- •Grammar exercises
- •The indicative mood
- •Revision exercises on tense and voice
- •(To Units One—Three)
- •1. A) Comment at» the use of the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous:
- •B) Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •2. Translate the sentences into English, using I hear and I am told where possible:
- •3. A) Comment on the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous:
- •B) Use the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous instead of, the infinitives in brackets:
- •C) Translate these sentences into Russian:
- •4. Use the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •5. A) Comment on the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Continuous:
- •B) Use the required past tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •6. Translate the sentences into English, paying attention to the use of tenses:
- •7. A) Comment on the use of the future tenses (the Future Indefinite, the Future Continuous and the Future Perfect):
- •B) Use the required future or present tense instead of tee infinitives in brackets where necessary:
- •8. Use the reguired tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •9. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the required tense, paying attention to the sequence of tenses:
- •10. Change the following from direct into indirect speech:
- •11. Use the required teases instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •12. Think of a suitable context to use the following sentences:
- •13. Translate these sentences Into English:
- •14. Use the required tenses instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •15. Comment on the use of tenses in the following sentences and translate them into Russian:
- •16. Use the required tenses instead of the infinitives in brackets and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •17. Use the required tenses instead of the infinitives in brackets and comment on their use:
- •I8. Pay attention to the use of the Continuous tenses. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •The subjunctive mood and the conditional mood (To Units One—Three)
- •19. Name the oblique moods used in the following sentences and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •20. Comment on the mood of the verb in the following sentences:
- •21. Complete the following sentences a) using the Conditional Mood;
- •B) using the Subjunctive Mood:
- •22. Supply the correct mood of the verbs in brackets:
- •23. Change into sentences of unreal condition:
- •24. Translate these sentences into English:
- •25. Comment on the use of the Subjunctive Mood and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •26. Supply the correct mood of the verbs in brackets:
- •27. Comment on the use of the Conditional Mood and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •28. Translate the sentences into English, paying attention to the use of the Conditional Mood:
- •29. Supply the correct mood of the verbs in brackets:
- •30. Translate the sentences into English paying attention to the use of the Subjunctive and the Conditional:
- •31. Comment on the use of the Old Present Subjunctive and translate the sentences into Russian:
9. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the required tense, paying attention to the sequence of tenses:
Many years ago I (to be thrown) by accident among a certain society of Englishmen, who, when they (to be) all together, never (to talk) about anything worth talking about. Their general conversations (to be) absolutely empty and dull, and I (to conclude), as young men so easily (to conclude), that those twenty or thirty gentlemen (to have) not half a dozen ideas among them. A little reflection (to remind) me, however, that my own talk (to be) no better than theirs, and consequently that there (may) be others in the company who also (to know) more and (to think) more than they (to express). I (to find) out by accident, after a while, that some Of these men (to have) more than common culture in various directions: one or two (to travel) far, and (to bring) home the results of much observation; one or two (to read) largely, and with profit; more than one (to study) a science; five or six (to see) a great deal of the world. It (to be) a youthful mistake to conclude the men (to be) dull because their general conversation (to be) very dull. The general conversations of English society (to be) dull; it (to be) a national characteristic.
10. Change the following from direct into indirect speech:
Suddenly there came a knock to the door and Dorian heard Lord Henry's voice outside: "My dear boy, I must see you. Let me in at once. I cannot bear your shutting yourself up like this."
Dorian made no answer at first, but then jumped up and unlocked the door.
"I am sorry for it all, Dorian," said Lord Henry, as he entered. "But you must not think too much of it. Tell me, did you see Sibyl Vane after the play was over?"
"Yes, and I was brutal to her, Harry — perfectly brutal. But it is all right now,"
"Ah, Dorian, I am so glad. I was afraid of finding you tearing that nice curly hair of yours."
"I have got through all that," said Dorian, shaking his hand and smiling. "I am perfectly happy now. I want to be good; I can't bear the idea of my soul being so bad and ugly. I shall begin by marrying Sibyl Vane." (After Oscar Wilde)
11. Use the required teases instead of the infinitives in brackets:
I (to notice) that when someone (to ask) for you on the telephone and, finding you out, (to leave) a message begging you to call him up the moment you come in, the matter (to be) more important to him than to you. When it (to come) to making you a present or doing you a favour most people (to be) able to hold their impatience. So when I (to be) told by Miss Fellows, my landlady, that Mr. Alroy Kear (to wish) me to ring him up at once, I (to feel) that I (can) safely ignore his request.
I (not to see) Roy for three months and then only for a few minutes at a party. "London (to be) awful," he (to say). "One never (to have) time to see any of the people one (to want) to. Let's lunch together one day, shall we?"
As I (to smoke) a pipe before going to bed I (to turn) over in my mind the possible reasons for which Roy (may) want me to lunch with him. (After S. Maugham)
12. Think of a suitable context to use the following sentences:
1. It's been a wonderful evening for me.
2. We are starting at dawn.
3. I've been looking for you everywhere. Why are you always hiding from me?
4. My dear Jonny! How long you've been coming home!
5. Splendid to think we'll be getting into the country this weekend!
6. I was sure I had seen her. But where? Where had I seen the girl?