Сборник упражнений по грамматике английского языка

В. Л. Каушанская

Сборник упражнений по грамматике английского языка

 

 

Part I. ACCIDENCE

 

THE NOUN

 

 

Exercise 1. State the morphological composition of the following nouns.

Snow, sandstone, impossibility, widower, opinion, exclamation, passer‑by, misunderstanding, inactivity, snowball, kingdom, anticyclone, mother‑of‑pearl, immobility, might, warmth, succession, ex‑president, nurse, misdeed, wisdom, blackbird, attention, policeman, merry‑go‑round, girlhood, usefulness, fortune, friendship, statesman, brother‑in‑law, population, fellow‑boarder, smelling‑salt.

 

 

Exercise 2. Point out the nouns and define the class each belongs to.

1. Don't forget, Pettinger, Europe is still the heart of the world, and Germany the heart of Europe. (Heym) 2. Pursuing his inquiries, Clennam found that the Gowan family were a very distant ramification of the Barnacles... (Dickens) 3. His face was sick with pain and rage. (Maltz) 4. He drank coffee, letting the warmth go through his cold, tired body. (This is America) 5. But there is only one place I met with the brotherhood of man, and it was in the Communist Party. (This is America) 6. The mysteries of storm and the rain and tide were revealed. (Galsworthy) 7. Having set the tea, she stood by the table and said slowly: "Tea's ready, Father. I'm going to London." (Galsworthy) 8. By this time, quite a small crowd had collected, and people were asking each other what was the matter. (Jerome i(. Jerome) 9. There were several small losses: a spoon used for the baby's feeding, a pair of scissors. (Lessing) 10. He was professor of physics. (London) 11. A band of dark clouds lay across the sky, and underneath it was the last pale brilliance of the evening. (Murdoch) 12. "I have some luggage," he said, "at the Brumblehurst Station," and he asked her how he could have it. (Wells) 13. In the kitchen Bowen read the telegram aloud. (Amis) 14. The crowd laughed and moved, pushing every way and everybody. (This is America) 15. De Witt fished through his pockets, found his eyeglasses, carefully slipped them out of their case... (Heylri) 16. A stone caught her heel. (Maltz) 17. George suggested meat and fruit pies, cold meat, tomatoes, fruit and green stuff. (Jerome K. Jerome) 18. The silvercoloured carpet felt wonderfully soft beneath his feet, the furniture was of a golden wood. (Galsworthy) 19. The major seemed to be looking out at the sky... (Heytn) 20. Winslow spoke with his usual caustic courtesy. (Snow) 21. The bourgeoisie is cowardly. (London) 22. The moon was shining through the tree stems when they sax again side by side on the log seat. (Galsworthy) 23. "It's not Sunday, tomorrow," said Karg. (Heytn) 24. He looked down at his audience. (Heyrri) 25. His hair was grey and he was short and fat. (Hemingway)

 

 

Exercise 3. Give the plural oi the following nouns.

Face, portfolio, swine, house, tomato, hearth, mother‑in‑law, basis, clergyman, ox, cry, key, fox, downfall, looker‑on, rock, bush, enemy, leaf, roof, genius, hero, bunch, sheep, ship, criterion, youth, journey, penknife, man‑of‑war, loss, datum, goose, deer, pie, Englishwoman, wolf, mouse, formula, bath, volcano, possibility, forget‑me‑not, foot, handkerchief, thief, crisis, stepdaughter, birth, echo, finger‑tip, court martial, joy, mischief‑maker, extremity, spy, lie.

 

 

Exercise 7. Translate into English, using a noun in the genitive case where possible.

1. Давид провел две недели в Ярмуте у мистера Пеготти. 2. Уезжая в Ярмут, мальчик ничего не знал о предполагаемом (intended) браке своей матери. 3. После путешествия, которое длилось несколько часов, Пеготти с Давидом прибыли в Ярмут. 4. Приближаясь к дому мистера Пеготти, Давид увидел детскую фигурку, стоявшую на пороге. 5. Дядя Хэма и Эмили усыновил их, когда они были детьми. 6. Пеготти с гордостью говорила о доброте своего брата. 7. Двухнедельное пребывание в Ярмуте доставило Давиду большое удовольствие. 8. В присутствии мужа миссис Копперфильд боялась приласкать своего сына. 9. После минутной нерешительности Давид подошел к миссис Копперфильд и поцеловал ее. 10. После смерти жены мистер Мердстон послал Давида в Лондон, где мальчик должен был работать в торговом доме (warehouse) Мердстона и Гринби.

 

 

THE USE OF ARTICLES

 

 

THE ADJECTIVE

 

 

THE PRONOUN

 

 

WORDS DENOTING STATE

 

 

THE VERB

 

 

TENSES IN THE ACTIVE VOICE

 

 

Are

constantly

 

 

Trying

to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed. (Maugham) 2. You probably

 

 

Haven't seen

her since those summer holidays when Mum and Dad were abroad. (Christie) 3. Gerald, if you

 

 

Are going away

with Lord Illingworth, go at once. Go before it

 

 

Kills

me: but don't ask me to meet him. (Wilde) 4. There's the car. Arnold's

 

 

Come back

. I must go and bathe my eyes. I don't want them to see

 

 

I've been crying

. (Maugham) 5.

 

 

I am seeing

the other nurse, Nurse O'Brien, to‑day. (Christie) 6. As she turns to go, she finds that Bella

 

 

Has entered

and

 

 

Is staring

at her and her father with impassive hatred. (Gow and D’Usseau) 7, Bella is a Negro woman of fifty who

 

 

Has been

in the Langdon home for twenty‑four years and thus

 

 

Occupies

a favored position. (Gow and D’Usseau) 8. "You

 

 

Are being

very absurd, Laura," she said coldly. (Mansfield) 9. When

 

 

I've taken off

my things we shall go into the next room and have tea. (Mansfield) 10.

 

 

I'm

always

 

 

Doing

things on the spur of the moment to ray own inconvenience and other people's. (Maugham) 11. He has all the virtues. Dr. Ramsay, Miss Glover, even Mrs. Branderton

 

 

Have been drumming

his praise into my ears. (Maugham) 12. Fatty came over to Lanny's table. A fat, cheerful Greek with laughing wrinkles at the sides of his eyes. "You're alone to‑day," Fatty said. Lanny nodded and lit a cigarette. "

 

 

I'm leaving

to‑night." "Leaving?" "Yes, Fatty.

 

 

I'm going

home to the Karroo." (Abrahams) 13. D'you know that Robert Qldham and Caroline

 

 

Have been

madly in love with one another for the last ten years? They'

 

 

Ve waited

all this time, and now at last Caroline is free. (Maugham) 14. This will be the death of her when she

 

 

Hears

it. (Dreiser) 15. You

 

 

Have

told my learned friend that you

 

 

Have known

Mr. Pickwick a long time. (Dickens) 16. He is always

 

 

Breaking

the law. (Shaw) 17. "It is Mrs. Sedley's coach, sister," said Miss Jemima. "Sambo, the black servant,

 

 

Has

just

 

 

Rung

the bell." (Thackeray) 18. She

 

 

Doesn't like

me... She's always

 

 

Saying

sharp things to me. (Christie) 19. "I think you

 

 

Are being

very wise. A complete holiday, a complete rest, that is what you need.

 

 

Have

you

 

 

Decided

where you

 

 

Are going

?" "

 

 

I've changed

my mind," I said. "

 

 

Ve come

. My wife's

 

 

Been ringing

you

 

 

up

like a lunatic. (Christie) 21. A woman never acknowledges such a nondescript age as forty‑eight unless she

 

 

Is going

to marry a widower with seventeen children. (Maugham) 22. "By the way, you'

 

 

Ve been talking

about me. I see it written in your faces. Your silence tells me all. I could even guess what you've

 

 

Been saying

..." "You'

 

 

Ve been listening

," Gladys cried, making a face at him. (Priestley) 23. You

 

 

Are being

far too romantic about it. (Hilton) 24. "Do you like me at all, Bertha?" he asked. "

 

 

I've been wanting

to ask you ever since you came home." (Maugham) 25. Years

 

 

Have passed

since we began this life. (Dickens) 26. I'

 

 

Ve been making

some sandwiches. Won't you come up and have some? (Christie) 27. I cannot imagine why I'

 

 

Ve lived

thirty years with a man I dislike so much. (Maugham) 28. "Antonia

 

 

Has been telling

me about your flat," said Rosemary. "It sounds ideal. And there's a heavenly view over to Westminster Cathedral." (Murdoch) 29. We'

 

 

Ve been going

to pictures about twice a week ever since. (Maugham) 30. I'

 

 

Ve flown

a kite every Saturday afternoon ever since I was a kid and I'

 

 

M going

to fly a kite as long as ever I

 

 

Want

to. (Maugham) 31. I

 

 

Know

this is an old story, I

 

 

Don't understand

it myself and if I set it

 

 

Down

in black and white it is only with a faint hope that when

 

 

I have written

it I may get a clearer view of if. (Maugham) 32. Who

 

 

Is coming

to tea? (Wilde) 33. "I don't know what's been the matter with me. I'

 

 

Ve been

so miserable, Eddie..." "You've

 

 

Been crying

." (Maugham)

 

Used

to snatch away the letters from home, before she [Ma Parker]

 

 

Had read

them. (Mansfield) 2. As she neared the kitchen, Chris came from the garage where he'

 

 

D been attending

to a lorry with a magneto trouble, wiping his hands on some waste. (Lindsay) 3. She

 

 

Was

always

 

 

Telling

herself that the only rational course was to make Edward a final statement of her intentions, then break off all communications. (Maugham) 4. I realized that he

 

 

Had come away

with me in order to discuss once more what he

 

 

Had been

already

 

 

Discussing

for hours with his sister‑in‑law. (Maugham) 5. I saw that it was 2 o'clock. We

 

 

Had been

sitting

 

there an hour and a half. (Du Maurier) 6. It

 

 

Had

long

 

 

Been

dark when Arthur rang at the front door of the.great house in the Via Borra. (Voynich) 7. It was three o'clock. The wind

 

 

Had fallen

, the moon

 

 

Was shining

over the quiet sea. (Christie) 8. Every Sunday morning Ethel

 

 

Would read

aloud while Ma Parker did her washing. (Mansfield) 9. We'

 

 

D got

to Ruby's room by then. She wasn't there, of course, but she'

 

 

D been

there, because the dress she

 

 

Had been wearing was lying

across a chair. (Christie) 10. To take off her boots or to put them on

 

 

Was

an agony to her, but it

 

 

Had been

an agony for years. (Mansfield) 11. Here I saw this man, whom I

 

 

Had lost sight

of some time; for I

 

 

Had been travelling

in the provinces. (Dickens) 12. When the Gadfly raised his head the sun

 

 

Had set

, and the red glow

 

 

Was dying

in the west. (Voynich) 13. It was Sunday morning and they

 

 

Had

all

 

 

Been

back at Grayhallock for three days. (Murdoch) 14. Rainborough noticed that she

 

 

Had been crying

, her face was stained with tears... (Murdoch) 15. Ann

 

 

Was

certainly

 

 

Being

bravely cheerful in a way which both exasperated Hugh and half compelled his admiration. (Murdoch) 16. The moment the noise

 

 

Ceased

, she

 

 

Glided

from the room;

 

 

Ascended

the stairs with incredible softnees and silence; and was lost in the gloom above. (Dickens) 17. We

 

 

Hadn't been married

a month before 1 was out of love with him. He was in Lincolnshire at the time, and

 

 

I was living

near him. (Hansford Johnson), 18. When Cowperwood

 

 

Reached

the jail, Jasper was there. (Dreiser) 19. Susan Nipper stood opposite to her young mistress one morning, as she folded and sealed a note she had been writing. (Dickens) 20. The whole party arrived in safety at the Bush before Mr. Pickwick

 

 

Had recovered

his breath. (Dickens) 21. He [Hugh] jumped to feel Ann's clasp upon his arm. She

 

 

Had been saying

something to him. (Murdoch) 22. He

 

 

Had

scarcely

 

 

Had time

to form this conclusion, when a window above stairs was thrown up. (Dickens) 23. The door was just going to be closed...when an inquisitive boarder, who

 

 

Had been peeping

between the hinges, set up a fearful screaming. (Dickens) 24. Mr. Pecksniff and his fair daughters

 

 

Had not stood

warming themselves at the fire ten minutes, when the sound of feet was heard upon the stairs. (Dickens) 25. He [Cowperwood]...

 

 

Was

forever

 

 

Asking

questions with a keen desire for an intelligent reply. (Dreiser) 26. He turned off the electric light. The electric light

 

 

Had been burning

all night. (Hemingway) 27....she

 

 

Would go on

discussing a book she said she had read but manifestly

 

 

Hadn't

or she

 

 

Would break up

a dull conversation with some fantastic irrelevance for which everyone was secretly grateful. (Hilton) 28. When Katie

 

 

Brought

in the tea‑tray, the boy

 

 

Opened

his eyes and

 

 

Sat up

with a bewildered air. (Voynich) 29. When we were boy and girl we

 

 

Used

 

to

call each other by our Christian names. (Maugham) 30. There were bits of the work that, because I

 

 

Had been doing

them so long, I knew better than anyone else. (Snow) 31. He

 

 

Had sat down

with the child on his knees, and

 

 

Was helping

her to put the flowers in order. (Voynich) 32. He

 

 

Had

 

s

 

at

ruminating about the matter for some time, when the voice of Roker demanded whether he might come in. (Dickens) 33. He seemed to be quietly and carefully deciding what he

 

 

Was going

to say. (Murdoch) 34. There was no doubt that their arrival

 

 

Had transformed

the factory for her. Rosa

 

 

Had been working

in the factory for about two years. Before that she

 

 

Had been

a journalist. (Murdoch) 35. After dinner Ruby came and sat with us in the lounge. She remained even after the dancing

 

 

Had started

. We

 

 

Had arranged

to play bridge later, but we

 

 

Were waiting

for Mark... and also for Josie. She

 

 

Was going

to make a fourth with us. (Christie) 36. She

 

 

Used to

sit with him and his family a lot. He

 

 

Used to

take her for drives sometimes. (Christie) 37. George made no answer, and we found... that he

 

 

Had been

asleep for some time. (Jerome K. Jerome) 38. She talked and laughed and positively forgot until

 

 

He had come

in... that Pearl Fulton

 

 

Had not turned up.

(Mansfield) 39. Some years ago, when I was the Editor of a Correspondence Column, I

 

 

Used to

receive heartbroken letters from young men asking for advice and sympathy. (Leacock) 40. 1 took the sculls. I

 

 

Had not been pulling

for more than a minute or so, when George noticed something black floating on the water. (Jerome K. Jerome) 41. The voice

 

 

Had

no sooner

 

 

Ceased

than the room was shaken with such violence that the windows rattled in their frames. (Dickens) 42. The figure

 

 

Had

suddenly

 

 

Retreated

from the gate, and

 

 

Was running

back hastily to the mill. (Ch. Bronte) 43. As he was in dinner dress, Fanny asked where he

 

 

Bad been dining

. (Dickens)

 

THE PASSIVE VOICE

 

MODAL VERBS

 

THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

 

Exercise 1. Insert the appropriate form o! the Subjunctive Mood. Comment on the form and the use of the Subjunctive Mood. Translate into Russian (conditional sentences).

1. I honestly think it __ better if we __ each other for awhile. (to be, to see – negative) (Hansford Johnson) 2. If you __ already married, Mr. Clay, I __ ior you. (to be – negative, to wait) (Stone) 3. Now if only Betty __ able to come this evening she __ it. But, of course, she had to choose this evening to go and see her mother, (to be, to do) (A. Wilson) 4. If he __ ordinary, I __ him (to be, to love – negative) (Galsworthy) 5. And if anything __ to him, there __ something in the Press, (to happen, to be) (Priestley) 6, I __ it a few months ago, Mr. Chapin. (to believe) (Dreiser) 7. If I __ you, I think I __ very much as you do. (to be, to feel) (Snow) 8. You first brought your friend into my sister's company, and but for you we __ never __ him. (to see) (Dickens) 9. I certainly won't leave you so long as you are in mourning. It __ most unfriendly. If I __ in mourning you __ with me, I suppose, (to be, to be, to stay) (Wilde) 10. He was a power in the College, and __ in any society, (to be) (Snow) 11. If you __ news before morning, ring me up at once, (to have) (Hansford Johnson) 12. I like the place. The air suits me. I __ surprised if I __ here, (to be – negative, to settle down) (Shaw) 13. There is nothing the Barkers __ for a few pounds, (to do – negative) (Wilson) 14. Well that wasn't true what she said and, if it __ that __ no business of hers, (to be, to be) (A. Wilson) 15, "She told me the other day that her heart stopped for five minutes when that horrid nurse was rude to her." "Nonsense! She __ alive now if her heart __ for five seconds." (to be – negative, to stop) (Shaw) 16. I think it __ her so much good to have a short stroll with you in the Park, Dr. Chasuble. (to do) (Wilde) 17. The story I have to tell __. never __ if one day I __ across the street, (to happen, to walk – negative) (Maugham) 18. "She is so wretched," I told him, "that she __ gladly __ to‑morrow morning if it __ for the baby." (to die, to be – negative) (Hansford Johnson) 19. If I __ you I _ abroad agaia.. (to be, to go) (Hardy) 20. "I think, Edward," said Mrs. Dashwood, "you – a happier man if you __ any profession to engage your time and give an interest‑to your plans and actions. Some inconvenience to your friends, indeed, might result from it: you __ able to give them so much of your time." (to be, to have, to be – negative) (Austen) 21. Jago was longing for me to say that he ought to be the next Master. A few years before I __ yes on the spot, (to say) (Snow) 22. And if I __ I was going to meet you, I __ differently. (to know, to dress) (/. Shaw)23. If he __ here, send him to us at once, (to return) (Priestley) 24. 1 __ what I am but for him. (to be– negative) (Maugham) 25. "Why are you talking this rubbish," he said, "and making me talk it too?" "If what you say __ true, women __ either poisonous or boringl" (to be, to be) (Murdoch) 26. Just think, if I __ the pictures I __ a rich woman now. (to buy, to be) (Maugham) 27. Mr. Gresham, this marriage will, at any rate, put an end to your pecuniary embarrassment, unless, indeed, Frank __ a hard creditor, (to prove) (Trollope) 28. Anyhow, a fire started, and if a young fellow who's working here __ instantly __ with an axe, their big storage tank of gasolene __ in the air and God knows what __ then, (to set about – negative, to go up, to happen) We all __ with it. (to go) Honestly, we're all lucky to be alive. If it __ for this chap, we __ (to be – negative, to be – negative) (Priestley)

 

 

Exercise 4. Insert the appropriate form of the Subjunctive Mood. Comment on the form and the use of the Subjunctive Mood. Translate into Russian (simple sentences, conditional sentences, adverbial clauses of purpose and concession).

1. She wanted him to be a member of Parliament only that he __ a claim on the gratitude of his party, (to have) (Maugham) 2. God __ me from such friends in future, (to save) (Lindsay) 3. Andrews turned up the collar of his coat, lest he __ (to recognize– passive) (Greene) 4. I am prepared to gratify all your whims, however unreasonable they __ (to be) (Maugham) 5. Do you think she __ and have lunch with me if I „her? (to come, to telephone) (Hansford Johnson) 6. "Oh God __ you! How could you strike an otd woman like that?" (to forgive) (Shaw) 7. Tell them I leave my country that I __ free, and it is the end and the beginning, (to be) (Buck) 8. "Mr. Penty," said the doctor.... "in my experience, very few people are perfectly well, although they __ they are." (to imagine) (Priestley) 9. I keep a diary in order to enter the wonderful secrets of my life. If I __ them down, I __ probably __ all about them, (to write – negative, to forget) (Wilde) 10. He seemed to be dozing when she returned, and she put the low fire together very softly lest she __ him. (to awake) (Dickens) 11. Whatever your father __ once __, to day he's decay; he's age; he's everything that's corrupt and evil, (to be) (Gow and D’Usseau) 12. God __ for her kind heart, (to thank – passive) (Lindsay) 13. If necessary, 1 could cable her to tell her his address in order that she __ Australia without seeing him. (to leave – negative) (Shute) 14. I __ you if I __ a way out, but there isn't one. (to press – negative, to see) (Maugham) 15. It was plain that however conscientious Cassilis __, however desperately hard and intelligently he __, he would never get his captaincy, (to be, to work) (Hansford Johnson) 16. And, fearful lest he __ Soames turned away and mounted slowly to his room, (to see – passive) (Galsworthy) 17. This was true, and he __ to meditate on this sad confession if he __ otherwise engaged, (to pause, to be – negative) (Murdoch) 18. He had to admit to himself that whatever Miss Dobb's faults __, she was the right sort of girl to take to a restaurant, (to be) (Lessing)

 

 

THE PARTICIPLE

 

THE GERUND

 

Exercise 8. Translate into English, using the gerund where possible. (A) Based on an episode from The Pickwick Papers by Ch. Dickens.

1. После завтрака мистер Уордль сказал, обращаясь к своим гостям: «Вы ничего не имеете против того, чтобы покататься на коньках? Погода прекрасная, и времени у нас хватит». 2. Все охотно согласились, и дамы стали просить мистера Уинкля присоединиться к ним. Они были уверены, что он великолепный спортсмен, так как он никогда не упускал случая похвастаться своим искусством. 3. Но мистер Уинкль сказал, что он давно не практиковался (to be out of practice): ему не улыбалась мысль показать в присутствии дам, что он не умеет кататься на коньках. 4. Дамы стали настаивать, чтобы он пошел с ними и показал им свое искусство. 5. Было бесполезно говорить, что у него нет коньков: ему тотчас же предложили несколько пар. 6. После этого мистер Уинкль не мог не пойти на каток. 7. Когда они подошли к озеру, мистер Боб Сойер надел коньки и стал описывать круги (to make circles) на льду, не останавливаясь ни на минуту, чтобы перевести дыхание. 8. Бедный мистер Уинкль постоял несколько минут с коньками в руках и, не зная, как их надеть, стал привинчивать их острыми концами назад (with the points behind). 9. Наконец, коньки были надеты. Прежде чем подняться на ноги, мистер Уинкль попросил Сэма помочь ему. 10. Он начал с того, что заметил, что очень скользко: он не мог даже стоять на льду, если кто‑нибудь не поддерживал его. 11. Вдруг мистер Пиквик, не зная, что его молодой друг не может стоять на льду без посторонней помощи (unassisted), позвал Сэма с другого берега озера. 12. Сэм смог вырваться из рук мистера Уинкля (to disengage oneself from somebody's grasp), только оттолкнув его от себя. 13. Несчастный мистер Уинкль упал и сидел на льду, даже не делая попытки подняться. 14. Мистер Пиквик был возмущен тем, что его друг говорил всем, что он хороший спортсмен. 13. Он выразил свое негодование тем, что назвал мистера Уинкля хвастуном и обманщиком (humbug).

 

(В)

1. Увидя меня, она [Маша] вздрогнула и закричала. (Пушкин) 2. Мысль увидеть императрицу лицом к лицу так устрашила ее, что она с трудом могла ‑ держаться (to stand) на ногах. (Пушкин) 3. Тут он остановился и стал набивать свою трубку. (Пушкин) 4. «Извините меня, – сказал он мне по‑французски, – что я без церемонии прихожу с вами познакомиться». (Пушкин) 5. Ты уже оскорбил казаков, посадив дворянина им в начальники (to set a nobleman over somebody); не пугай же дворян, казня их по первому наговору (accusation). (Пушкин) 6. Единственное развлечение мое состояло в наездничестве (to ride). (Пушкин) 7. Ибрагим не мог не улыбнуться. (Пушкин) 8. За сим он почтительно поцеловал ее руку и уехал, не сказав ей ни слова о решении Кирила Петровича. (Пушкин) ‑9. Написавши несколько писем... Лаврецкий отправился кКалитиным. (Тургенев) 10. Впрочем, он (Лаврецкий] скоро догадался, что никто не мешал ему уединиться... (Тургенев) 11. Как все женщины, которым не удалось полюбить, она [Анна Сергеевна] хотела чего‑то, сама не зная, чего именно. (Тургенев) 12.... ее самолюбие (vanity) было глубоко уязвлено тем, что ни тот, ни другой (neither of them) не обратил на нее внимания. (Тургенев) 13. Девушка извинилась, что вошла... (Л. Толстой) 14. Услыхав это, Анна быстро села и закрыла лицо веером. (Л. Толстой) 15. Теперь же Анна, в надежде увидать Вронского, пожелала ехать. (Л. Толстой) 16. Левин любил своего брата, но быть с ним вместе всегда было мученье. (Л. Толстой) 17. Левин нахмурился и, не отвечая ей, сел опять за свою работу... (Л. Толстой). 18. Поговорив о своей старой гувернантке, о ее странностях, она [Кити] спросила его о его жизни. (Л. Толстой)19. «Дарья Александровна, – сказал он, краснея до корней волос (to blush up to the roots of one's hair), –я удивляюсь даже, что вы... не чувствуете этого». (Л. Толстой) 20.... она [Долли] не могла не говорить себе, что у нее прелестные дети... и была счастлива ими (in them) и гордилась ими. (Л. Толстой) 21. Он [Левин] сошел вниз, избегая подолгу смотреть на нее... но он видел ее... и не глядя. (Л. Толстой) 22. Она [Анна] плакала о том, что мечта ее об уяснении, определении (to be made clear and definite) своего положения разрушена навсегда. (Л. Толстой)23. Варвара Ивановна говорила, что чуть не убил ее народ за то, что она по‑французски заговорила. (Л. Толстой)24. Солдаты ели, не обращая внимания на Пьера. (Л. Толстой)25. Получив приказание (orders), он... поскакал вдоль ‑линии фронта. (Л. Толстой)26. И Николай... стал рассказывать о возможности в весьма скором времени выкупить (to buy back) Отрадное. (Л. Толстой)27. Сказав с Карлом Ивановичем еще несколько слов о понижении (fall) барометра... папа... послал нас учиться (to our lessons). (Л. Толстой) 28....через несколько минут в доме все пришло в прежнее движение (to resume its former course), как будто никто не знал и не думал о том, что я сижу в темном чулане. (Л. Толстой) 29. Когда привезено было известие о взятии в плен Мюрата и штабные (the members of the staff) поздравляли Кутузова, он улыбнулся. (Л. Толстой)

 

THE INFINITIVE

 

Been

an abnormally happy one. (Snow) 24. Carefully and slowly, with his eyes fixed on her, he stepped down. (Qreene) 25. Our little country newspaper is sure to chronicle the fact next week. (Wilde)

 

THE ADVERB

 

 

MODAL WORDS

 

 

THE INTERJECTION

 

 

THE PREPOSITION

 

 

Exercise 1. State the morphological composition of the following prepositions:

In, below, with regard to, during, concerning, till, in front of, without, behind, under, in view of, outside, off, into, until, across, according to, with, along, up, inside, out of, owing to, at, regarding.

 

 

THE CONJUNCTION

 

 

Exercise 1. State the morphological composition oi the following conjunctions:

For, as well as, unless, now that, and, neither... nor, while, although, not only... but also, provided, as though, supposing, no sooner... than, or, so that, if, both... and, as long as, so, either... or, as... as, when, until, before, after, as if, as soon as, lest, for fear that, notwithstanding, nor.

 

 

THE PARTICLE

 

 

GRAMMATICAL HOMONYMS

Part II. SYNTAX

 

THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

 

 

WORD ORDER

 

 

SEQUENCE OF TENSES

 

 

INDIRECT SPEECH

 

 

В. Л. Каушанская

Сборник упражнений по грамматике английского языка

 

 

Part I. ACCIDENCE

 

THE NOUN