- •Министерство образования республки беларусь
- •1. Explain the meanings of “can” in the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the modal verb can in the following sentences:
- •4. Turn the following into unreal statements and translate both variants into Russian. Change the form of the infinitive if necessary.
- •5. A. Put in “can” if possible, if not, use “could” or “will” be able to.
- •2. In other cases, w have to use will be able to.
- •3. Conditional: We can use could to mean “would be able to”.
- •6. A. Express strong doubt about these negative sentences.
- •7. Open the brackets using the appropriate form of the infinitive.
- •8. Fill in the blanks with can/can’t or be (not) able to in the proper form.
- •9. Open the brackets with could (expressing a possibility) or could have (expressing a possibility that did not happen) and make all necessary changes.
- •10. Express your surprise and disbelief using can/could.
- •11. To practice can, make up situations of your own using the following patterns.
- •12. Translate into English.
- •13. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •14. Translate the following sentences:
- •15. Memorize the following proverbs and sayings and use them in a situation of your own.
- •1. Determine the meaning of the modal verb “may”. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Change the following sentences to express uncertainty using the modal verb “may” and the proper form of the infinitive. Follow the example.
- •3. Make the following sentences less certain by using “may” or “might”.
- •4. Open the brackets using the appropriate form of the infinitive.
- •6. Change the following sentences into the future or past. Use be allowed/ permitted to
- •7. Paraphrase the following sentences using where possible the modal verb “may”.
- •8. To practice “may”, make up situations of your own using the following patterns.
- •9. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •10. Memorize the following proverbs and use them in situations of your own.
- •11. Translate the following sentences into English. Use the modal verbs “can (could)” and “may (might)”.
- •12. Fill in the blanks with may/might or can/could and make all necessary changes.
- •13. Fill in the blanks with the modal verbs making necessary changes (you may have several variants).
- •14. Find and correct the mistakes if any.
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the modal verbs “can” or “may”.
- •17. Translate the following sentences:
- •18. Translate the following sentences.
- •16Translate the following sentences into English. Use the modal verbs «can» and «may».
- •17. Translate into English using the modal verbs.
- •1. Determine the meaning of the modal verb “must”. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Change the following sentences using the modal verb “must” to express probability and the appropriate form of the infinitive.
- •3. Answer the following questions accordance with the example given below.
- •4. Rewrite these sentences using “must” or “can’t” and translate them into Russian.
- •5. Notice the use of “must” in reported speech in the following sentences and translate them into Russian.
- •6. Remembering that must in the meaning of probability is not used either with reference to the future or in the negative form, find a suitable way of translating the following sentences into English:
- •7. Open the brackets using the appropriate form of the infinitive.
- •8. Choose the correct variant.
- •8. To practice must make up situations of year own using the following patterns.
- •9.Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Revision
- •1. Choose the modal verb that best suits the context.
- •3.Translate the following sentences into English using the modal verbs “can”, “may”, “must” where necessary; state their functions.
- •To have to
- •1. Determine the meaning of the modal verbs “to have to”, “to be to”. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. A. Make the following sentences a) interrogative, b) negative.
- •3. Put in “must” or “have (has/got) to”.
- •4. Complete the sentences, using “must not” /“mustn’t” or “do not”/”don’t have to”.
- •5. Change and explain the following sentences as shown in the example.
- •6. Change the sentences using “be to”.
- •7. Fill in the blanks with “have to” or “be to”.
- •8. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •9. To practice the use of “have to” and “be to”, make up situations of your using the following patterns:
- •10. Choose the alternative that best suits the context.
- •Revision:
- •1. Fill in the blanks with “must”, “have to” or “be to” to suit the motives expressed in the following sentences:
- •2. Open the brackets and fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verbs “must”, “have to” or “be to”.
- •1. Explain the meaning of “need” in the following sentences and translate them into Russian:
- •2. Open the brackets and give the correct form of the verb after need.
- •3. Open the brackets and fill in the blanks with either “didn’t need (to)” or “needn’t have (done)”.
- •4. Choose the correct variant.
- •5. Translate into English using the verb “need”.
- •6. Translate the following sentences into English using need:
- •7. Choose the alternative that best suits the context.
- •Should – ought to
- •1. State the meaning of the verb “should” in the following sentences. Translate them into Russian.
- •2. Give a piece of advice using the modal verb “should” and the words in brackets.
- •3. Choose between “must” and “should” in the following sentences.
- •4. Choose the most suitable form.
- •5. A. Change the sentences using “should” so as to express criticism.
- •6. Combine the modal verb “should” with the appropriate form of the infinitive in brackets.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Ought to
- •1. State the meaning of the verb “ought” in the following sentences. Translate them into Russian.
- •2. Combine the modal verb “ought” with the appropriate form of the infinitive in brackets.
- •3. Translate into English.
- •Should – ought to
- •1. Rewrite the sentences, using “should” or “ought to”.
- •2. Choose the right variant.
- •3 Open the brackets and fill in the blanks with “must”, “have to”, “be to”, “should”, “need”, “ought to” (in some cases you may have several variants).
- •4. Translate into English.
- •5. To practice “should”/”ought” to make up situations of your own using the following patterns.
- •6. Translate into English using modal verbs.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Will / would
- •1. State the meaning of the verb “will”/ “would”. Translate into Russian.
- •3. Complete the sentences with “will/”won’t”/”would”/”wouldn’t”.
- •4. State whether the verb will/would is a modal verb or an auxiliary verb.
- •6. Translate the given parts of the sentences into English and complete the sentences.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •1. State the meaning of the verb “shall”. Translate into Russian.
- •2. State whether “shall” is an auxiliary or modal verb.
- •3. Complete the following sentences using “shall”.
- •4. Translate into English
- •1. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the verb “dare”.
- •2. Paraphrase the following sentences using the verb “dare”.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •Mixed bag
- •1. Define the meanings of the modal verbs. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Insert the modal verbs in the correct form.
- •3. Combine the modal verbs with the appropriate form of the infinitive in brackets.
- •4. Use the necessary modal verbs.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •Revision
- •1. Supply the necessary modal verbs for the following sentences, noticing the Russian equivalents given in brackets:
- •2. Translate the following sentences into English using suitable modal verbs.
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English using modal verbs.
- •4. Translate the following sentences into English using modal verbs.
14. Find and correct the mistakes if any.
1. I must not dress in my best. When I came, everybody was wearing jeans and T-shirts. 2. He must have known that she needed his help. 3. He had to have an accident in the thick fog. 4. You should phone her long ago. I am sure she is looking forward to your call. 5. With your knowledge of the language you may read the article. 6. I may not imagine Mary teaching students. She used to be so impatient. – You know time changes people. She is able to become quite different. 7. I am sure you might have done it much better. You did not try.8. I was so angry, I must have thrown my boot at him. 9. May you do me a favour, please? 10. May I ask you to do me a favour?
15. Open the brackets using the appropriate form of the infinitive after the modal verbs «can» and «may». Comment on the meanings they are used in. Speak on the topic raised in the extract.
“Dear Edward, I think we were wise to part. We were too unsuited to one another, and our difficulties could only (to increase). I see that if we had continued to live together our quarrels might (to increase) perpetually. It is horrible to back upon those vulgar brawls. I cannot (to understand) how you could (to utter) such things… Perhaps it might (to be) different if we had had children; they might (to form) between us a truer link, and perhaps in the delight of them I could (to forget) my impracticable dreams. But fate was against us … If you had asked me not to go, if you had ever showed the smallest sign of regretting my departure, I think U might (to break down). Yes, I can (to tell) you now that I could (to give) anything to stay. But now the worst is over. I have taken the step and shall adhere to what I have done I think I had better not see you at all events for some time…”
(After W.S. Maugham).
16. Fill in the blanks with the modal verbs “can” or “may”.
1. David ….. do the work. He is competent enough. 2. You …… take the last copy if nobody needs it. 3. ….. I ask you to look after the child? 4. …… you tell us of the final diagnosis? 5. You ….. never tell what ….. come to her mind. 6. A fool ….. ask more questions than a wise man ….. answer. 7. You ….. trust me and, who knows, you …… need me one day. 8. Helen ….. grasp the idea. She was thinking of something else. 9. I never thought that they ….. get lost in the area. 10. Alexei ….. sometimes forget things, but he ….. always admit his fault. 11. - ….. I smoke here? – No doubt you…… but you certainly ….. not! 12. ….. you lend me your bicycle for today? 13. You ….. read this paper, it is not secret. 14. ….. you please open the door? ….. I ask you for such a small service? 15. You …… never go back to your past; you have got to move on.
17. Translate the following sentences:
1.- Можно взглянуть на этот документ, инспектор? – Боюсь, что пока нет. 2. Решение может быть очень простым, можешь мне поверить. 3. – Можно мне вызвать портье? – Конечно, можно. 4. Я, может быть, совершаю ошибку, но я не вижу другого выхода.
5. Вы, возможно, не осознаете этого, но вы великий человек. 6. Я был уверен, что могут появиться другие проблемы. 7. Он сказал нам, что мы можем прийти в любой удобный для нас день. 8. Ребенок поинтересовался, можно ли ему посмотреть еще два мультика. 9. Он, вероятно, опаздывает. Застрял, наверное, где-нибудь в автомобильной пробке. 10. Она решила, что может воспользоваться машиной отца. 11. Она может быть очень милой, если захочет.