- •Аракин 2 курс.Grammar exercises
- •The indicative mood
- •Revision exercises on tense and voice
- •(To Units One—Three)
- •1. A) Comment at» the use of the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous:
- •B) Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •2. Translate the sentences into English, using I hear and I am told where possible:
- •3. A) Comment on the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous:
- •B) Use the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous instead of, the infinitives in brackets:
- •C) Translate these sentences into Russian:
- •4. Use the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •5. A) Comment on the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Continuous:
- •B) Use the required past tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •6. Translate the sentences into English, paying attention to the use of tenses:
- •7. A) Comment on the use of the future tenses (the Future Indefinite, the Future Continuous and the Future Perfect):
- •B) Use the required future or present tense instead of tee infinitives in brackets where necessary:
- •8. Use the reguired tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •9. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the required tense, paying attention to the sequence of tenses:
- •10. Change the following from direct into indirect speech:
- •11. Use the required teases instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •12. Think of a suitable context to use the following sentences:
- •13. Translate these sentences Into English:
- •14. Use the required tenses instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •15. Comment on the use of tenses in the following sentences and translate them into Russian:
- •16. Use the required tenses instead of the infinitives in brackets and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •17. Use the required tenses instead of the infinitives in brackets and comment on their use:
- •I8. Pay attention to the use of the Continuous tenses. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •The subjunctive mood and the conditional mood (To Units One—Three)
- •19. Name the oblique moods used in the following sentences and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •20. Comment on the mood of the verb in the following sentences:
- •21. Complete the following sentences a) using the Conditional Mood;
- •B) using the Subjunctive Mood:
- •22. Supply the correct mood of the verbs in brackets:
- •23. Change into sentences of unreal condition:
- •24. Translate these sentences into English:
- •25. Comment on the use of the Subjunctive Mood and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •26. Supply the correct mood of the verbs in brackets:
- •27. Comment on the use of the Conditional Mood and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •28. Translate the sentences into English, paying attention to the use of the Conditional Mood:
- •29. Supply the correct mood of the verbs in brackets:
- •30. Translate the sentences into English paying attention to the use of the Subjunctive and the Conditional:
- •31. Comment on the use of the Old Present Subjunctive and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •Modal verbs1
- •33. Comment on the form and meaning of the verb can. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •34. Use the verb can in the correct form followed by the appropriate infinitive:
- •35. Translate Into English, using; the verb can;
- •36. Comment on the form and meaning of the verb may. Translate the sentences into Russsian:
- •37. Translate these sentences into English, using the verb may.
- •38. Fill in the blanks with the verbs can or may in the correct form:
- •39. Point out the oblique moods and modal phrases with can and may. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •40. Translate these sentences into English, using can or may.
- •41. Comment on the meaning of the verb must. Translate the sentences into Russian;
- •42. Translate the following sentences Into English:
- •43. Change the following sentences from Active into Passive:
- •44. Fill in the blanks with the verbs can, may or must:
- •45, Translate these sentences into English, using the verbs can, may, mash
- •46. Comment on the meaning of have to. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •47. Fill in the blanks with must or have to:
- •48. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative:
- •49. Change the following statements into disjunctive questions:
- •51. Comment on the use of must, have to, be to and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •52. Comment on the meaning of the verb need:
- •53. Fill in the blanks with didn't have to or needn't have:
- •54. Fill in the blanks with mast, have to, be to or need:
- •55. Translate the sentences into English, using must, ham to, be to or need:
- •56. Comment on the meaning of the verb ought. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •57. Paraphrase the following sentences so as to use ought (oughtn't) followed by a correct form of the infinitive:
- •58. Fill in the blanks with ought, have to, be to or need followed by the appropriate infinitive:
- •59. Comment on the meaning of the verb should. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •60. State whether should is auxiliary or modal:
- •61. Translate the sentences into English, using must, ought, should, need, have to or be to:
- •62. Comment on the use of should for the sake of emotional colouring. Pay attention to the structure of the sentences and the word combination it is found in:
- •63. Pay attention to the use of should in subordinate clauses after some verbs and expressions.2 Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •64. Fill in the blanks with mast, should or need:
- •Shall, will
- •65. Comment on the modal colouring of the following sentences with shall:
- •66. Comment on the meaning of will and would. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •67. Comment on the meaning of shall and will. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •68. Replace shall and will with the suggested alternative verb, making any necessary changes:
- •69. Fill in the blanks with should or would:
- •70. Translate the sentences into English, using should or would:
- •Revision exercises on mood and modal verbs
- •71. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the appropriate oblique mood:
- •72. Answer the following questions:
- •73. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct form of the oblique moods:
- •74. Translate these sentences into English:
- •75. Translate the following sentences Sato English. Pay attention to the use of the oblique moods;
- •76. Complete the following sentences:
- •77. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct form of the oblique mood:
- •78. Translate these sentences into English. Pay attention to the use of the oblique moods:
- •79. Comment on the meaning of the modal verbs and translate the sentences into Russian;
- •80. Use the verbs can oi may.
- •81. Fill in the blanks with should, need, hare to with the appropriate form of the Infinitive:
- •82. Translate the sentences into English, using modal verbs:
- •83. Insert tee appropriate modal verb:
- •84. Translate the sentences into English using modal verbs:
- •87. Use the appropriate foia» of the infinitives in brackets:
- •88. Translate these sentences Into English, paying attention to the form of the infinitive:
- •(To Units Seven—Nine) The Infinitive
- •85. Comment on the forms of the infinitives:
- •86. Supply the missing forms of the following infinitives:
- •89. Put to where necessary before the infinitives:
- •90. Translate the following sentences into Russian, paying attention to the use of the particle to, which implies the verb already mentioned:
- •91. Respond to the following questions or statements, using the phrases from the list in brackets:
- •94. Make up sentences, using the following phrases with attributive infinitives:
- •95. Translate these sentences into English, using attributive infinitives:
- •96. Point out Infinitives of result and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •97. Paraphrase the following sentences so as to use infinitives of result:
- •98. Translate the sentences into English, using infinitives of result:
- •99. State the functions of infinitives in the following sentences:
- •100. Translate the sentences into English, using infinitives:
- •101. Paraphrase the following sentences, making the object of the infinitive the subject of the sentence:
- •102. Make up sentences, using the following adjectives with infinitives (follow the examples of the previous exercise):
- •103. Point out the Complex Object and the Complex Subject with the Infinitive. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •104. Translate the sentences into English, using the Complex Object or the Complex Subject:
- •105. Replace the clauses in the following sentences with infinitive phrases:
- •106. Comment on the infinitive phrases and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •107. Paraphrase, using "for-phrases" with infinitives:
- •108. Complete the following, using a suitable infinitive phrase:
- •109. Make up sentences, using the following infinitive phrases parenthetically:
- •110. Translate the sentences into English, using infinitives:
- •The Gerund
- •111. Point out the Gerund and comment on its noun and verb characteristics. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •112. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund of the verbs in brackets:
- •113. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund and insert prepositions where necessary:
- •114. Comment on the functions of the Gerund in the following serlences:
- •115. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •116. Translate these sentences into English, using the Gerund:
- •117. Point out complexes with the Gerund and comment on their function? in the following sentences;
- •118. Make up sentences, using the Gerund after the following verbs:
- •119. Point out gerunds and verbal nouns. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •120. Translate into English, using the Gerund:
- •121. Use the Gerund instead of the subordinate clauses. Insert prepositions if necessary:
- •122. Complete the following, using the Gerund:
- •123. Translate the sentences Into English, using the Gerund;
- •The Participles
- •124. Point out the First Participle and state its functions in the sentence:
- •125. Use the appropriate form of the First Participle of the verbs brackets:
- •126. Translate the sentences into English, using the First Participle:
- •127. Point out the Complex Object with the First Participle. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •128. Use the Infinitive or the First Participle of the verbs in brackets to form a Complex Object:
- •129. Point out the "Nominative Absolute" construction and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •130. Translate the sentences Into English, using the First Participle:
- •131. Replace the attributive and adverbial clauses in the following sentences by participle phrases:
- •132. Replace the participle phrases in the following sentences by attributive or adverbial clauses:
- •133. Translate the sentences into English, using attributive participle phrases, where possible:
- •134. Point out the Second Participle and state its functions in the sentence:
- •133. Replace the attributive clauses in the following sentences by phrases with the Second Participle, where possible:
- •136. A) Translate the following word-groups into English. Pay attention to the place of the Second Participle:
- •B) Make up sentences with the word-groups you have translated.
- •137. Point out the Complex Objects with the Second Participle. Translate the sentences into Russian;
- •Revision exercises on the verbais
- •138. State the function of the Infinitive in the following sentences and translate them into Russian:
- •139. Complete the following sentences, using infinitives or infinitive constructions:
- •140. Use the Gerund or the Infinitive of the verbs in brackets. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
- •141. Translate the sentences into English, using the Gerund:
- •142. State whether the -ing- form is a participle, a gerund or a verbal noun:
- •143. Point out the verbals and comment on them:
C) Translate these sentences into Russian:
1. I've been wanting a word with you, Lewis. 2. She hasn't bought any new clothes since the beginning of the year. 3. He has written me only once since he went away; I've sent him four letters. 4. I'm going to suggest something to you. I've been talking it over with your mother. 5. Beryl has been telling me the most amazing things. Surely, she must be exaggerating. 6. I've asked him to lunch on Sunday. 7. That's what I've been trying to remember since I met him. 8. "It can't be true. It's a dream I've been having," she thought. 9. You know, I've missed you very much these last few weeks. 10. I'm afraid I don't understand you, Gerald. I haven't changed my mind. Have you changed yours?
4. Use the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:
N o t e : Remember that the Present Perfect is always associated with the present, and the Past Indefinite refers the action to some past moment.
1. It is half past eight and you (not to do) your morning exercises yet. 2.1 (to get up) with a headache today and (to decide) to walk to my office instead of taking a bus. Now I am feeling much better. 3. You (to meet) any interesting people at the holiday camp? 4. She (not to have) a holiday for two years. 5. You (to enjoy) Mary's singing? 6. Where you (to buy) these lovely gloves? 7. Where she (to go)? Maybe she is in the lab? — No, I just (to be) there. It's locked. 8. Why you (to shut) your book? Please open it again on page ten. 9.1 am sorry. What you (to say), Mr. Hartley? 10. His face seems familiar to me. When and where I (to see) him? 11.1 hear you just (to get) married. When the ceremony (to take place)? 12. Old George (not to be) here for years! 13. You (to read) "The Man of Property"? — I (to begin) the book last week and just (to finish) it. 14. A few months ago they (to pull) down some old houses in our street and (to begin) to build a new block of flats. 15. Do you remember my name, or you (to forget) it? 16. When I (to call) on him I (to find) that he (to be) out. 17. His first question to the girl (to be): "Where you (to see) the man?" 18. What (to be) her answer to your question? 19. Where you (to put) my umbrella? I need it. 20. He (to sit) there quietly for a while and then (to leave) unnoticed.
5. A) Comment on the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Continuous:
1. He was tired — he was so very tired. It seemed to him that he had been tired for a very long time. 2. Grant went to the drawing-room, where Alison was sitting with a book. 3. She listened, but could not follow what was being said. 4. When it was time to go I asked if I could see the rooms I had lived in for five years. 5. Nobody knew he was going to London on Sunday. 6. All the stories in this book were written before the first World War.
B) Use the required past tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
1. It (to be) the poorest room Hilary ever (to see). 2. No sooner she (to arrive) at the station than a fast London train (to come in). 3. It (to be decided) to say nothing to Sidney until the answer (to be received). 4. Arthur (to go) up to his room. Nothing in it (to be changed) since his arrest. 5. No wonder he (to be) very tired. He (to work) too hard for the last three months, 6. I (to tremble) tike a leaf. 7. Mr. Dennant, accustomed to laugh at other people, (to suspect) that he (to be laughed) at. 8. She (to say) it in a voice he never (to hear) before. 9.1 (to look) into the kitchen. Mary-Ann (to put) the supper on a tray to take it into the dining-room. 10.1 (to be) fifteen and just (to come) back from school for the summer holiday. 11. It (to rain) heavily since the morning and she (not to allow) the children to go out. 12. Soon I (to get) a letter from her to the effect that she (to return) from the South of France; she (to want) me to meet her. 13. Trafalgar Square (to be laid) about a hundred years ago. 14.1 (to finish) my work for the day and (to rest) quietly in my arm-chair, flunking of the days that (to go) by. 15. George, who (to laugh) loudly, suddenly (to break off). 16. When Bambys mother (to stand) up her head (to be hidden) among the branches. 17. She (to read) the book ever since she (to come) from school and couldn't tear herself away from it. 18. She (to know) Jim for more than ten years, ever since her husband, who (to teach) at that time in a Grammar school in London, first had made his acquaintance through the Labour Party. 19. He (to say) he (to wait) for more than an hour. 20. I (to be) sure they (to talk) about me, because they (to break off) as soon as I (to enter). 21. He (to say) he (to get) two letters from Alice. 22. The rain that (to fall) since the morning (to cease) by the afternoon, but a strong wind still (to blow) and the sky (to be covered) with dark clouds.