- •The Infinitive Вводный курс
- •1. Practise the following according'to the models.
- •2. Study the following sentences. Pay attention to the use of the infinitives and infinitive constructions.
- •Replace the group of words in bold type by an infinitive.
- •Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using an infinitive.
- •Основной курс (Аракин)
- •3. Comment on the forms of the infinitives:
- •4. Use the appropriate forms of the infinitives of the verbs in brackets:
- •5. Use the appropriate form of the infinitives in brackets:
- •6. Translate these sentences Into English, paying attention to the form of the infinitive:
- •7. Put to where necessary before the infinitives:
- •8. Translate the following sentences into Russian, paying attention to the use of the particle to, which implies the verb already mentioned:
- •11. Translate these sentences into English, using attributive infinitives:
- •12. Point out Infinitives of result and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •13. Paraphrase the following sentences so as to use infinitives of result:
- •14. Translate the sentences into English, using infinitives of result:
- •15. State the functions of infinitives in the following sentences:
- •16. Translate the sentences into English, using infinitives:
- •17. Paraphrase the following sentences, making the object of the infinitive the subject of the sentence:
- •18. Point out the Complex Object and the Complex Subject with the Infinitive. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •19. Translate the sentences into English, using the Complex Object or the Complex Subject:
- •20. Replace the clauses in the following sentences with infinitive phrases:
- •21. Comment on the infinitive phrases and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •22. Paraphrase, using "for-phrases" with infinitives:
- •23. Complete the following, using a suitable infinitive phrase:
- •24. Make up sentences, using the following infinitive phrases parenthetically:
- •25. Translate the sentences into English, using infinitives:
- •26. State the function of the Infinitive in the following sentences and translate them into Russian:
- •27. Complete the following sentences, using infinitives or infinitive constructions:
- •28. State the form and the function of the infinitive in each sentence. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •29. Combine the following sentences as in the model.
- •30. Translate into English using the infinitive as in the models.
- •31. Translate into English using the passive form of the infinitive as in the model.
- •32. Translate into English using the complex Object where necessary.
- •The Complex Subject
- •33. Translate into Russian.
- •34. Substitute the Subjective Infinitive Construction for the subordinate clause.
- •35. Translate into English.
- •36. Substitute the Subjective Infinitive Construction for the subordinate clause.
- •37. Translate into English.
- •38. Translate into Russian.
- •39. Substitute the Subjective Infinitive Construction for the subordinate clause.
- •40. Translate into English.
- •41. Translate into Russian.
- •42. Substitute the Subjective Infinitive Construction for the subordinate clause.
- •43. Translate into English.
- •45. Point out the “For-to-Infinitive Construction, state its function, translate the sentences into Russian.
- •46. Translate into English.
- •Grammar Test: Infinitive
The Infinitive Вводный курс
1. Practise the following according'to the models.
Model 1: A. You asked him the time. Was this part of a plan?
B. No, I just happened to ask him the time.
A. You were looking out of the window when I passed. Was this part of a plan?
B. No, I just happened to be looking out of the window.
You ...
1. were in the phone box when I passed. Were you watching me? 2. looked at your watch. Was this a signal of some kind? 3. were sitting by the windpw when I passed. Were you watching me? 4. were leahing against your gate when I passed. Were you watching me? 5. gave him a lift. Was this part of a plan? 6. were waiting for a bus when I passed. Were you watching me? 7. were standing in your doorway when I passed. Were you watching me? 8. travelled on the same train as Peter. Was this part of a plan? 9. got out at the same station as Peter. Was this part of a plan? 10. waved at Jack. Was this a signal? 11. sat at the same table as Jack. Was this part of a plan? 12. were wearing dark glasses when I saw you. Was this part of a plan? 12. Practise the following according to the models.
Model 2: A. He avoids people.
B. Well, he seems to avoid people.
He ...
1. is afraid of someone. 2. suspects everyone. 3. distrusts his neighbours. 4. prefers to be alone. 5. thinks he is in danger. 6. wishes to avoid us. 7. lives on pills. 8. eats very little. 9. works at night. 10. reads a lot
Model 3: A. He doesn't usually watch television.
B. Well, he seems to be watching jt today.
He doesn't usually ...
1. help his wife. 2. play with the children. 3. bring his wife flowers. 4. talk to his mother-in-law. 5. do the shopping. 6. carry his wife's parcels. 7. quarrerwith his neighbours. 8. walk to work. 9. collect the children from school. 10. wait for his wife.
Mоde1 4: (Two people are visiting a "stately home" built in the eighteenth century by the famous duke. One asks questions about the duke, which the other, who has just bought the guide book, does his best to an
- Was he rich? (very)
- Yes, he seems to have been very rich. / Yes, he appears to have been very rich. / Yes, he is said to have been very rich. / Yes, he is supposed to have been very rich.
1. Did he live here? (most of his life) 2. Did he build any other houses? (several) 3. Did he employ a large staff? (huge) 4. Did he hunt? (when he was a young man) 5. Did he keep race-horses? (all his life) 6. Did they win races? (quite a iot of) 7. Did he sell his other houses? (two of them) 8. Did he quarrel with neighbours? (some of them) 9. Did he fight duels? (two). 10. Did he kill his opponent? (both times). 11. Did he leave the country? (after the second duel) 12. Did he die abroad? (in Paris)
Model 5: A. They service the lift once a year.
B. It used to be serviced twice a year, didn't it? (stress on "twice")
1. They make tea once a day. 2. They deliver mail once a day. 3. They sweep the street once a week. 4. They change the film once a week. 5. They publish the paper once a month.
Model 6: A. Did you paint the house?
B. No, it was to have been painted, but the plan fell through.
Did you ...
1.clean the carpet? 2. cut down the dead tree? 3. mend the roof? 4. repaper the hall? 5. rebuild the garage? 6. make the new path? 7. polish the car? 8. install central heating? 9. repair the gate? 10. sweep the chimney?