were high-heeled, 6. Those birds had long wings. 7. The girl had charming tiny freckles on her nose. 8. There was an imposing ink-stand on the director's desk. 9. The box had no label on. 10. The books were paper-backed. 11. The fish had golden fins. 12. The driver had no skill.

Exercise 4. Translate into English using constructions with be and h»vt.

1. У нас было много общих интересов. 2. У этого чело­века странные глаза, правда? 3. Универмаг имеет большой выбор женской и мужской одежды на асе сезоны. 4. Имя этого ученого широко известно. 5. В комнате было четыре окна. 6. В стакане лимонад? 7. У моих часов нет секунд­ной стрелки. 8. У меня нет с собой ни пенни. 9. Неужели этот случай безнадежен? 10. Эта гора имеет слишком кру­тые склоны, она не подходит для тренировки. 11. Он — человек со способностями. 12. Из всех видов искусства кино имеет наиболее важное значение,

Exercise 5. Consider the predicates in the following sentences. Distin­guish between the auxiliary, linking and full notional status of their finite verbs. Translate into Russian.

1. You are absolutely wrong. 2. They are in the library now. 3. When the famous actress appeared on the stage she was met with a tumultuous applause. 4. The man appeared outwardly calm. 5, She is getting restless. 6. Very soon he will be getting promotion. 7. The remark sounded rude. 8. The doctor sounded the patient carefully. 9. The old sailor grew red in the face. 10, The vegetables grow very well on this rich soil. 11. All this will turn up trumps in the end. 12. The car turned the corner and stopped.

Exercise в. Point out the predicative in the following sentences and state what it is expressed by. Translate into Russian.

1. He looked young, erect, and well. 2. “The young man,” said the general, “seemed a decent fellow, I thought." 3. It was he who persuaded them to meet us at the station. 4. The chief was a friend of Christie’s and she knew that she was one of his favourites. 5. His first instinct was to pass on without a word, but Lawson did not give him the opportuni­ty. 6. The best thing is doing it at once. 7. Pearson sounded relieved- 8. My greatest wish in the world is that you should be happy- 9. He could not believe the child was only six, for bis voice had the power of an eleven-year-old’s. 10. Suddenly be felt afraid.

Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with the proper link-verbs choosing them from the list below.

to be, to become, to get, to turn, to grow, to prove, to remain, to keep, to fall, to go, to look, to seem, to appear, to blush, to taste, to smell, to sound, to feel

1. It has been said that Mr Jonas ... pale when the behav­iour of the old clerk attracted general attention. 2. “I’ll do it,” I resolved, and having framed this determination, I ... calm, and ... asleep. 3. He did not... so bad that he could not go on working. 4. He ... scarlet as he thought of her laugh­ing up her sleeve. 5. The face ... familiar to me, but I don’t know the man. 6. It ... very good with mineral water. 7. In­side the floating cloak he ... tall, thin, and bony; and his hair... red beneath the black cap. 8. He was taken aback and... silent. 9. Pearson ... uncomfortable in that chair.

She knew she ... good tonight; she had dressed well and made up carefully. 11. Oh, Ashley, don’t talk like that. You ... so sad. 12. The stable ... dry and pleasant in the rain.

Exercise 6. Use the adjective or adverb given in brackets.

1. She could turn her head (slow, slowly). 2. The air smelled (sweet, sweetly), larks sang. 3. Alex’s eyes flashed (angry, angrily). 4. Nicola looked (quick, quickly) at Lawrie. But Lawrie, to her relieved surprise, was looking (high, highly) entertained. 5. Somehow she felt (hopeful, hopefully). 6. Mau­rice flashed a smile at Ralph who slid (easy, easily) into the water. 7. She sounded so (furious, furiously) that Rowan looked quite startled. 8. His face fell, and in bitter disap­pointment he sank (heavy, heavily) into a chair. 9. He looked (happy, happily) at the line of fires, with people grouped about them, and the colour of the flames against the night. 10. The phrase sounded (strange, strangely), I was mystified. 11. He walked round (slow, slowly). He felt (hot, hotly), and the rain did him good. 12. Tom Lewis appeared (quiet, quietly) beside Alan. 13. She turned the handle, and the door came (open, openly), 14, Conversation did not go very (easy, easily), for she did not seem to have much to say. 15. Alex went (cold, coldly). 16. The clouds hung (heavy, heavily), and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow.

Eitereise 9. Translate into English using constructions with compound nominal predicates,

1. Она выбрала стул с прямой спинкой, и он оказался удобнее других, 2. В конце выступления его голос звучал странно. 3. Она оказалась на несколько лет моложе меня.

Тишина стала гнетущей. 5. Яблоки были не совсем спе­лые, но приятные на вкус. 6, Он старался казаться бодрым и оживленным, но чувствовал себя совсем больным. 7, Со­фья оставалась молчаливой весь вечер. 8. Заброшенный колодец совсем высох. 9. Дверь распахнулась, и на пороге появился Майкл. 10. Сегодня вы выглядите на десять лет моложе, чем обычно. 11, Сохраняйте спокойствие, господа, ничего особенного не случилось. 12. Ткань была мягкой н шелковистой на ощупь. 13. Становится сыро, пора возвра­щаться домой. 14. Мелодия показалась ему знакомой, но он не мог припомнить, когда и где он ее слышал.