- •The indefinite tense forms
- •Exercise 4 p. 56. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future Indefinite or the Present Indefinite.
- •Exercise 9 p. 57. Translate the following into English using the Present, Past, Future Indefinite or the Future-in-the-Past.
- •Exercise 13 p. 59. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous.
- •Exercise 14 p. 60. Translate into English using the Past Continuous or the Past Indefinite.
- •Exercise 15 p. 60. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
- •Exercise 20 p. 62. Change the following sentences from direct into indirect speech,
- •Exercise 21 p. 62. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the proper tense forms:
- •Exercise 25 p. 64. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Present Perfect, the Present Indefinite or the Past Indefinite.
- •Exercise 29 p. 66. Translate into English using the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect.
- •Exercise 30 p. 67. Put the verbs in brackets in the proper tense form. Translate the sentences into Russian. Mind the Future Perfect.
- •Exercise 41 p. 71. Translate into English using the appropriate tenses.
- •The passive voice
- •Exercise 3 p. 73. Give the corresponding passive construction.
- •Exercise 7 p. 74. Change the voice of the verb in bold type making all other necessary changes.
- •Exercise 8 p. 75. Supply the missing part of the analytic form of the verb.
- •Exercise 9 p. 75. Use the verb in brackets in the appropriate form.
- •Exercise 10 p. 76. Translate into English using the passive voice.
- •Exercise 2 p. 77. Translate the following questions into English using the Passive voice.
- •Exercise 2 p. 82. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 3 p. 84. Explain the use of the tense forms and retell the story.
- •In the second week of September, Maggie was sitting in her lonely room. It was past midnight. The rain driven by the wind was beating against the window.
Exercise 8 p. 75. Supply the missing part of the analytic form of the verb.
1. Why ... the curtains drawn across the window? Who ... drawn them? 2. The foreman ... dividing today's work among the teams. Among how many teams is the work ... divided? 3. It was impossible to lift the barrel into which so much water ... pumped already. 4. Don't move the barrel; it … …filled. 5. The letter is ... decoded. — Who is ... it? 6. The custom officers are ... the baggage. It will … examined by the time the train leaves. 7. Postage stamps with gummed backs ... invented in 1840. Before that letters ... franked with a stamping machine to show that the postage … … paid. 8. ... the event ... much commented on in the press? ... it still ... commented on? 9. ... anything interesting ... broadcast tonight? 10. ... anything interesting ... broadcast that you ... listening in so attentively. 11. We shall start working according to the new program as soon as it … … adopted by the board. 12. The people ... all the time ... watching the match with lively interest as far as I can judge.
Exercise 9 p. 75. Use the verb in brackets in the appropriate form.
1. The second draft resolution (not to discuss) yesterday; it (to withdraw) long before the beginning of the meeting. 2. The inspector is not in town; he (to send) on a special mission to the mining district. 3. At the publishing house I (to tell) that the book (to publish) by the end of the year. 4. You can't use the refrigerator at the moment, it (to fix) by the mechanic. 5. Many Soviet cities (to change) beyond recognition by Soviet architects and builders. 6. A new Metro line (to construct) now. One of its-stations (to build) in our street. 7. Like many medieval cities, Moscow developed round the walls of a stronghold. First a brick wall (to build) around the merchants' quarter which (to know) as Kitaigorod, then, in the 16th century, a new wall (to erect) round the so-called Bely Gorod. 8. Maize (to use) by many peoples of the world to make their bread. 9. The Reconstruction Plan of Moscow (to draw up) with an eye to the city's future growth and work. It (to carry out) on a giant scale. 10. A second talk on how to handle the new machine (to give) tomorrow at the same time by one of the inventors. 11. No objections to the plan (to offer) so far, but it (not to introduce) until it (to put) to vote. 12. Everybody was busy as a welcoming party (to prepare) in honour of the distinguished visitors. 13. Some final touches (to put) to the picture; it (to complete) in a quarter of an hour. 14. Evidently the tea (to sweeten) before I put sugar into it. 15. Meteorology is a comparatively new science and its teachings (to change) as new discoveries about the climate (to make).
Exercise 10 p. 76. Translate into English using the passive voice.
1. Улицу перед нашим домом всю разрыли: чинят газопровод. 2. Трое студентов в нашей группе освобождены от занятий по физкультуре, так как они занимаются в спортивных секциях. 3. Покажите мне, где в вашем городе строится новый театр. 4. Во время экскурсии по городу нам показали завод, где производится синтетический каучук. 5. Со мной так никогда еще не разговаривали. 6. Нам в лагерь регулярно доставляют на вертолете провизию и почту. 7. Книги, которые хорошо читаются, редко, найдешь на полках библиотеки. 8. Объяснили ли вам. почему вам не разрешили принять участие в этих соревнованиях? 9. Жаль, что “а конференции таких вопросов не касались. 10. Когда мы приехали в Киев, это здание было только что восстановлено. 11. В прошлом месяце, наконец, вышла книга, которую с таким нетерпением ожидали. Сейчас ее широко обсуждают в прессе. О ней уже написано много статей, из которых видно, что мнения критиков разделились. 12. Не говори таких вещей, а то над тобой будут смеяться. 13. Мне еще ничего об этом не говорили. 14. Ваш проект уже принят? — Нет, он все еще рассматривается. — Сколько же времени его уже рассматривают? 15. Ничего удивительного, что цветы погибли; их не поливали неделю. 16. Вас уведомят по телеграфу, как только чертежи будут посланы. 17. Почему так прохладно в зале? — Его как раз проветривают. Читальный зал, как вы знаете, проветривается несколько раз в день. 18. Булочная закрыта на обед; она закрывается с часу до двух. — А сколько времени осталось, до того она снова откроется? 19. Когда делегатам переводили выступление представителя профсоюза, оно их так заинтересовало, что они захотели записать некоторые факты, и им их специально повторили. 20. Я боюсь, что наш запас бензина будет истрачен, прежде чем мы доберемся до ближайшей бензоколонки.