Assignment 14
Open the brackets; make all necessary changes. Write the correct sentence in the space opposite the original one. Please keep in mind that the Infinitive in the brackets can be either in the Active or in the Passive form.
Could Joel persuade the management to let (he; to demonstrate) «his» blend there? |
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He expected (his firings shares; to sell) at the stock market the next day. |
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Even before the Civil War, Americans wished (Wall Street; to recognize) as the financial capital of the nation. |
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Let (the President of the Exchange; to call off) the name of that stock and we will make our bid. |
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Americans didn't want (Wall Street; to be) a symbol of the rapacious robber barons. |
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The Exchange makes (different companies; to list their stock). |
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We are in Broadway. I expect (Wall Street; to be) a few blocks from here. |
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We consider (the chief financial institutions of the United States; to locate) here. |
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Assignment 15
Review the Grammar material «The Infinitive. The Complex Subject».
The main patterns of the Complex Subject are those presented in the chart. Study the patterns. Make sure you are familiar with all of them and you know how to translate the sentences from English into Russian.
The investors |
seem (appear; happen; turn out; are sure; are certain; are [un]likely; are said; are reported; are thought: are considered; are known; are expected; are believed; are supposed: are assumed; are seen; are heard; seemed; appeared; happened; turned out; were sure; were certain: etc.) |
to want their money back as soon as possible.
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Such a person
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is expected
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to fit the so-called self-interest model of a stereotypical decision maker. |
The prices |
are said |
to be rising. |
Productivity |
was known |
to have been slowed down. |
In his last years, Adam Smith
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is believed
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to have been planning two major books, one on the theory and history of law and one on the sciences and arts. |
Assignment 16
Open the brackets; make all necessary changes. Write the correct sentence in the space opposite the original one. Please keep in mind that the Infinitive in the brackets can be either in the Active or in the Passive form.
Some increase in each input (to seem; to produce) the same proportional in- crease in output. |
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When prominent economists disagree in the press or on television, the sub- ject (to be likely, to be) one from money and banking. |
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The economic wants of a millionaire (to be certain, to differ) from those of a person living in poverty. |
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This University (to be known, to es- tablish) long time ago. |
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Most individuals who pay the in- creased tax (to be unlikely, to agree) that it helps them personally. |
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These factors are called determinants of demand, and they (to assume, to be constant). |
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The public distrusts those «leaders» who (to seem: to receive already) a share of the economic pie much larger than their own. |
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He (to see; to go) along Wall Street. |
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Corporations are better risks, so they (to be sure, to become) profitable cli- ents of banks. |
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The «invisible hand» of Adam Smith (to say, to be) the beacon that guides the market economy to the most efficient heights. |
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As a society becomes more sophisti- cated technologically, it (to suppose', to produce) more products and ser- vices with fewer and fewer working hours. |
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