Exercise 5. Choose the sentences where “to have” is used as

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Exercise 1. Translate into Russian.

1. Could you come to my place next Friday? - I'm sorry. I can't. 2. May I invite Nick to our house? 3. Don't give the vase to the child: he may break it. 4. You may not cross the street when the light is red. 5. It stopped raining, and mother told us that we might go out. 6. It may be true. 7. Pete had to stay at home because it was very cold. 8. They were to start on Monday. 9. He need not have stayed there for the night. 10. It was Sunday yesterday, so he didn't have to be at work, but he had to do a lot at home. 11. Don't worry! This is not important. - Not important! You must be joking! 12. She must be the youngest child in this group. 13. We need not have done all this work. 14. He is to come here at five o'clock. 15. You must not talk at the lessons. 16. Don't ring him up: he must be very busy. 17. He never comes to work late! He must have overslept today. 18. I need not have gone to the library. 19. It must be very difficult to learn Chinese. 20. You shouldn't give the child everything he wants. 21. Why did you have to stay at home yesterday? — Because my parents were not at home and I had to look after my little sister. 22. I have not written the composition. I shall have to write it on Sunday. 23. We were to go to the cinema that afternoon. 24. You must not make notes in the books. 25. They need not translate this difficult article. 26. She was to graduate from Oxford that year. 27. The train was to leave at 5 am. 28. They must be talking about us. 29. My sister cannot have written this letter: she was very busy. 30. Ishould have waited for her at the railway station.

Exercise 2. Paraphrase the sentences using “may”.

E.g. Possibly you left your book behind. You may have left your book behind.

1. Perhaps you left your umbrella in the bus. 2. Perhaps he is waiting for us. 3. Per­haps it is Helen who will ring you up. 4. Perhaps they came by plane. 5. Perhaps she had a very good En­glish teacher. 6. Perhaps it is too cold for the chil­dren to go out. 7. It is possible that he took his children to the zoo. 8. Possibly they are looking for us in the crowd. 9. Perhaps Robert used a dictionary. 10. Possibly Mary misunderstands you.

Exercise 3. Paraphrase the sentences using “must”.

E.g. Probably I left my textbook in the classroom. I must have left my textbook in the classroom.

1.Probably you gave your exercise book to her. 2. Evidently she has left the town. 3. Probably Mike is the best sportsman. 4. Probably Tom and Nick are playing football. 5. Probably Helen has got a bad mark. 6. Evidently they are able to solve the problem. 7. Evidently the pupils have finished writing their composition. 8. Obviously he forgot to warn them. 9. Evidently the meeting is cancelled. 10. Evidently he is writing a birthday card.

Exercise 4. Choose the sentences where “to be” is used as

1. знаменательный глагол «быть, находиться»

2. глагол-связка в составном именном сказуемом

3. модальный глагол «должен» (по договоренности по плану)

4. вспомогательный глагол при образовании форм Continuous

5. вспомогательный глагол при образовании форм Passive Voice

6. глагол/глагол-связка в составе устойчивого сочетания

1). Fred is a very capable student.

2). Elvis was to buy a loaf of brown bread.

3). Emily is laying the table now.

4). Davy and Elroy were invited to the party.

5). Her parents were to meet early in the morning.

6). Colin was learning the poem by heart when his friends came to see him.

7). You are to come back home before 10 o’clock.

8). The test has been already written.

9). They were in London last year.

10). The house was big and very comfortable.

11). I’m in a great hurry.

12). The baker’s is round the corner.

Exercise 5. Choose the sentences where “to have” is used as

1. знаменательный глагол «быть, обладать, владеть»

2. модальный глагол «должен, вынужден, приходиться»

3. вспомогательный глагол при образовании форм Perfect

4. вспомогательный глагол при образовании форм Perfect Continuous

5. глагол в составе устойчивого сочетания

1). Flora has got a nice garden.

2). Gloria and Harold have already left for Bristol.

3). All schoolchildren have to go to school five or six days a week.

4). After classes I usually have a bite and go to the library.

5). Eva’s father has been decorating the flat for a week.

6). They had a large family and their older son had a family of his own.

7). Both of them had to work from morning till night.

8). Mr. Hardy will have to take a bus to get to work.

9). He had nobody to talk to.

10). Jenny will have made the report by the end of the week.

11). Did you have dinner at home?

12). In half an hour my classmates will have been playing chess for two hours.

13). My schoolmates and I had a very good time in the country.