Exercise 3. Translate into English using the verbs can and may whenever possible.

1. He может быть, чтобы она прочла эту книгу за два дня; она, возможно, только просмотрела ее. 2. «Не может быть, чтобы вы потеряли билет, вы могли положить его в карман».—«Нет, я могла выронить его в трамвае». 3. Не может быть, чтобы он уже приехал, я получила телеграмму только вчера. 4. Неужели он уже получил мое письмо? 5. Неужели он не получил моего письма? 6. Ваши часы, возможно, спешат; не может быть, чтобы сейчас было девять часов. 7. Он не мог получить книгу, потому что библиотека была закрыта. 8. Не может быть, чтобы он получил книгу, ведь библиотека была закрыта. 9. Не могли ли бы вы дать мне эту книгу дня на два? 10. Нет, я не верю этому, не может быть, чтобы она меня обманула. 11. Я останусь дома; она, возможно, будет мне звонить. 12. Право, Джордж, ты мог бы помочь мне нести этот тяжелый чемодан, разве ты не видишь, как мне это тяжело? 13. «Где ключ?» — «Не знаю, Ольга могла взять его с собой по ошибке». — «Не может быть, чтобы она его взяла, у нее ничего не было в руках, когда она уходила». 14. Наконец-то вы пришли! Вы могли прийти пораньше, ведь вы же знали, что я больна.

Exercise 4. Comment on the meaning of modal verbs. Translate into Russian.

1. I have brought back your man —not without risk or danger; but every one must do his duty. (Hardy) 2. "May I escort you home?" he said. (Hichens) 3. Blanche: I'm sorry. I must have lost my head for a moment. (Tennessee Williams) 4. "There must be something wrong somewhere," he said w-ith a solemn, dejected movement of his head. (Caldwell) 5. Gracing the centre table was a Bible and a yellow plush album, in which was not a single picture... It must have been the yellow plush that had fascinated them. (Dreiser) 6. "Something must have happened. He behaves quite differently to me, he's cold and he looks at me in such a terrifying way as if he were thinking about killing me... And honestly Martin, I'm frightened." "...Pull yourself together," I said. "You must be imagining all this." 7. Sir Robert: Gertrude, what you tell me may be true, but it happened many years ago. It is best forgotten! Mrs. Cheveley may have changed since then. (Wilde) 8. She passed the girls' room, noticed that they were quiet and therefore must be doing as they had been told, and went on to the children's room. (Benson) 9. "May not the editor have been right in his revision of your Sea Lyrics...?" she questioned. "Remember, an editor must havej)roved qualifications or else he would not be an editor." (London) 10, Stanley: That must have been a pretty long time ago. (Tennessee Williams) 11. Both of you behaved very badly. You might have given me a little encouragement. (Maugham)

Exercise 5. Insert may (might) or must. Translate into Russian.

I. She said: "Please, please make no sign. That man at the door is mad. Do something. He __ kill me!" (Dreiser) 2. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, so I was told, all of whom __ have hated him; those I knew did anyhow. (Dreiser) 3. You __ be exhausted after all the tennis you played this afternoon, Minnie. (Maugham) 4. You __ be getting better, since you can leave your bed? (Ch. Bronte) 5. "I can't stay," Stephanie said. 79 As she walked down the corridor, she heard Marguerite calling after him. "You __ have told me before I started tea." (Saxton) 6. I said, "What time is it, Antonia?" "Ten o'clock"... "I —have slept for twelve hours." (Murdoch) 7. She __ have recognized his voice, for the light disappeared from the apartment, and in a second or two the door was unlocked and opened... (Hardy) 8. Late 299 stood, smiling, in front of the door. "Well, Bertha?" he said. "Ah, Beryl! Well, Jack!" His daughter alone replied. "Well, Father, you __ have let us know beforehand!" (Galsworthy) 9. "How did it happen?" "It was the streetcar," Esther said. "It hit her. It — have tossed her right onto the cinders at the side of the track." (Benson) 10. It occurred to him that perhaps his hostess __ be in, her boudoir. It was a possibility; he would go and see. (Huxley) 11. The doorway was all dark. The lights in the house __ have gone out. (Priestley) 12. I __ do-these things sometimes in absence of mind; but surely I don't do them habitually. (Shaw)