1.
To sleep in such a place, he felt, would be madness.
2.
Dick climbed to the top of a tall oak to look around on the snow-covered forest.
3.
They began to run straight like deer and they were fast enough to be on time.
4.
— Go on, my boy, I'm here to listen to you. — Well, I want to take my words back, sir. I'm sorry to have called you names.
5.
Everybody resents him because he has so much money to throw around.
6.
To exclude all possibility of mistakes it's necessary to do researches in this field as-well.
7.
I knew little about the man I was to defend and was reluctant to take up the case.
8.
Gold and love affairs are hard to hide.
9.
There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets.
10. I took the opportunity to speak to Pandora.
11. This joke made our guide smile for the first time.
12. I failed to see Caroline leave the house.
13. It was an extremely stupid thing to do, wasn't it?
14. To listen to Elton John is sheer delight.
15. People go to safari to watch wild animals in their natural habitat.
16. I went to the bathroom to cool down.
17. Need I say more? I'd better stop now not to cause any more trouble, to put it mildly.
18. To win the contest, Paul needed luck.
19. This table is very convenient to work at.
20. It is a great pleasure to accept you in my house.
21. The man is hard to deal with.
22. I have so many problems to consider.
23. He went to the Middle East to die of yellow fever.
5. Use the bare infinitive where necessary.
1.
Father is willing ... let us ... be independent.
2.
David is known ... have taken part in the campaign.
3.
I won't have you ... say it behind my back.
4.
Ever since Simon came here he has been made ... look like a fool.
5.
Why not... buy something new and smashing?
6.
Mother made everybody ... do some work about the house.
7.
She is always seen ... walk with her grandchildren.
8.
We suppose her ... be in her late fifties.
9.
I've never seen anyone ... enjoy food so much.
10. I would sooner let myself... be cut in a thousand pieces than ... betray my friends.
11. The team was announced ... have won the Cup.
12. Let's ... have a day off, shall we?
13. You'd better not... say anything. I'd rather ... be left alone.
14. The Lovedays can't afford ... buy this house.
15. I was made ... scrub the pans and pots.
16. Don't let's ... go home yet.
17. He is known ... be an expert on ecology.
18. There is nothing ... do but... risk it.
19. We have ... go now. We can't... wait any more.
20. She felt her shoes ... pinch.
6.Translate into English.
1. Завтра будет очень насыщенный день. У Вас несколько клиентов, которых нужно принять и два собрания, которые нужно
посетить.
2.Совершенно нет времени, чтобы расслабиться. А столько еще нужно сделать!
3.С Дженис очень трудно связаться. Она, кажется, висит на телефоне весь вечер.
4.Мне придется проверить в своем дневнике. У меня могут быть телефонные звонки, которые нужно сделать.
5.Познать себя — это знать свои достоинства и недостатки.
6.Книги заставили меня совершенно по-новому взглянуть на мир.
7.Секрет заключается в том, чтобы узнать, как использовать разные цвета, чтобы произвести наилучший эффект.
1. Мы советуем Вам не терять ни единого дня для того, чтобы добиться наилучших результатов.
2. Эта паста достаточно сильна, чтобы удалить самые разные пятна.
3. Чтобы исключить любую возможность ошибки, необходимо провести тщательное расследование.
4. — Нужно ли говорить что-либо еще? — Нет, тебе лучше помолчать, чтобы не усугубить положение.
5. Адриан воспользовался возможностью, чтобы поговорить с отцом.
6. Его заставили позволить детям отправиться на пикник.
7. Он построил для себя дом, но жить в нем ему не пришлось.
8. Ему трудно доверять. Он — последний человек, к кому можно обратиться за помощью.
7.1. Explain the difference between the following pairs of words.
1. glass — a glass
10. language — a language
2. paper — a paper
11. tin — a tin
3. wood — a wood
12. study — a study
4. iron — an iron
13. light —alight
5. string — a string
14. air — an air
6. coffee — a coffee
15. duck — a duck
7. cloth — a cloth
16. gold — a gold
8. rubber — a rubber
17. play — a play
9. lamb — a lamb
18. thought — a thought
II. Make up exclamatory sentences according to the model:
Good advice. — What good advice! Good idea. — What a good idea!
1. terrible weather
7.
clever people
terrible climate
clever person
2. beautiful language
8.
difficult job
beautiful suitcase
difficult work
3. elegant clothes
9.
fresh bread
elegant dress
fresh loaf
4. heavy rainfall
10. delicious food
heavy shower
delicious meal
5. healthy cow
11. horrrible song
healthy cattle
horrible music
6. awful rubbish
12. tough beef
awful mess
tough steak
8.Give the plural of the following nouns if possible.
1. a lottery
11.
petrol
21.
a species
2. a fisherman
12.
a chef
22.
a carp
3. a fish
13.
information
23.
a tooth
4. a series
14.
a foot
24.
a cuckoo
5. a Japanese
15.
weather
25.
a taxi
6. progress
16.
a tomato
26.
a menu
7. a person
17.
a means
27.
toast
8. a woman
18.
a photo
28.
a mongoose
9. advice
19.
a leaf
29.
a disco
10. a mouse
20.
an ox
30.
a Swiss
a class-mate
a forget-me-not
a grown-up
a man-of-war
a hanger-on
a man-servant
a boy-friend
a merry-go-round
an office-block
a mother-in-law
a cupful
a passer-by
a court-martial
a woman-driver
a school-inspector
9. Complete the table. Note that some of these words of foreign origin have regular plurals.
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
1.
cacti
13.
memoranda
2. analysis
14. stadium
3.
stimuli
15. museum
4.
strata
16.
addenda
5. datum
17.
radii
6. curriculum
18. drama
7. basis
19. genius
8. fungus
20.
appendices
9.
genera
21. axis
10. index
22.
media
11.
crises
23. album
12.
criteria
24.
phenomena
10. Comment on the use of uncountable nouns in bold type.
1. Information rules the world.
2. Newspapers and television don't always provide accurate and reliable information.
3. We hope the information will remain secret.
4. If advice is needed, ask one of our staff.
5. Did you follow the advice I gave you ?
6. Jackie needs a piece of practical advice.
7. Good advice can be given, good name cannot be given.
8. We are all hoping for good news.
9. The good news is that he did get an Oscar.
10. They wore boots and galoshes in wet weather.
11. He hopes there's big money in this new business.
12. This machine doesn't give change. Please have the right money ready.
