Неужели Джим? 19. Не может быть, чтобы Джим забыл ключ. Я видел, как он клал его в
карман. 20. Не могли бы вы прийти немного раньше? Это было бы удобнее для меня. 21. Он
постоял, раздумывая, можно ли ему незаметно уйти, рассердится ли Минин, когда узнает. 22.
Я не умею говорить по-французски, никогда не умел. 23. Должно быть, трудно овладеть
иностранным языком, не правда ли?
46. Comment on the meaning of have to. Translate the sentences into Russian:
1. I'm afraid, I shall have to send him away. 2. Was the fire already laid or did you have to lay
it? 3. The rope was so strong that he had to take a knife to cut it. 4. But was it worth while going to
bed when he had to be up again at five? 5. I suppose I shall have to go back to London, shan't I? 6.
Do you have to get up early every morning? 7. He will have to pay me back before Sunday. 8. How
long did you have to stay there? 9. "We shall have to wait a long time for our holidays," she said
with a sigh. 10. And you have to go there twice a week, don't you?
47. Fill in the blanks with must or have to:
1. Don't worry about that. You ... do as you think best. 2. My mother was unwell, and I... go
to the chemist's. 3.1... go and look at the dinner. 4. Yesterday's rain spoilt my hat completely; I ... buy
a new one. 5. There was no one to help him so he ... move the furniture himself. 6. "Oh, hallo," she
said; "I thought you ... have gone home." 7. They didn't answer my first knock so I ... knock twice. 8.
You ... always come to me if anything goes wrong. 9. He was very sorry to think that he would ...
part with it. 10. I had a sleepless night. I ... go and see the doc and get him to give me something, I
can't go on like that.
48. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative:
1. He will have to come again. 2. My sister has to go to work. 3. They had to go back alone.
4. You have to answer all these questions. 5. I shall have to go out after all. 6. He will have to come
on foot. 7. The students had to read the whole book. 8. She has to come every week. 9. He has to
stay the night. 10. They had to begin very early.
49. Change the following statements into disjunctive questions:
1. I gather you have to read a lot in English. 2. He had to wait at the station till it stopped
raining. 3. The work will have to be done before nightfall. 4. They usually have dinner at home. 5.
She often has to go to the dentist's. 6. You have to go to school on Saturday. 7. They will have to do
what they are told. 8. We have to begin before five o'clock. 9. As far as I understand you had to stay
there a fortnight. 10. You look a bit tired, you've had a long walk. 11. She has to clean the house
herself. 12. They had to finish that last night
50. Group the examples according to the meaning of the "be + infinitive"
construction: (i) expressing a previously arranged plan (2) expressing instructions
or commands:
1. I am to see him tomorrow. 2. What am I to do now? 3. You are not to communicate with
anybody. 4. She said that I was not to leave the house. 5. She is to return tomorrow. 6. He said that
Tom was to apologize. 7. He inquired when the secretary was to come. 8. She says I am not to lay
the table before twelve o'clock. 9. At what time am I to come? 10. Something must have happened.
He was to have come at eight. 11. Jim reminded me that we were to be at the station not later than
seven. 12. W^hich of you is to bring the magazines and newspapers?
51. Comment on the use of must, have to, be to and translate the sentences
into Russian:
1. I want you to obey her. You must do exactly as she says and make no noise. 2. "Well, what
am I to do about dinner?" said Miss Handforth. "Spoil it by over-cooking or let it get cold?" 3.
Randall was excited. He thought he must telephone her at once, he must see her, somehow, that very
day. 4. Emma must have been very beautiful when she was young. She has a fine face. 5. "We are
not to be trifled with," returned the policeman in a threatening voice. 6. You must come and have
dinner with me some time. 7. He lost all his money at the races and I had to lend him five pounds.
8.1 hope I won't upset or annoy you by speaking frankly. I must have your advice. 9. Wake up, do
you hear! You are to wake up at once. 10. So Frank has come? — Oh, yes; quite unexpectedly. He
was to have stayed a week longer. 11. You are not to stay so late. You may leave after dinner. 12. The
story was still clear in his mind. He knew what had to be done. He took his pen and wrote in his
neat, steady hand the title of his new novel.
need
52. Comment on the meaning of the verb need:
1. He needs sea air. 2. We don't need anything else. 3.1 need not finish my sentence, for you
already know what I was going to say. 4. Need it be finished by Saturday? 5. What more do you
need? 6. He need say no more to her this evening, and risk giving himself away. 7. You needn't have
carried all these parcels yourself. The shop would have delivered them if you had asked them. 8. You
needn't take any more pills after next Monday. 9.1 must go at once, but you needn't. 10. You needn't
have waited for me, I could have found the way. all right. 11. Looking back I can see exactly how it
happened. It need never have happened. 12. And he was always careful to have money in his pocket,
and to be modish in his dress, so that his son need not blush for him.
53. Fill in the blanks with didn't have to or needn't have:
1. You ... (to bring) your umbrella, as we are going by car. 2. You ... (to water) the flowers, as
it is going to rain. 3. I ... (to translate) it for him, he did it himself, he understands Latin. 4. I... (to
answer) the questions, which saved me a lot of trouble. 5. I knew I ... (to lock) the door after me, but
how was I to know you wanted to come out, too? 6.1... (to ring) the bell because the door opened
before I got to it. 7. I... (to help) them at all, they themselves knew what to do. 8. I ... (to write) him
because the news was already known to him. He phoned me shortly afterwards. 9. You ... (to listen)
to him. His information was misleading. 10. You ... (to buy) such a lot of flowers. We've already got
more than necessary. 11. He... (to get up) so early every day. It was only on that particular occasion
that he did. 12. You ... (to say) if you didn't want to. We could have done without you just as well.
54. Fill in the blanks with mast, have to, be to or need:
1. You ... not (to bring) your books to class tomorrow, we are going to listen to a wireless
programme. 2. I'm glad the lessons will begin later now. The children won't... (to get up) so early. 3.
You ... not (to learn) the poem. You ... only (to read) it. 4. Children ... not (to play) with matches. 5. It
was late, and they ...(to light) a fire to cook their supper. 6. You ... (to give) it back to me before you
go. 7. You ... not (to be) late for the concert. 8.1 made a few mistakes, so I... (to do) the whole
exercise again. 9.1... hardly (to say) how important it is. 10. She ... (to be married) next month. 11.
You... not (to miss) that film, it is extraordinary good. 12. You ... not (to strike) a match; I can see
well enough. 13. Jim ... (to make) a speech at the meeting, but he had fallen ill, so Tom ... (to speak)
