Use modal verbs or their equivalents
1. She … play chess well.
2. … I take your pen?
3. … I ask you a question?
4. You … not talk at the lesson.
5. He … not speak English last year.
6. My sister … not play piano two years ago, but now she … .
7. You … get this novel in our library.
8. I … go to the library today to prepare for my report at the conference.
9. … you do me a favour?
Translate into Russian.
1. He must have sold his piano.
2. He may have sold his piano.
3. He might have sold his piano.
4. He can’t have sold his piano.
5. He should have sold his piano.
6. He shouldn’t have sold his piano.
7. He needn’t have sold his piano.
8. He didn’t have to sell his piano.
9. He had to sell his piano.
10. He was to sell his piano.
Сложносочиненное и сложноподчиненное предложение.
Формальные признаки сложных предложений: союзы, союзные слова, относительные местоимения. Порядок слов в сложном предложении
Workout
Translate into Russian.
1. I consider it is very important to translate the text without a dictionary.
2. The books you spoke about are available in all bookshops.
3. The exercise I asked you about is rather difficult.
4. The information you sent us is of great important.
5. We know he will keep his word.
6. There many facts in his biography we still don’t know.
2. Make up sentences using because/so.
| 1. I ate all the cakes | a) have a party |
| 2. It was my birthday last Monday | b) not be hungry |
| 3. I drank all the juice | c) be tired |
| 4. I went to bed early | d) be hungry |
| 5. The film was boring | e) be thirsty |
| 6. I put my raincoat on | f) be rainy |
| 7. I’ve had my dinner | g) not watch it to the end |
3. Fill in and/ but/or.
1. He plays football … he doesn’t skate.
2. He can’t ski … skate.
3. My brother is too small, he can’t read … write.
4. George knocked at the door … nobody opened him.
5. I lost my book … Richard found it.
6. Newton was a great man … he was absent-minded.
7. You can take a horse to water, … you can’t make it drink.
8. Sink … swim.
9. To be … not to be?
10. We can’t meet today … we can meet tomorrow.
4. Fill in during/for/while.
1. We hope you enjoy yourselves … your stay with us.
2. Last week I was held up … three hours.
3. Peter came round … we were eating.
4. Peter came round … the lunch break.
5. My friend had a good time … I was staying at home.
6. My friend had a good time … the holidays.
7. He was watching the film … his wife was cooking.
8. She was in hospital … a month.
9. … my stay in hospital, the nurses looked after me very well.
10. A football match lasts … twenty minutes.
5. Fill in if/because/when.
1. … you can’t do it yourself, ask for help.
2. I’ll go home … the film ends.
3. … you phone Peter, tell him I’m out.
4. Come on! … we hurry, we’ll catch the bus.
5. … I play tennis with Harris, he always wins.
6. … you find my gloves, let me know.
7. I need a hammer and nails, … I am going to repair the shed.
8. You couldn’t play the match, … the fog was very thick.
9. … you tell me the secret I won’t tell it to anyone else.
10. We will help you, … you need help.
11. … the rain stops, I shall go for a walk.
12. The boy laughed … I spoke to him.
13. Aunt Polly locked the cupboard, … she didn’t want Tom to take the cakes.
6. Заполните пропуски, используя who, which, where, whose.
1. I don’t agree with people … say that all modern music is rubbish.
2. That’s the music … I like best of all.
3. The shop … I bought this CD is next to the post office.
4. The man … party I went to is a composer.
5. I’ve broken the vase … you presented me.
6. That’s the only rock group … music I like.
7. Musicians … are really successful work hard.
7. Correct the mistakes.
1. My cousin, which is a teacher, speaks Spanish.
2. He is a man, whom likes reading adventure books.
3. In summer I’m going to Tokyo where is an interesting city.
4. That’s the house when my grandparents live.
5. There was nothing in the suitcase what the man left in the room.
6. Victoria whose was Queen of Great Britain for 64 years died in 1901.
7. Ajaccio, which Napoleon Bonaparte was born, is in Corsica.
8. York, who is on the river Ouse, is a beautiful town.
9. He is the man which gave me job.
10. Harries is an island where is off the west coast of Scotland.
Self-study practice