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VIII.State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.

  1. I could bring my own hangers.

  2. With a few things about…it might not look so bleak.

  3. I should be going home at the weekends.

  4. What a useful thing a husband might be!

  5. … I must have somewhere to bring friends…

  6. We should have a really nice hedge this time next year.

  7. … she was to take up her teaching appointment…

IX.Reproduce the following sentences in reported speech.

Use the words from Appendix 2

  1. “All our doors are well-fitting.”

  2. “You’ve probably got hangers of your own.”

  3. “I’m afraid I couldn’t make any reduction for that.”

  4. “Digs in the neighbourhood are very few. If Mrs. Flynn can’t take you you will have to face a bus journey each day.”

  5. “Working with children will stand you in good stead if you have a family of your own, and if you don’t – well, other people’s children are the next best thing.”

  6. “You can earn a living wherever you choose to go in the world, and have a pension at the end of it.”

X.Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1. Anna is a girl with average academic abilities. But her good nature and cheerful and patient disposition will let her become a good teacher.

2. Anna had fairly good looks and a boisterous health. She was a straight-backed, long-legged girl with a mop of curly hair.

3. Only people with practical and sensible upbringing can take up teaching.

4. Anna was brought in the tradition of useful service, she wanted to do something useful in the world, so she did her work with efficiency and zest.

5. In the world Anna was born the simple virtues of truthfulness and neighbourliness were valued greatly.

6. In small towns and villages all your past is an open book. Everybody is known and seen clearly. Kind and patient people are appreciated and silly people are laughed at.

7. As Anna had good nature and patient and cheerful disposition the birth of younger brothers caused no jealousy in her.

8. If you take up teaching you must have a patient and cheerful disposition. First children’s boisterous behavior may daunt and depress you. But some time later you’ll get used to it and be able to calm your bandits down.

9. First Anna was depressed and daunted with the looks of her room. But the thought of the future work lifted her spirits.

10. Anna was so depressed by the looks of Mrs. Flynn’s house that her parents’ house seemed doubly dear to her.

XI. Fill in the gaps using the words from the list.

  1. Even if a person has … he has a great chance to succeed in studying a language if he is industrious.

  2. The girl was not a front page long-legged model but she had a … hair, she was… and her eyes were kind. So she had …

  3. After a long travelling your home …

  4. Parents must give their children … to make them successful and happy.

  5. Anna was a kind and cheerful girl and that’s why the birth of younger brothers …

  6. In small towns and villages people know almost everything about each other and all your life…

  7. If a person has made up his mind to … he must have a patient…

  8. Teaching is a difficult profession but with your … health and calm character you will be a kind and patient teacher.

  9. Only if a person likes his work greatly he will do it …

  10. I … good nature and industriousness greatly.

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