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INTRODUCTION
Gramatica limbii engleze în tabele şi scheme este o lucrare ce cuprinde morfologia şi sintaxa. Ea este
elaborată pentru studentii al caror scop este de a studia limba engleză. Aceestă carte are drept obiective de
bază familiarizarea şi asimilarea de către studenţi a structurilor gramaticale de bază ale limbii engleze,
folosirea părţilor de vorbire precum şi evitarea dificultăţilor întîmpinate de către studenţi în utilizarea acestor
părţi de vorbire şi a categoriilor lor gramaticale. Lucrarea dată cuprinde de asemenea, sistemul timpurilor
verbale, corespondenţa timpurilor, vorbirea directă şi indirectă îmbinarea cuvintelor în propoziţie şi a
propoziţiilor în frază.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: MORPHOLOGY
THE NOUN
Definition
Morphological and syntactical characteristics
Morphological composition
Classification
The category of number
The category of case
The category of gender
THE ARTICLE
Use of articles with common nouns
Use of articles with proper nouns
Special difficulties in the use of articles
Absence of articles
THE ADJECTIVE
Definition
Morphological and syntactical characteristics
Morphological composition
Classification
THE ADVERB
Definition
Classification
Degrees of comparison
THE PRONOUN
Definition
Classification
THE NUMERAL
Definition
Classification
THE VERB
Definition
Grammatical categories
Types of verbs
Tenses in the Active Voice
The Present Indefinite
The Present Continuous
The Past Simple
The Past Continuous
The Present Perfect
The Present Perfect Continuous
The Past Perfect
The Past Perfect Continuous
The Future Indefinite
Going to – construction
The Future Continuous
The Future Perfect Simple
The Future Perfect Continuous
The Future – In – The – Past Simple
The Future – In – The – Past Continuous
The Future Perfect– In – The – Past
The Future Perfect Continuous – In – The – Past
Tenses in the Passive Voice
The formation of the Passive Voice
The use of tenses in the Passive Voice
The use of the Passive Voice
Modal Verbs
Moods
The Imperative Mood
The Subjunctive Mood
The Conditional Mood
THE INTERJECTION
Definition
Classification
THE PREPOSITION
Definition
Classification
THE CONJUNCTION
Definition
Classification
THE PARTICLE
Definition
Classification
WORD ORDER
General remarks
Inverted order of words
Position of the object
Position of the attribute
Position of the adverbial modifiers
EXERCISES
MORPHOLOGY
THE NOUN
THE ARTICLE
THE ADJECTIVE
THE ADVERB
THE PRONOUN
THE NUMERAL
THE WORDS OF THE CATEGORY OS STATE
THE VERB
Tenses in the Active Voice
Tenses in the Passive Voice
Modal Verbs
Moods
THE NON-FINITE FORMS OF THE VERB (THE VERBALS)
THE MODAL WORDS
THE INTERJECTION
THE PREPOSITION
THE CONJUNCTION
THE PARTICLE
SYNTAX
WORD ORDER
§ 1.
Flexional Languages
§ 2. Analytical forms are mostly proper to verbs. An analytical verb-form consists of one or more form
words, which have no lexical meaning and only express one or more of the grammatical categories of
person, number, tense, aspect, voice, mood, and one notional word, generally an infinitive or a participle: e. g.
He has come, I am reading.
§ 3. However, the structure of a language is never purely synthetic or purely analytical. Accordingly in the
English language there are:
§ 4. Owing to the scarcity of synthetic forms the order of words, which is fixed in English, acquires
extreme importance: The fisherman caught a fish.
A deviation from the general principle of word order is possible only in special cases.
§ 5. One of the marked features of the English language is the extensive use of substitutes. A word
substitute saves the repetition of a word in certain conditions. Here belong one, that, do.
One replaces class nouns in the singular and in Thanks for the compliment, if it is one.
the plural: The hours he spent with Ruth were the only happy ones
he had, and they were not all happy.
He (Martin) watched the easy walk of the other in front
That generally substitutes nouns, especially of him, and for the first time realized that his walk was
abstract nouns and nouns of material followed different from that of other men.
by an attribute, mostly introduced by the Almost every day thereafter Mrs. Skelton would go for
preposition of: a ride in her own car or that of Castleman.
Do substitutes verbs: You know your law better than I do.
Forgive me for speaking with brutal frankness; I only
do so because I care.
PART I: MORPHOLOGY
Give a short definition of Morphology
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH
Notional - perform certain functions in the sentence: Structural - either express relations between words
the functions of subject, predicate, attribute, object, or sentences, or emphasize the meaning of words or
or adverbial modifier. The notional parts of speech sentences. They never perform any independent
are: the noun; the adjective; the pronoun; the function in the sentence. Here belong: the
numeral; the verb; the adverb; the words of the preposition; the conjunction; the particle; the
category of state; the modal words; the interjection. article.
Characteristics
THE NOUN
The noun is a word expressing substance.
morphological syntactical
case
subject
Number
number object
gender
predicative
attribute
Predicative
adverb. modif.
Simple are nouns which have neither prefixes nor suffixes. chair, table, room, map, fish,
They are indecomposable: work.
Derivative are nouns which have derivative elements (prefixes reader, blackness, childhood,
or suffixes or both) misconduct, inexperience.
Compound are nouns built from two or more stems.
The main types of compound nouns are as follows:
(a) noun-stem + noun-stem: snowball;
Classification of nouns
abstract denote some quality, state, action or, idea: kindness, sadness, fight
They are usually uncountable; though
some of them may be countable: idea, hour
Number
singular plural
[s] after the sounds: [k], [ƒ], [p], [t], [ө] caps, books, hats, cliffs, months
2. If the noun ends in -s, -ss, -x, -sh, -ch, or -tch, the plural is bus- buses glass- glasses
formed by adding -es to the singular: box – boxes brush - brushes
bench – benches match - matches
3. If the noun ends in -y preceded by a consonant, y is changed fly – flies army- armies
into i before –es:
Note: If the final -y is preceded by a vowel, the plural is day – days toy - toys
formed by simply adding -s to the singular: monkey - monkeys
4. If the noun ends in -o preceded by a consonant, the plural is hero – heroes potato - potatoes
generally formed by adding -es. echo – echoes
Only a few nouns ending in –o preceded by a consonant piano – pianos photo - photos
form the plural in -s
All nouns ending in -o preceded by a vowel form the plural cuckoo – cuckoos
in -s and not in -es. portfolio - portfolios
There are some nouns ending in –o that may have both –s motto –motos/-es
and –es for the plural: tobacco – tobaccos/-es
5. a) Most nouns ending in –f or –ef get –s in the plural: belief – beliefs cliff –cliffs
grief – griefs roof – roofs
b) There are a few nouns that change –f or –fe into –ves half – halves knife – knives
when turned into the plural: leaf – leaves life –lives
loaf –loaves shelf – shelves
thief – thieves wife –wives
NB. There are some nouns ending in -f which have two scarf- scarfs/ scarves
forms in the plural: wharf – wharfs/ wharves
6. Nouns ending in –th get –s in the plural. The ending –th is a) bath – baths
pronounced: a) [ð] b) [ө] b) death - deaths
a) Nouns ending in -th [ө] after long vowels change it into
[ð] in pronunciation (which does not affect their spelling). bath [ba:ө]- baths [ba:ðz]
path [pa:ө]- paths [pa:ðz]
oath [ouө] - oaths [ouðz]
b) [ ] is always retained after consonants (including r) and
short vowels: month - months [m n s]
myth - myths [mi s]
birth - births [b : s]
health - healths [hel s]
NB. There are some nouns whose plural form –ths may be
pronounced either [ө] or [ð]. cloths – clothes truth - truths
sheath – sheaths wreath – wreaths
8. There are certain irregular nouns, i.e. they do not need –s at child – children man – men
the end to form the plural form: mouse - mice foot -feet
woman – women tooth - teeth
goose – geese louse - lice
ox – oxen
9. A number of nouns get zero plural i.e. have the same form cod; sheep; deer; Chinese; Japanese
in both singular and plural:
10. In compound nouns the plural is formed in different ways: armchair-armchairs
a) adding –s to one of the parts of speech forget-me-not – forget-me-nots
brother-in-law – brothers-in-law
b) or changing the root vowel man - servant – men-servants
11. Some words borrowed from Latin or Greek keep their Latin phenomenon - phenomena
or Greek plural forms: datum – data crisis - crises
stimulus - stimuli formula - formulae
index - indices terminus - termini
Some of these nouns have acquired English plural forms: formulas, indexes, terminuses, etc.
12. A few nouns are used only in the singular being called advice, barley, bread, business, butter,
Singularia Tantum nouns. cotton, furniture, income, information,
knowledge, luggage, nylon, etc.
- the grammatical category which shows the relations of the noun to the other words in the sentence.
Case
Nominative Genitive
Nominative Answers the questions: who? and what? The teacher asks us a lot of
questions.
A strong wind is blowing.
Genitive It answers the questions: whose? (al cui, a cui, ai cui, ale
cui?) which? what? (care ?)
It is formed by adding ‘, ‘s, or of:
‘ is used with plural forms ending in –s The girls’ coats
NB.1. Nouns forming their plural by changing the root Men’s hats
vowel take ‘s in the plural:
‘s is usually used with:
Proper names: Deborah’s town
When the possessor is represented by several words, The boy and the girl’s toys. (they
the possessive ending is added after the last one only: have the same toys)
If each possessor is followed by ‘s, this means that The boy’s and the girl’s toys (the
the possessed objects differ: boy has some toys and the girl
has others)
When we have groups of words and composed titles, My mother-in law’s words,
the sign of the ‘s is added to the last word. In Henry VIII’s reign
NB. 2. Nouns ending in -s form the genitive case in two Dickens' novels, Dickens's
ways: The pronunciation of the genitive case -ending novels. [dikinsiz]
follows the same rules as the pronunciation of the plural
ending.
of is used:
when the possessor is a small animal, insect, etc.: The wings of the fly.
It is doubtful whether the grammatical category of gender exists in Modern English for it is hardly ever
expressed by means of grammatical forms. There is practically only one gender-forming suffix in Modern
English, the suffix -ess, expressing gender. It is not widely used.
heir - heir-ess poet - poet-ess
Gender
Feminine gender
b) using different boy – girl; father – mother; sister- brother; husband - wife;
words uncle – aunt; nephew – niece; wizard - witch;
bachelor - maid/spinster; drake – duck; gander-
goose
c) using a word that a) nouns denoting persons
indicates the sex. boy fried-girl friend male patient - female patient
brother-in-law - sister-in-law man friend – woman friend
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. Give the definition of noun.
2. Give the definition of proper and common nouns.
B. Application
1. Give examples of proper, common, abstract, concrete, countable, and uncountable nouns.
C. Integration
1. Compare the category of gender in English and Romanian.
THE ARTICLE
Article
1. When the noun has already been mentioned or it is How did you like the play?
well known.
2. When the speaker uses an attribute pointing out a This is the house that Jack built.
particular object. The wedding looked dismal. The bride was
too old and the bridegroom was too young.
The English use the definite article much oftener than Let me have the book.
the demonstrative pronouns this or that.
4. Before nouns which are considered unique: the The sun was getting warmer.
earth, the Bible, the sky, the sun.
NB. The indefinite article can be used when we mean a A pearl-white moon smiles through the
certain aspect in which the sun, moon and sky appear to green trees.
us, a certain state of the sun, the moon, the sky. In this
case an attribute is used.
NB. a) With the noun man no article is used. Silas felt that his trust in man had been
cruelly destroyed.
b) The noun woman is used with the definite article or He had always been interested in that
occasionally without an article. mysterious being – the woman.
Woman is man's helpmate.
6. Before superlatives and ordinal numbers: the best, the second etc.
7. With nouns in word – groups the first component of Most of the gentlemen looked both angry
which is: some, many, none, most and the second a and uncomfortable.
noun wit the preposition of:
8. With nouns modified by the pronoun same and the To all invitations he replied with the same
adjectives wrong, right, very. courteous and positive refusal.
I do wish we had not opened the door of
the wrong room.
9. With substantivized adjectives and participles. Only the simple and the humble were there.
10. With the names of materials when they are narrowed But suddenly he heard steps on the snow.
in their meaning.
NB. With nouns of material used in a general sense, Honey is wholesome.
when a certain material as such is meant, no article is
used.
11. With abstract nouns that are modified by a He was the courage of his father, the spirit
particularizing attribute or the situation makes the of his brothers, the hope of his children.
idea definite.
12. Before a common noun followed by a proper noun The novelist Hemingway.
which identifies it:
But nouns expressing professions usually follow the Brown, the lawyer – Brown, avocatul
proper names and are preceded by the:
NB. If a noun is modified by a proper noun in the I met Robert’s father.
genitive case no article is used.
14. With the words: the police, the fire-brigade, the I must go to the bank to change some
army, the bank, the post office. money and then I am going to the post.
John isn’t very well. He has gone to the
15. Also with the words: the doctor, the dentist:
doctor. (his doctor)
16. We say the cinema/ the theatre:
NB: when we say the cinema/ the theatre we do not We went to the cinema last night.
necessarily mean one particular cinema or theatre.
We usually say the radio;
We often listened to the radio.
But we usually say television (without the). We often watch television.
But: Can you turn off the television,
please?
17. In a number of phrases: By the way, on the one hand, in the
country, at the seaside, in the evening, etc.
1. When the speaker presents the object expressed by Close beside them grew a rose-bush
the noun as belonging to a certain class. covered with scarlet hips.
5. Abstract nouns can be used with the indefinite In her eyes there was an eagerness, which
article. In this case the abstract noun denotes a could hardly be seen without delight.
certain kind of a quality, feeling, state, etc.
6. With the nouns period, population, distance, height, Simpson was out of the city for a period of
salary etc. followed by of + numeral + noun. ten days.
I. Names of persons
rasplată; at a distance = la distantă, etc.
1. Names of persons are used without articles. He looked at Lanny and Ann.
2. In most cases no article is used with names of persons She is the widow of poor Giovanni
modified by the adjectives old, young, poor, dear, little, Bolla.
honest, lazy. SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE USE OF ARTICLES
NB. When modified by other adjectives and participles, the The astonished Tom could not say a
definiteI.article
The useis used. word.
of articles with the nouns morning, day, night, evening, afternoon, midnight
3.
1. Nouns denoting the
Nouns denoting military ranks
parts of the and
day; titles suchday,
morning, as Painter Gainsborough
The night was fine but left
verymany
dark.fine
academician, professor,
evening, afternoon, doctorare
midnight (both
useda profession and a pictures.
with the definite
title), count, lord, etc. followed by names of persons
article when a particular morning, evening etc. is meant. do
not take the article.
2. The nouns day, night etc. have no article when they are
4. Nouns
used in indicating relationship,
a more general abstract such
sense:as farther, mother, Mother trimmed the hats.
a) sister,
when brother,
the nouns aunt,day,
master, etc. arenight
morning, used etc.
by the
are It was midnight. - Era miezul noptii.
members of the family or by
predicatives, sometimes - objects:intimate friends, are used
b) without an article.
in one member sentence: Morning, cold and gray. –
Or when a proper name is added to the nouns aunt, sister,
cousn, etc. Uncle Benjamin lived in a very nice
c) in phrasiological combinations of these nouns with the It is easier to work by day than at night.
town.
prepositions: by day; at night, at noon, etc.
5. The indefinite article is used when names of persons:
a)
NB.are Sometimes
used to denotethea representative
article is also of aabsent
family:with other We Florence
reachedwillhome
never, never, evening.
towards never be a
b)are modified by the adjective certain: dumber.
prepositions. But in these cases both absence of the article (time) – Am ajuns acasă spre seară.
and the definite article may be found depending on the (Towards I heard it from a certain
the evening Mr.evening
– the Brown. of
6. The definite
meaning implied. article is used: that particular day.)
a)
d) When these
after such names denote the whole family.
constructions: The Dashwoods
Morning were now settled at
after morning.
Berton.
b) When day
e) When names of persons
or morning are modified
means light andby a particularizing
evening or night You're notsoon
I rose as the Andrew Manson -I Eu m-
as day dawned.
attribute.
means darkness. married.
am trezit numai cum s-a luminat de zi.
II. The use of articles with names of seasons.
7. when we want to classify people in terms of:
a) their origin: He is a Mexican. – El este Mexican.
1. Names of seasons are used without articles:
b) their religion: She’s a Catholic. - Ea este catolică.
a) if they show a certain time of the year. It was spring.
c) their politics:
b) when they are modified by the adjectives early or It was early Tom isspring.
a Republican.
late.
2. The definite article is used when these II. Geographical
nouns are Itnameshappened in the spring of 1930.
modified by a particularizing attribute or the situation
makes them definite. No article is used with:
1. Continents:
3. The indefinite article is used when these nouns It was aAfrica, Asia, Europe
cold spring.
2. Countriesby
are modified anda descriptive
States: attribute. France, Japan, Texas
But we say the
a) with names III.
which Theinclude
use ofwords like
articles “republic”,
with the nouns school, The
union, U.S.A,
college, theprison,
bed, U.K., the
jail.Republic of
kingdom, states: Ireland
1. with
b) These nouns
plural are used without an article when Mary goes
names: The to school. (She is a pupil)
Netherlands
they loose their concrete meaning and express the
3. Cities/ New York, Madrid
purposetowns/ villages:
for which the objects denoted by these
Exception: The Hague (in the Netherlands)
nouns serve.
2.
4. When these
Individual nouns: denote concrete objects the MotherBermuda,
islands went to the school
Easter yesterday to attend
Island
NB.articles are usually
Island groups used according
have pluraltonames
the with
general
the: a parents’ meeting.
principle. The British
She worked Isles in Siberia.
at a school
5. Lakes: Lake Superior
IV. The use of articles with the names
6. We don’t normally use the with names of streets/ roads/ Regent of meals.
Street, Red Square
squares etc.
1.
NB.Names of meals
The Mail, are used
the High without
Street, articles.
the Strand. When did you have dinner?
1. These names are used without articles when they She knows English.
are not followed by the noun language.
2. When the noun language is mentioned the The English language.
definite article is used.
VI. The use of articles with the word space.
We say space (not “the space) when we mean space There are millions of stars in space. ( not in the
in the universe. space)
But: He tried to park his car but the space
wasn’t big enough.
ABSENCE OF ARTICLES
1. Before abstract nouns used in a general sense: Life, death, freedom, liberty, love
But, if the reference is made to certain abstract The life of this child.
nouns, they are preceded by the.
2. Before names of materials used in a general
sense: milk, bread, snow. NB. The coffee is very expensive.
3. Before plural nouns used in a general sense. Books are silent friends.
But: the books you lent me are very interesting.
4. Before names of meals used in a general sense. We have breakfast at 7 o’clock every morning.
6. Before names of days, months, seasons, Monday is the first day of the week in our
holidays. country.
7. Before names of subjects, sciences. Phisics, Chemistry
measles
8. Before names of illnesses.
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. What kinds of articles are there in English?
B. Application
1. Give examples of proper nouns used with definite articles.
C. Integration
1. What does the article used before a noun depend on?
THE ADJECTIVE
The adjective is a word expressing a quality of a substance.
Adjective
comparative
superlative
Meaning Examples
One object has more of the quality named by the adjective She is taller than her sister.
than some other. This task is more difficult than that one.
Than is often used after a comparative degree.
Much can come before the comparative to give emphasis. Is Tokyo much more modern than London?
The greatest degree of the quality among the things being This is the highest building I have ever seen.
compared. It is the most wonderful party.
The objects are equal in the quality named by the adjective. Peter is as tall as Nick.
One object has less of the quality named by the adjective Peter is not as tall as Nick.
than the other does. Jane is less beautiful than Kate.
The least degree of the quality named by the adjective. This is the least interesting film I’ve seen
lately.
Something is acquiring or losing a quality. Your English is getting better and better.
I am less and less satisfied with my job.
Spelling rules
Adjectives
simple They have neither prefixes nor suffixes. They are good, red, black.
indecomposable:
derivative They have derivative elements, suffixes or prefixes, or beautiful, foolish, unkind,
both: etc.
compound They are built from two or more stems:
a) noun-stem + adjective stem: snow –white
b) noun-stem + participle stem: life – giving, smoke –dried
c) adjective-stem + adjective stem: deaf – mute
d) adjective stem + noun-stem + suffix cold – hearted
- ed:
e) noun-stem + noun-stem + suffix - ed: lynx – eyed
f) numeral-stem + noun-stem + suffix four – wheeled
– ed:
g) adverb-stem + noun-stem + suffix over - peopled
– ed:
Classification of adjectives
Adjectives
qualitative relative
Qualitative They denote qualities of a substance directly, not Little, large, high, soft, hard,
adjectives through its relation to another substance, as size, warm, white, blue, pink, strong,
shape, colour, physical and mental qualities, qualities bold, beautiful, important,
of general estimation: necessary, etc.
Grammatical characteristics:
most of them have degrees of comparison: big / bigger/ the biggest
some of them have no degrees of comparison: greenish, unsuitable
they have certain typical suffixes, such as -ful, careful, careless, dangerous,
-less, -ous, -ent, -able, -y, -ish: convenient, etc.
from most of them adverbs can be formed by the graceful – gracefully.
suffix –ly:
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. Give the definition of adjective.
B. Application
1. Give examples of qualitative and relative adjectives.
C. Integration
1. Compare the degrees of comparison of the adjective in English and your mother tongue.
THE ADVERB
The adverb is a part of speech which expresses some circumstances that attend an action or state, or points
out some characteristic features of an action or quality.
The function in the sentence: adverbial modifier.
Adverbs
According to the meaning
According to the structure
simple
time
derivative frequency
place and direction
compound Compound
degree, measure, and quantity
cause and consequence
composite
Composite
manner
degree, measure, quantity very, enough, half, too, nearly, almost, much, little, quite, etc.
Degrees of comparison
comparative superlative
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. Give the definition of adverb.
2. According to the structure adverbs are …
3. According to the meaning adverbs are …
B. Application
1. Give examples of time, frequency, place, cause and consequence, and manner adverbs.
C. Integration
1. Compare the degrees of comparison of the adverb in English and your mother tongue.
THE PRONOUN
5. Demonstrative this – these; that – those; the former; the latter; the first; the last; the same;
pronouns such; such- and-such; suchlike; one –ones.
6. Indefinite all; both; much; many; more; most; little, few; a little; a few; another; the
pronouns other; others; the others; either; neither; each; everybody; everything;
everyone; some; any; no one/ none; somebody; something; someone; anybody;
anything; anyone; nobody; nothing; enough; several; one
8. Relative pronouns who; whom; whose; whoever; which; whichever; that; what
Types of Explanations Examples
prono
uns
Personal Grammatical categories: of person, number and (in
Prono the third person singular) gender.
uns two cases:
a) the nominative case: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
b) the objective case: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
NB. If the pronoun is used as part of the subject, use Eric and I are good friends.
a subject pronoun:
If it is part of the object, use an object pronoun: Ann met Eric and me at the museum.
two numbers:
a) singular I, he, she, it,
b) plural we, they
NB. you is both singular and plural
He, she, it distinguish gender
a) Male beings (man, uncle, boy, etc.) are referred to Her husband asked only a few
as he: questions. He was a silent man.
b) Female beings (woman, aunt, girl, etc.) are He turned and saw the girl. She was a
referred to as she: pale, ethereal creature…
c) Inanimate things (house, tree, cap, etc.) are Where’s your car? - It is in the
referred to as it: garage.
Functions: of subject, object, predicative.
Possessive Grammatical categories: of person, number and (in mine; his; her; ours; yours; theirs
prono the third person singular) gender.
uns
A possessive pronoun is used alone, Possessive pronouns Possessive adjectives
without a noun following it. I have mine. I have my pen.
You have yours. You have your pen.
A possessive adjective is used only She has hers. She has her pen.
with a noun following it. He has his. He has his pen.
We have ours. We have our pens.
NB. The form its, although it may occur You have yours. You have your pens.
in some constructions, is no longer used They have theirs. They have their pens.
today being considered obsolete. I have a book. Its cover is
black.
Reflexive Grammatical categories: of person, I saw myself in the mirror.
prono number and (in the third person You saw (one person) yourself in the mirror.
uns singular) gender. She saw herself in the mirror.
End in –self/ -selves. They are used He saw himself in the mirror.
when the subject (e.g., I) and the It saw itself.
object (e.g., myself) are the same We saw ourselves.
person. The action of the verb is You (plural) saw yourselves.
pointed back to the subject of the They saw themselves.
sentence.
Incorrect: I saw me in the mirror.
By + a reflexive pronoun = alone. Greg lives by himself. (i.e. alone without family or
roommates.)
Enjoy and a few other verbs and Believe in, blame, cut, enjoy, feel sorry for, help,
phrases are commonly followed by a hurt, give, introduce, kill, pinch, be proud of, take
reflexive pronoun. care of, talk to, teach, tell, work for.
Functions: of prepositional object,
predicative.
Those verbs which describe actions Jimmy usually shaves before breakfast.
that people do to themselves ( to
shave; to dress; to wash, etc.) do not
usually take reflexive pronouns:
With these verbs, reflexive pronouns
are only used for emphasis: I prefer shaving myself to going to the barber’s
Reciprocal The reciprocal pronouns each other and one another
prono indicate that two people do the same thing, feel the
uns same way, or have the same relationship, that is the
feeling or action is mutual.
He had never heard his father or his
Each other generally implies only two people:
mother speak in an angry voice to
each other.
One another generally implies more than two Seated in a row close to one another
were three ladies – Aunt Ann, Hester,
people:
and Julie.
There are some verbs in English that describe to argue, to hug, to compete, to kiss,
processes which involve two people or two groups of to consult, to marry, to embrace, to
people doing the same thing to each other, having, match, to engage, to meet, to fight, to
thus, a reciprocal meaning: touch.
We kissed.
If, however, we want to emphasize that both
participants are equally involved in the action, we use We kissed one another.
each other or one another after the verb:
Demonstra This is used to point at what is nearer in time or This is an interesting book.
-tive space: That was a serious problem.
pronouns That is used to point at what is farther in time or This is a French girl.
space:
This – these; that – those may be applied to both Ann and Janet are cousins: the former
persons and things. is a student, the latter is a pupil.
The former – the latter: these pronouns have the Ann si Janet sunt verişoare: prima e
meaning of the first and, respectively, the second of studentă, a doua e elevă.
two. They have the same form for singular and plural:
The same is used as a:
demonstrative adjective
George learns in the same school as
demonstrative pronoun his friend.
I think the same about this.
The same may also replace a whole sentence:
I drank a glass of milk and my sister
Such can be both a demonstrative adjective: did the same.
a demonstrative pronoun: Have you ever read such stories?
Such is the present situation.
Somebody, someone, something are used in special Will someone help me?
and general questions if they express some request or
proposal.
Anybody, anyone, anything may be used in “You’ve no business to say such a
affirmative sentences. Anybody, anyone are used thing!” she exclaimed. : Why not?
with the meaning of “everyone”; anything is used Anybody can see it”.
with the meaning of “everything’. ...she sank in spirit inwardly as she
thought of asking for something to do
Some, any, somebody, anybody, someone, anyone, – something that she could do –
something, anything may be used as: subject, anything.
object, attribute, predicative.
One is used to avoid the repetition of a/ an + noun. I forgot to bring a pen. Can you lend
me one?
None may be applied both to human beings and None of us can hold on forever!
things. It can be used as subject or object. It is
opposite to the pronouns some, something, someone,
all, everybody, every, each.
Nobody, no one refer to human beings. They are Nobody seemed to know him well.
opposite to the pronouns somebody, someone, all, We have no one to help us.
everybody, every, and each.
They are mostly used as subjects and objects.
Nothing refers to things. It is opposite to the
Nothing can satisfy me more.
pronouns something and everything. It may be used
as subject, predicative or object.
Neither is opposite to the defining pronouns either, Do you like any of these two cars? – I
both. It may be used as subject, object, and attribute. like neither.
Interro- Are used to form special questions: who; whom; whose; what; which
gative Who has the category of case:
pronouns a) the nominative: who
b) the objective: whom
NB. There’s a tendency in Modern English to use
who, instead of whom, as an object.
Who refers to human beings: Who has watered the flowers?
What usually refers to things but it may be applied to “What are you looking for, Tess?”
persons when one inquires about their occupation: “Hairpins”, she replied.
“What was he?” “A painter.”
Which has as elective meaning; it refers to an
“Which of us does he mean?” asked
individual of the group. It may refer to persons or
the boy.
things.
Which side of the bed do you like,
Functions: subject, predicative, object, and attribute. Mum?
Relative Refer to somebody or something that has already who; whom; whose; whoever; which;
pronouns been mentioned and, at the same time, join clauses whichever; that; what
together.
Who refers to persons. It is the subject of a relative The boy who is answering the
teacher’s question is my friend.
clause:
Whom is the object of a relative clause, although, This is the girl who(m) we met
yesterday.
nowadays, the form who is also accepted:
Whose refers to persons, animals, and things. It
shows who or what something belongs to or is The woman whose hat is red is our
connected with. It must always come in front of a neighbour.
noun.
Which always refers to things or animals and can be Here was her own style- a bed which
did not look like others.
the subject or the object of a relative clause:
That may refer to either people or things and has the The girl that you see is my sister.
same form as the subject or the object of a relative
On one side was a low wall that
clause, or of a preposition:
separated it from the street.
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. Give the definition of pronoun.
2. Name the types of pronouns.
B. Application
1. Give examples of personal, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal, relative, interrogative, indefinite,
demonstrative pronouns.
C. Integration
1. Compare the types of pronouns in English and your mother tongue.
THE NUMERAL
cardinal
adverbial ordinal
numeral
multipli-
distribu- cative
tive adver-
adverbial bial
Types of Examples
numeral
Cardinal Are used to refer to an exact number of things, 0 - zero; 1 – one; 2 – two; 3 – three; 4 –
etc. four, 5 – five; 6 –six; 7 – seven; 8 – eight; 9
Notes: – nine; 10 – ten; 11 – eleven, 12 – twelve; 13
The figure 0 can be written and – thirteen; 14 – fourteen; 15 – fifteen; 16 –
pronounced in the following ways: sixteen; 17 – seventeen; 18 – eighteen; 19 –
Zero – usually used in American English, in nineteen; 20 – twenty; 21 – twenty-one; 22
mathematics, for temperature; – twenty-two, etc.; 30 –thirty; 40 –forty; 50
Nought – used in British English, in – fifty; 60 –sixty; 70 – seventy; 80 – eighty;
mathematics; 90 ninety; 100 –one hundred; 205 – two
Oh – used when reading out long numbers, hundred and five; 1,000 – one thousand;
one figure at a time (e. g. telephone numbers, 1,325 - one thousand, three hundred and
account numbers, etc); twenty-five; 1,000,000 – one million;
Nil – used to express scores in team games; 5,000,000 – five million; 1,000,000,000 -
Love – used to express scores in tennis. one billion.
Unlike most other languages, in English
the numbers over 999 that are written in 1,987 – 1 987
figures get a comma or a blanc dividing the 2,513,608 – 2 513 608
figures into groups of three:
When the cardinal number contains a full
stop, the number or numbers that occur after 7.25 (seven point twenty-five)
the full stop indicate a fraction:
When we write in words or say a number 102 = one hundred and two
over 100, we must put and before the number 1120 = one thousand, one hundred and
expressed by the last two figures: twenty
But and is often omitted in American English: 129 = one hundred twenty-nine.
The words hundred, thousand, million, Two hundred years, five thousand books,
dozen (= 12), score (=20) and gross (= 144) ten million people, three dozen books,
are never used in the plural when preceded by ten score.
a definite number or by several, a few or a
couple of:
But the words hundred, thousand, million, Hundreds of girls, thousands of flowers,
billion, dozen, score and gross are used in the millions of people, scores of letters
plural when they express an indefinite number They sell in dozens and in grosses.
or are preceded by many: Many hundreds/ thousands/ etc.
Expressing Age
We can express a person’s age in the following
ways:
with the help of the verb to be followed Tom is fifteen (years old).
by a number:
She was a girl of twelve.
with the preposition of after a noun,
followed by a number:
with the word aged after the noun,
He had a daughter aged fifteen.
followed by a number:
with the help of a compound adjective, A fifteen year-old boy
made up of a number followed by a A two-month-old baby
singular noun referring to a period of
time, followed by the word old. These
words are hyphened:
with the help of a compound noun We were met by Kerry, a pretty twenty-year-
consisting of a number followed by year old.
old: All the seven-year-olds will go to school in
September.
If we want to refer to somebody’s age in an When Rosemary was in her teens, ...
approximate way, we can do it in the The two men were both in their mid-fifties.
following ways: I think she is over fifty.
All those present were under twenty.
She is below the age of thirty.
I’m sure he sisters are above the age of
twenty.
The over-eighteens will be allowed to see
this film.
The under-fourteens will not be given
identity cards.
Telephone Numbers
Each digit of a telephone number is usually 142093 (one-four-two-oh-nine-three)
spoken separately except in the case of two 43338 (four-double three-three-eight)/
identical digits occurring together, which are (four-three-double three-eight)
said as “double three”, “double seven”, etc.
The digits are spoken in groups of two or NB. In American English, zero or nought is
three, with slight pauses between the groups. usually used instead of oh
Ordinal They are used to identify something by The first; the second; the third; the fourth;
indicating where it comes in a series of the fifth; the tenth; the eleventh; the twelfth;
sequence. They are formed with the help of the thirteenth; the twenty-first; the twenty-
the suffix –th added to the cardinal numbers or fourth; the thirtieth; the one hundredth; the
their equivalents, except the first three ten thousandth; the one millionth; the thirty-
numbers which have irregular forms, and the somethingth; etc.
compound numbers with which only the last
figure gets its ordinal form.
The 1st; the 2nd; the 3rd; the 4th; the 10th; the
They can also be written in abbreviated form:
21st; the 52nd; the 76th;
April 1, 1946 1 April 1946
dates may be written in the following st
April 1 , 1946 1st April 1946
ways: st
1 of April 1946
But, when reading or speaking, the ordinal
numbers must be used in all these cases.
1969 - nineteen hundred and sixty-nine, or
years: nineteen sixty-nine.
2006 – two thousand and six
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. Give the definition of numeral.
2. Name the types of numeral.
3. Which type of numeral is used to write dates years, telephone numbers, and age.
B. Application
1. Give examples of cardinal, ordinal, multiplicative adverbial, distributive adverbial, and adverbial
numerals.
C. Integration
1. Compare the use of cardinal and ordinal numerals in English and Romanian.
Characteristics Examples
denote the temporary state or condition of But Johnny and Paddy were as1eep, the rose-red
persons or things. glow had paled, bats were flying, and still the
bathers had not returned.
"I'm afraid, General, we have to rely on the appeal
of the leaflet."
have the prefix a. ablaze, afire, aflame, afoot, afraid, awake.
are mainly used in the function of a predicative. He is awake.
may be used as objective predicative. She was saying that she intended to leave him
entirely alone again.
may be sometimes used as attributes. But unlike The father and mother dolls, who sprawled very stiff
adjectives they cannot be placed before the as though they had fainted in the drawing-room, and
words they modify. As attributes they may be their two little children asleep upstairs were really
only used in post-position: too big for the doll's house.
can be modified by adverbs of degree: Sally had been half asleep with her head on Eddie's
lap.
may take prepositional indirect objects. I am ashamed of you.
THE VERB
The verb is a part of speech which denotes an action.
mood It indicates the attitude of the speaker towards the a) the indicative mood
action expressed by the verb from the point of view of b) the imperative mood
its reality. c) the subjunctive mood
d) the conditional mood
B) Types of verbs:
intransitive Cannot take a direct object. Here belong such verbs as She shrank slowly away from him,
to stand, to sleep, to laugh, to think, to lie, to swim. and stood quite still.
Note:
There are verbs whose primary meaning is transitive She sells books. (transitive)
and whose secondary meaning is intransitive. Here This book sells well.
belong such verbs as to sell, to read, to add, to act, etc.
There are verbs whose primary meaning is intransitive Yesterday I walked far.
and whose secondary meaning is transitive. Here (intransitive)
belong such verbs as to work, to starve, to walk, to He walked the horse to and fro.
run, etc. ( transitive)
finite forms Verbs may have finite forms - which can be used as the Hearing the noise, she opened the
predicate of a sentence. door.
non –finite Verbs may have non-finite forms - which cannot be Hearing the noise, she opened the
forms used as the predicate of a sentence. door.
notional Are those which have a full meaning of their own and Ricky surrounded her with great care
can be used without any additional words as a simple and luxury.
predicate. Here belong such verbs as to write, to She knew what he was thinking.
read, to speak, to know, to ask.
auxiliary Are those which have only a grammatical function. I don’t recollect that he ever did
They are used in analytical forms. Here belong such anything, at least not in my time.
verbs as to do, to have, to be, shall, will, should,Their father ... had come from
would. Dorsetshire near the beginning of the
century.
link Are verbs which to a smaller or greater extent have The house was big.
lost their meaning and are used in the compound The old face looked worn and hollow
nominal predicate. again.
NB. In different contexts the same verb can be used ... She turned her head sullenly away
as a notional verb and an auxiliary verb or a link from me. (notional verb)
verb: She ... turned deadly pale. (link verb)
modal Are a special group of verbs which cannot be used You must come on time.
without additional words, though they have a You should listen to her more
meaning of their own, such as can, may, must, ought, attentively.
etc. I crouched against the wall of the
The same verb in different contexts can be modal and gallery so that I should not be seen.
auxiliary. (auxiliary verb)
I don’t honestly think Lady Crowan was
exaggerating when she said something
should be done in your honour. (modal
verb)
terminative Denote an action implying a certain limit beyond which He went to the kitchen and
it cannot go: to come, to bring, to build, to give, to take, brought him a cake and a plate of
to receive, to find, to fall, to kill, to die, to become, to biscuits.
stand up, to sit down, to come to.
durative Denote a certain action which does not imply any limit: He loved the Old Masters of
to live, to exist, to sleep, to love, to be, to have, to painting.
possess, to work, to speak, to respect, to smoke, etc.
verbs of In certain contexts have a terminative meaning, and in He sat very still a moment.
double others, a durative meaning: to stand, to kneel, to sit, to (durative)
lexical know, to remember, etc. I went and sat beside him.
character (terminative)
THE INDICATIVE
Table of tenses
1.2 Use
The Present Simple is used to express:
a repeated action, a habit. It is used with adverbs of We go to school by bus.
frequency (always, often, sometimes, usually, never) We sometimes sleep late.
to express how often something happens.
a fact which is always true. Ice melts in the sun.
My daughter has brown eyes.
a fact which stays the same for a long time. He works in a bank.
sometimes in giving the summary of a story. The prince decides to enter the cave. He enters the
cave and there sees a witch.
an officially planned action or an action belonging to The championship starts next Saturday.
a settled program.
a future action
a) in a conditional clause: If you come tomorrow, we’ll go to the cinema.
b) in a time clause: You will see your cousin when you come.
c) with verbs of motion such as to go, to come, to The train leaves at 10.00 tomorrow.
leave, etc.
Verbs that end in a consonant + y change to –ies. Carry - carries, fly - flies, worry - worries, try - tries
NB. Verbs which end in a vowel + y only add –s. Buys, says, plays, enjoys
A few verbs have irregular forms. Be – is, are do –does
Go –goes have- has
1.4 Pronunciation.
There are three different pronunciations for the final
-s of the third person singular: [s], [z], [iz].
[s] after the sounds: [p], [t], [k], [f]. Tops, gets, takes, laughs
[z] after the sounds [b], [d], [g], [v], [ ŋ], [m], Describes, sends, hugs, lives, bathes, seems,
[n], [ð], [l], and [r], and all vowel sounds. remains, sings, tells
[iz] after the sounds [s], [z], [∫], [t∫] [ ], [ ]. Relaxes, freezes, rushes, massages, watches, judges
Do and say have a change in vowel sound. Say [ ], says [ ]
Do [ ], does [ ]
he he he
Is she working? Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.
it it it
we we we
Are you you are. you aren’t.
they they they
2.2 Use
The present continuous is used to express:
an activity that is happening now. You can’t see Jane. She’s having a bath.
an activity or situation that is true now, but is not Don’t take that book. Jane is reading it.
necessarily happening at the moment of speaking. I’m doing a French evening course this year.
a temporary activity. I’m living with my friends until I find a place of
my own.
a planned future arrangement. I’m having lunch with Jane tomorrow.
a frequent repetition of an activity which has a distinct He is always borrowing money from his friends
meaning of annoyance, irritation, sarcasm. In this case the but never gives it back.
verbs are usually combined with such adverbs as: always,
constantly, continually, for ever.
with verbs to get or to grow to express a transition from It is getting dark
one state to another. Our parents are getting older and older.
Verbs of state/ condition appear, be, consist, contain, differ, deserve, equal, exist, resemble,
seem, suit.
NB. When the subject is a person, Can you smell something burning?
we often use can:
Some of these verbs can be used in I think you are right. (opinion)
the Present Continuous, but with a I was just thinking what a long way it is. (mental activity)
change of meaning. In the He has a new car. (possession)
Continuous, the verb expresses an She’s having a bath. (activity)
activity, not a state. The tea tastes strongly of mint. (activity)
I’m tasting the soup to see if it needs salt. (activity)
To be
Affirmative and negative
positive negative
I
He/ She/ It was was not (wasn’t)
yesterday.
We
You were were not (weren’t)
They
Verbs
regular irregular
3.3 Pronunciation
-ed is pronounced in the following way:
3.4 Use
The past Indefinite expresses:
a past action that is now finished. John left two minutes ago.
a succession of past actions. He threw down his spade and entered the house.
repeated actions in the past. He made an entry in his diary every night.
in conditional clause If I were you, I would accept the proposal.
in time clauses He promised me that he would tell me the truth when
he knew it.
4.2 Use
The Past Continuous is used:
to express an activity in progress before, and At 7.00 I was having breakfast.
probably after, a particular time in the past.
to describe a situation or activity during a period in Jane looked lovely. She was wearing a green cotton
the past. dress. Her eyes were shining in the light of the
candles that were burning nearby.
to show that two or more actions were going on at While mother was cooking, father was reading and
the same time in the past. grandmother was knitting.
to express an interrupted past activity. When I returned, she was sweeping the floor.
to express an incomplete activity in the past in order
I was reading a book during the flight. (I didn’t
to contrast with the Past Simple which expresses a finish it.)
completed activity. But: I wrote a letter during the flight. ( the whole
letter)
with always to express repeated action in the past These children were always laughing during my
which annoys the speaker. classes.
in conditional clauses. What would you say if the boys were sleeping now?
NB. Present Perfect implies that the attention is focused on Mother has watered the flowers. (Her job has
the repetition or on the completion of an action. just been done.)
to refer to an activity with a result in the present. My hands are dirty because I have been
working in the garden.
since the Present Perfect Continuous describes an action I have been drinking tea since 5’oclock.
which is apparently uninterrupted, it will not be employed But I have drunk three cups of tea since
when we mention the number of times a thing has been done 5’oclock.
or the number of things that have been done.
7.2 Use
to express an action in the past which happened When I got home, John had cooked a meal.
before another action in the past. When I got home – action 1
John had cooked a meal – action 2
to express duration up to a certain moment in the By the time the rain started, we had cleaned the
past: whole house.
often with just, already, hardly/ barely/ scarcely I had hardly/ scarcely/ entered the room, when
and no sooner, to show that the past action was somebody rang the bell.
finished a little time before another past action.
to express a Past Conditional in a conditional clause: I would have helped her if I had known.
8.2 Use
to underline the continuity of a past action to a past The pupils had been reading the lesson for five
moment or just before it. minutes when the school master entered the
classroom.
The streets were wet. It had been raining.
9.2 Use
to express a future event, a prediction about the I will go on an interesting trip next week.
future. Don’t worry Tom, you’ll pass the exam.
When we decide to do something at the moment of Oh, I’ve left the door open. I’ll go and shut it.
speaking.
in the following situations:
a) offering to do something. That bag looks heavy. I’ll help you with it.
b) agreeing or refusing to do something. A. You know that book I lent you? Can I have it back?
B. Of course, I’ll bring it back this afternoon.
c) promising to do something. Thank you for the money. I’ll pay you back on Friday.
d) asking someone to do something. Will you shut the door, please?
with these words and expressions:
a) probably I’ll probably be a bit late this evening.
b) sure You must meet Ann. I’m sure you’ll like her.
c) expect I expect Carol will get the job.
d) think I think I’ll stay at home this evening.
Going to – construction
Form
am/ is/ are + going + to + infinitive
Affirmative and negative
I ‘ m (am)
‘ m not
He
She ‘s (is) going to work.
It isn’t (is not)
We
You ‘re (are)
They aren’t (are not)
he he he
Is she going to work? Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.
it it it
we we we
Are you you are. you aren’t.
they they they
10.2 Use
To express a future activity or state that will be in progress This time tomorrow we shall be watching TV.
at a specific time in the future.
To indicate that an activity or state will extend over a John will be reading newspapers all day long.
whole future period.
11.2 Use
The Future Perfect Simple is used to indicate:
an action which will be finished before a certain It is 10 o’clock. I will have finished my homework
moment or another action in the future. In this case it by 12 o’clock.
is usually associated with the preposition by.
the duration up to a certain time in the future. Next year Tom and Amy will have been married for
25 years.
possibility or assumption. If Jack has taken a taxi he will have arrived at the
concert in time.
12.1 Form
shall/ will + have+ been + verb + -ing
13.2 Use
to express a future action or state seen from a She told me that she would go there soon.
viewpoint in the past.
14.2 Use
To express a Future Continuous seen from a past The woman assured us that, in less than half an hour,
viewpoint. her boy would be sleeping.
15.2 Use
it is used to denote an action completed before a I wondered whether they would have reached
definite moment which was future from the point of the place by noon.
view of the past.
16.2 Use
It is used to denote an action lasting during a certain I wondered how long they would have been packing
period of time before a definite moment which was by the time I returned.
future from the point of view of the past.
THE INDICATIVE
Form
to be (different tenses) + past participle
Table of tenses
Present Past Future Future in the Past
Indefinite I am invited to the I was invited to the I shall be invited to I should be invited
theatre. theatre. the theatre. (voi fi to the theatre. (voi
(eram/fusei/fui/am invitat) fi invitat)
fost invitat)
Continuous I am being invited to I was being invited
the theatre. to the theatre.
Perfect I have been invited I had been invited I shall have been I should have been
to the theatre. to the theatre. invited to the theatre. invited to the
(fusesem invitat) (voi fi fost invitat) theatre. (voi fi fost
invitat)
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. Give the definition of verb.
2. Name the grammatical categories of the verb.
3. According to their syntactic function verbs are divided into:
B. Application
1. Explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
2. Explain the common features of simple and continuous tenses.
3. Explain the common features of perfect and perfect-continuous tenses.
C. Integration
1. Compare the Active and Passive Voice.
MODAL VERBS
Form
Can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, need, ought to, dare, had better (to be able to,
to have to) – modal verbs.
They are helping verbs that express a wide range of meanings: ability, permission, possibility, necessity, etc.
Most of the modals have more than one meaning.
Characteristics
Could + the perfect infinitive is used to We could have gone to the cinema last
express an unrealized past ability. Someone night, but we decided to stay at home.
was able to do something in the past, but
didn’t try to.
Could can be used to criticize people for not You could tell me if you are going to be
doing things. We feel that they are not doing late!
their duty. You could have done something to help
me instead of just sitting there!
Possibility/ Will and won’t are used to express what we Leave the meat in the oven. It won’t be
probability/ believe or guess to be true about the present. cooked yet.
assumption They indicate an assumption based on our You’ve got a letter. – It’ll be from my
knowledge of people and things their aunt.
Will routines, character, and qualities.
Must
Have to Must/ have to is used when you are almost You must be joking. I don’t believe you.
Should 100 percent certain that something is She can’t have a ten-year-old daughter.
May possible. The negative of this use is can’t. She’s only twenty-five herself.
Might
Could May and might is used when you are less
Couldn’t certain. They express possibility in the We may come very early. We don’t know
present or future. There’s no important exactly.
difference between them.
Might is more tentative and slightly less It might rain. Take your umbrella!
certain than may.
Could has a similar meaning to might. It There could be another rise in the price
expresses present and future possibility. The of petrol soon.
negative of could in this use is might not. Jack might not be in his office.
Can, could, or be allowed to are used to talk Children can/ are allowed to do what
about permission generally, or permission in they want these days.
the past. I couldn’t/ was allowed to have a cookie.
Request Can, could, will, would express a request. Can/ could/ will/ would you please open
Can Could Could and would are more polite. the door?
Will Would NB. Do not use could and would to answer Yes. Of course./ I’d be happy to.
polite requests.
Advice/ mild Should, ought to, and had better have The children shouldn’t be playing. They
obligation basically the same meaning. They mean this should be at school.
Should, is a good idea/ this is good advice.
Ought to Ought to is not usually used in the negative. You ought to study tonight.
Had better
Had better often carries a warning of bad You had better not be late! If you are
consequences. It never refers to the past. late, you will get into a lot of trouble.
Should/ ought to/ could/ might + the perfect Hello, Ann. The party last night was
infinitive is used to refer to a past action that great. You should have come. Why didn’t
didn’t happen. The action would have been a you.
god idea. The good advice is too late! I ought to have taken that job.
(I didn’t take the job. That was a mistake)
She could have gone to a better school.
(She didn’t go to a good school. Now she
regrets.)
You might have told me.
(You didn’t tell me. That was wrong.)
Should not have/ ought not to have are the He shouldn’t have missed the exam.
only forms used in negative statements.
Didn’t need to shows that the action was not I didn’t need to go at 8, so I didn’t.
necessary and it was not performed.
I needn’t have bought any eggs, because
Needn’t have + Past Participle expresses an
I had plenty. (but I bought)
unnecessary action, which was, nevertheless,
performed.
Willingness/ Will I will not answer it.
refusal Shall is used in questions. Shall I shut the door?
Will Shall Wouldn’t is used in the past. Ann said she wouldn’t help him.
Wouldn’t
Indignation, Might/ how dare express indignation, You might listen to me when I am talking
reproach reproach. to you.
Might/ How dare you interrupt me?
How dare
Supposition I daresay – I suppose. I daresay you are my neighbour’s
Daresay brother.
Should Should If he is eight years old, he should be
taller than your daughter.
They should have finished their work by
now.
Tasks:
A. Knowledge
1. Give the definition of modal verbs.
2. What do the modal verbs express?
B. Application
1. Explain the common features of modal verbs.
C. Integration
1. Suggest another way of classifying the English modal verbs.
2. Compare the modal verbs that express ability, possibility, advice, and necessity.
MOODS
Moods
THE IMPERATIVE
The imperative expresses a command, an order, an invitation, etc.
Form
Singular Affirmative Negative
The 1st person Let + me + Short Infinitive Do not/ Don’t let + me + Short
Let me repeat! Infinitive
Do not let me repeat!
The 2nd person Short Infinitive Do not/ Don’t let+ Short Infinitive
Repeat! Don’t repeat!
The 3rd person Let + Noun/ Pronoun + Short Infinitive Do not/ Don’t let+ Noun/ Pronoun +
Let Tom repeat! Short Infinitive
Let the cat eat! Don’t let Tom repeat!
Don’t let the cat go!
The 1st person Let + us (Let’s) + Short Infinitive Do not/ Don’t let + us + Short Infinitive
Let us/ let’s repeat! Do not let us repeat!
The 2nd person Short Infinitive Do not/ Don’t let+ Short Infinitive
Repeat! Don’t repeat!
The 3rd person Let + Noun/ Pronoun + Short Infinitive Do not/ Don’t let+ Noun/ Pronoun +
Let the children repeat! Short Infinitive
Don’t let them repeat!
THE CONDITIONAL
Use
MAIN/ REGENT CLAUSE “IF” CLAUSE
Past Tense (condition contrary to present fact) Past Conditional (unfulfilled action in the past)
If she were a better singer, she would have participated in the festival
Dacă ar fi o cîntăreaţă mai bună, ar fi participat la festival.
Past Perfect (unreal condition in the past) Present Conditional (the result of the condition in
the present)
If he hadn’t had an accident, he wouldn’t be in hospital now.
Dacă n-ar fi avut un accident, n-ar fi în spital acum.
Synthetical Analytical
Use/ Form
The Synthetical Subjunctive
The Present Subjunctive is identical to the short infinitive. It occurs in formal, informal, and American
English. It is used:
to express wishes or set expressions. Long live peace! – Traiasca pacea!
God forbid! – Fereasca Dumnezeu!
in subordinate that-clauses when the main clause
expresses a desire, a demand, a requirement, an
obligation, a necessity, etc.
a) in direct object clauses, after such verbs as: to They suggested that steps be taken to consolidate
suggest, to order, to demand, to urge, to peace and security in Europe. – S-a propus luarea de
recommend, to require, to propose, to arrange to: măsuri pentru consolidarea păcii si securitaţii .
b) in subject clauses after such impersonal It is necessary that your friend inform us of the
constructions as: it is necessary/ advisable/ decision.
possible/ impossible, etc.
c) in appositive attributive clauses. There was a proposal that he be elected captain.
In conditional clauses. If this rumour be true, we cannot stay here.
The Past Subjunctive is identical to the Past Tense of the verb. It is used:
The Past Perfect Subjunctive is identical to the Past Perfect of the verb. It is used:
in conditional clauses to express a Past If she had read the book, she would have answered
Conditional. my questions better.
after wish (to express a regretted action in the I wish(ed) I had been there too.
past), as if/ though and even if/ though. He talked as if he had seen her.
The Analytical Subjunctive
Shall/ should/ would/ may/ might/ could + Present/ Perfect Infinitive.
It is much more often used than the Synthetic Subjunctive.
Shall + Infinitive is used:
in main clauses to express a wish. May you live long! ( Să traiesti mulţi ani!)
in subordinate clauses:
a) subject clauses after such impersonal It is possible that she may know the answer. (E
constructions as: it is/was possible/ probable/ posibil ce ea să ştie ...)
likely, etc.
e) subordinate clauses of purpose introduced by She spoke clearly so that everyone might
that, in order that, so that. understand. (... aşa ca toţi să înţeleagă)
f) concessive clauses introduced by though, However tired he might be, he must come down and
although, however, whatever, no matter: talk to us. ( Oricît de oboist n-ar fi ..)
Would + Infinitive is used:
in direct object clauses after wish. (to express a They wish we would pay them a visit soon.
wish for a future action which doesn’t have
chances to be completed)
in subordinate clauses of purpose. She learnt a lot so that she would be able to pass
the exam.
Could + Infinitive
This construction is used to express purpose as an alternative to may/ might.
May/ Might + Infinitive is more formal.
Could + Infinitive has a higher degree of certainty.
VERBALS
THE INFINITIVE
Form
Active Passive
Indefinite To write (a scrie) To be written ( a fi scris)
Continuous To be writing (a scrie)
Perfect To have written (a fi scris) To have been written (a fi fost scris)
Perfect Continuous To have been writing (a fi scris)
THE GERUND
Active Passive
Indefinite writing Being written
Perfect Having written Having been written
Use
A) The Gerund has noun characteristics:
It can have a plural form. I can’t understand his comings and goings.
It can have a Genitive form. I didn’t like the idea of staying there
It can be preceded by a genitive or possessive They disliked Jane’s smoking so much.
adjective. Her being late was noticed.
It can perform the function of: subject, Reading is her best relaxation. (subject)
object, predicative, attribute, adverbial Have you given up smoking?(object)
modifier. I don’t understand his way of behaving. (attribute)
B) The Gerund has verb characteristics:
It may have tense: Present I don’t mind her seeing me. (că m-a văzut ori m-a vedea)
Perfect I don’t mind her having seen me. (că m-a văzut)
Voice: Active He loves writing poems.
Passive I don’t mind being seen by her.
It may have an object. Singing folk songs is her greatest talent.
It may have an adverbial modifier. This is worth doing well.
C) Use
THE PARTICIPLE
The Participle
Active Passive
Indefinite writing being written
Perfect having written having been written.
Use
A) It has verb characteristics:
It has tense and voice. writing, being written, having written, having been written.
It can be modified by an adverb. We are reading now.
It can have a direct or indirect object. They are building a house.
It is used with to be
a) to show simultaneous actions: A boy passed by me carrying a box.
b) to show simultaneous actions Frankly speaking, he is a smart man. (if we speak ...)
B) The participle has adjective characteristics:
Sometimes it has degrees of comparison. She is more amusing than I thought.
It can have the functions of attribute and This is no laughing matter.
predicative: The effect of her words was terrifying....
C) The participle has adverb characteristics:
It modifies an adjective: It is raining cold.
It has the function of adverbial modifier: When going to school, he met his friend.
D) Participial Constructions
The modal words express the attitude of the speaker to the reality, possibility or probability the action he
speaks about.
Characteristics Examples
In the sentence they are used as parentheses: Certainly you’ll admit we could finish all this in a
month.
Most of them have developed from adverbs, so very Certainly, surely, happily (which are homonymous
often there exists a formal identity between modal with the adverbs certainly, surely, happily)
words and adverbs:
THE INTERJECTION
The interjection is the part of speech which expresses various emotions without naming them.
Interjections
imperative Show the will of the speaker or his order Here, hush, sh-sh, well, come, now, etc.
or appeal to the hearer. Here! I’ve had enough of this. I’m going.
(protest)
primary Are not derived from other parts of Ah, oh, eh, pooh, hum, fie, etc.
speech. Most of them are simple words.
Only a few primary interjections are Heigh – ho, hey – ho, holla – ho, gee – ho.
composite.
secondary Rederived from other parts of speech. Well, now, here, there, come, why, dear me, hang
They are homonymous with the words it, etc.
they are derived from.
THE PREPOSITION
The preposition is a part of speech which denotes the relations between objects and phenomena. It shows the
relations between a noun or a pronoun and other words.
Prepositions
derivative time
composite
In, on , at, Behind, Inside, outside, Because of, in In, on , After, at, By, with,
for, with, below, across, within, without, front of, in below, under, before, etc. because of,
etc. along, etc. etc. accordance etc. with a view
with, etc. to, etc.
On time – in time
On time At exactly the right time. Our English class always starts on time.
In time Early, soon enough for something. We got to the station in time. (before the
train left)
At the end At the point when something stops. We are going on a trip at the end of this
week.
In the end Finally, at last. At thirst, we didn’t understand that
exercise, but in the end we could do it.
As – like
As Refers to a job, role or a function of someone She works as a teacher. (She really is a
or something. teacher.)
Like When we make comparisons. She is talking like a teacher. (She is not a
teacher)
NB. Either as or like can be used before a We are spending this weekend as/like we
clause that means “in the same way”: usually do.
Before - in front of
Before It is used with dynamic and static verbs He was sitting before us.
meaning before one reaches.
In front of Refers to position and often presupposes a The tree in front of my house is a chestnut
surface. – tree.
Between – among
Between Is usually used for two objects, clearly distinct She was sitting between the table and the
from the others. chair.
Among Refers to a mass, a crowd, or a group, a We saw a house hidden among the trees.
collection of things which do not see
separately. She shared her property between her
The verbs to divide and to share are followed brother, her son and her daughter.
by between when used with several singular
nouns.
Arrive in – arrive at
In the corner When the corner is inside something. In the corner of a room, triangle, square.
On the corner When there’s no enclosure. There’s a lamp on the corner of our road.
At the corner Can be used for either.
In a For the persons/ things portrayed in the Are you in this photograph?
photograp picture or photograph.
h/ picture
On a For something which is not part of it, but only There’s some dust on this photograph.
photograp on its surface.
h/ picture
At – in
The conjunction is a word that connects sentences, clauses or words with the same syntactical function.
Conjunctions
simple coordinating
compound subordinate
correlative
conjunctional phrases
THE PARTICLE
The particle is a part of speech giving modal or emotional emphasis to other words or groups of words or
clauses.
Types of Examples
particles:
limiting Only, just, but, alone, solely, I only wanted to make you speak.
merely, barely, etc. Just one question, Mrs. Dartie. Are you still fond of your
husband?
intensifying Simply, still, just, yet, all, He just did dislike him.
but, only, quite, even, etc. They did not even know that he was married.
connecting Too, also. He was silent. Soames, too, was silent.
Higgins takes off the hat and overcoat. Pickering comes in. He
also takes off his hat and overcoat.
negative Not, never. No, he was not afraid of that.
I never spoke to him except to ask him to buy a flower off me.
PART II: SYNTAX
declarative two-member
interrogative one-member
imperative
exclamatory
the declarative States a fact in the affirmative or negative form He was born in 1962.
sentence
the interrogative a) general questions: Do you like art?
sentence: b) special questions: Where do you live?
c) alternative questions: Do you live in town or in the
country?
d) disjunctive questions: You speak English, don’t you?
QUESTIONS
Questions
THE SUBJECT
The subject it
notional formal
introductory
impersonal emphatic
or anticipatory
Predicate
Simple Compound
Compound verbal
aspect predicate
Mixed the compound modal nominal predicate. He greatly longed to be the next
types of heir himself.
predicate: the compound aspect nominal predicate. I continued to be glad for that.
the compound modal aspect predicate. I had to begin living all over again.
NB.
The link verbs and their characteristics Examples
have partly lost their original concrete meaning: to appear, to get, The nightmare of my life had
to grow, to continue, to feel, to keep, to look, to turn, to hold, to come true. (link verb)
prove, to turn out, to loom, to rank, to remain, to run, to seem, to Giles and Beatrice were coming
smell, to taste, to fall, to stand, to go, to work. Many of these verbs for the night. (verb of complete
can be used both as verbs of complete predication fully preserving prediction)
their concrete meaning and as link verbs: to be, to grow, to look, to
feel, to come, to go.
There are some verbs which, though fully preserving their concrete The poor man sat amazed.
meaning, perform the function of link verbs: to lie, to sit, to die, to Tome went home miserable.
marry, to return, to leave, to come, to stand, to fall, to go, etc. They
are used with a predicative. According to their meaning link verbs
can be divided into two large groups:
a) link verbs of being and remaining: to be, to remain, to keep, to He was a nice-looking man of
continue, to look, to smell, to stand, to sit, to lie, to shine, to seem, to thirty perhaps...
prove, to appear, etc.
b) link verbs of becoming: to become, to get, to grow, to come, to go, ... he grew handsomer and more
to leave, to run, to turn, to make, etc. interesting.
The predicative is expressed by: Examples
a noun in the common case, occasionally by a noun She is a pretty child.
in the possessive case.
an adjective He’s awfully dear and unselfish.
a pronoun – personal, possessive, negative, It was he. You are nobody. What is he?
interrogative, reflexive, indefinite, defining.
a word of the category of state: He was aware of the state in which he was.
a numeral, cardinal or ordinal. I’m only 46.
He was the first to break the dead silence.
a prepositional phrase: The things were outside her experience.
an infinitive, infinitive phrase, or an infinitive June’s first thought was to go away.
construction. His first act was to bolt the door on the inside.
The best thing is for you to move in with me.
a gerund, gerundial phrase, or gerundial My favorite sport is swimming.
construction. The topic of their conversation was their going
on an expedition.
Participle II or very seldom Participle I; the latter is He was surprised at the sound of his voice.
generally adjectivized. The moment was soothing to his sore spirit.
an adverb. It was enough the way she said it.
a singular subject takes a singular verb and a This girl speaks English.
plural subject takes a plural verb: These girls speak English.
Collective nouns may be followed either by a My family is called Smith.
singular verb or a plural one. When such a noun
is regarded as a whole it takes a singular verb:
But when it is thought of as a group of individuals,
it takes a plural verb: My family are at home.
However, such collective nouns as: cattle, clergy,
people, police, public are always followed by a The cattle were gazing in the field.
plural verb. The police are investigating the case.
Two singular subjects connected by either... or; Either the boy or the girl knows the answer.
neither ... nor; not only ... but also; no less
than ... ; and not are followed by a singular
verb:
But when one subject is singular and the other one Neither the teacher nor the pupils are in the
plural, the “rule of proximity” must be observed: classroom.
Neither the pupils nor the teacher is in the
classroom.
Two or more subjects connected by and take a The dog and the cat are under the table.
plural verb:
However, when the two subjects are regarded as a Fish and chips is a traditional English food.
whole, a “single idea”, they are followed by a Whisky and soda is Tim’s favourite drink.
singular verb: My neighbour and friend comes here every day.
(one person)
My neighbour and my friend come here every
day.(two different persons)
Nouns denoting units of measurement take a Fifty pounds is a lot of money.
singular verb when they are preceded by a Five years is a long time. (= period)
numeral: Twenty miles is a long distance.
A singular noun proceeded by each, either, ever, Each boy tells us a joke.
or neither takes a singular verb. Either book is interesting.
Every student knows this answer.
Neither solution was good.
When a plural noun is preceded by neither of, it Neither of the girls lives/live in this house.
can be followed either by a singular or a plural
verb:
The nouns body, heart, life, mind, soul are Many people lost their lives in World War II.
used in the plural whenever they refer to more
than one person:
When the “formal subject” of a sentence is there, the
There’s a book on the table.
predicate must agree with the “real subject”: There are many trees in the garden.
The noun number takes a singular verb when it The number of mistakes is very large.
is preceded by the definite article the and a A number of people were waiting for me.
plural verb when it is preceded by a:
When the pronoun it is used in identifying or It is these boys who broke my window.
emphatic constructions, it is followed by a
singular verb:
Singularia Tantum nouns (advice; information; Your information is very interesting.
furniture; damage; luggage; knowledge; Kerry’s luggage was very heavy.
machinery, etc.) are followed by a singular verb:
Pluralia Tantum nouns will be followed either
by plural verbs:
a) when they name things made of two parts His trousers are very smart.
(glasses; scissors; trousers)
b) when they are one of these: chemicals; contents;
ashes; surroundings, etc.
or by singular verbs:
a) when they name diseases: measles; mumps Mumps is a very common illness with children.
b) games: billiards; draughts
c) when they are one of these: news; works, etc. Her news is extremely interesting.
either by singular or by plural verbs after Acoustics is the scientific study of sound.
names of sciences, subjects or after such The acoustics of this room are very good.
nouns as: means; series; species.
The words hundred, thousand, million etc., take Three hundred men were coming to the meeting.
the plural verb:
The fractions -their verb depends on the noun Half the land is hilly.
determined by them: Half of the puppies were black.
Nine-tenths of English speech is idiomatic.
Two thirds of the flowers were faded.
A great (good) deal – takes the singular verb: A great deal of time and pains is necessary for
the study of English.
A great (good) many – the plural verb. A great many of the children were present.
Fish. Fruit. (pesti, fructe) – take the pluralAre the fish fresh?
The fruit were green.
A + noun + or two very often takes the plural A word or two is sufficient to convince him.
verb:
THE SECONDARY PARTS OF THE SENTENCE
THE OBJECT
The object
is a secondary part of the sentence which qualifies a noun, a pronoun, or any other part of speech that
has a nominal character
can be either in pre-position or in post-position to the word it modifies
The apposition
is a special kind of attribute which is expressed by a noun (with or without accompanying words)
which characterizes or explains the word modified by giving the person or thing another name
The apposition
con-
cession
com-
pari-
purpose son
condi-
time tion
adverbia
fre- l
result
quency modifier
of
cause
place
man- degree
ner and
attendan measur
t e
circum-
stances
REMARKS
It is not always easy to discriminate between different parts of the sentence expressed by prepositional
phrases. The following parts of the sentence are not to be confused:
1. a prepositional indirect object and an adverbial modifier.
2. an attribute and an adverbial modifier of place.
1. a) Kate removed her eyes from the window and gazed directly at Papa.
b) Decimus had been born in Rome.
In (a) at Papa is a prepositional indirect object as the noun denotes a living being.
In (b) in Rome – adverbial modifier, as the noun denotes an inanimate object and the question is: where had
he been born?
When the noun in the prepositional phrase denotes an inanimate object, very often 2 ways of analysis are
possible. E.g. His wife was sitting before a very little fire.
Before a very little fire can be treated either as an adverbial modifier or an object.
In (a) at the club is an attribute as it modifies a noun. It answers the question: What party?
In (b) the same prepositional phrase modifies a verbal group; consequently it is an adverbial modifier of
place.
DETACHED PARTS OF THE SENTENCE
These are secondary parts which assume a certain grammatical and semantic independence. This
phenomenon is due to their loose connection with the words they modify.
1) Interjections: ah, oh, hurrah, eh, hallo, goodness Oh, if I only knew what a dreadful thing it is to
gracious, good heavens etc. be clean, I’d never come.
2) Direct address: Good morning, sweet child!
3) Parenthesis. Characteristics:
shows the speaker’s attitude towards the thought To be sure, Morris had treated her badly.
expressed in the sentence.
or connects a given sentence with another one Unfortunately, it will be you who will have to
or summarizes what is said in the sentence. explain that to him.
is connected with the rest of the sentence rather
semantically than grammatically.
no question can be put to it.
very often it is detached from the rest of the
sentence and consequently it is often separated from it
by commas or dashes.
1) two or more homogeneous subjects to one From the edge of the bed came a ripple and whisper.
predicate.
2) two or more homogeneous predicates to one
subject:
simple predicates: That gentleman started, retreated, rubbed his eyes,
stared again and finally shouted: “Stop, stop!”
a compound verbal predicate with homogeneous These sheets must be printed, dried, cut.
parts within it.
a compound verbal aspect predicate with First he began to understand and then to speak
homogeneous parts within it. English.
a compound nominal predicate with several
predicatives within it. The sky was clear, remove, and empty.
3) two or more attributes, objects, or adverbial The unlighted, unused room seemed to absorb the
modifiers to one part of the sentence. moods of the house.
WORD ORDER
S – subject A. - attribute
P – predicate Cog. O – cognate object
O – object Comp. O – complex object
DO – direct object Prep. O – prepositional object
IO – indirect object Ad. M. – adverbial modifier
1) direct word order in the English declarative sentence: S + P + Os + Ad. Ms.
2) inverted order of words: P + S.
Inverted order of words is used in: Examples
A)
interrogative sentences: Where did they find her?
sentences introduced by there: There is nothing marvelous in this.
compound sentences, their second part beginning with so or Their parents escaped unhurt, so did three
neither: of their sons.
simple exclamatory sentences expressing wish: Be it so!
B)
The inverted word order is widely used when a word or a group of words is put in a prominent position. In
this case inversion is due to the author’s wish to produce a certain stylistic effect. Thus inversion occurs
when:
adverbial modifier opens the sentence:
a) Ad. Ms. expressed by a phrase or phrases open the sentence, In an open barouche stood a stout old
and the subject often has a lengthy modifier: gentleman.
b) an Ad. M. with a negative meaning opens the sentence. Here Never before and never since, have I
belong such adverbial modifiers as: in vain, never, little, etc. In known such peace, such happiness.
this case the auxiliary do must be used if the predicate does not
contain either an auxiliary or a modal verb.
c) Ad. Ms. expressed by such adverbs as so, thus, now, then, Now was the moment to act.
etc. placed at the head of the sentence, if the subject is
expressed by a noun.
NB. If the subject is a pronoun, inversion does not take place. Thus he thought and sank down upon the wet
earth.
d) Ad. Ms. of M. may or may not cause inversion. In case of Silently did the doctor bear all this.
inversion the auxiliary do must be used if the predicate does not
contain either an auxiliary or a modal verb.
only, hardly, scarcely, (correlated with the conjunction Scarcely was one long task completed
when), no sooner (correlated with the conjunction than), when a guard unlocked our door.
nor open the sentence.
the sentence begins with the word here which is not an Here is my card, Sir.
adverbial modifier of place but has some demonstrative
force.
NB. If the subject is expressed by a personal pronoun, the word order
is direct.
postpositions denoting direction open the sentence and the Out went Mr. Smith’s head again.
subject is expressed by a noun. Here belong such words as:
in, out, down, away, up, etc.
NB. If the subject is a pronoun, inversion does not take place.
an object or an adverbial modifier expressed by a word- Not a soul did I meet with in all my drive.
group with not a..., or many a... opens the sentence. In case
of inversion the auxiliary do must be used if the predicate
does not contain either an auxiliary or a modal verb.
a predicative expressed by an adjective or by a noun Sweet was that evening.
modified by an adjective or by the pronoun such opens the Such is life.
sentence (in case the subject is a noun or an indefinite
pronoun).
the predicate, which introduces conditional clause, is Even were they absolutely hers, it would
expressed by was, were, had, could, or should. be a passing means to enrich herself
1) syndetically: a) The darkness was thinning, but the street was still dimly lighted.
b) He knew there were excuses, yet he felt sick at heart.
causative – consecutive for, so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, There was something
coordination hence. strange with him, for he
was strangely grave and
NB. For introduces coordinate clauses explaining the looked ill.
preceding statement.
So, therefore, accordingly, consequently, hence
introduces coordinate clauses denoting cause,
consequence and result.
Characteristics Examples
it consists of a principal clause and one or more
subordinate clauses.
The clauses may be linked in two ways:
1) syndetically, i.e. by means of subordinating More and more she became convinced that some
conjunctions or connectives: misfortune had overtaken Paul. (conjunction)
All that he had sought for and achieved seemed
suddenly to have no meaning. (connective)
2) asyndetically, i.e. without a conjunction or His steps quickened as he set out for the hotel.
connective.
it may contain two or more homogenous clauses They were all obstinately of opinion that the poor
coordinated with each other. girl had stolen the moonstone, and that she had
destroyed herself in terror of being found out.
it may be subordinated to the principal clause or I think I have noticed that they have an inconsistent
to another subordinate clause. way of speaking about her, as if she had made
some great self- interested success in marrying
Mr. Gowan.
Sub-
Com- ject Pre-
pa- dica-
rison tive
Direct
Man- Objec
ner t
Prep.
Ind.
Resul
Objec
t
subor t
-
dinate
clause
Con- s
cessio Attri-
n butive
Pur-
pose Time
Con-
dition Place
Cause
Types of Definition/ Characteristics Examples
subordinate
clauses
The subject Performs the function of subject to the predicate of the What I want to do is to save us
clause principal clause. both.
It is connected with the principal clause in the
following ways:
by means of the conjunctions: that, if, whether. It was unfortunate that the patient
was brought in during the
by means of the connectives: who, which, what, evening.
whoever, whatever, where, when, how, why. It’s a grand thing when you see the
asyndetically. It appears before or after: working class in action.
the verbs: seem, chance, appear, turn out.
such adjectives as: likely, certain, possible, clear, It seemed that he was wrong.
true, important, alarming, etc. It’s important that the students
some transitive verbs expressing mood: alarm, have fulfilled the tasks earlier.
trouble, amaze, attract, confuse, relieve,
discourage, embarrass, scare, etc. That she hasn’t written yet amazes
me.
The Performs the function of a predicative. The link verb
predicative together with the predicative clause forms a compound
clause nominal predicate. It is connected with the principal
clause in the following ways:
by means of the conjunctions: that, if, whether, as I felt as if death had laid a hand
if. on me.
by means of the connectives: who, which, what, The question was how was the
where, when, how, why. matter to be kept quiet.
asyndetically
The direct Performs the function of direct object to the predicate-
object clause verb of the principal clause.
The affirmative and interrogative sentences We asked him whether he had
transformed into direct speech are also direct object understood the instructions.
clauses.
It is connected with the principal clause in the
following ways:
by means of the conjunctions: that, if, whether.
Remember that we have to leave
by means of the connectives: who, which, what, by 11.00 a.m.
whoever, whatever, where, when, how, why.
asyndetically
The Performs the function of indirect prepositional object to
prepositional the predicate-verb of the principal clause.
indirect It is introduced by wh – elements both with and Look at who has come.
object without prepositions: Look where he is going.
The Shows the cause of the action expressed in the As he had a liking for the spot, he
adverbial principal clause. seldom let a week pass without
clause of it is introduced by: as, because, since, for fear that, paying it a visit.
cause on the ground that, for the reason that, etc.
The States the condition which is necessary for the I will do anything you wish, my
adverbial realization of the action expressed in the principal brother, provided (dacă) it lies in
clause of clause. my power.
condition it is introduced by: if, provided ( that), so long as,
suppose, in case, unless, etc.
The States the purpose of the action expressed in the I crouched against the wall of the
adverbial principal clause. gallery so that I should not be
clause of it is introduced by: that, in order that, so that, lest, seen.
purpose in case, for fear that.
It applies to
B)
Past Tense
(main clause)
b) Past Tense (sub. clause)
a) Past Perfect (sub. clause) c) Future-in-the-past (sub. clause)
(to express a simultaneous action)
(to express an anterior/prior action) (to express a posterior action)
I thought they were at home.
a) He said he had seen that film.
b) I thought they were at film.
c) They promised they would write that exercise again.
However, there are some exceptions to the rules of sequence of tenses in direct object clauses:
a) The verbs to ask, to demand, to insist, to order, to She demands/requires/insists/etc. that you
recommend, to require, to urge, etc. in the main clause should arrive in time.
are followed by the Analytical Subjunctive)
b) Expressing
general (universal) truths (those statements that The pupil said that five and five is ten. It was
are either generally accepted or can be scientifically proved that water boils at 100 C.
proved)
lasting (irreversible) truths are statements whose I knew that she is a widow. (her condition of
validity exceeds the moment of speaking: being a widow was irreversible at that moment)
The Past Tense forms of the verbs to know, to believe, You realized that the boy is right.
to realize may be followed by Present Tense since, in
themselves, they imply the veridicity of the direct
object.
TIME CLAUSES
A basic rule is that no Future Tense can occur in a time clause. In its stead, the following tenses are used:
Main/Regent Subordinate Clause Examples
Clause
a) FUTURE PRESENT TENSE Margaret will tell us the truth when she knows it
( for simultaneous actions)
b) FUTURE PRESENT PERFFCT The boy will translate the lesson after he has learnt the
new words.
(for anterior / prior actions)
PAST TENSE (for Mary visited us whenever she was free.
simultaneous actions)
c) PAST TENSE I promised mother I would buy that book when I saw it.
or FUTURE-IN- PAST PERFECT (for The children went to bed after they had done their
THE-PAST anterior/prior action) lessons.
We understood that they would come home after they
had finished their work.
NB. In the other types of subordinate clauses, there will usually occur those tenses that will be logically
required, with no constraint:
Types of clauses Examples
Attributive clauses Yesterday I bought a book which is very interesting/I will read this
week/I have been looking for since April.
Adverbial clause of manner Jack played tennis that day as he will never be able to play again
Adverbial clause of comparison Last year Mary spoke English better than her sister does now.
Adverbial clause of reason My brother finished his work in the morning because he will go to a
party this evening.
As for the tenses used in Indirect Speech it must be shown that, when the reporting verb is in the Present
Tense or in the Present Perfect, no tense change occurs in Indirect Speech:
“I shall buy this book tomorrow,” Jane says. (Direct Speech) - Jane says that she will buy this book
tomorrow. (Indirect Speech)
But, when the reporting verb is in the Past Tense, the following change of tenses takes place:
Direct Speech Indirect Speech Examples
Present Past Tense “I live in this house now,” the girl explained.
The girt explained that she lived in that house then.
Past Tense Past Perfect “We saw this film yesterday,” the children told me.
Present Perfect The children told me that they had seen that film the day before.
“I have not visited New York yet” the tourist said.
The tourist said that he had not visited New York yet.
Future Future-in-the-Past “We shall not be late,” my friends promised.
My friends promised that they would not be late.
Exceptions Examples
When the subjects of the reporting verb and of “I must do all these exercises today,” my son
the action in the direct object clause are complained.
identical, the verb must may remain unchanged: My son complained that he must do all those
exercises that day.
However, even in this case, the more frequent form My son complained that he had to do all those
would be: exercises that day.
Conditional sentences of Type II remain “I would write to her if I knew her address,” the
unchanged, as well as the subjunctive after: boy explained.
wish, would rather, it’s (high) time: The boy explained that he would write to her if he
knew her address.
She said: “I wish I were younger.”
She said she wished she were younger.
Had better, might, ought to, used to, could, “You might be right,” she said.
should, needn’t do not normally change in She said that he might be right.
Indirect Speech:
When expressing repeated actions in the past: “We often walked on the beach when we were
young,” my grandparents told me.
My grandparents told me that they often walked on
the beach when they were young.
B) Reporting Questions
General (Yes/No) questions will be “Is your mother at home?” aunt Maggie wanted to know.
introduced by if/whether: - Aunt Maggie wanted to know if/whether mother was at
home.
“Will you go to the mountains or will you spend this
Whether usually expresses a doubt and a week-end in town?” my friend asked me. - My friend
possible choice between two alternatives: asked me whether I would go to the mountains or would
spend that week-end in town.
Special questions will maintain, in Indirect “Where do you live?” the policeman wanted to know.
Speech, the interrogative word they begin The policeman wanted to know where I lived.
with:
NB. The word order of questions changes to the word order specific to statements when these questions are
turned into the Indirect Speech.
C) Reporting Commands
Direct Speech Indirect Speech Examples
Affirmative commands Long infinitives “Come in!” she told me. - She told me to come in.
Negative commands Not + long infinitives “Don’t run in the street!” mother advised her son.
Mother advised her son not to run in the street.
The Imperative with let, when turned into the Indirect Speech, is normally introduced by the verb to suggest:
“Let’s hurry now,” he said. ≈ He suggested that they should hurry then.
D) Reporting Exclamations
Exclamations with What a... , or “What a sunny day” she said. – She said that it was a sunny
How... are reported by: day.
Exclamations such as: “Heavens “, “She gave an exclamation of surprise/disgust/etc.” or ‘She
“Oh “, etc. are usually reported by: exclaimed with surprise/disgust/etc.”
She said “Good morning! - She greeted me/wished me a good
morning.
Other Changes
She said “Thank you! - She thanked me.
She said “Merry Christmas! - She wished me a merry Christmas.
She said “Liar! - She called him a liar.
He said “Damn! - He swore.
EXERCISES
MOERPHOLOGY
THE NOUN
1. Read this article. Circle all the proper nouns. Underline once all the common count nouns. Underline
twice the common non-count nouns.
Was Columbus really the first explorer to discover the Americas? Thor Heyerdahl didn’t think so. He believed
that ancient people were able to build boats that could cross oceans. To test his ideas, he decided to build a
copy of the reed boats that were pictured in ancient paintings and sail across the Atlantic from North Africa to
Barbados. Heyerdahl’s team also copied ancient Middle Eastern pots and filled them with food for their
journey – dried fish, honey, oil, eggs, nuts, and fresh fruit. Ra, the expedition’s boat, carried an international
group including a Norwegian, an Egyptian, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Chadian.
The first trip failed, but everyone survived and wanted to try again. Departing on May 17, 1970, under the flag
of the United Nations, Ra II crossed the Atlantic in 57 days. The expedition proved that ancient civilizations
had the skill to reach the Americans long before Columbus.
8. Write the nouns denoting parts of the human body on the blackboard.
one (a) nose.
Model: I have
two eyes.
Head, face, shoulder, eye, cheek, lip, tooth, mouth, tongue, brain, ear, chin, neck, throat, thumb, finger, hand,
wrist, elbow, chest, leg, fingernail, knee, ankle, foot, toe, arm.
Choose the singular or plural nouns from the given list and fill in the blanks using the possessive forms:
problem lives toys parks fur
shoes teeth friends storm skin
mistake name songs visit decisions
house wife car rays climate
newspaper jobs product environment holiday
history health room influence
Fill in the blanks using the given nouns (piece, blade, block, pile, lump, sheet, bar, glass, slice). Make up
situations of your own using the expressions.
Model: A – of paper. => A piece of paper.
1. a – of bread; 2. a – of grass; 3. a – of ice; 4. a – of rubbish; 5. a – of sugar; 6. a – of soap; 7. a – of
chocolate; 8. a – of water; 9. a – of cake.
THE ARTICLE
Complete the following sentences by putting the into the spaces only where necessary:
1. “Excuse me, can you tell me where ___ theatre is?”
“It’s on ___ left, just after ___ museum.”
2. This thing proves once again that ___ honesty is not ___ best policy. Sometimes ___ diplomacy is ___
more successful.
3. “Do you know who put ___ first man into ___ space? ___ United States of America or Russia?
“___ Russia, but ___ Americans were ___ first on ___ moon.”
4. “What is on ___ TV this evening?”
“It’s a comedy and I don’t like ____ comedies very much.”
5. What ___ present Government has done up to now is that it has made ___ rich richer and ___ poor
poorer.”
6. “Who is ___ man over there talking to ___ woman with ___ grey hair?”
“Oh, that’s Mr. Williams. He’s one of ___ teachers in our school. He came to our town ___ month
before last.”
7. “My sister believes that ___ women are better drivers than ___ men.”
“Not necessarily. Some of ___ worst drivers I know are women.”
Complete the sentences below using the with these adjectives: accused; aged; blind; dead; deaf; disabled;
grey-haired; injured; old; poor; rich; sick; unemployed; young.
1. ___ can read with their fingers. 2. ___ should be held in great respect by everyone. 3. They say one
should never speak ill of ___. 4. The numbers of ___ are still increasing. 5. Only ___ can buy such
expensive cars. 6. He gave away a lot of his money to ___. 7. ___ were permitted to make their last
wishes. 8. She spent her life visiting ___ in the hospitals. 9. ___ have to wear hearing aids. 10. One ought
to help ___. 11. This is a hospital for ___. 12. ___ usually don’t understand the present-day problems of
___.
B)
1. There was ___ knock on ___ door. I opened it and found ___ small dark man in ___ blue overcoat and ___
woolen cap.
2. He said he was ___ employee of ___ gas company and had come to read ___ meter.
3. But I had ___ suspicion that he wasn’t speaking ___ truth because ___ meter readers usually wear ___
peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ___ meter, which is in ___ dark corner under ___ stairs (___ meters are usually in
___ dark corners under ___ stairs).
5. I asked if he had ___ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ___ meters by ___ light of ___
match.
6. I remarked that if there was ___ leak in ___ gaspipe there might be ___ explosion while he was reading
___ meter.
7. He said, ‘As ___ matter of ___ fact, there was ___ explosion in ___ last house I visited; and Mr. Smith,
___owner of ___ house, was burnt in ___ face’.
8. ‘Mr. Smith was holding ___ lighted match at ___ time of ___ explosion’.
9. To prevent ___ possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ___ torch.
10. He switched on ___ torch, read ___ meter and wrote ___ reading down on ___ back of ___ envelope.
11. I said in ___ surprise that ___ meter readers usually put ___ readings down in ___ book.
12. He said that he had had ___ book but that it had been burnt in ___ fire in ___ Mr. Smith‘s house.
13. By this time I had come to ___ conclusion that he wasn’t ___ genuine meter reader; and ___ moment he
left ___ house I rang ___ police.
14. Are John and Mary ___ cousins? ~
No, they aren’t ___ cousins; they are ___ brother and ___ sister.
15. ___ fog was so thick that we couldn’t see ___ side of ___ road. We followed ___ car in front of us and
hoped that we were going ___ right way.
16. I can’t remember ___ exact date of ___ storm, but I know it was ___ Sunday because everybody was at
___ church. On ___ Monday ___ post didn’t come because ___ roads were blocked by ___ fallen trees.
17. Peter thinks that this is quite ___ cheap restaurant.
18. There’s been ___ murder here. ~
Where’s ___ body? ~
There isn’t ___ body. ~
Then how do you know there’s been ___ murder?
19. Number ___ hundred and two, ___ house next door to us, is for sale. It’s quite ___ nice house with ___ big
rooms. ___ back windows look out on ___ park.
20. I don’t know what ___ price ___ owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are ___ agents. You could give them
___ ring and make them ___ offer.
21. ___ postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be ___ dentist than ___ doctor, because ___ dentists don’t get
called out at ___ night.
22. Just as ___ air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me ___ cup of ___ coffee ___ plane
gave ___ lurch and ___ coffee went all over ___ person on ___ other side of ___ gangway.
23. There was ___ collision between ___ car and ___ cyclist at ___ crossroads near ___ my house early in ___
morning. ___ cyclist was taken to ___ hospital with ___ concusion. ___ driver of ___ car was treated for
___ shock. ___ witnesses say that ___ car was going at ___ seventy miles ___ hour.
24. Professor Jones, ___ man who discovered ___ new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give ___
press conference.
25. Peter Piper, ___ student in ___ professor’s college, asked him why he refused to talk to ___ press.
26. We’re going to ___ tea with ___ Smiths today, aren’t we? Shall we take ___ car? ~
We can go by ___ car if you wash ___ car first. We can’t go to ___ Mrs. Smith’s in ___ car all covered
with ___ mud.
27. He got ___ job in ___ south and spent ___ next two years doing ___ work he really enjoyed.
28. It is ___ pleasure to do ___ business with such ___ efficient organization.
29. ___ day after ___ day passed without ___ news, and we began to lose ___ hope.
30. Would you like to hear ___ story about ___ Englishman, ___ Irishman and ___ Scotsman? ~
No. I’ve heard ___ stories about ___ Englishmen, ___ Irishmen and ___ Scotsmen before and they are all
___ same.
31. But mine is not ___ typical story. In my story ___ Scotsman is generous, ___ Irishman is logical and ___
Englishman is romantic. ~
Oh, if it’s ___ fantastic story I’ll listen with ___ pleasure.
32. My aunt lived on ___ ground floor of ___ old house on ___ River Thames. She was very much afraid of
___ burglars and always locked up ___ house very carefully before she went to ___ bed. She also took ___
precaution of looking under ___ bed to see if ___ burglar was hiding there.
33. “___ modern burglars don’t hide under ___ beds,” said her daughter. “I’ll go on looking just ___ same,”
said my aunt.
34. One morning she rang her daughter in ___ triumph. “I found ___ burglar under ___ bed ___ last night,”
she said, “and he was quite ___ young man.”
THE ADJECTIVE
Answer the following questions.
Model: Which is larger: a sea or a lake? => A sea is larger than a lake. (A sea is)
1. Which is more comfortable: a chair or an armchair? 2. Which is lighter: paper or wood? 3. Which is
sweeter: honey or sugar? 4. Which is heavier: wood or stone? 5. Which is quicker: a cat or a dog? 6. Which
is more difficult: English or Chinese? 7. Which is more interesting: the book or the film?
THE ADVERB
Form the adverbs from the following adjectives by adding the suffix –ly.
Polite, happy, complete, just, real, nice, gay, recent, right, bad, quick, wide, deep, attentive, high, careful,
close, sharp, strict, loud, unfortunate, serious, slow, clear, exact, wonderful.
State whether the words given in bold type are adjectives or adverbs.
1. All is well that ends well. 2. He kept close to the road. 3. You look quite ill. 4. Look straight ahead. 5.
Let’s meet at 5 o’clock sharp. 6. We shall return early. 7. It takes me long to come here. 8. When I came
back he was fast asleep. 9. I shall come in half an hour. 10. It’s half white and half red.
THE PRONOUN
Rephrase the following sentences according to the model using possessive pronouns:
E.g. Fishing is one of my hobbies.
Fishing is a hobby of mine.
1. Jack is one of their friends. 2. Mary lent me one of her English books. 3. Becoming an architect is one of his
ambitions. 4. Jane is one of your neighbours. 5. That is one of his pencils. 6. That is one of his favorite songs. 7. Show
me one of her dresses, please! 8. This is one of your drawings. 9. This is one of my valuable stamps. 10. These are
some of their toys.
Complete this text with reflexive and reciprocal pronouns. (This is the talk of a high school French
teacher to a group of new teachers.)
I teach French, but the subject itself isn’t that important. I think my experience applies to all subjects. Your
first year may be hard, so teach __________ to use positive self-talk and keep things simple. Remember that a
good teacher helps students learn by __________. Recently, John, one of my students, was having trouble
teaching _________ how to bake French bread. I encouraged him to keep trying, and in the end he succeeded.
As far as discipline goes, I have just a few rules. I tell my students, “Keep __________ busy. Discuss the
lessons, but don’t interfere with ________ ‘s work.” Keep teaching materials simple too. I pride ________ on
being able to teach anywhere, even on a street corner. Finally, the salary for teachers is not great, but you have
a lot of freedom. I run my class by ________ - just the way I want to. You will have to decide for ________ if
it’s worth it. I can’t afford to travel to France, but I satisfy ________ with trips to Quebec!
Join the sentences using a suitable relative pronoun to form defining and non-defining clauses.
1. He put the ring through her nose. It was made of gold.
2. I know somebody. Her father has got a tattoo on his back.
3. I read a leaflet. It said body piercing was dangerous.
4. I went to a salon. They did body piercing there.
5. My sister dyed her hair pink. I find it an attractive colour.
6. I saw a girl. She had each part of her face pierced.
7. They opened a beauty salon in St George’s Square. There used to be a perfume shop there.
8. You can see people. They have rings.
9. Mick pointed out his certificate. It was on the wall.
10. I only pierce young people. Their parent or guardian is with them.
11. He marked the area. He had disinfected the skin there.
12. It’ll be a little secret. I won’t share it with anyone.
13. My sister is sixteen. She had her eyebrows pierced yesterday.
14. People spray paint on walls. They are spoiling the environment.
15. Merchandise is sold on the Internet. It has an enormous market.
16. I went to an art gallery. There was an avant-garde exhibition there.
17. Jeans used to be considered working clothes. They became fashionable among young people.
18. Tom’s father plays the cello. Tom wants to be a musician.
19. Some graffiti artists have moved into designing products. They can make a lot of money.
20. He marked the area near the navel. He had disinfected her there.
Fill in the blanks. Use some, something, somebody, somewhere, any, anything, anybody, anywhere, no,
nothing, nobody, nowhere, every, everything, everybody, everywhere.
1. He never puts ________ sugar in his tea. 2. ________ children don’t like reading. 3. There’s ________ to be
done about it. 4. I must find ________ for you to play badminton with. 5. There’s _________ at the door. I
heard the door-bell ring. 6. Do they live ________ near Fleet Street? 7. Don’t worry about your mistake.
_______ is all right. 8. I can’t find my shoes. I’ve looked_________. 9. Stop sitting there doing ________ and
help me. 10. Can you get me ________ to eat, please? 12. I can do the job alone. I don’t need _______ to help
me. 13. I’ve hardly been _________ since last holiday. 14. would you like _________ more coffee?
THE NUMERAL
II. Read and write ordinal numerals from the following cardinal numerals.
1; 5; 11; 21; 62; 100; 690; 3; 8; 13; 30; 76; 108; 4; 9; 19; 50.
IV. Translate:
1. Copiii au intrat la scoala doi cite doi. 2. Am citit deja sute de pagini. 3. Numai dupa ce am citit problema de
trei ori, am inteles-o. 4. Regele Richard III este unul dintre cei mai singerosi. 5. Capitolul IX mi s-a parut mai
interesant.
THE VERB
Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Present or Present Continuous tense.
1. Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds. 2. You can't see Tom now: he (have) a bath. 3.
He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea. 4. A. What she (do) in the evenings? ~ B. She usually (pray)
cards or (witch) TV. 5. I won't go out now as it (rain) and I (not have) an umbrella. 6. The last train (leave) the
station at 11.30. 7. He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him. 8. Ann (make) a dress for herself
at the moment. She (make) all her own clothes. 9. Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays. 10. A. I'm afraid I've
broken one of your coffee cups. ~ B. Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway. 11. I (wear) my sunglasses
today because the sun is very strong. 12. Tom can't have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it. 13. I'm
busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room. 14. The kettle (boil) now. Shall I make the tea? 15. A. You
(enjoy) yourself or would you like to leave now? ~ B. I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the end.
16. A. How you (get) to work as a rule? ~ B. I usually (go) by bus but tomorrow I (go) in Tom's car. 17. A.
Why you (put) on your coat? ~ B. I (go) for a walk. You (come) with me? ~ A. Yes, I'd love to come. You
(mind) if I bring my dog? 18. How much you (owe) him? 19. A. You (belong) to your local library? ~ B. Yes,
I do. A. You (read) a lot? ~ B. Yes, quite a lot. ~ A. How often you (change) your books? ~ B. I (change) one
every day. 20. Mary usually (learn) languages very quickly but she (not seem) able to learn modern Greek. 21.
I always, (buy) lottery tickets but I never (win) anything. 22. A. You (like) this necklace? I (give) it to my
daughter for her birthday tomorrow. 23. A. I won't tell you my secret unless you (promise) not to tell anyone. ~
B. I (promise). 24. You always (write) with your left hand? 25. A. You (love) him? ~ B. No, I (like) him very
much but I (not love) him. 26. A. You (dream) at night? ~ B. Yes, I always (dream) and if I (eat) too much
supper I (have) nightmares. 27. The milk (smell) sour. You (keep) milk a long time? 28. These workmen are
never satisfied; they always (complain). 29. We (use) this room today because the window in the other room is
broken. 30. He always (say) that he will mend the window but he never (do) it. 31. You (know) why an
apple (fal1) down and not up? 32. A. You (write) to him tonight? ~ B. Yes, I always (write) to him on his
birthday. You (want) to send any message? 33. Tom and Mr Pitt (have) a long conversation. I (wonder) what
they (talk) about. 34. A. You (believe) all that the newspapers say? ~ B. No, I (not believe any of it. ~ A. Then
why you (read) newspapers? 35. A. This car (make) a very strange noise. You (think) it is all right? ~ B. Oh,
that noise (not matter). It always (make) a noise like that. 36. A. The fire (smoke) horribly. I can't see across
the room. I (expect) the birds (build) a nest in the chimney. ~ B. Why you (not put) wire across the tops of
your chimneys? ~ A. Tom (do) that sometimes but it (not seem) to make any difference.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Present or Present Continuous tense.
1. A. What Tom (think) of the Budget? ~ B. He (think) it most unfair.~ A. I (agree) with him. 2. A. What this
one (cost)? ~ B. It (cost) forty pence. 3. You (hear) the wind? It (blow) very strongly tonight. 4. A. You (see)
my car keys anywhere? ~ B. No, I (look) for them but I (not see) them. 5. He never (listen) to what you say.
He always (think) about something else. 6. This book is about a man who (desert) his family and (go) to live
on a Pacific island. 7. A. You (understand) what the lecturer is saying? ~ B. No, I (not understand) him at all.
8. A. What you (have) for breakfast usually? ~ I usually (eat) a carrot and (drink) a glass of cold water. 9.
When the curtain (rise) we (see) a group of workers. They (picket) a factory gate. 10. A. Why you (walk) so
fast today? You usually (walk) quite slowly. ~ B. I (hurry) because I (meet) my mother at 4 o'clock and she
(not like) to be kept waiting. 11. A. I (wish) that dog would lie down. He (keep) jumping up on my lap. ~ B. I
(think) he (want) to go for a walk. 12. You (recognize) that man? ~ B. I (think) that I have seen him before
but I (not remember) his name. 13 Look at that crowd. I (wonder) what they (wait) for. 14 This message has
just arrived and the man (wait) in case you (want) to send a reply. 15. A. Stop! You (not see) the notice? ~ B. I
(see) it but I can't read it because I (not wear) my glasses. What it (say)? ~ A. It (say) 'These premises are
patrolled by guard dogs'. 16. She always (borrow) from me and she never (remember) to pay me back. 17.
You (need) another blanket or you (feel) warm enough? 18. A. It (save) time if you (take) the path through
the wood? ~ B. No, it (not matter) which path you take. 19. I (save) up because I (go) abroad in July. 20. I
(think) it is a pity you don't take more exercise. You (get) fat. 21. The plane that you (look) at now just (take)
off for Paris. 22. Tom never (do) any work in the garden; he always (work) on his car. 23. A. What he (do) to
his car now? ~ B. I (think) he (polish) it. 24. That film (come) to the local cinema next week. You (want) to
see it? 25. A. How Peter (get) on at school? ~ B. Very well. He (seem) to like the life. 26. A. Why Mrs Pitt
(look) so angry? ~ B. Mr Pitt (smoke) a cigarette and (drop) the ash on the carpet. 27. A. This is our itinerary.
We (leave) home on the 8th, (arrive) in Paris on the 9th, (spend) the day in Paris, and (set) out that night for
Venice. ~ B. That (sound) most interesting. You must tell me all about it when you (get) back. 28. This story
is about a boy who (make) friends with a snake which he (find) in his garden. Then he (go) away but he (not
forget) the snake and some years later he (return) and (look) for it. 29. He (find) the snake who (recognize) its
old friend and (coil) round him affectionately. But, unfortunately, the snake is by now a full-grown boa-
constrictor and its embrace (kill) the poor boy. 30. A. The snake (feel) sorry about this? ~ B. I (not know).
The story (end) there. 31. A. How you (end) a letter that (begin), 'Dear Sir'? ~ B. I always (put), 'Yours truly',
but Tom (prefer) 'Yours faithfully'. 32. A. What the word 'catastrophe' (mean)? ~ B. It (mean) 'disaster'. 33.
A. What you (wait) for? ~ B. I (wait) for the shop to open. ~ A. But it (not open) till 9.00. ~ B. I (know) but I
(want) to be early, as their sale (start) today. 34. A. Why you (smoke) a cigar, Mrs Pitt? You (not smoke)
cigars as a rule. ~ B. I (smoke) it because I (want) the ash. This book (say) that cigar ash mixed with oil
(remove) heat stains from wood. 35. A. Who (own) this umbrella? ~ B. I (not know). Everybody (use) it but
nobody (know) who (own) it. 36. A. You (mind) if I (ask) you a question? ~ B. That (depend) on the question.
~ A. It (concern) your brother. ~ B. I (refuse) to answer any question about my brother.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past or Past Continuous tense.
1. I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7.00. 2. When I arrived the lecture had
already started and the professor (write) on the overhead projector. 3. I (make) a cake when the light went
out. 4. I didn't want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (leave). 5. Unfortunately when I arrived Ann
just (leave), so we only had time for a few words. 6. He (watch) TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly
he (turn) down the sound and (go) to answer it. 7. He was very polite. Whenever his wife entered the room,
he (stand) up. 8. The admiral (play) bowls when he received news of the invasion. He (insist) on finishing the
game. 9. My dog (walk) along quietly when Mr Pitt's Pekinese attacked him. 10. When I arrived she (have)
lunch. She apologized for starting without me but said that she always (lunch) at 12.30. 11. He always (wear)
a raincoat and (carry) an umbrella when he walked to the office. 12. A. What you (think) of his last book? ~
B. I (like) it very much. 13. I (share) a flat with him when we were students. He always (complain) about my
untidiness. 14 He suddenly (realize) that he (travel) in the wrong direction. 15 He (play) the guitar outside her
house when someone opened the window and (throw) out a bucket of water. 16. I just (open) the letter when
the wind (blow) it out of my hand. 17. The burglar (open) the safe when he (hear) footsteps. He immediately
(put) out his torch and (crawl) under the bed. 18. When I (look) for my passport I (find) this old photograph.
19. You looked very busy when I (see) you last night. What you (do)? 20. The boys (play) cards when they
(hear) their father's step. They immediately (hide) the cards and (take) out their lesson books. 21. He (clean)
his gun when it accidentally (go) off and (kill) him. 22. He (not allow) us to go out in the boat yesterday as a
strong wind (blow). 23 I still (lie) on the road when I (see) a lorry approaching. 24. Luckily the driver (see)
me and (stop) the lorry in time. 25. A. How you (damage) your car so badly? ~ B. I (ruffle) into a lamp-post
yesterday. 26. As he (let) into the bus it (start) suddenly and he (fall) backwards on to the road. 27. I (call)
Paul at 7.00 but it wasn't necessary because he already (get) up. 28. When he (mend) the fuse he (get) a very
bad shock. 29. When I (hear) his knock I (go) to the door and (open) it, but I (not recognize) him at first,
because I (nor wear) my glasses. 30. When I came in they (sit) round the fire. Mr Pitt (do) a crossword
puzzle, Mrs Pitt (knit), the others (read). Mrs Pitt (smile) at me and (say), 'Come and sit down.' 31. While the
guests (dance) thieves (break) into the house and (steal) a lot of fur coats. 32. The next day, as they
(know) that the police (look) for them, they (hide) the coats in a wood and (go) off in different directions. 33.
She was very extravagant. She always (buy) herself new clothes. 34. Her mother often (tell) her that she
(spend) too much money but she never (listen). 35. Whenever the drummer (begin) practising, the people in
the next flat (bang) on the wall.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past or Past Continuous tense.
1. Mr Smith never (wake) up in time in the mornings and always (get) into trouble for being late; so one day
he (go) to town and (buy) an alarm clock. 2. To get home he (have to) go through a field where a bad-tempered
bull usually (graze). 3. This bull normally (not chase) people unless something (make) him angry.
Unfortunately, as Mr Smith (cross) the field, his alarm clock (go) off. 4. This (annoy) the bull, who
immediately (begin) to chase Mr Smith. 5. Mr Smith (carry) an open umbrella as it (rain) slightly. He (throw)
the umbrella to the ground and (run) away as fast as he could. 6. The bull (stop) and (begin)to attack the
umbrella. While he (do) this Mr Smith escaped. 7. When he (awake) she (sit) by the window. She (look) at
something in the street, but when he (call) her she (turn) and (smile) at him. 8. Why you (interrupt) me just
now? I (have) a very interesting conversation with Mr Pitt. 9. The murderer (carry) the corpse down the stairs
when he (hear) a knock on the door. 10. When I (look) through your books I (notice) that you have a copy of
Murder in the Cathedral. 11. As they (walk) along the road they (hear) a car coming from behind them. Tom
(turn) round and (hold) up his hand. The car (stop). 12. When I (arrive) at the station Mary (wait) for me. She
(wear) a blue dress and (look) very pretty. As soon as she (see) me she (wave) and (shout) something, but I
couldn't hear what she (say) because everybody (make) such a noise. 13. The prisoner (escape) by climbing
the wall of the garden where he (work). He (wear) blue overalls and black shoes. 14. She said that the car
(travel) at 40 k.p.h. when it (begin) to skid. 15. She said that she (not like) her present flat and (try) to find
another. 16. While he (make) his speech the minister suddenly (feel) faint. But someone (bring) him a glass of
water and after a few minutes he (be able) to continue. 17. A. When I (see) him he (paint) a portrait of his
wife. ~ B. You (like) it? ~ A. He only just (start) when I (see) it, so I couldn't judge. 18. A. I (take) my friend to
a murder trial the other day. ~ B. Who (be) tried? ~ A. A man called Bill Sykes. ~ A. Was he acquitted? ~ B. I
don't know. They still (listen) to the evidence when we (leave). 19. I (be) sorry that I (have to) leave the party
early, because I (enjoy) myself. 20. As we (come) here a policeman (stop) us. He (say) that he (look) for some
stolen property and (ask) if he could search the car. 21 A. I (see) you yesterday from the bus. Why you (use) a
stick? ~ B. I (use) a stick because I had hurt my leg that morning falling off a horse. ~ A. Whose horse you
(ride)? 22. The floor was covered with balls of wool. Obviously Mrs Pitt (knit) something. 23. Ann said that
she (be) on holiday. I (say) that I (hope) that she (enjoy) herself. 24. While he (water) the flowers it (begin) to
rain. He (put) up his umbrella and (go on watering. 25. I just (write) a cheque when I (remember) that I (have)
nothing in the bank. 26. I (find) this ring as I (dig) in the garden. It looks very old. I wonder who it (belong)
to? 27. When I last (see) her she (hurry) along the road to the station. I (ask) her where she (go) and she (say),
'London', but I don't think she (speak) the truth because there (not be) any train for London at that time. 28.
The tailor said, 'Your suit will be ready on Monday.' But when I (call) on Monday he still (work) on it. 29. The
teacher (come) into the classroom unusually early and one of the boys, who (smoke) a cigarette, (have) no
time to put it out. So he (throw) it into the desk and (hope) for the best. 30. A little later the teacher (notice)
that smoke (rise) from this desk. 'You (smoke) when I (come) in?' he (ask). 31. While I (swim) someone (steal)
my clothes and I (have to) walk home in my swimsuit. 32. The men (say) that they (work) on the road outside
my house and that they (want) some water to make tea. 33. He (say) that he (build) himself a house and that he
(think) it would be ready in two years. 34. At 3 a.m. Mrs Pitt (wake) her husband and (say) that she (think) that
someone (try) to get into the house. 35. A. Why you (lend) him that book? I still (read) it. ~ B. I'm sorry. I (not
know) that you still (read) it. 36. I (come) in very late last night and unfortunately the dog (wake) up and
(start) to bark. This (wake) my mother who (come) to the top of the stairs and (say), 'Who is there?' I (say), 'It
is me,' but she (not hear) me because the dog (bark) so loudly, so she (go) back to her room and (telephone)
the police.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Simple Past tense. In some sentences the
Present Perfect Continuous is also possible.
1. A. This is my house. ~ B. How long you (live) here? ~ A. I (live) here since 1970. 2. He (live) in London
for: two years and then (go) to Edinburgh. 3. A. You (wear) your hair long when you were at school? ~ B. Yes,
my mother (insist) on it. 4. But when I (leave) school I (cut) my hair and (wear) it short ever since. 5.
Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays. 6. My brother (write) several plays. He just (finish) his second tragedy. 7 A.
I (fly) over Loch Ness last week. ~ B. You (see) the Loch Ness monster? 8. I (not see) him for three years. I
wonder where he is. 9. He (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up. 10. Chopin (compose) some
of his music in Majorca. 11. A. When he (arrive)? ~ B. He (arrive) at 2.00. 12. You (lock) the door before you
left the house? 13. I (read) his books when I was at school. I (enjoy) them very much. 14. I can't go out
because I (not finish) my work. 15. A. I never (drink) whisky. ~ B. Well, have some now. 16. I (write) the letter
but I can't find a stamp. 17. A. The clock is slow. ~ B. It isn't slow, it (stop). 18. Here are your shoes; I just
(clean) them. 19. I (leave) home at 8.00 and (get) here at twelve. 20. I (do) this sort of work when I (be) an
apprentice. 21. He just (go) out. 22. He (go) out ten minutes ago. 23. A. You (have) breakfast yet? ~ B. Yes, I
(have) it at 8.00. 24. I (meet) him last June. 25. You (see) the moon last night? 26. The concert (begin) at 2.30
and (last) for two hours. Everyone (enjoy) it very much. 27. The play just (begin). You are a little late. 28. A.
The newspaper (come)? ~ Yes, Ann is reading it. 29. The actors (arrive) yesterday and (start) rehearsals early
this morning. 30 It (be) very cold this year. I wonder when it is going to get warmer. 31. Cervantes (write)
Don Quixote. 32. We (miss) the bus. Now we'll have to walk. 33. He (break) his leg in a skiing accident last
year. 34. Mr Pound is the bank manager. He (be) here for five years. 35. Mr Count (work) as a cashier for
twenty-five years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country. 36. A. You (be) here before? ~ B. Yes, I
(spend) my holidays here last year. ~ A. You (have) a good time? ~ B. No, it never (stop) raining.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or Simple Past tense. Fill the spaces by repeating the
auxiliary used in the preceding verb.
1. A. Where is Tom? ~ B. I (not see) him today, but he (tell) Mary that he'd be in for dinner. 2. A. I (buy) this
in Bond Street. ~ B. How much you (pay) for it? ~ A. I (pay) £100. 3. A. Where you (find) this knife? ~ B. I
(find) it in the garden. ~ A. Why you (not leave) it there? 4. A. I (lose) my black gloves. You (see) them
anywhere? ~ B. No, I'm 'afraid I . . . . When you last (wear) them? ~ A. I (wear) them at the theatre last night.
~ B. Perhaps you (leave) them at the theatre. 5. A. Do you know that lady who just (leave) the shop? ~ B. Yes,
that is Miss Thrift. Is she a customer of yours? ~ A. Not exactly. She (be) in here several times but she never
(buy) anything. 6. A. He (leave) the house at 8.00. ~ B. Where he (go)? ~ A. I (not see) where he (go). 7. A.
He (serve) in the First World War. ~ B. When that war (begin)? ~ A. It (begin) in 1914 and (last) for four
years. 8. A. Who you (vote) for at the last election? ~ B. I (vote) for Mr Pitt. ~ A. He (not be) elected, (be)
he? ~ B. No, he (lose) his deposit. 9. A. You (like) your last job? ~ B. I (like) it at first but then I (quarrel)
with my employer and he (dismiss) me. ~ A. How long you (be) there? ~ B. I (be) there for two weeks. 10. A.
I (not know) that you (know) Mrs Pitt. How long you (know) her? ~ B. I (know) her for ten years. 11. That is
Mr Minus, who teaches me mathematics, but he (not have) time to teach me much. I only (be) in his
class for a week. 12. A. You (hear) his speech on the radio last night? ~ B. Yes, I . . . ~ A. What you (think) of
it? 13. A. I (not know) that you (be) here. You (be) here long? ~ B. Yes, I (be) here two months. ~ A. You (be)
to the Cathedral? ~ B. Yes, I (go) there last Sunday. 14. A. You ever (try) to give up smoking? ~ B. Yes, I (try)
last year, but then I (find) that I was getting fat so I (start) again. 15. A. You (see) today's paper? ~ B. No,
anything interesting (happen)? ~ A. Yes, two convicted murderers (escape) from the prison down the road. 16.
A. Mary (feed) the cat? ~ B. Yes, she (feed) him before lunch. ~ A. What she (give) him? ~ B. She (give) him
some fish. 17. A. How long you (know) your new assistant? ~ B. I (know) him for two years. ~ A. What he
(do) before he (come) here? ~ I think he (be) in prison. 18. A. I (not see) your aunt recently. ~ B. No. She (not
be) out of her house since she (buy) her colour TV. 19. A. The plumber (be) here yet? ~ B. Yes, but he only
(stay) for an hour. ~ A. What he (do) in that time? ~ B. He (turn) off the water and (empty) the tank. 20. A.
Where you (be)? ~ B. I (be) out in a yacht. ~ A. You (enjoy) it? ~ B. Yes, very much. We (take) part in a race.
~ A. You (win)? ~ B. No, we (come) in last. 21. A. How long that horrible monument (be) there? ~ B. It (be)
there six months. Lots of people (write) to the Town Council asking them to take it away but so far nothing
(be) done. 22. A. I just (be) to the film War and Peace. You (see) it? ~ B. No, I . . . . Is it like the book? ~ A. I
(not read) the book. ~ B. I (read) it when I (be) at school. ~ A. When Tolstoy (write) it? ~ B. He (write) it in
1868. ~ A. He (write) anything else? 23. A. Hannibal (bring) elephants across the Alps. ~ B. Why he (do)
that? ~ A. He (want) to use them in battle. 24. A. Where you (be)? ~ B. I (be) to the dentist. ~ A. He (take) out
your bad tooth? ~ B. Yes, he . . . ~ A. It (hurt)? ~ B. Yes, horribly. 25. She (say) that she'd phone me this
morning, but it is now 12.30 and she (not phone) yet. 26. A. I just (receive) a letter saying that we (not pay)
this quarter's electricity bill. I (not give) you the money for that last week? ~ B. Yes, you. . . but I'm afraid I
(spend) it on something else. 27. A. How long you (be) out of work? ~ B. I'm not out of work now. I just
(start) a new job. ~ A. How you (find) the job? ~ B. I (answer) an advertisement in the paper. 28. A. You
(finish) checking the accounts? ~ B. No, not quite. I (do) about half so far. 29. A. I (cut) my hand rather
badly. Have you a bandage? ~ B. I'll get you one. How it (happen)? ~ A. I was chopping some wood and
the axe (slip). 30. A. How you (get) that scar? ~ B. I (get) it in a car accident a year ago. 31. A. You (meet) my
brother at the lecture yesterday? ~ B. Yes, I . . . . We (have) coffee together afterwards. 32. He (lose) his job
last month and since then he (be) out of work. ~ B. Why he (lose) his job? ~ A. He (be) very rude to Mr Pitt.
33. A. What are all those people looking at? ~ B. There (be) an accident. ~ A. You (see) what (happen)? ~ B.
Yes, a motor cycle (run) into a lorry. 34. I (phone) you twice yesterday and (get) no answer. 35. Originally
horses used in bull fights (not wear) any protection, but for some time now they (wear) special padding. 36.
That house (be) empty for a year. But they just (take) down the 'For Sale' sign, so I suppose someone (buy) it.
Complete. Read this entry from Dr.Owen’s field journal about an elephant she calls Grandad. Use the
Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Progressive form of the verbs in parentheses.
We _________________ (hear) about Grandad since we arrived here in Amboseli Park. He is one of the
last “Tuskers.” Two days ago, we finally saw him. His tusks are more than seven feet long. I __________
never __________ (see) anything like them.
Grandad _____________ (live) here for more than sixty years. He _____________ (experience) everything,
and he __________________ (survive) countless threats from human beings. Young men ______________
(test) their courage against him, and poachers ______________ (hunt) him for his ivory. His experience and
courage __________________ (save) him so far.
For the last two days, he _________________ (move) slowly through the tall grass. He __________ (eat)
and ____________ (rest). Luckily, it _________________ (rain) a lot this year, and even the biggest elephants
_________________ (find) enough food and water.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous tense. (In some
cases either could be used.)
1. We (walk) ten kilometres. 2. We (walk) for three hours. 3. You (walk) too fast. That's why you are tired. 4. I
(make) sausage rolls for the party all the morning. 5. A. How many you (make)? ~ B. I (make) 200. 6. That
boy (eat) seven ice-creams. 7. He (not stop) eating since he arrived. 8. The driver (drink). I think someone else
ought to drive. 9. I (pull) up 100 dandelions. 10. I (pull) up dandelions all day. 11. A. What you (do)? ~ B. We
(pick) apples. 12. A. How many you (pick)? ~ B. We (pick) ten basketfuls. 13. I (sleep) on every bed in this
house and I don't like any of them. 14. He (sleep) since ten o'clock. It's time he woke up. 15. He (ride); that's
why he is wearing breeches. 16. I (ride) all the horses in this stable. 17. What a lovely smell! Mary (make)
jam. 18. The students (work) very well this term. 19. I only (hear) from him twice since he went away. 20. I
(hear) from her regularly. She is a very good correspondent. 21. I (grease) my car. That's why my hands are so
dirty. 22. I (polish) this table all the morning and she isn't satisfied with it yet. 23. I (work) for him for ten
years and he never once (say) 'Good morning' to me. 24. He (teach) in this school for five years. 25. I (teach)
hundreds of students but I never (meet) such a hopeless class as this. 26. A. Why you (be) so long in the
garage? ~ B. The tyres were flat; I (pump) them up. 27. I (pump) up three tyres. Would you like to do the
fourth? 28. I (look) for mushrooms but I (not find) any. 29. He (cough) a lot lately. He ought to give up
smoking. 30. A. You (hear) the news? Tom and Ann are engaged! ~ B. That's not new; I (know) it for ages! 31.
I (try) to finish this letter for the last half-hour. I wish you'd go away or stop talking. I hardly (say) anything.
32. The driver of that car (sound) his horn for the last ten minutes. 33. It (rain) for two hours and the ground is
too wet to play on, so the match (be) postponed. 34. He (hope) for a rise in salary for six months but he (not
dare) to ask for it yet. 35. Mr Smith, you (whisper) to the student on your right for the last five minutes. You
(help) him with his exam paper or he (help) you? 36. A. Why you (make) such a horrible noise? ~ B. I (lose)
my key and I (try) to wake my wife by throwing stones at her window. ~ A. You (throw) stones at the wrong
window. You live next door.
Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Perfect or Past Simple.
1. Jane (to wash) all the test-tubes after she (to complete) the experiment. 2. He (to do) the cleaning by 6
o'clock yesterday. 3. After the stewardesses (to serve) lunch to the, passengers, they (to calm) down. 4. I (not
to have) my watch, so I (not to know) the exact time. 5. He (to feel) sick because he (to eat) too much. 6. She
(to finish) her report, and was feeling rather tired, so she (to go) to bed. 7. By two o'clock he (to answer) all
the letters he, (to receive). 8. The bus (to leave) before I (to reach) the bus station. 9. As soon as they (to
finish) breakfast, they (to run) out to play. 10. When we (to meet) our friends they (already to know) the news.
11. When you (to call) me, I (not yet to do) the sum. 12. She (to intend) to make a cake for you, but she (to
run) out of time. 13. Hardly we (to go) to bed when somebody (to knock) at the door. 14. No sooner she (to
come) than she (to fall) ill.
Use the cues in brackets and the Past Perfect Continuous to explain the situations.
Example 1 His arms were sunburnt because he had been sitting in the sun all day.
1. His arms were sunburnt. (sit in the sun all day)
2. She was very tired. (work for hours without a break)
3. Their clothes were muddy. (play football)
4. She was fired. (not come to work on time)
5. She was very angry. (wait for her boyfriend for half an hour)
6. His ear ached. (talk on the phone for hours)
7. He was covered in oil. (repair his car all afternoon)
8. She was scared stiff. (watch a thriller on TV)
Write two explanations for each situation (1-5), one in the Past Perfect, and one in the Past Perfect
Continuous.
Example 1 She had been eating too many sweets.
She had dropped her keep-fit classes.
1. Sharon put on five pounds.
2. Steve was feeling down.
3. Jack’s shirt was torn.
4. Ann failed her final exam.
5. Emily and Tessa were very excited.
Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.
1. We couldn’t open the door because it (snow) heavily all night. 2. She looked shocked and she said she (see)
a UFO. 3. Billy had a black eye and Joe’s lip was cut – they (fight). 4. John decided to complain as his
neighbours (have) parties every day for two weeks. 5. Jill looked great – she (lose) a few pounds and (put on)
a smart evening dress. 6. Sheila’s eyes were red and swollen as if she (cry) all night.
Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Past Simple or Past
Continuous.
1. The workers (to be) on a strike for three weeks when the agreement on pay (to be reached). 2. When she
got results of her medical tests, she realised, that she (be feeling) ill since she (to be) on holiday. 3. The door
was unlocked. She (to wonder) who (leave) the door open. 4. He (to play) football when the ball (to hit) his
head. 5. He (to drive) to work for half an hour when suddenly his car (to break) down. 6. When he arrived
at the office he (to discover) that he (to leave) all the necessary papers at home. 7. She looked tired. She (to
type) letters all morning. 8. Yesterday afternoon it (still to rain) when I (to get) home. 9. He (to clean) the car
when the phone rang, so he (not to answer) it. 10. When I (to be) little, my mother (to use) to feed me. 11.
Jane’s clothes were wet. She (to wash) her dog. 12. Jerry (to be) nervous, for he (never to flow) in an
aeroplane before. 13. I (never to like) going to the cinema on my own when I was a teenager. 14. Kate -(to
dance), but when she saw a newcomer she (to stop).
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, the Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Past Simple
or Past Continuous.
1. He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he (enjoy) it very much; but I
(know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut. 2. When he (see) his wife off at the
station, he (return) home as he (not have) to be at the airport till 9.30. 3. He (not have) to pack, for his wife
already (do) that for him and his case (be) ready in the hall. 4. He (not have) to check the doors and windows
either, for his wife always (do) that before she (leave) the house. 5. All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether
or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end he (decide) not to. 6. At 8.30 he (pick) up his case, (go) out of
the house and (slam) the door behind him. 7. Then he (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind)
him to double-lock the front door. 8. When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he (remember) where
it (be). 9. He (leave) it in his overcoat pocket. 10. Then he (remember) something else; his passport and tickets
(be) in his overcoat pocket as well. 11. I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be)
shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that it was merely raining. 12. I (ask) another
passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February. 13. If
I (want) fog, he said, I (come) at quite the wrong time. 14. However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at
a shop in Shaftsbury Avenue. 15. He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but (assure) me that they
(sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking. 16. When the old lady (return)
to her flat she (see) at once that burglars (break) in during her absence, because the front door (be) open and
everything in the flat (be) upside down. 17. The burglars themselves (be) no longer there, but they probably
only just (leave) because a cigarette was still burning on an ornamental table. 18. Probably they (hear) the lift
coming up and (run) down the fire escape. 19. They (help) themselves to her whisky too but there (be) a little
left, so she (pour) herself out a drink. 20. She (wonder) if they (find) her jewellery and rather (hope) that they
had. 21. The jewellery (be given) her by her husband, who (die) some years before. 22. Since his death she
(not have) the heart to wear it, yet she (not like) to sell it. 23. Now it (seem) that fate (take) the matter out of
her hands; and certainly the insurance money would come in handy. 24. I (put) the £5 note into one of my
books; but next day it (take) me ages to find it because I (forget) which book I (put) it into. 25. A woman
(come) in with a baby, who she (say) just (swallow) a safety pin. 26. I (think) my train (leave) at 14.33, and
(be) very disappointed when I (arrive) at 14.30 and (learn) that it just (leave). 27. I (find) later that I (use) an
out-of-date timetable. 28. He (park) his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) into the shop. When he (come)
out of the shop ten minutes later the car (be) no longer there. 29. He (wonder) if someone (steal) it or if the
police (drive) it away. 30. It (be) now 6 p.m.; and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all day. 31. He (be)
also hungry because he (have) nothing to eat since breakfast. 32. His wife usually (bring) him sandwiches at
lunch time, but today for some reason she (not come). 33. He (keep) looking at her, wondering where he (see)
her before. 34. I (look) out before I (go) to bed and (see) a man standing on the opposite pavement watching
the house. 35. When I (get up) the following morning he (be) still there, and I (wonder) whether he (stay) there
all night or if he (go) away and (come) back.
Complete the text with appropriate past tenses of the verb in brackets.
Ken Coates (1) was enjoying (enjoy) his 52nd birthday at the King’s Arms in Aston. He (2) _____________
(play) in a local pool championship in a room at the back of the pub. Ken (3) ________________ (play) well
for half an hour and (4) _____________ (win) three of the first five games. He (5) __________ (put) down the
glass he (6) __________ (drink) from and (7) ____________ (get) ready to pot the black to win the final game
when his false teeth (8) ______________ (drop out). Unfortunately, instead of potting the ball, he (9)
___________ (pot) his own false teeth! Ken’s wife, Alice, who (10) _____________ (watch) the
championship all night, immediately (11) _________________ (rush) to help her husband. She (12)
_____________ (put) her hand in the pocket to fish out the false teeth when disaster (13) ______________
(strike). Alice’s hand got stuck in the pocket and she (14) _____________ (can not) get in out again. Finally,
after Ken (15) ____________ (make) an emergency phone call, the fire officers (16) _______________
(arrive) on the scene. With the help of a power saw and some washing-up liquid, they (17) ________ (free)
Alice’s hand. ‘Poor Ken, he (18) ________________ (try) to win the championship for years’, said a friend.
‘In the replay, Ken (19) _______________ (play) terribly. I think he (20) _______________ (worry) about his
teeth again’.
From the given situation, make up a "chain story." One person begins the story; then others continue
the story in turn using certain cue words.
Example: (Pierre) had a terrible day yesterday. The trouble began early in
the morning. His alarm clock rang at 7:00.
Cue: when
StudentA: When his alarm clock rang, he got out of bed and stepped on a
snake. He was nearly frightened to death, but the snake slithered
away without biting him.
Cue: after
Student B: After the snake left, Pierre got dressed in a hurry and ran
downstairs to have breakfast.
Cue: while
Student C: While he was running downstairs, he fell and broke his arm. etc.
Work in pairs. Use the cues and the past tenses to write about a disastrous day trip.
Mr and Mrs Smith never (be) abroad so (decide) to go on a “no passport” day trip to France
they (go) through Channel Tunnel and (arrive) in Boulogne – first (go) shopping then sightseeing – in the
afternoon they (decide) to visit some friends in Lille – they (go) to the station
(not learn) French at school so (not understand) the announcements at the station – (get) on the wrong train
while they (have) a nap on the train, it (cross) the border with Germany
German police (ask) for their passports – they (say) they (leave) them at home – the police (put) them on a
train back to Boulogne
Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous or the Future Simple. The be going to form could
be used here instead of the Present Continuous, but for the sake of simplicity students are advised to use
only the two tenses first mentioned.)
1. I am sure that I (recognize) him. 2. I (see) her tomorrow. 3. He (play) in a tennis match on Friday. 4. She
(come) back on Monday. 5. I (go) again next year. 6. We (know) tonight. 7. You pay and I (owe) you the
money. 8. I believe) it when I see it. 9. I (have) my car repainted next week. 10. I hope that you (have) a good
time tomorrow. 11. His speech (be) broadcast tonight. 12. The window-cleaner (come) at eight tomorrow. 13.
Tom (catch) the 7.40 train. 14. A. Where you (meet) them? ~ B. I (meet) them at midnight in the middle of the
wood. 15. What horse you (ride) tomorrow? 16. Look! I've broken the teapot. What Mrs Pitt (say)? ~ B. She
(not mind); she never liked that one. 17. I've left the light on. It (matter)? 18. He (not forget) to come. 19. He
(leave) in a few days. 20. I (remember) it. 21. If you drop that bottle it (break). 22. I never (forgive) him. 23.
I'm sure that you (like) him. 24. They (lay) the foundations next week. 25. You (see) a signpost at the end of
the road. 26. A. He has cut my hair too short. ~ B. Don't worry; it (grow) again very quickly. 27. You
(understand) when you are older. 28. The cat (scratch) you if you pull its tail. 29. I (be) back at 8.30. 30. If he
doesn't work hard he (not pass) his exam. 31. She (go) on a cruise next summer. 32. I (move) to anew flat next
week. 33. A. I am sorry that the child saw the accident. ~ B. I don't think it matters. He soon (forget) all about
it. 34. I (wait) here till he comes back. 35. He (not write) to you unless you write to him. 36. There (be) a big
meeting here tomorrow. 37. A. The fire has gone out! ~ B. So it has. I (go) and get some sticks. 38. A. Did you
remember to book seats? ~ B. Oh no, I forgot. I (telephone) for them now. 39. A. He has just been taken to
hospital with a broken leg. ~ B. I'm sorry to hear that. I (send) him some grapes. 40. I've hired a typewriter and
I (learn) to type. 41. I see that you have got a loom. You (do) some weaving?
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (present or future).
1. When he (return) I'll give him the key. 2. He'll be ready as soon as you (be). 3. I'll stay in bed till the
clock (strike) seven. 4. She will be delighted when she (hear) this. 5. When the laundry comes I (have)
some clean handkerchiefs. 6. I shan't buy tomatoes till the price (come) down. 7. Stay here till the lights
(turn) green. 8. When it (get) cold I'll light the fire. 9. The lift (not start) until you press that button. 10.
She'll have to behave better when she (go) to school. 11. When you look at yourself in the glass you (see)
what I mean. 12. He (be) here before you go. 13. I (lend) you my cassette recorder whenever you want it.
14. He (wake) up when we turn the lights on. 15. He (ring) us up when he arrives in England? 16. He will
wash up before he (go) to bed. 17. I won't come to London till the bus strike (be) over. 18. I (give) the
children their dinner before he (come) home. 19. They will be astonished when they (see) how slowly he
works. 20. I'll pay you when I (get) my cheque. 21. I (go) on doing it until he tells me to stop. 22. I'll buy
that house when I (have) enough money. 23. You (fall) rapidly through the air till your parachute opens.
24. We'll have to stay here till the tide (go) out. 25. When the Queen (arrive) the audience will stand up.
26. When the fog (lift) we'll be able to see where we are. 27. The refrigerator (go on) making that noise till
we have it repaired. 28. As soon as the holidays begin this beach (become) very crowded. 29. The car (not
move) till you take the brake off. 30. The alarm bell (go on) ringing till you press this button. 31. As soon
as she (learn) to type I'll get her a job. 32. Look before you (leap). 33. We (have) to stay on this desert
island till we can repair our boat. 34. Don't count on a salary increase before you actually (get) it. 35.
When winter (begin) the swallows will flyaway to a warmer country. 36 We can't make any decision till he
(arrive) here.
Read this paragraph. Find and correct seven mistakes in the use of the Future Continuous.
In the future robots will be perform more and more tasks for humans.
This will be having both positive and negative effects. On the one hand, while robots will be doing the boring
and dangerous jobs, humans will be devoting more time to interesting pursuits. In this way robots is going to
be making life a lot easier for humans. On the other hand, the widespread of robots is going create a lot of
future unemployment. People will loosing their jobs as robots fill their positions. And some robots could even
become dangerous. I’m afraid that in the not-too-distant future, robots will be operating nuclear power
stations! And before too long, robots are going to be fight in wars. Although, on second thought, that will be
better than humans killing each other!
II. Complete the sentences. Use the Future Perfect or the Future Perfect Continuous. Choose between
affirmative and negative.
1. By 2012, they (to buy) ____________________________ a new car.
2. By 2015, they (to live) ____________________________ in their own house for three years.
3. By Travis’s first birthday, Tom (to graduate) _______________________________
4. By 2017, (to attend) ___________________________________ school for four years.
5. By 2019, they (to buy) __________________________________ another car.
6. They (drive) ______________________________________ their old car for eight years by then.
7. By 2020, Linda (open) __________________________________ her business.
8. They (save) _________________________________________ for two years by 2020.
9. By retirement, the couple (accomplish) __________________________________ a lot.
Complete these predictions about the world in 2020 by putting the verbs in brackets either in the Future
Perfect or Future Continuous.
1. people (use) solar energy extensively
1. people (use) up all natural resources of oil
2. people (travel) into space on a regular basis
3. traditional farms (disappear)
4. many new galaxies (discover)
Comment on the use of the Future Indefinite, the Future Continuous, the Future Perfect and the Future
Perfect Continuous in the past.
1. He knew she would work at the library in the evenings.
He knew she would be working at the library at 9 in the morning.
He knew she would have done her work by 4 o’clock.
He knew she would have been working for some hours before he came to the library.
2. She said she would begin typing the article at 10 o’clock in the morning. The article is not long. She said
she would still be typing it at 11 o’clock; she would have been typing it for two hours by 12; and she
would have finished typing the article by 12:30.
Open the brackets and put the verbs into the correct form:
Angus Pym____________ (wake) up on the dot of six o’clock, as he always________(do), no matter where
he _________(be) or what he _________(do)_____________the previous day. His first thought was the
realization that he ________________still (wear) shirt and trousers, and when his eyes______________(fall)
on the reports piled up around him on the bed, the events of the previous evening_____________(come) back
to him. He________(go) to his club for supper, ____________just (finish) his steak
and______________(look) forward to a splendid turkey when his meal was rudely interrupted by a call from
M., his controller.
After an ice-cold shower, Pym _____________ (think) carefully about which suit to put on. He________
(see) M at nine o’clock that morning, and he ________(want) to make a good impression. Glancing at himself
in the mirror, he_____________ (notice) that he___________(put) on weight recently.
He______________(have) to pay more attention to his diet in the future.
An hour later, as he___________(drive) through the rush-hour traffic on his way to meet M, Pym
________________carefully(consider) the contents of the files. So Zircon, the organization which sought to
control the free western world, was back in business? Its founder, Leon Brown, was dead. Pym
______________ (know) this, because he _________________personally (arranged) his death. But
who_________________ (control) Zircon now? Doubtless M ______________ (tell) him.
Complete the text with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
I suppose that, in many ways, I (1) _______________ (be) lucky since the day I was born. I was born two
months premature and I was very ill, but somehow I (2) ____________ (survive). Then, when I was three, I
(3) __________ (fall) into a pond on a farm I (4) _______________ (stay) at. My mum (5) ____________
(go) into hospital for an operation and some friends (6) ___________ (look after) me at the time. Luckily, a
man (7) ____________ (work) near the pond and he (8) ____________ (pull) me out! Now I’m in my last
year at school and all my friends (9) ___________ (think) I’m very Lucky. For example, I (10) ___________
(win) money on the lottery four or five times and I usually (11) ________ (beat) everybody at cards.
I can’t say I’m very hard-working, but I (12) ______________ (do) well at exams – the right questions always
come up. I’m also Lucky in Love and I (13) ___________ (go out) with an amazing girl for the last six
months. I hope my Luck (14) ________________ (continue) in the future.
I (15) (take) my university entrance exams in the summer and as soon as I (16) ______________ (finish)
them, I (17) ___________ (travel) for a couple of months. Then, hopefully, I (18) ___________ (study)
architecture at university.
Take turns to say the sentences about your life using the time expressions below.
Example: I usually play basketball on Tuesday night.
usually, never, now, this weekend, last year, in the future, next year, in 19999, for three weeks, since, at ten
o’clock, twice a week, when, while, recently, for a year now.
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE
Put the following into the passive voice. The agent should not be mentioned except in numbers 11 and
28.
1. You should open the wine about three before you use it.
2. Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice.
3. Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.
4. We use this room only on special occasions.
5. You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission.
6. In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles.
7. Someone switched on a light and opened the door.
8. Somebody had slashed the picture with a knife.
9. They are pulling down the old theatre.
10. Why didn’t they mend the roof before it fell in?
11. The mob broke all the shop windows in recent riots.
12. The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning books.
13. The police asked each of us about his movements on the night of the crime.
14. Someone will serve refreshments.
15. People must not leave bicycles in the hall.
16. Members may keep books for three weeks. After that they must return them.
17. The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door.
18. I’ve bought a harp. They are delivering it this afternoon. (Do not change the first sentence)
19. Someone has already told him to report for duty at six.
20. They rang the church bells as a flood warning.
21. No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.
22. People are spending far more money on food now than they spent ten years ago.
23. The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month.
24. They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun.
25. It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child.
26. A thief stole my dog and brought him back only when I offered $20 reward for him.
27. The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine.
28. They make these artificial flowers of silk.
Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary.
1. They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day.
2. Who wrote it?
3. Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed.
4. He expected us to offer the job.
5. They showed her the easiest way to do it.
6. Lighting struck the old oak.
7. Titian couldn’t have painted it as people didn’t wear that style of dress till after his death.
8. A jellyfish stung her.
9. The author has written a special edition for children.
10. Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail-fever.
11. What did he write it with? ~
He wrote it with a matchstick dipped in blood.
12. An uneasy silence succeeded the shot.
13. Did the idea interest you?
14. The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle’s will.
15. Beavers make these dams.
16. They used to start these engines by hand. Now they start them by electricity.
17. Most people opposed this.
18. Students are doing a lot of the work.
19. The Prime Minister was to have opened the dry dock.
20. They recommended opening new factories in the depressed area. (Use should.)
21. The closure of the workshops will make a lot of men redundant.
22. Anyone with the smallest intelligence could understand these instructions.
23. We will not admit children under sixteen.
24. Boys of sixteen to eighteen are to man this training ship.
25. A rainstorm flooded the gypsies’ camp.
26. The howling of wolves kept him awake all night.
27. They suggested making the tests easier. (Use should.)
28. Children couldn’t have done all this damage.
PASSIVE TO ACTIVE
Turn the following sentences into the active voice. Where no agent is mentioned one must be supplied.
1. This speed limit is to be introduced gradually.
2. Why don’t you have your eyes tested? (... get an optician to ...)
3. The runways are being lengthened at all the main airports.
4. It is now 6 a.m. and at most of the hospitals in the country patients are being wakened with cups of tea.
5. Byron is said to have lived on vinegar and potatoes.
6. By tradition, any sturgeon that are caught by British ships must be offered to the Queen.
7. This notice has been altered.
8. The owners went away last March and since then their houseboat has been used continuously by
squatters. (Use a continuous tense and omit continuously).
9. The damaged ship was being towed into harbour when the towline broke.
10. Have a lift put in and then you won’t have to climb up all these stairs.
11. Last year a profit of two million pounds was made in the first six months but this was cancelled by a
loss of seventeen million pounds which was made in the second six months.
12. Evening dress will be worn.
13. The ship was put into quarantine and passengers and crew were forbidden to land.
14. Someone will have to be found to take her place.
15. He was made to surrender his passport.
16. This rumor must have been started by our opponents.
17. My paintings are to be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery.
18. This scientific theory has now been proved to be false.
19. The car which was blown over the cliff yesterday is to be salvaged today.
20. The house where the dead man was found is being guarded by the police to prevent it from being and
the interfered with.
21. Why wasn’t the car either locked or put into the garage?
22. It is being said that too little money is being spent by the government on roads.
23. Your money could be put to good use instead of being left idle in the bank.
Rewrite this newspaper report using passive structures when they are more suitable.
Museums used to be dull and dusty places. Then along came a man called Frank Gehry.
They awarded Frank Gehry, the architect of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Royal Gold Medal for
Architecture last week. People have called him a 17th century Baroque architect of the 21st century. His latest
building is the Experience Music Project in Seattle. He designed it to look like an electric guitar that someone
had melted. Not surprisingly, when they opened the building, someone labeled him the King of
Baroque’n’Roll.
Use the passive form of the verbs in the first set of parentheses to complete this report. Include the agent
only if absolutely necessary.
Modern Reader Newsletter
Do you know...?
Modern Reader (found) (A. J. Thompson) ten years ago.
At first it (print) (the printer) only in English.
Today it (publish) (the publisher) in three foreign-language editions.
It (read) (readers) in more than ten countries.
Since 2000, twenty new employees (hire) (our international offices)
Back at home, ten new computers (purchase) (the company) last month.
They (use) (our writers) to write our award-winning articles.
Modern Reader (advertise) (advertisers) all over the world.
Our editorial staff (interview) (Live at Ten TV) last month.
The interview (see) (millions of viewers).
Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in a suitable form, active or passive.
Virtual Reality Art
Examples of the new “virtual reality art” (1) ____________ (show) at the Inter Communication centre in
Tokio. “The Cave” (2) ____________ (build) at a cost of over $1 million. The viewer (3) _________ (put on)
special glasses and (4) ____________ (confront) by a wooden puppet. If the puppet (5) ___________ (move),
the three dimensional world (6) ___________ (twist) and (7) ___________ (turn). This moving world (8)
________________ (accompany) bay music and sounds. A similar exhibit (9) _________ (build) in the USA.
Computer graphics (10) _____________ (combine) with 3-D images WHCH (11) _________ (project) on the
walls and ceiling, and the viewer (12) ___________ (take) on a tour of what seems like another dimension. As
one expert (13) ________________ (point out) recently, the rise of the “Nintendo generation” (14)
______________ (cause) art and game cultures (15) ___________ (merge).
MODAL VERBS
Complete these paragraphs with can, could, or be able to. Choose between affirmative and negative.
1. Steve is enjoying his computer class. Two weeks ago, he __________ even use the mouse, but now he
__________ edit his homework. By next week, he ________ do research on the Internet.
2. Eleni misses her family in Greece. She __________ visit them for years, but they just got an e-mail account,
so now they _________ keep in touch daily.
3. I _________ understand how to set up a presentation. The software instructions do not help. I think I’ll take
a professional development course. In a few months maybe I __________ make that presentation.
4. Mike and I _________ get along since we started this business. He ________ work alone (he needs people),
and I __________ work in a group (I have to work alone). I hope we __________ work out our problem soon.
5. We have been looking for him for three hours, but we _____ not find him. 6. If you enter this room, you
____ see very interesting things.
Read this student’s journal. Find and correct seven mistakes in expressing ability.
Today in my Will B. Happy Teamwork course, I learned about work styles – “Drivers” and “Enthusiasts”. I’m
a driver, so I can make decisions, but I’m not able listen to other people’s ideas. The Enthusiast in our group
can communicates well, but you can’t depend on her. Now I understand what was happening in my business
class last year, when I couldn’t felt comfortable with my team. I thought that they all talked too much and
didn’t able to communicate efficiently. I could get an A for the course, but it was hard. I can do a lot more
alone, but some jobs are too big for that. Our instructor says that soon the Drivers will able to listen and the
Enthusiast could be more dependable.
Read these requests from Marcia’s boss and Marcia’s answers (in dark print). Find and correct the
mistakes in making and responding to requests.
From: Marcia Jones
To: John Sanchez
The meetings are going well but they have been extended a day. Could you call please Doug Rogers to try to
reschedule our sale meeting?
Not at all. I’ll do it right away.
We’ll need three extra copies of the monthly sales report. Would you ask Ann to take care of that?
Yes, I would. (Ann – Could you do this?)
I hate to ask, but would you mind to work on Saturday? We’ll need the exam time to go over the new
information I’ve got.
Sorry, but I couldn’t. My in-laws are coming for a visit. But Bob Lin says he can come in to the office to
help out.
One last thing. I was going to pick up those new business cards, but I won’t be back in time. Would you mind
doing that for me?
Yes, I would. I’ll stop at the printer’s during my lunch break.
Read this advice for job seekers. Complete it with the correct words.
Want or need a new job? When’s the best time to start looking? Right now!
You (ought to/‘d better not) delay, or you’ll start to feel ‘stuck’.
These tips will help:
A lot of people wait until after the holidays to look for a job. That means less competition for you right
now. You shouldn’t/ should wait!
Too busy at work to schedule interviews? Early morning interviews have fewer interruptions. You
should/‘d better ask for interviews before nine o’clock.
If you are laid off, you‘d better/ shouldn’t take a lower-paying job just to get work. If your new salary is
low, your employer won’t appreciate your skills. If possible, you‘d better not/ should ask for a salary that
matches your skills.
However, money isn’t everything! You ought to/’d better not take a position with a company you dislike,
or you won’t do a good job there.
Don’t talk about salary too soon. You‘d better/ shouldn’t wait – learn about the job and talk about your
skills first.
VI. Kim’s boss has invited him to dinner at his home. Complete Kim’s conversation with his friend. Use
should, ought to, or had better and the words in parentheses. Choose between affirmative and negative.
K: (how/ dress?) ___________________ In a suit?
S: You don’t have to wear a suit. (look/ neat) ________________ , but you can wear casual clothes.
K: (What time/ arrive?) ___________________
S: It’s really important to be on time. Your boss and his wife are expecting you at 7:00, so (arrive after 7:15)
___________________ . It’s OK to be a little late, but don’t male them wait too long for you!
K: (bring a gift?) _____________________
S: Yes, but get something small. (buy an expensive gift) _________________ . It would embarrass them.
K: (What/ buy?) _____________________
S: I think (get some flowers) ______________________.
Read this letter. Find and correct five mistakes in expressing advice.
Dear son,
We are so happy to hear about your new job. Congratulations! Just remember – you shouldn’t work too hard.
The most important thing right now is your schoolwork. Maybe you only oughta work two days a week
instead of three. Also, we think you’d better ask your boss for time off during exams. That way you’ll have
plenty of time to study. You would better give this a lot of careful thought, OK? Please take good care of
yourself. You’d not better start skipping meals, and you definitely shouldn’t worked at night. At your age, you
will better get a good night’s sleep. Do you need anything from home? Should we send any of your books? Let
us know:
With love,
Mom and Dad.
Translate the following sentences paying attention to the difference between the modal verbs may and
must.
1. What you tell me may be true. 2. There must be something wrong in it. 3. But you might not be speaking
the truth. 4. Something might turn up. One never knows. 5. The boy must be forty now. 6. “I can see you
must be very upset”, she said gently. 7. You must be imagining this. 8. I hope I may call on you again. 9.
Well, it must have been about ten. I can’t say exactly. It might have been later. 10. “This man must be mad”,
the traveler thought. 11. He must have gone back to town last night or early this morning. 12. The window
may have been left open after his departure. 13. There may be something missing. 14. You must be starving.
15. Much valuable time may have been lost.
Express past possibility by using may/might + have + Past Participle or must + have + Past Participle
according to the meaning:
1. Do you know if it rained in the mountains? 2. Margaret didn’t bring me the book. (to forget it).3. Do you
know if Mary arrived? 4. Do you know if the children saw that film? 5. The cake is not on the table. (the
boy/to eat it). 6. Do you know if Matthew learnt that poem by heart? 7. The little girl didn’t find her key. (to
lose it). 8. Do you know if that patient recovered? 9. Albert didn’t want to go to the cinema. (to see the film).
10. Our friends haven’t arrived yet. (to miss the train). 11. Do you know if the kids fell asleep? 12. The dog
raised its head. (to hear us). 13. Jack didn’t buy that car. (to be too expensive). 14. Do you know if the boy
won the match? 15. The old woman was very sad. (to hear the bad news). 16. His neighbour had a terrible
accident. (to fall asleep while driving his car). 17. The ball is no longer under the tree. (somebody/to take it).
18. Do you know if Jane bought a new umbrella?
Comment on the following sentences using might + Present/Perfect Infinitive to express reproach.
1. She doesn’t get up early. 2. You didn’t learn the lesson. 3. The boy didn’t greet the old woman. 4.
Mary doesn’t work hard. 5. You were not attentive. 6. You don’t hurry. 7. Father doesn’t give up smoking. 8.
You didn’t bring me my coat. 9. The sick man didn’t take that medicine. 10. My sister doesn’t lock the door.
Fill in the blanks with must or have to. Sometimes it is possible to use either:
1. The pupils in our primary school _____ wear uniforms. 2. If you want to get a good mark, you _______
work hard. 3. He couldn’t come here yesterday because he _______ repair his bicycle. 4. In Romania traffic
_______ keep to the right while in England it _________ keep to the left. 5. I am sure Tim will be punctual
because he _____ to catch the early train. 6. This girl _______ earn her living since she was fifteen. 7. If you
didn’t want to write your homework yesterday, you _______ write it today. 8. I don’t think we can play tennis
tomorrow. We ________ go shopping. 9. I know that he doesn’t like going to school, but he __________. 10.
As the manager was ill, we _________ postpone our meeting.
Fill in the blanks with mustn’t or don’t/doesn’t have to:
1. I tell you this secret but you _________ tell anybody about it. 2. We still have plenty of time so we
_______ hurry. 3. You ___________ cross the street till the traffic light is green. 4. I think your leg is broken.
You _______ move it. 5. We have enough bread, so you _______ go to buy any. 6. I may get up later on
because I __________ go to school today. 7. Granny is sleeping, so we ________ make any noise. 8. It isn’t
raining any longer, so you __________ take your umbrella. 9. Tom, you ___________ be late for school
again! 10. The weather is fine today, so we _________ put on our warm clothes. 11. You _________ stop your
car on the zebra crossing. 12. “Are you going to read that letter?” “No, I ___________ It’s not mine.” 13. We
___________ get up so early. The taxi will come at 8 o’clock. 14. She ___________ enter this building
without permission. 15. You __________ go to the theatre if you don’t want to.
Fill in the blanks with didn’t need to/needn’t have + Past Participle according to the meaning:
1. You _____________ (to tell) her that; you see she is crying now. 2. I ___________ (to knock) on the door
because it was already open. 3. She __________ (to take) a taxi because she still had a lot of time to get there.
4. We ___________ (to stop) here; the policeman has seen us. 5. I ____________ (to wait) long because they
came back home very quickly. 6. You ___________ (to pay) him so much money; it couldn’t be more than
five dollars. 7. We __________ (to water) the flowers because it had rained an hour before. 8. She
______________ (to stay) up so late; now she is very tired. 9. You ________________ (to mention) anything
about the child. Now she understands that we have discussed about him. 10. I ____________ (to show) my
identity card because he had recognized me.
SUBJUNCTIVE
Work on the model:
E.g. We go to school six days a week. (five days) = > I wish we went to school five days a week.
He bought an old car. (new) = > I wish he had bought a new car.
1. You know how to speak Italian. (Spanish, too) 2. He painted the walls blue. (white) 3. My application for
that job was rejected. (accepted) 4. She seldom goes to the theatre. (more often) 5. My father drinks very
much coffee. (less) 6. It was an expensive camera. (cheap) 7. Tom came to the party. (his wife, too). 8. Alice
is present. (her friend, too) 9. I arrived at work late this morning. (in time) 10. We have a small house. (big).
Use Past or Perfect Subjunctive after even if/ even though according to the meaning:
1. I wouldn’t to that even if she (to give) me a lot of money. 2. Even though they (to lend) him their new
dictionary, he couldn’t have translated such a difficult text. 3. Even if someone (to be) to leave me 10,000
pounds I would not be able to fulfil my lifelong ambition. 4. He wouldn’t have acted differently even if he (to
know) the real situation. 5. Angela wouldn’t marry this man even though he (to be) rich. 6. Even if Doris (to
come) here, she couldn’t help us. 7. I wouldn’t have told her the truth even though she (to ask) me to do that.
8. Even if he (to get up) earlier he wouldn’t have gone on the trip because of such bad weather. 9. Even
though you (not to tell) me anything I would realize that there something wrong with you. 10. I would
havevbought tickets even if I (to have) to stand in the queuevfor hours.
CONDITIONAL
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses: type I
1. If I see him I (give) him a lift. 2. The table will collapse if you (stand) on it. 3. If he (eat) all that he will be
ill. 4. If I find your passport I (telephone) you at once. 5. The police (arrest) him if they catch him. 6. If he
(read) in bad light he will ruin his eyes. 7. Someone (steal) your car if you leave it unlocked. 8. What will
happen if my parachute (not open)? 9. If he (wash) my car I’ll give him $10. 11. If she (need) a radio she can
borrow mine. 12. If you (not go) away I’ll send for the police. 13. I’ll be very angry if he (make) any more
mistakes. 14. If he (be) late we’ll go without him. 15. She will be absolutely furious if she (hear) about this.
16. If you put on the kettle I (make) the tea. 17. If you give my dog a bone he (bury) it at once. 18. If we leave
the car here it (not be) in anybody’s way. 19. He’ll be late for the train if he (not start) at once. 20. If you come
late they (not let) you in. 21. If he (go) on telling lies nobody will believe a word he says. 22. Unless he (sell)
more he won’t get much commission. 23. If I lend you $10 when you (repay) me? 24. We’ll have to move
upstairs if the river (rise) any higher. 25. If he (work) hard today can he have a holiday tomorrow? 26. Ice
(turn) to water if you heat it. 27. If the house (burn) down we can claim compensation. 28. If you (not like)
this one I’ll bring you another. 29. Unless you are more careful you (have) an accident. 30. Tell him to ring me
up if you (see) him. 31. If I tell you a secret, you (promise) not to tell it to anyone else? 32. If you (not believe)
what I say, ask your mother. 33. If he (like) the house will he buy it? 34. If you will kindly sit down I (make)
enquiries for you. 35. Unless I have a quiet room I (not be able) to do any work. 36. She won’t open the door
unless she (know) who it is. 37. Should you require anything else please (ring) the bell for the attendant.
1. John is seven foot tall => he had to have the doors in his house changed
he joined a basketball team at school
he had problems finding a date for a school disco
2. Jessica has been a world-class gymnast since she was 11
she suffers from spine problems
she is a famous person now
she is able to support her family financially.
Write about three things that you did or didn’t do, or that happened or didn’t happen to you in the past
and what the present consequences are. Use mixed conditional sentences.
Example: If I had started to play tennis when I was ten, I could be o champion now.
Complete the conditional sentences using a suitable form of the verbs in brackets.
1. If Fleming ______________ (not leave) bacteria in a dish, he wouldn’t have discovered penicillin. 2. Have
you seen your horoscope? I ___________ (not go) out this afternoon if I were you! 3. If you ____________
(not go out) in the rain, you wouldn’t have caught a cold. 4. Many athletes ________________ (not break)
records if they hadn’t used drugs. 5. Unless we control `doping`, the original spirit of the Olympics
____________ (disappear). 6. If you laid out flat the grey matter of a human brain, it _______________
(cover) an office desk! 7. If you have a headache, why ______________ you _____________ (not take) an
aspirin? 8. If farmers used the new types of plants, they ______________ (have) crops that can resist disease.
9. If plants were engineered in the right way, they ________ (have) the taste and consistency of meat – good
news for vegetarians! 10. If we had not bred from the wolf, the astonishing range of dogs _______________
(not exist).
Write sentences about what life would be like now if these things had not been invented or discovered.
Use mixed conditional sentences.
electric lightbulbs, a vaccine for cholera, printing, penicillin, the atomic bomb, computers, guns, the wheel,
cloning, cars
Example: If electric light bulbs hadn’t been invented, we would still have to use candles.
Complete these sentences saying what things would have happened in the past if the world was
different. Use mixed conditionals.
Example: If the Earth was covered by sea, humans would not have evolved.
1. If the Earth was covered by sea, ...
2. If humans had small brains, ...
3. If spaceships could travel at the speed of light, ...
4. If humans lived 200 years, ...
5. If there were intelligent robots, ...
Fill in the blanks with the Short or Long Infinitives of the verbs in brackets:
1. I wanted ____ home earlier. (to go). 2. She made me ______ that incident again. (to think of). 3. Our
friends are expected _____ this evening. (to arrive) 4. I’m sure they’ll be able ______ all the exercises. (to
do) 5. Would you like ______ with us? (to come) 6. Could you _____ this problem to me? ( to explain) 7.
They must _____ this poem by heart. (to learn) 8. She seems _____ the truth. (to know) 9. I told her _____
care of her new book. (to take) 10. When she was a pupil, she used ______ a uniform. (to wear) 11. Let me
_____ you something interesting. (to tell) 12. My brother happened _____ at home at that moment. (to be)
13. How dare she _____ such nonsense? (to talk) 14. They persuaded her ____ her leaving. (to postpone)
15. I refused _____ this question. (to answer) 16. I will help him ____ his luggage. (to carry) 17. As it was
rather late, I had _____ (to leave) 18. May I _____ to bed now? (to go) 19. I suggested to him _____ for
some minutes (to wait) 20. It is better _____ sure than sorry. (to be)
Paraphrase the following sentences using the Nominative + the Infinitive according to the model:
It seems that she knows you.
She seems to know you.
1. We know that she speaks three foreign languages. 2. It so happened that they all were absent. 3. Everybody
expected that the singer would sing his famous song. 4. It is believed that the thief stole a large sum of money.
5. It was said that you were fond of music. 6. We are certain that Tom managed to arrive there on time. 7. It
appears that you are right. 8. It was proved that she was lying to us. 9. It turned out that his grandmother was
the owner of that castle. 10. It is supposed that she knows many interesting things about that expedition.
Translate the following sentences containing the Accusative + the Infinitive into Romanian:
1. They wanted us to go there as soon as possible. 2. She imagined me to be ill. 3. They forbid you to call on
us. 4. I expect him to arrive here in a week’s time. 5. I will let you know about this matter when I get there.
6. She convinced me to join them on the trip. 7. Her funny hat always made me laugh. 8. They enabled us to
attend that famous man’s lecture. 9. I urged him to tell her the truth. 10. I’m sure you will manage to
persuade him to stay here one week longer. 11. It is necessary for them to buy all these books. 12. Why did
you oblige her to keep this secret for such a long time?
Replace the Infinitive by the Gerund according to the model: It is nice to swim – Swimming is nice.
1. It is comfortable to sit by the fireside. 2. It is unpleasant to sleep on the door. 3. It is difficult to do such
exercises. 4. It is illegal to drive without a license. 5. It is tiring to drive at night. 6. It is dangerous to climb
those rocks. 7. It is exciting to travel by plane. 8. It is expensive to eat in restaurants nowadays. 9. It is useful
to learn English. 10. It is enjoyable to eat fresh fruit.
From each pair of sentences make one sentence according to the model:
I was walking in the park. I was listening to the birds.
I was walking in the park listening to the birds.
1. The boy was running. He was looking back. 2. The children were sleeping. They were dreaming of
something nice. 3. I was singing. I was looking out of the window. 4. The soldiers were marching. They were
singing. 5. You were knocking at the door. You were thinking about the sick woman. 6. We were talking. We
were admiring the landscape. 7. Father was sitting in an armchair. He was reading the newspaper. 8. A man
was standing in front of our gate. He was looking at his watch. 9. I was driving my car. I was whistling an old
song. 10. We were translating the text. We were looking the new words up in a dictionary.
1. Because Peter lives far from school, he must get up very early. 2. Because Albert had read that book, he
could tell the story to his sister. 3. Because I am well again, I may leave the hospital today. 4. Because you
can speak English fluently, you can work as a guide for foreign tourists. 5. Because your sister was tired, she
went to bed. 6. Because mother didn’t finish cooking the dinner, she asked us to wait. 7. Because father
repaired the engine of our car, we could continue our trip. 8. Because I know her very well, I expect her to
apologize for what she did. 9. Because granny lost her glasses, she couldn’t watch TV. 10. Because we didn’t
write our homework, we got a bad mark.
From each pair of sentences make one sentence according to the model:
The money is on the table. It has been found by my sister.
The money found by my sister is on the table.
1. The cakes are very good. They were made by my sister. 2. The compositions are very interesting. They
were written by my classmates. 3. The toy-horse is very nice. It was bought by Matthew. 4. The portraits are
very expensive. They were painted by John. 5. These exercises contained many mistakes. They were done by
my cousin. 6. Nick showed me a car. I had been bought three days before. 7. We’ll apply a new method. It
was invented by a friend of mine. 8. The solutions are very good. They are suggested by our teacher. 9. These
books are boring. They were read by us. 10. The albums are very expensive. They were printed in our town.
Fill in the blanks with the Past Participle of the verbs in brackets. Translate the sentences into
Romanian:
1. Have you ever ________ (to see) such a strange thing before? 2. My friend said that she had ________ (to
buy) tickets for that show. 3. By 7 o’clock we will have __________ (to finish) our homework. 4. This house
was ______ (to build) in 1980. 5. All the people __________ (to mention) had to leave the room. 6. America
was _________ (to discover) in 1492. 7. I wished they had ___________ (to arrive) there before us. 8. But
for the fog, we could have ____________ (to reach) the village in less than two hours. 9. __________ (to
scare) by the dogs, the boys started to cry. 10. I explained to my sister that I would give her that book after I
had ____________ (to read) it.
MODAL WORDS
Point out the modal words and define their meaning. Translate the sentences.
1. Manson's nature was extraordinarily intense. Probably he derived this from his mother... 2. You come
quickly to a resolution, Mr. Racksole. But perhaps you have been considering this question for .a long .time?
3. Certainly it was astonishing that, she should be… preoccupied with her schemes for the welfare of
Constance... 4. Unhappily a terrible storm broke out before the travellers had reached the place of their
destination. 5. Evidently she treated this experienced and sad woman of fifty as a young girl. 6. Fortunately
there were few people at the morning surgery. 7. Silly, silly Phillip! Of course, it would have been different if
they had married; he would naturally have taken it [the money]. 8. He became conscious of something very
near him; indeed, nearly above his head.
THE INTERJECTION
Point out all the interjections and say whether they are emotional or imperative.
1. "The Boers are a hard nut to crack, uncle James." "Hum!" muttered James. "Where do you get your
information? Nobody tells." 2. "Oh! My eye!" he said looking very lowspirited, "I am sorry for that." 3. "Good
Lord!" said Fleur. "Am I only twenty-one? I feel forty-eight." 4. "Good Heavens!" cried my mother, "you'll
drive me mad!" 5. Heavens! How dull you are! 6. "Oh, Karen," he said, "it's good to have you around!" 7.
Alas! The white house was empty and there was a bill in the window. 8. A man jumped on top of the barricade
and, waving exuberantly, shouted: "Americans! Hurrah." 9. Hallo, Michael I'm rather late; been to the club and
walked home. 10. Ah! You are both of you good-natured. (Sheridan) 11. "Hark!" cried Dodger at this moment,
"I heard the tinkle," catching up the light, he crept softly upstairs. 12. "Who is that?" she cried. "Hush, hush!"
said one of the women, stooping over her... 13. Well, I don't like those mysterious little pleasure trips that he is
so fond of taking. 14. Now, Maria, here is a character to your taste... 15. Here! I've had enough of this. I'm
going.
THE PREPOSITION
Complete each sentence using the most suitable prepositions. Sometimes more than one answer is
possible: in; inside; into; off; on; onto; out of; outside
1. The cat jumped... the roof of the car. 2. There is a taxi rank just... the railway station. 3. I saw nobody... the
room. 4. Tom fell ... the ladder when he was trying to pick up some apples. 5. Kerry came... the house, got...
her car and drove away. 6. My sister usually goes to school... the bus. 7. Wait a little ...: the story is on the...
pages of the newspaper. 8. The car ran... the wall. 9. Fish can't live... the water. 10. The ship is anchored a
mile... the coast.
Complete the sentences using the prepositions during, for or in. Sometimes more than one answer is
possible:
1. We waited in the rain... almost half an hour. 2. People couldn't get cigarettes... the war. 3. I saw several
plays... my stay in London. 4. Yesterday it rained... four hours. 5. Mike is going to leave the town... a few
days. 6. Our manager will be in Boston... the next five days. 7. Jack broke his leg... the match. 8. They were in
Paris... two weeks last summer. 9. You can walk from this place to the town centre... a quarter of an hour. 10.
We are meeting ... a week's time.
THE CONJUNCTION
Point out all the coordinating conjunctions and define the group each belongs to.
1. The stranger had not gone far, as he went after him to ask the name. 2. Be quick, or it may be too late. 3. …
real accuracy and purity she neither possessed, nor any number of years would acquire. 4. Mrs. Septimus
Small let fall no word, neither did she question June about him. 5. The river was not high, so there was not
more than a two or three mile current. 6. It seemed to him that he could contrive to secure for her the full
benefit of both his life insurance and his fire insurance... 7. Karl is solid and extremely certain of himself,
while Joseph on the other hand, though no less certain of himself, is a good deal less solid. 8. He could see no
one, and he began to believe that either his instinct had deceived him, or else that the shadowing was over. 9.
But for a long time we did not see any lights, nor did we see the share, but rowed steadily in the dark riding
with the waves.
THE PARTICLE
Point out the particles and define the group each belongs to.
1. It is just because I want to save my soul that I am marrying for money. 2. Rosa feared this power, but she
enjoyed it too. 3. Oh, doctor, do you think there is any chance? Can she possibly survive this last terrible
complication? 4. We merely want to see the girl and take her away. 5. I shall also try to be there at ten. 6.
Don’t come any nearer. You’re at just the right distance. 7. He had taken up with it solely because he was
starving. 8. Just then the telephone rang. 9. He needed the peculiar sympathy that a woman alone can give. 10.
She ought to have written at once and told him exactly what had happened. 11. I think he’s been a simply
perfect father, so long as I can remember. 12. They did not even look at him.
SYNTAX
THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
KINDS OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
1. Define the kinds of sentences according to the purpose of the utterance.
A. Presently, looking along the road, she [Kezia] saw two little dots. Now she could see that they were, the
Kelveys... “Hello,” she said to the passing Kelveys. “You can come and see our doll’s house if you want
to” . . .But at that Lil turned red and shook her head quickly. “Why not?” asked Kezia. Lil gasped, then she
said, “Your ma told our ma you wasn’t to speak to us.”— “Oh, well,” said Kezia. She didn’t know what to
reply. “It doesn’t matter… Come on. Nobody’s looking. ... Don’t you want to?” asked Kezia... Kezia led the
way. Like two little stray cats they followed across the courtyard to where the doll’s house stood “I’ll open it
for you,” said Kezia kindly. She undid the hook and they looked inside. “There’s the drawing-room and the
dining-room and that’s the —Kezia!” Oh, what a start they gave! It was Aunt Beryl’s voice. “Run away,
children, run away at once.” (Mansfield).
B. Laura was terribly nervous. Tossing the velvet ribbon over her shoulder, she said to a woman standing by
“Is this Mrs. Scott’s house?” and the woman smiling queerly, said “It is my lass”. “Oh, to be away from this!”
She actually said “Help me God!” as she walked up the tiny path and knocked. To be away from these staring
eyes, or to be covered in anything, one of those women’s shawls even! I’ll just have the basket and go, she
decided. I shan't even wait for it to be emptied. Then the door opened. A little woman in black showed in the
gloom. Laura said, "Are you Mrs. Scott?" But to her horror the woman answered, “Walk in, please, miss," and
she was shut in the passage. "No," said Laura, "I don't want to come in. I only want to leave this basket." The
little woman in the gloomy passage seemed not to hear her. "Step this way, please, miss," she said in an oily
voice, and Laura followed her.
2. Point out one-member and two-member sentences. Say a) if they are extended or unextended, b) if
the two-member sentences are complete or incomplete.
A. 1. Ben closed his eyes to think clearly for a moment. 2. “Two cups of coffee, please,... young Flynn timidly
ordered. “What else do you want?” — “Jam turnover”. (Coppard). 3. “Why did you leave her [baby] in that
mill?” — “Out of the rain.” — “In her pram?” — “Naturally. She’s asleep.” ...The mystery was awful and
complete. Abandoned perambulator! Total disappearance of a baby! Horror! Martyrdom! Death! (Bennett). 4.
Scene I — A room in Harley Street furnished as the Superintendent’s Office in a Nursing Home. (Berkeley).
B. 1. He stared amazed at the calmness of her answer. 2. We must go to meet the bus. Wouldn't do to miss it.
3. Obedient little trees, fulfilling their duty. 4. Lucretius knew very little about was going on in the world.
Lived like a mole in a burrow. Lived on his own fat like a bear in winter. 5. He wants to write a play for me.
One act. One man. Decides to commit suicide. 6. A beautiful day, quite warm. 7. “What do you want?”
“Bandages, stuff for wounded”. 8. “How did he look?” “Grey but otherwise much the same” “And the
daughter?” “Pretty”. 9. And the silence and the beauty of this camp at night. The stars. The mystic shadow
water. The wonder and glory of all this. 10. “I’ll see nobody for half an hour, Macey,” said the boss.
“Understand. Nobody at all.” 11. “Mother, a man’s been killed.” “Not in the garden?” interrupted her
mother. Garden at the manor house. A flight of grey stone steps leads up to the house. The garden, an old
fashioned one, full of roses. Time of year, July. Basket, chairs, and a table covered with books, are set under
a large yew tree.
KINDS OF QUESTIONS
3. Define the type of question.
1. Lady Bracknell: Where did the charitable gentleman . . . find you?
2. Gwendolen: How long do you remain in town?
3. Jack: What on earth are you so amused at?
4. Algernon: Do you really keep a diary?
5. Gwendolen: I may call you Cecily, may I not? — Cecily: With pleasure! — Gwendolen: And you will
always call me Gwendolen, won’t you?—Cecily: If you wish. — Gwendolen: Then that is quite settled, is it
not? (Wilde).
6. “Won’t you sit down?” said Josephine. (Mansfield).
7. “There’s no point in my seeing your people, is there?” (Berkeley).
8. Is the poem “The Cloud” written by Shelley or by Byron?
4. Make up sentences of different types (declarative, imperative, exclamatory, all kinds of interrogative
sentences) using the given words.
1. of, have, the, map, a, at, look, England.
2. be seen, England’s, the, may, cliffs, mainland, white, from.
3. sea, far, London, from, is, the?
4. close, aren’t, the, Wales, are, they, mountains, sea, to, in, the, quite.
5. weather, how, the, beautiful, is, calm, in, sea!
6. ancient, this, lose, of, post-card, don’t, picture, castle, an.
7. is, a, landscape, this, picturesque, what!
8. centuries, invaded, the, what, in, tribes, Britain, V—VI?
9. the, did, the or, Anglo-Saxons, win, the,’ of, battle, Hastings, Normans?
10. survives, the, in, Celt, language, of, some, Scotland, parts, and, Ireland.
5. Ask questions to which the parts of the sentences or the whole of the sentences given in bold type are
the answers.
1. The first settlers in Britain belonged to the Celtic tribes. 2. The actual conquest of Britain by Rome did
not take place before the 1st century of our era. (general, disjunctive). 3. We do not know the details of
the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. (general, disjunctive). 4. Numerous patients come to Bath to keep up
health. 5. For those who seek a boisterous holiday Devonshire provides everything that could be wished
for: golf, bathing, excursions, and trips. 6. Windsor Castle has been the home of English kings for nine
hundred years. 7. The Castle stands upon a hill commanding the River Thames. 8. It is impossible to live
anywhere in Britain far from the sea. (general, disjunctive). 9. In the month of August numerous yachting
regattas may be seen near the Isle of White. 10. We shall see the highest tide if we come to the shore in full
moon. 11. There are numerous kinds of strange seaweeds in the sea. (general, disjunctive). 12. Man has
fished from earliest times. (general, disjunctive). 13. Although rather close to London, Epping Forest is the
home of such wild creatures as foxes and deer. 14. The journey from London to the sea-shore does not
take more than an hour. (general, disjunctive). 15. Hastings has a high reputation in the world of music by
reason of its annual Festival.
8. State with what meaning the pronouns one, we, you, they are used in the function of the subject.
Translate the sentences.
1. One must spare other people’s feelings.
2. You cannot do different kind of work at a time.
3. We often see other people’s faults without seeing our own.
4. They say the weather will change soon.
5. We rather say “It’s me”, not “It’s I”
6. One should be careful when swimming in an unknown river.
THE PREDICATE
11. State the kind of the predicate.
1. “Are you a Devonshire girl?” (Galsworthy). 2. That night he slept like a top ... (Galsworthy). 3. The little
boy was silent. (Galsworthy). 4. “1 can skin rabbits.” (Galsworthy). 5. “... I went on holding his cold hands.”
(Du Maurier). 6. The mast began to shiver, began to crack. (Du Maurier). 7. “It seems so odd to us (Du
Maurier). 8. “... I couldn’t help walking with my shoulders bent.” (Greene). 9. The two guards looked at me ...
(Greene). 10. 1 had a drink of brandy. (Greene). 11. His father might be dead. 12. On the first of October he
was able to tell her to refurnish the house. (Cronin). 13. You weren’t allowed to retreat. (Aldington). 14. The
signal officer made a face. (Aldington). 15. We don’t have the same trouble.. 16. Gerald: I don’t understand
you now. (Wilde).
B. Find in an English text sentences containing different kinds of the predicate.
13. Point out the link-verb of the compound nominal predicate. Translate the sentences.
1. He looked pale and tired. ( Mauriec). 2. “He smokes one hundred and fifty pipes every day.” —“That
sounds a lot”. (Greene). 3. “What is Diolaction?” I said. “It sounds like condensed milk.” (Greene). 4. He
looked puzzled and suspicious. (Greene). 5. Please, keep quiet. 6. Arguments proved useless — the old man
was impla cab ... (Cronin). 7. It was growing twilight. (Bates). 8. Davidson looked scared, and his yellow
drawn face went paler. (Aldington). 9. That peaceful sky hung arched over a desperate death- struggle of the
nations. 10. This excess of caution seemed positively lunatic to troops coming straight from the front line ...
Aldington). 11. Her mind was really getting muddled. (O’Casey). 12 Her lips quivered as she sat silent.
(O’Casey). 13. He felt very conscious now ... 14. With this effort from his neck he passed out again, and this
time into the furious black pain that seemed to last too long, although he remained half aware of it. 15. The
blanched skin was slowly turning pink.
14. Insert the appropriate link-verbs (to look, to feel to be, to go, to stand, to break, to get, to seem, to
grow to become)
1. I ___________ very lonely myself sometimes. 2. He landed perfectly and while the hound ___________
baffled flung him self at his hind-quarters... 3. The he was frightened: she __________ so pale. 4. Her short,
red-brown hair had — wildly loose. 5. Something horrible might happen ... and the money be snatched from
her very lingers. Oh, she would _________ mad then! 6. He _________ very short. 7. Looking round the
restaurant she _____________ sure that no other woman there ... had as much as thirty pounds in her handbag.
8. Returning home in the afternoon she __________ conscious of her own betraying radiance. 9. Repton
shrugged his shoulders, but he _________ happier. 10. She ___________ limp with her suppressed fear. 11. I
_________ ten”, replied the flustered boy.
15. Point out the predicative and state what it is expressed by.
1. “... Now the only thing to do is to admit the error.” 2. My hand was hot, damp. (Du Maurier). 3. He’s a
sticky sort of chap. (Pu Maurier). 4. The air was full of thunder. (Pu Manner). 5. I hope Dominguez is well?”
(Greene). 6. “1 was asleep at first, and then I didn’t want to be disturbed. But I am disturbed, so come in,”
(Greene). 7. Phuong had probably only shown the letter as a kind of boast — it wasn’t a sign of mistrust.
(Greene). 8. “She’s no child. She’s tougher than you’ll ever be”. (Greene). 9. “Don’t be an old stay-at-home
(Cronin). 10. All morning he was in a mood of high satisfaction. 11. They were wider apart than before.
(Cronin). 12. “That’s all,” he said. (Pu Manlier) 13. It was all gone; and he was forty-three. 14. He felt for a
bunch of keys in his pocket. (Bates). 15. 1 felt physically sick. It was a long time since I had received a letter
from my wife. I ... could feel her pain in every line. (Greene).
16. Comment on the use and the meaning of the given verb in the sentences of every group. Translate
the sentences.
to turn 1. M Macphail bent down ... and turned the body over. 2. The metallic blonde at the next table turned
to her companion with a smile of amusement. 3. She wants to turn over a new leaf. 4. Andrew turned giddy.
to give 1. ‘Why didn’t you give it [the telegram] to me?” 2. The girl gave a little gasp.
to cease 1. The dog has ceased barking. 2. The minis ceased.
will 1. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. 2. “She was so experienced in a boat”.
— “Yes, Frith ... But accidents will happen 3. Will you pass me the bread, please? 4. “... The jury will believe
that at the inquest too. Phillips will tell them so.”
shall 1. I shall be of age next year. 2. Shall I write? Shall he help you? 3. Do have a short rest! You shall fall ill
if you go on working like that.
to fall 1. At last they the dogs fell on each other with terrible fury... 2. Dr. Macphail did not answer, and
presently he fell asleep. 3. But soon he fell into a walk, then ran, and then walked again. 4. Ben fell back
clumsily on to the two- inch coral edge of the water-line.
to keep 1. I hid the paper under the cushion of the chair ... But I could not keep the morning editions from
him. 2. He kept very still, and when he breathed out he kept the valve well into the coral behind him so that
the air bubbles ... did not frighten them [sharks] off. 3. The perpetual harassing fire had kept him on the alert
day and night.
B) Find in an English text:
1) examples with the verb to be used a) as a notional verb in the function of a simple predicate, b) as an
auxiliary verb, c) as a link-verb, d) with a modal meaning;
2) four examples with the verb to have used a) as a notional verb in the function of a simple predicate, b) as
part of a phraseological unit, c) as an auxiliary verb, d) with a modal meaning;
3) four examples with the verb to do used a) as a notional verb, b) as an auxiliary verb, c) to emphasize the
meaning of the notional verb; d) as a verb-substitute;
4) examples with the verbs to come, to turn, to get, to feel, to keep, to grow, to look, to sound. a) as notional
verbs, b) as link-verbs.
19. Comment on the use of the predicate-verb in the singular or in the plural.
1.... His people in Oughterard were written to. (Joyce). 2. After all it was his own fifty pounds ... 3. Yes, the
newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. (Joyce). 4. There stand three young men ... (Shaw).
5. The fleet drops behind ... (Shaw). 6. We found that the band had arrived, and were standing about in the hall
rather pink in the face. ... The band were to be our guests for the night, and after we had welcomed them ..., the
band were borne off to their quarters ... (Du Maurier). 7. Mr. Murdstone and I were soon off. (Dickens). 8.
Before Brodie could speak he added: How are all the family?” (Cronin). 9. “The Mungo Clothing Company
have taken the, shop next door to your husband (Cronin). 10: “Oh, you [the unemployed] weren’t to have been
paid. The North East [Company] never pay their crowds.” (Mansfield).
22. A. Point out the object; define the kind of the object.
I. Read it! Read it to everybody! She used to read to rue while I was working. 2. Write this word! Write a few
words to them! Write to him, he will be so glad to hear from you. 3. Sing a song! She sang some old Irish
songs to the grateful listeners. Won’t you sing to us?
B. Insert the preposition to where necessary.
1. Explain ____ me how to do it. 2. My sister related ____ me all that had happened. 3. 1 often lend my
dictionary ____ my friend. 4. He can prove this ____ everybody any moment. 5. He did not suggest ____ them
that they should do it. 8. Describe ____ us all the details of the accident. 7. The author dedicated ____ the
memory of his parents all the poems collected in the book. 8. These poems are ascribed ____ the pen of a
young and gifted poet. 9. He introduced ____ his aunt all his young friends. 10. Can you lend ____ me your
raincoat, please? 11. Has the doctor prescribed ____ you any new medicine? 12. We sent ____ her a basket of
beautiful flowers. 13. Don’t send the money ____ me, send it ____ your grandmother. 14. Give it ____ me.
23. A. Make up sentences with the verbs which may have two direct objects (to ask, to answer, to envy, to
forgive, to strike, to excuse, to teach).
B. Complete the following sentences (add a cognate object, using it with the attribute given in brackets).
1. The young man died ... (of a hero)
2. The old man sighed ... (deep).
3. He has lived ... (long and interesting).
4. After the excursion we all slept ... (sound).
5. Listening to the funny story he laughed ... (hearty).
6. Looking at the baby the mother smiled ... (happy).
7. He struck his enemy ... (deadly).
8. The troops won ... (glorious).
25. Ask a question on the prepositional object and its attribute, if any, as in the model.
Model: I am greatly interested in this problem.
What are you interested in? What problem are you interested in?
1. A symphony usually consists of four parts.
2. This collection of stamps belongs to my friend.
3. My decision depends on the state of my health.
4. My parents objected to my buying a motorcycle.
5. The reporter referred to our professor’s works.
6. Everybody spoke of the talented pianist.
7. The newspapers commented upon the proceedings of the conference of physicists.
8. They agreed upon the terms of the contract.
9. The students listened with great interest to the lecture on the international situation.
10. We were waiting for the 5.30 train.
11. The dean sent for the monitor of our group.
12. I looked for my green bag everywhere.
26. Point out the complex object. State what components the complex object consists of. Translate the
sentences.
1. Sun didn’t mind people not noticing him — much.. (Mansfield). 2. And then, as by a miracle, the pigmy
chest, which his hands enclosed, gave a short convulsive heave ... it almost made him faint. (Cronin). 3. We’ve
dreamed of him succeeding old Palmerston as the Head of the Government—brought to the highest position in
the country by us. (Berkeley). 4. She heard him absolutely roaring. “And do you expect me to pay for this
gimcrack excursion of yours?” 5. “Buried. You two girls had me buried” She heard his stick thumping. 6 He
did not want anybody to know, 7. …You know that she took offence at the poor dear boy’s ever being born.
(Dickens). 8. “I will not sit here and hear such comparisons made.” With that she stalked out, and made the
door bang after her. (Dickens). 9. I shan’t even wait for it to be emptied. (Mansfield). 10. “I only say”, he
resumed, ... “that I disapprove of your preferring such company as Mistress Peggotty”. (Dickens).
27. A. Insert a verb suitable to be followed by a complex object (to insist, to make, to keep, find, to wait,
to hear, to want, to expect, to see, to let, to get).
1. Nothing will ________ me believe it was true. 2. I ________ him laughing loudly. 3. The father ________
his son to be an educated man. 4. I shall never be able to ______ my packing done by myself. 5. I am not
going _______ you go home alone so late at night. 6. We _______ them cross the bridge. 7. We ______ him to
come soon. 8. The public were ________ for the curtain to rise 9. He ________ them walking along a shady
alley. 10. I didn’t intend to ______ you waiting. 11. They _______ on my writing another letter.
B. Complete the sentences giving the second element of the complex object.
1. 1 must have my hair … 2. Nobody expected you ... 3. We shall get your luggage... 4. He waited for us ... 5.
You can’t rely on his … 6. She watched the swallows ... 7. I suppose it ... 8. She considered herself ... 9. We
were surprised at your…
THE ATTRIBUTE
30. Point out the attribute and say what it is expressed by.
1. “Perhaps one day you will have a reason for writing about it”. (Greene). 2. Horn made him a sign to come
on to the veranda. 3. “We used to have a very good horse and trap at home,” said Aunt Julia sadly “The never-
to- be -forgotten Johnny” said Mary Jane, laughing (Joyce) 4. They were strangers; they couldn’t be expected
to understand that father was the very last person for such a thing to happen to. (Mansfield). 5. On another
occasion ... the same dear baby ... was the innocent occasion of Miss Murdstone’s going into a passion.
(Dickens). 6. ... he realised suddenly ... that it wasn’t fear of being caught that worried Davy but fear of being
left alone. 7. That night in the surgery there were three patients, two of whom paid him the three and six penny
fee... He had, in his first day’s practice, earned the sum of ten and six, (Cronin). 8. She looked at me ... with
the slightest possible content — a “fancy-not-recognising-that-at-the-first glance” expression. (Mansfield). 9.
And Bertha smiled with that little air of proprietorship that she always assumed while her women friends were
new and mysterious. (Mansfield). 10. I think I come across the same idea in a little French review quite
unknown in England. 11. She was a well made woman of about fifty ... She had the look of a woman well-fed,
well-taken-care-of ... (Cronin). 14. Geoffrey Chaucer, the first great English humorist tells tales out of an
artist’s sheer love of story telling. (Delmer). 15. Bennett was the first to realize that the grey-skied region,
known as the Potteries, contained excellent “copy” for a series of novels. (Delmer). 16. They must have a roof
to cover them, a house to shelter them ... (Cronin).
31. Place the attributes in the proper order in relation to the noun they modify.
Model: a hut, wooden, small — a small wooden hut
1. A man — handsome, grey-haired; 2. a building — ancient, dilapidated; 3. a woman — sick, old; 4. an alley
— shady, broad; 5. a girl — little, thin, with big eyes; 6. a plant — tropical, fragrant; 7. a cliff — lonely, about
20 feet high; 8. baby — two-year- old, charming, this; 9. cousins — his, both; 10. a leaf — faded, oak; 11. a
plaid — checked, Scotch, woollen; 12. music — sweet, exquisite, but quite unfamiliar to the listeners; 13. the
pianist — talented, admired by the public; 14. a report — made by our professor, interesting, on modern
English writers; 15. photo — taken about 10 years ago, my schoolfellow’s; 16. a lady—German, middle- aged,
stout; 17. cap— favourite, my, old; 18. spectacles—old, my, in an old leather case; 19. a doctor— very
experienced, well- known; 20. a story — told by a friend of mine, interesting.
32. Ask questions on the attributes in bold type. (The interrogative words for use: what, which, whose,
what kind of, what sort of, how much, how many).
1. He is a conscientious student. 2. Bus number 2 will take you as far as the Opera House. 3. This is a book
on architecture. 4. Cold winds blow from the North. 5. This is my brother’s tennis racket. To play tennis we
must have four balls. 6. He drinks very much milk. 7. Give me the book on the left. 8. He lives in that house
at the corner of the street. 9. They live in a new house of modern construction. 10. There are ten students
in our group. 11. The meeting will take place in room 32. 12. You mustn’t lift heavy things. 13. I like salt
biscuits. 14. I’ll go by the 3.30 train. 15. My friend spent two years in the North. 16. He delivered an
interesting lecture. 17. Your brother is a most amusing companion. 18. She had a tiny brown spaniel puppy
in her arms. 19. An old orchard of apple-trees stretched down to a stream.
33. A. Point out the attribute. State what it is expressed by. Translate the sentences.
1. There was nothing to say. 2. She was the first to help me. 3. I have a lot of things to see to. 4. There is
nothing more to be done. 5. I have no intention to follow them. 6. Scientists from different countries will be
present at the conference shortly to open in our city. 7. I hope to attend all the lectures to be delivered on this
subject. 8. There is not a second to be lost.
B. Find in an English text
sentences including an attribute expressed by 1) an adjective, 2) a pronoun, 3) a numeral (cardinal or ordinal),
4) a noun a) in the common case, b) in the genitive case, 5) a prepositional phrase, 6) an adverb, 7) Participle I
or II or a participial phrase, 8) a prepositional gerundial phrase or a prepositional construction, 9) an infinitive,
an infinitive phrase or an infinitive construction, 10) a quotation group.
34. A. Make up sentences with detached attributes using the given words.
Model: — dismal cave, dark and cold.
We found ourselves in a dismal cave, dark and cold.
1. — big man, broad-shouldered and heavy.
2. — nice young girl, very graceful and elegantly dressed.
3. — unknown lane, long and narrow.
4. — modern building, built of glass and concrete.
5. — nice room, light and clean.
6. — small kitchen, cosy and tidy.
B. Make up sentences, using the following words and phrases as detached attributes.
rather high-flown; terrified by the accident; sick and tired; greatly surprised, quite depressed; fresh and jolly
usually so considerate (of) ...; engaged in his work.
35. A. Point out the close and the loose apposition.
1. Maidenhead, a river resort, is on one of the River Thames... 2. The town of Windsor is a typically English
town. (“Britain”) 2. William Langland, the humanitarian poet of the 14th century, deeply felt the social evils
he saw around him. 3. Side by side with Langland lived another great English reformer, John Wycliff, one of
the intellectual forces of the 14th century. 3. The poet Pope was Shakespeare’s second editor. 4. Jerome K.
Jerome set England laughing ... with a farcial but exceedingly well- written story “Three Men in a Boat”. 5.
The well known personage Sam Weller was Mr. Pickwick’s witty, light-hearted, shrewd and faithful servant, a
kind of Cockney Sancho Panza. 6. That is his father, Sir Robert, a perfectly honest old cavalier. (Chesterton).
37. Point out the adverbial modifiers and state their kinds:
1. A long, soft ripple of wind flowed over the corn...
2. Yesterday I passed by an elm avenue...
3. ...the gardeners were busily potting out spring flowers.
4. The lines of the mountains were sharply defined against the profound blue.
5. Winter set in early and unexpectedly with a heavy fall of snow.
6. I quite understand you.
7. I was stiff with long sitting, and bewildered with the noise and motion of the coach...
8. The rest of the conversation is not important enough to be here related.
9. In case of your absence I shall leave you a note.
10. Even Miriam laughed in spite of herself.
11. Before switching on the electric light he pulled down the blind and drew the heavy curtain across the
window.
12. She could run like an Amazon.
13. The gale had freshened since noon... and now blew with the strength of a hurricane...
14. She told me we must part, and told me why ...
15. I was completely happy.
16. “You’ve been working too hard lately.”
17. He stood still a long while, surveying the hillside.
18. Martin talked for fifteen minutes with him...
19. By this time it was getting dark and snowing pretty heavily.
20. The stars were very bright.
21. “I think it’s pretty easy, Nick.”
22. I entirely agree with you.
23. Notwithstanding the cold weather, Henry Bosman’s face glowed like the heater in his chambers...
24. They were walking eastward.
25. The door was not fastened within...
26. “We shall be friends in spite of separation...”
27. Outside it was getting dark.
28. Dessie stopped for a moment to ease her back.
29. He moved down the stream a few steps...
30. I flushed simply from being spoken to ...
31. Around them, in the alder clumps, the primroses grew in great profusion.
32. She strained her ears to catch the words.
33. Mrs. Pratt had driven to Winster to see her mother...
34. She walked briskly.
35. The sky had partly cleared, but was very gloomy ...
36. Mauki no longer weighs one hundred and ten pounds.
37. He therefore gave his horsemen orders to advance.
38. He was now a hundred yards from the water...
39. The unexpected offer of shelter was too unexpected to be resisted.
40. Once more he passed my table without stopping.
41. It was very interesting to me to see them together not only on account of their mutual affection, but
because of the strong personal resemblance between them ...
42. Ben was too busy to hear him now...
43. She started the car, and, ... drove at full speed.
44. Being asked to sit down he laid his hat and stick on the table...
45. I thought I should sleep well being tired; but I didn’t.
46. He stood on the porch sunning himself.
47. When dressed, I sat a long time by the window.
48. I did as requested.
49. Nobody spoke unless spoken to...
50. He is extremely well read though very young.
51. If necessary, I shall come tomorrow.
52. Little bare-legged children ran about him, playing on the grass.
38. Insert the adverbial modifier in the appropriate place. (Give more than one variants if possible).
1. It will be raining hard (soon). 2. The climate has been damp (always, in these parts). 3. It rains in autumn
(usually). 4. There is no deep river, except the Tamar (on the southern coast of England). 5. The tourist put all
the equipment which may be necessary during the tour (into his bag). 6. The ascent of the mountain peak will
begin (early in the morning). 7. Ring me up (before leaving the town). 8. One strengthens one’s health (by
mountaineering). 9. I shall sleep much and take long walks (instead of taking medicine). 10. One must have a
good rest (after training). 11. We sat down to table and had a hearty meal (on returning home). 12. He jumped
at the offer (being invited to spend his vacation in a mountain-camp). 13. We shall go on an excursion
(weather permitting). 14. We returned to the camp (the sun setting behind the mountains).
41. Make up sentences of your own using the following word combinations as adverbial modifiers.
1) of time or frequency: from time immemorial, since then, when a boy, when questioned, on returning home,
from time to time, from that day on, in a day or two, not until, it was done, on that unforgettable day, with the
flush of dawn;
2) of place or direction: behind the house, in front of the house, in the distance, at a distance, across the
street, at the corner of the street, at the top of the page, at the bottom of, downstairs;
3) of manner or attending circumstances: on purpose, by chance, without a glance, with his fists clenched,
with tears streaming down her cheeks, in a whisper, full of indignation, side by side, as if to stop him, never to
come back;
4) of degree or measure: rather (well, badly, etc.), greatly (surprised, astonished, disappointed, etc.), to
perfection, particularly, deeply, fairly well, over head and ears;
5) of cause: quite worn out, because of one’s carelessness, not being able to, there being no time left, it being
late;
6) of condition: weather permitting, but for (one’s help, advice, kindness, etc.), if possible (necessary,
obligatory), if (unless) discovered (asked, required, etc.);
7) of comparison: as if asleep (in doubt, etc.), like (all elderly people, all his relatives; a child, etc.);
8) of concession: difficult as it was, in spite of (the difficulties, the nasty weather, etc.), although quite tired
(much weaker, etc.), notwithstanding his success (promise, etc.);
9) of purpose: for you to (have it, see it, etc.), in order to soothe the baby (to make it clear, etc.), lest he
should forget it.
43. Point out homogeneous parts, define them and state what they are expressed by.
1. She was wearing a black pleated skirt and a bright red blouse of very fine poplin. (Braine). 2. It was a low,
pleasant laugh. (Braine). 3. “Vaults closing!” Samuel would say and yawn. (Bennett). 4. Was he unaware that
his wife was the proudest and the most obstinate woman on earth ...? (Bennett). 5. She turns round and looks
at her husband. (Wilde). 6. Algernon: Ah! that must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives or creditors ever ring in
that Wagnerian manner. (Wilde). 7. They could not have moved or spoken since he went. (Maugham). 8. He
raised her to her feet and partly dragging her, partly carrying her, got her downstairs. (Maugham). 9. He has
asked his questions querulously but sternly ... (Aldridge). 10. Regret for the past and the future is the same. 11.
But again Ashurst smiled and shook his head. (Galsworthy). 12. She was walking on before him so lightly and
so erect ...(Joyce). 13. Once he was caught in a knot of children running away from some thing or somebody ..
(Greene). 14. Sophia got the kettle and washed it up. (Bennett). 15. There was starlight, but no moonlight.
(Greene). 16. The third [girl] was perhaps seventeen, tall and fair- haired too. (Galsworthy). 17. In the silence
Gabriel could hear the falling of the molten wax into the tray and the thumping of his own heart against his
ribs. (Joyce). 18. Then, suddenly raising herself on tiptoe and resting her hands lightly on his shoulders, she
kissed him. (Joyce). 19. He was both curious and eager to have more precise information of his friends of the
previous evening. (Cronin). 20. Digging went on through Tuesday and Wednesday. (Warner). 21. I watched
him read his letters, saw him frown at one, smile at another ... (Du Maurier).
44. Point out homogeneous parts and state how they are connected.
1. “Both he who chooses heads and he who chooses tails are equally at fault ...” (Greene). 2. Nobody ever saw
Chirac or the old sail. (Bennett) 3. The room was plainly visible as commodious, comfortably, though not
agreeably furnished. (Cronin). 4. She was sitting in a chair idly, neither reading nor sewing ... (Maugham). 5.
She accused Robert of either taking the ornament or breaking it and concealing the breakage. (Du Maurier). 6.
That night Ashurst hardly slept at all. He was thinking, tossing and turning. Next morning he got his cheque
cashed, but avoided the shop of the dove-grey dress ..., and, instead, bought himself some necessaries.
(Galsworthy). 7. But I was more afraid of the pain than of the partisans ... (Greene). S. A moment later she
pulled back the bolt of the bedroom door and then turned the key and opened the door and stood on the
landing outside (Bates).
Find in an English text some sentences containing homogeneous parts.
47. Point out the parenthesis and state what it is expressed by.
1. He is my husband, and, of course, I do what he tells me. (Bennett).
2. As it was, Nella departed with surprising docility. (Bennett).
3. He looked at her in sullen amazement, but refused, none the less, to be diverted from the issue.
4. She glanced, sideways, at the old couple. Perhaps they would go soon. (Mansfield).
5. Gerald: They [women] are awfully interested, certainly, in things we don’t care much about.
6. Needless to say, the total was more and not less than a thousand francs. (Bennett).
7. “... But there’s no chance here, Mrs Bicket. Besides, he couldn’t make two ends meet on this job, he told
me. (Galsworthy).
8. According to your theory, we’re in a mighty soulful era. (Galsworthy).
9. To tell you the truth, I don’t like to get up early.
48. A. Insert an appropriate word (word combination) as a parenthesis evidently, in fact, by the way,
judging by ..., to cut a long story short, may be, besides, luckily, in my opinion, to tell the truth).
1. __________he is quite ill. 2. __________they got married. 3. __________ I don’t like it. 4.____________
N. is the best violinist I’ve ever heard. 5. __________I found out much later that I had been wrong. 6. Don’t
worry, __________she will come soon. 7. I have much work to do for to-morrow, __________my mother is
unwell, so I must leave at once. 8. ____________ the driver managed to avoid knocking down the old man. 9.
You have ____________been working very hard, you look so tired. 10. ____________Henry, how old is your
sister?
B. Make up or find sentences using the following words and word combinations as a parenthesis:
a) modal words (such as: perhaps, maybe, certainly, etc.);
b) adverbs (such as: besides, still, anyway, moreover, firstly, etc.);
c) prepositional phrases (such as: in truth, at least, etc.);
d) infinitive and participial phrases (such as: to be frank, to be quite plain, etc., generally speaking, judging by
your words, etc.).
50. Point out the coordinating conjunctions connecting a) the clauses of the compound sentences and b)
those connecting the homogeneous members of the simple sentences.
1. Miss Sharp only folded her own hands with a very frigid smile and bow, and quite declined to accept the
proffered honour. (Thackeray). 2. A seed-cake and a bottle of wine were produced in the drawing-room and
these refreshments being partaken of, Miss Sedley was at liberty to depart. (Thackeray). 3. He must go, or they
would overtake him. (Lawrence). 4. If you meant to be a guest, you or your courier gave your card to Miss
Spencer. 5. Racksole tried to catch the waiter’s eye, but could not. (Bennett). 6. “She wanted to come and see
you before, but she and Maxim have been so busy.” (Du Maurier). 7. Neither she nor I could pick up any
information on the subject. (Dickens). 8. Mrs. Septimus Small let fall no word; neither did she question June
about it. (Galsworthy).
51. Comment on the meaning of the coordinating conjunction and (addition, succession or simultaneity;
causative-consecutive or adversative meaning).
1. Rebecca’s mother had had some education somewhere, and her daughter spoke French with purity and a
Parisian accent. (Thackeray). 2. She had already taken leave of him once ...; and now she had nothing to say,
nothing whatever. (Bennett). 3. On the instant she straightened up, and her eyes filled with a great pain.
(Dreiser). 4. They were all tremendously great men, and the so-called experts were all tremendously sure they
were right. (Berkeley). 5. A padding of unshod hoofs came up the lane, and three dim, dark shapes passed —
ponies on an evening march. (Galsworthy). 6. The catastrophe came, and she was brought to the Mall as to her
home. (Thackeray). 7. Susan was a princess and I was the equivalent of a swine-herd. 8. There was a pane
missing in the kiosk and a cold wind blew in. 9. That poor boy asked me to help him to get a chance to
propose — and I sent them out for a walk. (Berkeley). 10. Constance, in addition to the sciatica, had caught a
sneezing cold, and the act of sneezing caused her the most acute pain. (Bennett). 11. He laughed, and so did
she. (Dreiser). 12. Then the bazooka shell burst on the tower and I was on my face again. (Greene). 13. “...
they’ve been married nearly ten years and they haven’t had any children.” (Braine)
52. Make up one compound sentence by joining two simple ones with the help of the conjunction.
Model: You don’t like to have a tooth pulled out. I don’t like to have a tooth pulled out. —You don’t like to have
a tooth pulled out, and I don’t like it either.
1. You have not been to London. I have not been there.
2. She does not like jazz-band. My people do not like jazz-band.
3. I never take medicine. She does not take medicine.
4. She is not fond of such kind of poetry. I am not fond of it.
5. My aunt never goes to football matches. My grandmother never goes to football matches.
6. You never make spelling mistakes. My friend never makes spelling mistakes.
7. I do not go to-the South in July. My sister does not go to the South in July.
53. Join the following sentences into one using the conjunction so or neither. (Mind the order of words in
the second clause of the compound sentence).
Model: I am going to hear this concert. My sister is going to hear it too.— I am going to hear this concert, so
is my sister.
Bananas don’t grow in the North. Pine-apples don’t grow in the North either. — Bananas don’t grow in the
North, neither do pine-apples.
1. He would have liked to be present at that lecture. I should have liked to be present at the lecture too. 2. I
have never been to Scandinavian countries. My children have never been to Scandinavian countries either. 3.
You are not responsible for this accident. Your husband is not responsible for it either. 4. But for the meeting I
should have been at the concert yesterday. My fellow-students would have been there too. 5. I am greatly
interested in this subject. My friend is also interested.
54. Using suitable coordinating conjunctions, convert the following simple sentences into compound
ones.
1. It being stuffy in the room, I opened the window.
2. Thanks to the driver’s skill, the old man was not knocked down.
3. Our work being completed, we may have a good rest.
4. For all his experience in this branch of science, he is sometimes compelled to consult the professor.
5. In spite of the snowstorm in the mountains, the geologists managed to carry out their work.
6. She spoke to me in low voice to avoid disturbing the patient.
7. He blamed nobody except his younger brother.
8. Except the pianist himself all the people found the concert to be a success.
9. That day the sea was too stormy for people to bathe.
10. During the holidays I went to Moscow to see an old friend of mine.
11. It being a nice little place, the host and the hostess were rather proud of it.
12. But for the umbrella he would have come home drenched and would have caught cold.
57. Point out predicative clauses; state by what connectives they are introduced.
1. I had said the name ... It was as though I had taken a purge and rid myself of an intolerable pain. (Du
Maurier). 2. To blow the bridge at a stated hour based on the time set for the attack is how it should be done.
(Hemingway). 3. The provoking thing was that ... Bertha couldn’t make her out. (Mansfield). 4. This was not
how the object itself would look: this was the image in a mirror, reversed. (Greene). 6. And this is what he
remembered. (Gals worthy). 7. Dr. Macphail’s first thought was that something had happened to Miss
Thompson. (Maugham). 8. “The trouble was ... he got mixed up.” (Greene). 9. “We are just as we were,” said
Adrian, “friends.” (Galsworthy).
58. Define the kind of the subordinate clauses; isolate that which appears to be the principal clause.
1. What has happened to me is exactly what I willed to happen. 2. What annoyed me the most about him was
that he stood four inches above me and was broader across the shoulders. (Braine). 3. What she simply
couldn’t make out — what was miraculous was how she should have guessed Miss Fulton’s mood so exactly
and so instantly. (Mansfield). 4. “What we’ve got to decide now, however, is whether we really do trust Kate
or not.” (Mansfield). 5. What I mean is people don’t suddenly for no reason have violent headaches. (Du
Maurier). 6. What I mean is that you can’t go cutting everybody. (Shaw).
59. State whether the object clauses are introduced asyndetically or syndetically; in the latter case pick
out the connectives. Translate the sentences.
1. You must do whatever your conscience tells you to be right, Dr. Gumming. (Berkeley). 2. What Miss Fulton
did, Bertha didn’t know. (Mansfield). 3. What is to guarantee that my orders are not changed? (Hemingway).
4. She found that I listened to what she said. 5. I do not blame the dog because I take it that it is his nature.
(Jerome). 6. “I only want you to re - member what you have seen,” he said ... (Greene). 7. I couldn’t tell who
the speakers were. (Greene). 8. One can allways tell from a woman’s bonnet whether she has got a memory or
- not. (Wilde). 9. I hope I shall remember that. (Wilde). 10. I think there must have been thunder in the air
(Wilde). 11. Nella inquired where the Baroness meant to take lunch. (Bennett). 12. I don’t see why a man
should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn’t
mean. (Wilde). 13. I see how it is. 14. I was horribly afraid lest some one might walk up Salisbury Lane ...
(Bennett). 15. I wondered if the bishop’s wife saw the flush on my face ... (Du Maurier). 16. Andrew, I am
exceedingly sorry I allowed you to call on us. (Shaw). 17. Dinny felt suddenly that she was on very thin ice.
(Galsworthy). 18. I’m terribly glad I’ve met you at last.” (Galsworthy).
Find in an English text some complex sentences containing an object clause.
60. A. Join the following simple sentences into one complex sentence containing a subject, an object, or a
predicative clause.
1. What kind of books are you fond of? I should like to know it. 2. He told us many things about his journey.
We are greatly interested in it. 3. His children should be decent and educated people. He dreams about it. 4.
What was going on in the street? I wondered at it. 5. Travelling by land is more interesting than travelling by
sea. I don’t think so. 6. He will keep his word. You may rely on it.
B. Complete the following sentences supplying subject, object, or predicative clauses.
1. He has made up his mind ... 2. 1 didn’t hear ... 3. A little bit of pluck is… 4 The trainer’s instructions to the
sportsman were… 5. It was of vital importance… 6. The trainer explained to them ... 7. I’ll do just… 8. His
aim was ... 9. I take it ... 10. It is a pity ... 11. Do you understand...? 12. He felt ... 13. See to it… 14. ... I really
cannot imagine.
ATTRIBUTIVE CLAUSES
61. Define the kinds of attributive clauses; translate the sentences.
1. It was the hour of rest in the immense courtyard which lay open to the sky. (Greene). 2. The procession of
cars was well ahead of us by the time we started. (Greene). 3. Then Harris, who was sitting next the window,
drew aside the curtain and looked out upon the street. (J. K. Jerome). 4. There is no doubt that my wife was
bitterly jealous. (Conan Doyle). 5. There are times when all of us are afraid of him. (Conan Doyle). 6 I have no
distinct remembrance whether it pleased or frightened me. (Dickens). 7. I had a strong impression that my
company was not wanted. (Greene). 8. We were expected to work all the time, which appears reasonable
enough. 9. She was very much afraid of her husband, who treated her with a harshness for which I frequently
reproached him. (Conan Doyle). 10. In the distance lay the park, where the trees were weighted with snow.
(Joyce). 11. A similar revolver she concealed… in Miss Dunbar’s wardrobe after discharging one barrel, which
she could easily do in the woods without attracting attention. (Conan Doyle).
62. Pick out the attributive clauses; point out the words the clauses refer to; say whether the clauses are
introduced a) asyndetically, b) syndetically define the connectives.
1. Perhaps he was just killed by someone who wanted his money. (Greene). 2 Gabriel went away to a remote
corner of the room where Freddy’s mother was sitting. (Joyce). 3. She has an opportunity which is offered to
very few of us. (Maugham). 4. Ben ... was having trouble with the valve that supplied the right amount of air.
(Aldridge). 5. That was the knife he had had no time to use. 6. Those were the days when there was something
like singing to be heard in Dublin. (Joyce). 7. He wanted to explain all he had felt and thought. 8. She
belonged to a world about which he knew nothing at all. (Greene). 9. They had agreed that during the first
evening they would avoid asking questions about how and why Emil had left Vienna. (Warner). 10. The only
person in the household with whom he seemed to feel at ease was Hannah. (Warner). 11. I felt the same
walking down Piccadilly after the war as I did as a youngster back from India. (Galsworthy).
ADVERBIAL CLAUSES
67. A. Define the kinds of adverbial clauses.
I. They stood waiting where they were. (Maugham). 2. When they knocked at her door Mrs. Davidson came
out. 3 I did as she asked ... (Conan Doyle). 4. I cannot be at ease ... if someone else is in pain ... (Greene). 5.
Eulalia was so moved that she could only weep again. (Coppard). 6. Lunch passed off better than I had dared
to hope. (Du Maurier). 7. Though she had only twice seen Ferse, she recognised him at once. 8. He was
furious with Mrs. Davidson and his wife because they made no effort to help. 9. I turned away, so that Frith
should not see my face. (Du Manner). 10. They liked to criticise my looks ..., they liked to watch how Maxim
and I behaved to each other ..., so that they could go back afterwards and discuss us ... (Du Maurier).
B. Find in an English text some complex sentences containing all kinds of adverbial clauses.
68. Point out the adverbial clauses of time and place; isolate the connectives by which they are
introduced.
1. He woke even before the bugle sounded. (Lawrence). 2. It was raining when we left London. (Du Maurier).
3. “But why shouldn’t they live here until things are settled?” said Lady Cherrell. (Galsworthy). 4. Adrian left
as soon as he had drunk his coffee. (Galsworthy). 5. I was back where I had been before. (Du Manner). 6. She
turned to where a few yards along the pavement a long bald man impatiently awaited her. (Cronin). 7. Now
that Brodie had commenced to eat it was permissible for the others to begin ... (Cronin). 8. I was now free to
live and work wherever I liked. (Moore). 9. I can cut his hair while I’m talking to him. (Galsworthy). 10. A
sergeant was changing the sentries he came down the trench. (Aldington). 11. Come and put up with me till we
get things straightened out. (Galsworthy). 12. The room was spacious ... The moment he entered it he felt that
his premonition was correct. (Cronin). 13. It has not occurred to me to mention Peggotty since I ran away.
(Dickens). 14. 1 shall always think so, as long as I live. (Dickens). 15. Hardly had she brought one gentleman
into the little pantry behind the office ... then the wheezy hall-door bell clanged again. (Joyce). 16. “I’ll come
anywhere you like,” said Ann.
69. Point out the adverbial clauses of manner, comparison, degree and result; isolate the conjunctions by
which they are introduced.
1. Once I shivered as Pyle had done. (Greene). 2 The weather was wet and cold for quite a week, as it often
can be in the vest country in early summer ... (Du Maurier). 3.“... I love her more than I have ever told you, far
more.” (Wilde). 4. The doctor put the case as reasonably as he could ... (Maugham). 5. The change was so
sudden that I was shocked and a little scared. 6. He always treated boys as if they were his equals. (Moore). 7.
He went into the house by the back door ... as though he had something to hide. (Maugham). 8. Lily seldom
made a mistake in the orders, so that she got on well with her three mistresses. (Joyce). 9. The little fellow ...
gave such a lusty shout, that the sound of it made him bashful, and he buried his face in her skirts.
70. Point out the adverbial clauses of condition and concession; isolate the connectives by which they
are introduced.
1. You gave her the wounds she died of. There is the truth for your comfort, however you like it. 2. I am
devoted to Maxim .., though we always bicker like cat and dog when we meet. 3. Although she said nothing I
felt guilty. 4. Unless I receive this requisition in full within an hour, I shall inform the Government that I
cannot continue to hold my post if you remain in yours. 5. Whatever we do we must think of him as well as of
ourselves”. (Galsworthy). 6. I liked his loyalty to Harding - whoever Harding was. 7. Really, it is as simple to
buy a hotel or a railroad as it is to buy a watch, provided one is equal to the transaction. 8. Old as they were,
her aunts also did their share. (Joyce).
71. Point out the adverbial clauses of cause and purpose; isolate the connectives by which they are
introduced.
1. I called him Frank because Maxim did. (Du Maurier). 2. She asked me to leave the answer on the sundial in
the garden as she desired no one to be in our confidence. (Conan Doyle). 3. I informed myself of the hour at
which she left of an evening, in order that our visit might be timed accordingly. (Dickens). 4. Instinctively he
turned his back more to the light lest she might see the shame that burned upon his forehead. 5. Since he
seemed nervous even at the dress rehearsal, Isabel agreed not to go. (Bates). 6. Then I told her to hush, and not
stir, for fear she should make him angry. (F. Bronte). 7. I’ll change the ticket so that you may be able to go
with the evening train.
B. Make a list of the connectives used to introduce subordinate clauses of a) time, b) place, c) manner, d)
comparison, e) degree, f) result, g) condition, h) concession, i) cause, j) purpose in the sentences given above.
76. A. Complete the sentences supplying the principal clause in each of them.
1. Young as she is ...
2. As they were going along the road …
3. As a lot of people have a liking for this health resort …
4. As the wind was wrong and the waves were rather high …
5. As you usually do…
6. Early as it was …
B. Supply adverbial clauses of time, manner, cause, comparison, concession, or an attributive clause
introduced by as.
1. ... the passengers began to wave their hands greeting their friends.
2. He held the oars …
3. ... the sailing-boat was moving rather slowly.
4. He likes swimming almost as much …
5. ... he could not move the boat against the current.
6. To steer a canoe you must-have such an oar …
77. Complete the following sentences so that they should contain a subordinate clause introduced by
that (so that)
a) Subject clause
It is necessary that . . .;
It is of great importance that…:
b) Object clause
I’ve read that . . .;
Everybody knows that…
c) Attributive relative clause:
Where is the puppy that . . .;
Of all the pictures I like the one that
d) Appositive attributive clause:
He expressed his hope that…
I don’t quite like the idea that …
e) Adverbial clause of purpose:
She did it that . . .;
Let them know about it that
f) Adverbial clause of degree
It was oppressively hot that …
78. Comment on the use of so that and so... that. Define the kind of clauses. Translate.
1. “Was I breathing so loudly that you could hear me?” (Bennett). 2. It may be that I am too bound to him
already who, robbing me, yet left me richer, so that in the mire of my life I found the pearl of price. 3. At first I
was so rattled and taken aback that I was ready to think she has been led away in some extraordinary fashion.
4. A long inscription in bad Latin ... followed the course of this staircase, so that the climber read it word by
word as he mounted step by step ... (Moore). 5. That bloody concrete barrack I live in now — it’s so clean and
streamlined that I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it took to flight. 6. ... and boats are drawing near and passing
away, so that the sunny river ... is dotted and decked with yellow, and blue, and orange ... (Jerome). 7. I
wondered if it would be possible to hide ..., so that Frith ... would say “Madam must have gone out”. (Du
Maurier) 8. At last it [the argument] grew so heated that the cook ... was called from the kitchen to be
interpreter. (Lessing).
81. Convert the following simple sentences in complex ones by introducing adverbial clauses (of time,
manner, cause, condition, purpose, concession).
1. In the 8th century the Anglo-Saxons suffered much because of the frequent raids of the Danish tribes. 2.
In spite of the strong resistance, the Danes seized the North Western part of the country. 3. During the reign
of the Wessex king Alfred the fight of the Anglo-Saxons against the Danes was the hardest. 4. Alfred gathered
his troops of free yeomen and knights to fight with the Danes. 5. Alfred stopped the advance of the Danes by
paying them tribute. 6. He also built a fleet of 100 ships in order to be able to fight with the enemy on the
sea.
SEQUENCE OF TENSES
84. Comment on the use of tenses in the subordinate clauses.
1. Mary wired back that she would arrive on the following day. (Cronin). 2. All that day she did as she had told
Parker she would. (Bates). 3. “I wanted to know,” I said, trembling, “if you would buy a jacket.” (Dickens). 4.
Maxim rang up the next morning to say he would be back about seven. (Du Maurier). 5. “Don’t forget the old
lady is nearly blind,” said Beatrice, “...I telephoned to the nurse that we were coming so everything will be
right.” (Du Maurier). 6. He did not know what he was talking about. (Du Maurier). 7. And I added that I hoped
she understood that it had nothing to do with me; she said that she was sure of that, but that she would speak to
Tom about it when he came back (Jerome). 8. “At last, Sophie. I thought you were never coming.” (Huxley).
9. He could see nothing below surface at all; and ... he wondered what would happen if his father didn’t come
up again. 10. I rose and said to Alice that I was going. (Braine). 11. “I knew it would happen one day,” said
Maxim. (Du Maurier)
85. Turn the verbs in italics into the Past making all the other necessary changes.
1. She can’t remember what I told her. 2. Tom believes that you are right. 3. You have said that she knows you.
4. The children hope that Santa Claus will bring them many toys. 5. Jane regrets that she can’t give us more
details about this accident. 6. I wonder what she is going to tell us this time. 7. Fred thinks that all his friends
‘viii come to his birthday party. 8. I don’t recall what they have said. 9. We can’t anticipate what he will do
now. 10. I remember that I saw him somewhere.
86. Select the correct form of the verbs given in brackets:
1. Harris thought he (would buy; will buy) a new house soon. 2. Our friends’ asked us why the train (has not
arrived; had not arrived) yet. 3. Fred admits that he still (has; had) little experience in this field now. 4.She had
to promise him that she (will help; would help) them. 5. The engineer claimed that he (agrees; agreed) with the
others. 6. John didn’t remember what he (told; had told) me the day before. 7. I didn’t know that she (must;
had to) leave at 5 o’clock. 8. We guess father (hasn’t heard; hadn’t heard) this news yet. 9. Did Jane tell you
that she (is going; was going) to move to a new house? l0. We were sure that they (will come ; would come)
by the evening train. 11. The pupils already knew that the teacher (has corrected; had corrected) their papers.
12. I promised her that I (will lend; would lend) her the book after I (finished; had finished) it. 13. I am sure
that Thomas (will come; would come) here when he (feels; will feel) better. 14. I wish I (know; knew) what
the boys (are doing; were doing) there at the moment. 15. When I (leave; will leave) school next year, I (will
learn; will have learnt) here for seven years. 16. When (did you see; have you seen) him last? 17. This time
yesterday you (told were telling) me how busy you (are; were) and what your plans for the future (are; were).
18. I explained that she (will be playing; would be playing) the piano at that time.
88. Supply the correct tense (Present; Past Tense; Present Perfect; Past Perfect; Future)
A. 1. Arnold (to be) _________________ born in a village and he (to spend) ______________ his childhood
there. He (to move) ______________ to Leeds when he (to be)____________ fifteen years old and he (to live)
___________there since his sister (to get) ___________ married. 2. At present, he (to work) ___________in
an office but he (to use) _____________ to work at a bank before. 3. Next year he (to go) ____________ to
London to study at the University, but only after he (to finish) ______________ writing the novel he (to work)
_________________ at now. 4. I (to write) _____________ to him a long letter several days ago and (to ask)
________________ him how many chapters he already (to write)____________. 5. Arnold’s daughter hopes
that her father (to finish) _______________ his book by the end of August. 6. I (to see) ____________her
yesterday while she (to cross) _____________ the street. 7. When I (to talk) __________ to her, she (to tell)
________________ me that she (to be) ______________ very tired because she (to type) _____________ all
the morning.
B. 1. As soon as she (to see) ______________us, he (to stop) ____________singing. 2. The tailor (to promise)
____________ me then that my suit (to be) _____________ ready in a week’s time, 3. Why didn’t you explain
to them when you (to be) ______________ able to give them the money back? 4. I wondered where he (to
study) _______________ and how many years before he (to take) ______________ his degree. 5. Before
paper (to be) _______________ invented, people (to write) ______________ their thoughts upon various
other materials. 6. History (to be) ____________ engraved on stone monuments and our knowledge of what
ancient people (to do) ______________, (to be) ________________ chiefly taken from the stone tables and
buildings which they (to erect) _______________.
90. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb in the correct tease:
1. The Chinese are said to be so clever that they ... gunpowder long before it ... known in Europe. 2. Galileo
Galilei was persecuted because he ... that the earth ... around the sun, 3. As soon as she ... the letter, the will
read it to us, too. 4. I asked the old man who ... on the bench if he ... hungry. 5. When Christopher Columbus ...
America, he thought that the country which ... discovered India, and he accordingly ... it the name of the West
Indies. 6. 1 will not go to bed until father ... home from the factory. 7. Last year you played tennis much better
than your brother ... now. 8. It’s high time you … these questions. 9. I don’t know precisely whether I ... on
this trip next week. 10. Tom was promised that everything ... ready in due time. 11. When I ... young, I ...
fishing every Sunday. 12. I’ll let them know that we ... a new car soon. 13. Did you know that Mary ... two
sons? 14. Your sister spoke English as if she ... in England for several years. 15. This is the dress which
Mary ... last week and which she ... still now. 16. I wish my brother ... here now to help me. 17. I promised the
little child that I … a new toy the next day. 18. When I ... to the bookshop two days ago, I ... a book which my
sister .., now. 19. I would rather you ... them my secret. 20, When I ... the window, I saw that my daughter ...
with the doll, while my son ... after a cat. 21. I am sure our friend ... this text after she ... the new words. 22.
That morning Jane ... to school only after she ... a big glass of milk. 23. 1 no sooner ... his face than I ... his
name, too. 24. We ... anything about her since she ... to London. 25. Only then she ... that I … right! 26. This
time tomorrow, we … TV while you ... for your exam. 27. Last week I ... three ice creams, but this week I ...
only one. 28. When Bob ... little, he ... with his toys for hours. 29. You already ... all the exercises? 30.
Nothing annoyed me so much as the discovery that my best friend ... to me.
INDIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT STATEMENTS
91. Convert into indirect speech.
1. “Nobody will ever know, on this line,” we said, “what you are, or where you’re going ... “Well, I don’t
know, gents,” replied the noble fellow, “but I suppose some train’s got to go to Kingston. (Jerome). 2. “The
map may be all right enough,” said one of the party, “if you know whereabouts in it we are now.” (Jerome). 3.
“We met your niece on the road,” said Ashurst... (Galsworthy). 4. “... I don’t hunt,” I confessed, “I learned to
ride, as a child, but I don’t remember much about it.” (Du Maurier). 5. “You know Mr. Davidson very little if
you think the fear of personal danger can stop him in the performance of his duty,” said his wife. (Maugham).
6. I said, “I’ve ordered dinner for all of you.” (Greene). 7. “When I met you first you had a certain expression
on your face,” he said slowly, “and you have it still (Du Maurier). 8. “Mrs. de Winter says we shan’t know
her,” said Frank. (Du Maurier).
92. Report the following statements that you heard at 7 a.m. this morning. Do you need to change the
tense?
1. Women live longer than men."
I heard that...
2. "I'm hungry."
Claire said that...
3. "Our galaxy contains several thousand million stars."
An astronomer announced that...
4. "The 2012 Olympics will be organised in Africa."
A sports expert said that...
5. "This coffee is too hot."
Jonathan complained that ...
93. Insert the verbs to say or to tell in the appropriate form.
1. Harris — them they could follow him if they liked ... They — it was very kind of him ... (Jerome). 2. When
Megan brought his tea he — “What’s the gipsy bogle, Megan?” (Galsworthy). 3. Gretta thinks it very funny
because she — the word reminds her of Christy Minstrels.” (Joyce). 4. “— me what she’s trying to—,” he
— ... “Cyril only wanted to — you, father dear, that his father is still very fond of meringues.” (Mansfield). 5.
“I ... I’d rather hear what you were going— first,” said Constantia. (Mansfield). 6. Johnny — her of the grand
tea they had had. And while he was also — her about the quarrel Mr. Sulky came tripping down the stairs.
(Coppard). 7. “Go and — him, you go and — him.” (Bates). 8. Of course, I — myself, he might have been
detained for some reason at the American Legation ... (Greene). 9. “You know all I can — you about Pyle
(Greene). 10. Vigot—wearily, ... “He’ll have a terrible lot — to me.” (Greene). 11. He—, “But that’s just what
I— him, but he always pretends not to understand French.” (Greene). 12. “As a friend,” Vigot —‘ “is there
nothing you could — me in confidence?” (Greene).
INDIRECT QUESTIONS
95. Convert into indirect speech.
1. He ... said: “Can you tell us if there’s a farm near here where we could stay the night? I’ve got lame.”
(Galsworthy); 2. Ashurst said idly: “Where were you standing when you saw the gipsy bogle, Jim?”
(Galsworthy). 3. “Good morning,” she called. “Is Mr. David son better this morning?” (Maugham). 4. “Don’t
you think we ought to make Mr. Horn turn her out of here?” asked Mrs. Davidson. (Maugham). 5. “Does
anybody ever come here?” Davy asked. him. Aldridge). 6. “Did you find something to drink?” he asked Davy.
7. “Tell me, Lily,” he said in a friendly tone, “do you still go to school?” (Joyce). 8. “Why have you a piece of
pencil in your ear?” he asked. (Lawrence). 9. I said to Vigot, “What hours are you interested in?” (Greene). 10.
“How old is your father?” Miss Hei asked with gluttony. (Greene). 11. “What is Giles going to wear to-night?”
I asked, “or is it a dead secret?” (Du Maurier). 12. “How long will it take me to paint my face?” asked Giles.
(Du Maurier). 13. “What’s the time?” I said carelessly ... (Du Maurier). 14. “What are you standing there for?”
he said, his voice harsh and queer. “Didn’t you hear what I said? (Du Maurier).
97. Convert the following into indirect speech; use different introductory verbs.
Model: Do you ever work in the garden?
She asked me if I ever worked in the garden.
1. What sort of flowers do you like?
2. Why have these flowers opened so soon?
3. Where will you plant those lovely poppies?
4. Have you ever seen a cherry orchard in blossom?
5. Do you water the flowers in the morning or in the evening?
6. Are tulips shade-loving flowers?
7. Who has broken the boughs of the lime-tree?
8. When do you usually sow peas?
9. Must these black currant bushes be transplanted this year?
98. Complete the following sentences supplying object clauses by arranging the given words in the
proper order.
1. She, asked, dinner, I, me, if, had, my, had.
2. …. I, had, where, had, lunch.
3. … got up, o’clock, I, at, usually, what.
4. … fish, I, eat, why, not, did.
5. … exhibition, we, to go, intended, when, to, the.
6. … was, what, such kind of, price, shirt, the, of.
7. … on, night, people, had been, previous, party, the, present, how many, the, at.
8. … I that, it, how long, him, to reach, would, country place, take.
9. … health-resort, them, that, ever, to, whether, had been, they, to.
10. … my, bought, I, where, had, dictionary.
101. Match the sentences with appropriate reporting verbs from the list. Then write the reported
sentences.
admit, boast, forbid, inquire, invite, order, suggest, threaten
1. We'll close credit lines if you don't reduce carbon dioxide emission.
2. OK, you're right, some poisonous chemicals did escape into the atmosphere.
3. Why don't you drop in tonight?
4. Stand up immediately!
5. I'm the best student in this school!
6. You can't use your dictionaries during the test.
7 Shall we have a cup of tea?
8. Is the bus service running according to the timetable today?
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Ролъф, Москва 2000.
21. Практическая Грамматика Английского Языка. Вышэйшая школа, Минск 1989.