Задание 19.3. Переведите на английский язык употребляя модальные глаголы can/could.

1. Не может быть, чтобы они уже знали об этом вечере. Я только вчера вечером все решил.

16. Неужели Алиса все-таки решила работать учителем? Она так нетерпелива и капризна.

17. Не может быть, чтобы вы там были вчера: я там тоже была и не видела вас.

18. Неужели газеты еще не знают о том, что случилось в парламенте сегодня утром?

19. Неужели все это напрасно и я уже никогда не смогу выступать на соревнованиях и выигрывать?

20. Не можект быть, чтобы его уволили, не объяснив, почему его работой недовольны.

21. Неужели он действительно сделает все так, как обещал тебе? Это так на него не похоже.

22. Неужели он сумеет отстоять свое мнение на заседании совета директоров?

23. Как они могли оставить ее в таком неловком положении? Неужели никто так и не пришел ей на помощь?

10. Не может быть, чтобы вы были не в состоянии выполнить волю своего отца отношении вашего младшего брата.

Задание 19.4. Переведите на русский язык и объясните употребление модального глагола may / might.

1. “Shall I tell you of what it reminded me?” “You may.”

“Of the foul German spectre – the Vampire.”

2. Thispicture may not be ever shown to the public; you must rememder it very well.

3. I wanted to be weak that I might avoid the awful passage of further suffering I saw laid out for me.

4. Georgiana said that I might use the guest rooms in her village cottage as well as her conservatory and garsens.

5. You might have telephoned to the embassy and settled everything with the visa so that I might leave this country.

6. You might have gone by the side door: your boots are muddy.

7. Jack might often be seen sitting on the porch with a pipe in his mouth? Contemplating.

8. I aksed if he might dring his wife down next Saturday.

9. Aunt Augusta has invited us both for dinner next Sunday but she is afraid you might be bored.

10. There was so much they had shared together and so much more they might have shared that they had not.

11. Joan said that I might take her car whenever I wanted it.

12. “Did she say where she was going?”

“She may have left a message.”

13. “Did she say where she was going?”

“No? but she might have left a message. She knows I am always getting so nervous when she leaves all of a sudden.”

14. “What has happened to the dog? It is not here.”

“Mom may have taken it round for a walk in the park.”

15. She gave a shrug of impatience. “this affair may well fade into nothing.”

Задание 19.5. Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную форму глагола и модальный глагол may / might.

1. “Who is this elegant woman walking in the garden together with Annie?”

“I don’t see from here but it … (to be) her nother.She is always so exquisitely dressed.”

2. “… I (to smoke) here?”

“yes? It’s perfectly all right with me – I never mind people smoking.”

3. “I think we … (to go) skiing to Austria next February. I hope we’ll do, Jacob is so keen on skiing.”

4. Where is Val?”

“I am not certain… I thing he … (to play) squash. Let’s go see if I am right.”

5. “Where is Val?”

“I have heard something about his love for plants and flowers. So he … (to go) already to the Botanic Gardens wothout waiting for us.”

6. Take your camera. There you … (to come across) something worth remembering.

7. “Why is he impatien about returninh home as soon as possible?”

“He … (to hear) from his family and (to learn) something that makes him return in a hurry.”

8. Don’t turn off the lignt: father … (to come back) after dark.

9. “Why are you whispering all this when you can say it all alound: we are alone. ”

10. “… I (to look) around? The place is very pretty. ”

“Yes, you … But don’t forget that dinner is served here at seven. ”

11. Joan did not approve of Michael’s behaviour; she thought: “He … (to behave) in a more appropriate way: he knows it is difficult for me to justify his way of life. ”

12. “Where do you suppose he is now? ”

“He … (to be) in New York. ”

1. You are welcome to come with me. You … (to notice) things that I miss.

2. “Molly, do you know where Mum … (to put) her address book? ”

“No, though I think it … (to lie) still in the hall. ”