – were the founders of classi- |
ученых – были создателями клас- |
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cal mechanics. |
сической механики. |
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to begin with |
начнем с того, что...; прежде всего; |
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для начала |
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to be sure |
конечно, несомненно |
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needless to say |
не стоит и говорить, само собой ра- |
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зумеется |
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to put (it) in another way |
другими словами |
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so to say |
так сказать |
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to say the least |
не говоря большего, по меньшей |
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мере |
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ABSOLUTE INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTION |
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We asked him to help us, the work to |
Мы попросили его помочь нам, так |
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be done in a week. |
как работа должна быть сделана |
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через неделю. |
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We shall make the experiment with |
Мы проведем этот эксперимент, |
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the raw materials to be taken from |
причем исходные материалы будут |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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10. |
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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 |
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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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