Ex. 7 Classify each of the sentences below according to their structure.

1. Great Britain is a small island, but it is reach in minerals.

2. What an interesting book I bought yesterday!

3. I know that he is in London now.

4. Ask her where he is now.

5. Alicia, Joy and David came in.

6. Read about the weather and then decide on your vacation.

7. Don’t forget!

8. Can you explain the term “brainstorming” to us?

9. My boss gets angry if he is interrupted.

10. He stopped smiling.

Ex. 8 Translate into Russian giving all the possible equivalents of the following sentences.

1. Vexed as he was, Martin did not lose his competence (Ch. Show).

2. Old as they were, her aunts also did their share (J. Joyce).

3. Different as the two men were, they were two real Englishmen (O. H. Lawrence).

4. Slight and young as he seems, his Hamlet has a formidable force (R. Gilder).

5. Troubled as he was, he never exposed his difficulties to her (Th. Dreiser).

Ex. 9 Define the theme and the rheme of the following sentences. Translate into Russian.

1. The examiner placed six slides before Andrew. Five of this slides Andrew named correctly, but the sixth he could not name.

2. The doctor said he was shifting – “That I know”.

3. The rainfall was measured with a rain gauge of the balance type. In this system, the water from the collecting cone goes into one side of the balance weighting system.

4. Historical data were obtained from weather station in the area. From these, histograms grouping rain rate as local duration were derived.

5. To us today Shylock’s rebuke of Christian anti-Semitism has a claim to our respect.

Ex. 10 Translate into English paying special attention to the actual division of the following sentences.

1. Он обернулся. Позади стоял Мартин.

2. Мы вошли в лабораторию. На стене висели портреты ученых.

3. Между электродами находилось ускоряющее напряжение.

4. Вниз по замерзшей реке двигались сани, запряженные собаками.

5. Князь Багратион…сказал “хорошо” с таким выражением, как будто все то, что происходило, и что ему сообщали, было именно то, что он уже предвидел.

6. Но одна мысль о том, что он боится, снова подняла его.

7. Он посвящал музыке всё свободное время.

8. Он обнял Левина и, говоря с ним, не замечал Бронского, который встал и спокойно дожидался, когда князь обратиться к нему.

9. А где журнал для записи научных данных? – В шкафу.

10. Хотя эта статья старая, она всё ещё полезна.

”Complex sentences”

Points for discussion:

1. Complex sentences: general characteristics.

2. Semi-complex sentences.

3. Transformation in complex sentences.

Exercises:

Ex.1. Identify the matrix sentences and the position of the N-clauses in the following complex sentences back to the deep sentences:

1. What you are after is not here.

2. I wonder when they will come back.

3. That is just what I don’t understand.

4. Tell us where our customer went.

5. I feared you wouldn’t have returned in time to accompany me.

Ex.2. Change the first, insert, sentence into an N-clause and then embed it in the NP-position in the matrix sentence. Choose the conjunctive by the italicized element, otherwise use ‘‘that’’.

Model: We shall meet in the park. – where we shall meet.

Something must be decided now.

=Where we shall meet must be decided now.

1. Paul doesn’t write for some reason. It worries me.

2. There were going to manage it somehow. It seemed of no importance.

3. He’s gone somewhere. It is a mystery.

4. He suggests many things. It is always accepted.

5. She might come back any time. It doesn’t concern me any more.

Ex.3 Change the first, insert, sentence into an N-clause and then embed it in the NP-predicative position in the matrix sentence. Choose the conjunctive by the italicized element, otherwise use “that”, “if”, “where”, or “as if (though)”.

Model: We should do it without delay. – That we should do it without delay.

= My suggestion is that we should do it without delay.

1. The conference is cancelled. The point is…

2. He was about to say something. He looked…

3. The question is…

4. She bought such lovely countrysiders somewhere. The puzzle is…

5. I might have caught a bad old. I feel…

Ex.4 Translate into English.

1. Что он имел в виду, осталось невыясненным.

2. То, что мусоропровод полезное изобретение, - вне всякого сомнения.

3. Почему он так долго не пишет, беспокоит меня.

4. Поддержит он нас или нет, не так уж важно.

5. На сколько человек накрывать стол – вот, что сейчас обсуждается.

Ex.5 Chang the following sentences with noun-phrases into complex sentences with conjunctives:

1. My suggestion is for him to go through the exercise again.

2. We are puzzled by his being unable to see the solution here.

3. I question their having accepted the plan.

4. We aim at John’s studying the profession of a builder.

5. The question is the time of starting.

Ex.6 Change the first, insert, sentence into an N-clause and then embed it in the N-object position in the matrix sentence. Choose the conjunctive by the italicized element, otherwise use “that”, “if”, or “whether”. Adjust the V-tenses where necessary:

1. This could be a good camping site. I felt…

2. He promised something. I depended on…

3. I say this. He depended on…

4. We know something about device. The instruction does not agree…

5. He says all manner of things. People are always eager to listen to…

Ex.7 Translate into English:

1. Вопрос в том, как нам уговорить его на это.

2. Трудность, по-видимому, в том, поддержит ли он нас.

3. Дело в том, они не поняли задания.

4. Она выглядела так, как будто ещё не поправилась.

5. Разве это не то, о чём вы говорили в прошлый раз?

Ex.8 Compress the following object N-clauses containing modals:

1. Tell me what I am to do next.

2. Did he tell you where you are to go?

3. We wonder whether we are to call for her or not.

4. I wonder why we should worry.

5. Have you decided when you are to leave?

Ex.9 Comment on the following sentences and translate them.

1. It was as though he and she were in alliance.

2. That he would be the loser admitted of no argument.

3. I am beginning to believe that it nay be the best thing for you.

4. It seemed to me that nothing would move me now.

5. That is exactly what I mean.

Ex.10 Translate into English.

1. Всё зависело от того, получат ли они телеграмму вовремя.

2. Я не знаю, куда он положил эти деньги

3. Я начинаю думать, что вы правы.

4. Что Павел уже окончил мореходное училище, поразило меня.

5. Мы не знали, что делать.

6. Куда пойти в воскресенье, нужно решать заранее.

7. Как вы это примите, очень важно для меня.

8. Как жаль, что я не знал вашего адреса в то время.

9. Он размышлял о том, как избежать скандала.

10. Что меня удивляет, это почему он сам не высказывается.