Exercise 22. Paraphrase the following sentences using the coc.

1.I know that she has an interest in the company. 2. I believe that she is not guilty. 3. I found that the job was very challenging. 4. I imagine that he works very hard. 5. We didn’t expect that he would arrive by plane. 6. The patient wanted that the doctor examined him. 7. he wished that the specialist cured him of his illness. 8. Do you mean that he should go there immediately. 9. I didn’t mean that you should go there in no time. 10. Do you like when your guests leave your place late?

(taken from L.V. Khvedchenya, 2000)

Exercise 23. Replace the following simple sentences into the ones with the coc.

1.I could hear it perfectly well. They were discussing me. 2. Don’t shout so! The whole house will know what has happened. Do you want it? 3. I shall stay at home and do my lessons. Mother said so. 4. She said it. Everybody heard it. 5. The burglar got into the house. The neighbours noticed it. 6. The reporter begged her for interview. She suffered it. 7. He is an expert in this sphere. They think so. 8. He is a truthful boy. I know it. 9. I never smoke indoors. My wife doesn’t like it. 10. He ordered that the mail should be brought at once. 11. No one expected that she should marry so young. 12. We shall go to the party together. I would like it. 13. You must tell me the truth. I want it. 14. He allowed that the party was held in his castle.

Exercise 24. Translate the verse into Russian underline the coc.

A Summer Morning

I saw dawn creep across the sky,

And all the gulls go fly by.

I saw the sea put on its dress

Of blue mid-summer loveliness,

And heard the trees begin to stir

Green arms of pine and juniper.

I heard the wind call out and say:

“Get up, my dear, it is to-day”

Rachel Field

Exercise 25. Insert the infinitives in bracket in to the proper form.

1. He knew himself (to be) more intelligent than his chief.

2. Did he expect the story (to believe)?

3. He made no resistance but allowed himself (to shake) back and forward.

4. I’ll have someone (to come) round to look after the child while we are out.

5. Presently I heard a voice (to say): “May I stay here and watch?”

6. I watched the guests (to leave).

7. She looked out of the window and saw rain (to pour) down on the leafless garden.

8. After a short rest I felt strength (to come) back to me.

9. I saw the glass (to slip) from her hand and (to fall) to the floor.

10. I felt as if I could hear her heart (to beat).

11. The parents saw their children (to laugh, to talk, to enjoy) themselves on the beach.

12. How long must I wait for you (to bring) me the half of the cake?

13. I know him (to marry) already.

14. He considered her (to be) one of the charming girls.

Exercise 26. Analyse the structure of the co in the following sentences and explain the reasons of the absence of the structure in some sentences.

1.I’ve always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. … I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how hotel room feels so lifeless? (Anne Tyler). 2. Soames, glancing at her beneath his eyelids, nodded, and he saw Irene steal ah him one of her unfathomable looks. 3. It makes you devote your life to wearing clothes (J. Webster). 4. He asked her to bring some cold lemonade to cool himself. 5. I respect you as a man of business; and you can’t expect me to believe a word you say. 6. Her power of attraction… made him indeed suspect that she could give as well as receive. 7. He had heard, of course … that Jo lived in St. John’s Wood, that he had a little house in Wistaria Avenue with a garden. 8. In this way she caused herself to be universally respected. 9. He saw him turn to Irene and say something, and her face sparkle as he often saw it sparkle at other people –– never at himself. 10. “No1 I’m not in debt!” Old Jolyon saw that he was angry, and touched his hand. 11. His son saw him gravely hanging up the coat, with an expression on his face like that of a boy who intends to steal cherries. 12. She suffered the young man to read that letter. 13. She didn’t have that girl to interfere their family business. 14. The chief asked all the documents to be printed tomorrow. 15. They declared their son to have entered the University of Harvard. 16. Originally, perhaps, members of some primitive sect, they were now in the natural course of things members of the Church of England, and caused their wives and children to attended with some regularly the more fashionable churches of the Metropolis. 17. Faithfully he followed their customs, social and otherwise, and secretly he thought them “a common lot”. 18. She had expected it to break up the thick chilly cloud, and make the relations between them –– which of late had been so puzzling, so tormenting –– sunny and simple again as they had been before the winter. 19. The spring had got into his blood, too: he felt the need for letting steam escape, and clucked his tongue flourishing his whip, wheeling his horses, and even they, poor things, had smelled the spring. 20. June made her lover take her on the top of a bus, saying she wanted air, and there sat silent, with her face to the breeze.’ 21. I urged upon George, however, how much pleasanter it would be to have Harris clean and fresh about the boat even if we did have to take a few more hundred-weight of provision; and he got to see it in my light, and with drew his opposition to Harris’s bath.