Exercise 5 p. 21

Make up complex sentences with predicative clauses according to the patterns.

Pattern I
Principal Clause Subject expressing order, Proposal, request, arrangement, Desire etc.	Subordinate clause Should + non-perfect infinitive
e.g. His suggestion is (was) that the discussion should be postponed.

1) Our proposal is that … . 2) The order … . 3) Their demand was … . 4) The chairman’s decision is … . 5) Her request is … . 6) The teacher’s recommendation is … . 7) The plan was … . 8) Our wish … . 9) The commander’s order was … . 10) The arrangement was … . 11) Our common desire is … .

Pattern II
Principal clause Subject expressing fear	That lest	Subordinate clause Indicative mood (often may) Should + non-perfect infinitive
e.g. Our fear is that he will (may) misunderstand the order. Our fear was that he would (might) misunderstand the order. Our fear is (was) lest he should misunderstand the order.

1) The parents’ fear was … . 2) Our apprehension is … . 3) The old man’s fear was lest … . 4) My fear is … .

Pattern III
Principal clause	As if As though	Subordinate clause Oblique mood forms of the type were, spoke (had been, had spoken)
e.g. He looks (looked) as if he were ill. He looks (looked) as if he had been ill.

1) She sounded as though … . 2) Doesn’t he look as if … ? 3) It seemed … . 4) It was … . 5) His voice sounded … . 6) It looks … . 7) I feel … . 8) The girl does not look … . 9) Do you feel … ? 10) The old man looked … .

Exercise 6 p. 22.

Paraphrase the sentences using predicative clauses

Model 1: It is suggested that they should accompany us there.

The suggestion is that they should accompany us there.

1) It was requested that all applications should be typed. 2) It has been proposed at the conference that a working party draw up a draft resolution. 3) It was demanded that all the forms should be filled at once. 4) It was arranged that the father should take the children from the kindergarten and bring them to the station. 5) It was decided that the written test should be postponed till after the holidays.

Model 2: It was the chairman’s proposal that the amendments to the agenda should be admitted in written form.

The chairman’s proposal was that the amendments to the agenda should be admitted in written form.

1) It was the director’s order that the meeting should be adjourned until a late date. 2) It was his mother’s will that he should invite all her relations to the wedding party. 3) It was the professor’s special request that the assistant should repeat the experiment under the same conditions. 4) It is the grandfather’s wish that all his grandchildren should stay at his house during the vacation. 5) It is our common desire that the work should be arranged in strict accordance with the schedule.

Exercise 7 p. 23.

Open the brackets using the required form of the verb.

1) And honestly the kindest thing you could say about her was that she (to have) nice hair (Mcn). 2) She looked as if she (can) take very good care of herself now (W). 3) And as to the crew, all they knew was that I (to be appointed) to take the ship home (Cnd). 4) Cape Town? It was far away now. It seemed as though it (to be) in another world (Ab). 5) In the colleges of Canada and the United States the lectures are supposed to be a really necessary and useful part of the student’s training. Other judgements were that the lectures (to be) of no importance (Lc). 6) “Oh, I nearly forgot Fieta has been in here a number of times tonight. She sounded as though it (to be) really something important, Lanny” (Ab). 7) Her mind was as if a cyclone (to go) through it (Mtl). 8) He was spreading a report that I was a humbug, and that the reason I didn’t accommodate the people with a miracle (to be) because I (cannot) (Tw). 9) Sometimes when his fever was bad his face ran with sweat, but he never lost the clarity of his thoughts. It was as though his illness (to be happening) to another person’s body (Gr). 10) His suggestion was that colleges of education (to extend) the college day and improvise more accommodation (Dw).

Exercise 8 p. 24.

Translate the sentences into English using the predicative clauses.

1) У девочки был такой вид, как будто бы она что-то знает, но не говорит (Джером). 2) Вот это мы и хотим знать (Б. Шоу). 3) Сейчас у меня такое чувство, как будто не существует ничего, чего я не мог бы сделать (Б. Шоу). 4) Он чувствовал себя так, как будто заболевает (Драйзер). 5) Вот это меня и удивляет (Б. Шоу). 6) У него был такой тон, как будто он сам не верил своим словам и только искал подтверждения (Уилсон). 7) Дело в том, что я не знаю, как начать эту работу. 8) Распоряжение преподавателя заключалось в том, чтобы весь материал был собран к концу семестра. 9) Мне бы хотелось пригласить всю группу на выставку, но беда в том, что семестр закончился и мы редко видим друг друга. 10) Что вам сказал врач? – Рекомендация врача заключается в том, чтобы я сделал перерыв в занятиях не меньше чем на месяц.