Mixed Bag

Ex 36 Fill in the blanks with modal verbs or their equivalents according to the sense.

I. I — not hear very well. Speak louder, please. 2. You — not speak so loudly. I can hear you very well as it is. 3. "— I leave a bit earlier today?" "No, you — ." 4. He told her that she — come and go as she liked. 5. She said she — explain everything later on. 6. I don't know what plan she has in mind but I — know it. 7. You — let the woman pass first when entering the room. 8. He — not agree, nobody was making him. 9. They — argue for a long time before they came to an agreement. 10. You — speak louder if you want them to hear you.

Ex 37 Use Reported Speech.

1. He asked her: "May I have your telephone number?" 2. She said: "I can't choose. I must take it as it is." 3. She said to him: "As you grow older you'll be able to understand me." 4. The instructor said: "She may continue the work she has begun." 5. They asked him: "Where can we find you if we need you?" 6. Mother said: "I have to repeat the same thing to you several times before you understand what I want from you." 7. The father said to the child: "What are you doing here so late? You must be in bed." 8. He said: "I had to make money at a very early age." 9. "I can't hand the letter just to anybody. I must hand it personally to her," he said. 10. "I can't let you have my bicycle at once, but I'll be able to in a week," she said to him. 11. She said: "Can I use your telephone?"

Ex 38 Translate the following sentences, using modal verbs or their equivalents.

1. Современный человек должен много читать и быть образованным, чтобы понимать поступательное развитие нашего общества. 2. В наше время мы не можем обходиться без электричества. 3. Если вы не изучите инструкцию, вы можете сломать машину. 4. Мы должны иметь лекции по истории два раза в неделю, по понедельникам и пятницам. 5. Он был не прав. Ему пришлось согласиться с нами, хотя он был очень недоволен. 6. Нет необходимости повторять мне одно и то же. Я просто не могу сделать то, что вы хотите. 7. Мне приходится выезжать самым ранним поездом, иначе я опаздываю на первый урок. 8. Давайте не будем спорить об этом сейчас. Мы должны сначала решить первый вопрос. 9. Она поняла, что ей придется переговорить с ним об этом деле. 10. Поскольку вы здесь, можно мне задать вам несколько вопросов? 11. Он должен был передать деньги секретарю, но я не уверен, что он сумел это сделать. 12. В такую солнечную погоду она не может обходиться без темных очков. І3. Вы можете не есть суп, но второе вы должны попробовать. 14. Вы не сможете обсуждать эту книгу, пока не прочтете ее до конца. 15. Вы можете помочь мне с моими вещами? 16. Здесь курить нельзя. Это небезопасно. 17. Неужели ты не видишь, что ей нужно работать?! 18. Как вы можете заставлять его делать то, что против его принципов?

Ех 39 Open the brackets, using the correct tense form. Retell the passage.

Mr Kelada was everywhere and always. He (be) certainly the best-hated man on the ship. We (call) him Mr Know-All to his face and he (take) it as a compliment. He (know) everything better than anybody else and it never (come) into his head that he (can) be mistaken.

There (be) four of us at table. A man (call) Ramsay, who (be) as dogmatic as Mr Kelada, his wife, and myself. Ramsay (be) in the American Consular Service and now he (be) on his way back to Japan after he (fetch) his wife from New York where she (spend) a year at home. Mrs Ramsay (be) a very pretty little thing with pleasant manners who (know) how to wear her clothes. She (be dressed) very simply because the Consular Service (be) ill-paid.

On that evening, while we (sit) all at dinner, we (start) speaking about pearls. There (be) in the papers lately a good deal of talk about the culture pearls which the Japanese (make). Mr Kelada (fell) us all that was to be known about pearls. Mr Ramsay (know) nothing about them at all, I (believe), but he (start) a heated argument with Mr Kelada. At last something that Mr Ramsay (say) made Mr Kelada so angry that he (cry out):

"I (know) what I (talk) about. I (go) to Japan just to look into this Japanese pearl business. I (be) in the trade."

That (be) news for us, because Mr Kelada never (tell) anyone what his business (be). He (look) round the table triumphantly.

"You take my word for it," he (continue), "that chain Mrs Ramsay (wear) never (be worth) a cent less than it is now. I (notice) it at once. If you (buy) it on Fifth Avenue I (be) sure it (be) worth anything up to thirty thousand."

Mr Ramsay (smile): "You (be surprised) to hear that my wife (buy) this chain at a department store the day before we (leave) New York, for eighteen dollars."

"Let me (look) at the chain," Mr Kelada (ask), "and if it (be) imitation, I (tell) you quickly enough."

"Take it off, dear," (say) Mr Ramsay. "Let Mr Kelada (look) at it as much as he (want)."

I (have) a sudden feeling that something unpleasant (be going) to happen. Mrs Ramsay (take) the chain off and Mr Ramsay (hand) it to Mr Kelada. Mr Kelada (take) a magnifying glass^* from his pocket and (examine) the chain. There (be) a smile of triumph on his face. He (hand) back the chain. He (be going) to speak when he suddenly (catch) the look of terror in Mrs Ramsay's eyes; her face (turn) quite white. I (wonder) why her husband (not notice) anything.

Mr Kelada (stop) with his mouth open. "I (make) a mistake," he (say). "It (be) a very good imitation."

(After "Mr Know-All" by W. S. Maugham)

Ex 40 Rewrite (or retell) in narrative form.

BLACKMAIL

The great liner stopped some way from the port. The captain said to the passengers: "You can visit the port if you want to, but you must be back on board at 5:30 as the ship is to sail off at 6 o'clock."

The ship was far too big to dock in the port and all day the local boatmen had to take the passengers to and from the liner.

At about 5 o'clock Miss Merryweather made up her mind to return to the liner.

"Will you take me over to the liner?" she asked a boatman.

"I shall, for 5 dollars."

"Isn't it a bit too expensive? I can pay you 3 dollars. If you don't agree, I can always take another boat."

After a good deal of arguing the boatman agreed to take her over for 3 dollars.

When they were about two hundred yards from the liner, the boat stopped.

"Is anything the matter?" asked Miss Merryweather.

"Nothing at all," the boatman answered. "Either you pay me 5 dollars, or you can sit here and watch the ship sail away without you."

(After "Graded Oral Comprehension Exercises" by L. G. Alexander)