10. Переведите предложения. Определите время глагола-сказуемого.

1. А new teacher was being waited for when the director came into the teachers’ room. 2. The school-mistress was leaving the school when a man came up to her. 3. A new school will soon be built for the children of our district. 4. The music school was still being built in our street when I came back from the army. 5. Some members of the British Parliament seemed asleep; others were talking to those who were sitting next to them. Members were coming in and out all the time and the bill was still being discussed. 6. The bell rang up but the texts were still being translated.

11. Переведите на английский язык.

1. Наша школа построена в прошлом году. 2. Около школы было посажено много цветов и деревьев. 3. В этом году было куплено много компьютеров и телевизоров для школы. 4. В будущем году будет построен большой плаватель­ный бассейн. 5. В сентябре все получат новые учебники.

12. Дайте ответы на следующие вопросы. В ответах используйте гла­голы, данные в скобках.

Example:

– What happened when you broke the window in the classroom? (to pay). – I was asked to pay for it.

1. What happened when Mike shouted during the meeting? (to leave). 2. What happened when you hurt your friend? (to excuse, to help). 3. What happened when the teacher saw your homework? (to rewrite). 4. What happened when the militiaman stopped you for speeding? (to show my licence). 5. What happened when you came late? (to come earlier). 6. What happened when you lost your book from the library? (to pay a fine).

8.11. Sequence of Tenses

СОГЛАСОВАНИЕ ВРЕМЕН

DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH

ПРЯМАЯ И КОСВЕННАЯ РЕЧЬ

1. Прочтите и переведите предложения. Обратите внимание на правила согласования времен.

1. He knows (that) I live in Minsk. She knows (that) I lived in Minsk. They know (that) I shall live in Minsk. 2. She says (that) she is working in Kiev. She said (that) she worked in Kiev. He said (that) he was working in Minsk. He said (that) you would work in Moscow. 3.I said (that) I had worked in Brest. She thought (that) I had told her about it. Pete knew why I was working there. 4. He told me that he Iniil learned all the rules. 5. She asked who had done it.

2. Переведите предложения и объясните использование правила согласования времен.

1. “I think he is asleep, your Eminence” the sergeant was beginning, but the Gadfly opened his eyes. 2. The sergeant told all that he knew of the Gadfly’s illness. 3. I understood there that your devilish God would stand always between you and me. 4. Slowly Gemma read the whole letter. He told her that he was dying wilh a light heart. The death–sentence showed that he had done his work well. They were going to kill him because they were afraid of him....

3. Поставьте сказуемое главного предложения в прошедшее время и сделайте соответствующие изменения в придаточном предложении.

a) 1. He says that he speaks English. 2. I think that he is a famous writer. 3. She knows that her children are playing in the garden. 4. I am sure that they are working in the library now. 5. Everybody knows that morning exercises make us stronger. 6. He says that he is not an engineer. 7. She writes that she was ill.

b) 1. He says that his daughter went to the swimming-pool. 2.I know she didn’t say that. 3. We are surprised that she went abroad. 4. I am sure that my brother has translated this text himself. 5. He says that he has done it himself. 6.I think he didn’t recognize me. 7. She is sure that I saw her at the theatre.

c) 1. We are sure that he will finish school with a gold rnedal. 2. My friends are sure that I shall win the medal. 3. Our teacher says that we shall study the novel War and Peace by E. Tolstoy next year. 4. She doesn’t think that he will not go with them. 5. She writes that she will come soon. 6. We are sure that he will join us in Moscow. 7. She asks when we shall have our vacation.