4. We could try (make) a dash for the car if it would only stop (rain) for a moment.
5. I'm sure you won't regret (buy) the house, even though it needs (paint) and (decorate).
6. I regret (say) that he's forgotten ever (promise) you a job.
7. I don't remember (take) my wallet out of my bag, but I must have done it when I stopped (buy) petrol.
8. As I told you, he's rather deaf, so don't forget (try) (shout) if he doesn't answer the door at first.
9. I've considered (ask) him (raise) my salary but I don't think he can afford (do) it.
10. If the machine happens (stop) (work), just telephone and arrange for the service engineer (call).
11. I can't help (think) that we shouldn't have agreed (lend) him our car.
12. If you've finished (use) the typewriter, I'd like (borrow) it for a while, so that I can get used to (type) with that machine.
13. I regret (say) I lost my temper with him.
14. He regrets (steal) money now.
15. Sheila will always regret (not go) to University.
16. The headmaster does not allow (run) along the corridors.
17. The teacher on duty does not allow us (run) along the corridors.
18. Don't forget (write) to me when you are away.
19. Have you forgotten about (write) to me already?
20. Tony cannot do any work without (tell) at least twice.
21. Always remember (wipe) your feet before entering the school during the rainy season.
22. Do you remember (wipe) your feet before you came into the house?
21. Comment on the use of the possessive case in the following sentences:
1. Murphy's law is based on a popular belief that if something goes wrong it always goes wrong in the worst possible way.
2. The children's first Christmas was spent in Wales.
3. I don't remember the student's name.
4. Do you know all the students' names?
5. The city's population rose to nine million people.
6. Durrell was a graduate of London's college of Hotel Management.
7. Corelli was probably the best of Callas's tenor partners.
8. The secretary of State's speech was televised.
9. Her daughters-in-law's birthdays both fall on July.
10. There will be a students' meeting next Tuesday.
11. Donald works for a women's journal.
12. A fortnight's holiday will do you good.
13. That little boy of Bessy's is constantly looking for trouble!
14. How I dislike that new boyfriend of Liz's!
15. Ted and Linda's mother is a decorator.
16. Ted's and Linda's projects are up to the mark.
17. On the way home I dropped in at the baker's, then at the butcher's, but the greengrocer's was already closed.
18. One day a stranger arrived and introduced himself as an old friend of the master's.
19. That remark of Max's was not to the point.
22.1. Put the possessive ending 's or ' in the following expressions.
1.
my neighbour dog
11. secretaries working hours
2.
a boy school
12. an actress life
3.
Keats poems
13. Mr. Davies office
4.
a fortnight holiday
14. France foreign police
5.
the girl dresses
15. women liberation
6.
the girls clothes
16. a year time
7.
the boss car
17. Nature way
8.
policemen uniforms
18. the princess dress
9.
children education
19. the sun rays
10 the country problems
20. the Church work
.
II. Find Russian equivalents to the survivals of Old English Genitive Case.
Use at least five of them in a situation of your own.
1.
To one's heart's content.
7.
At arm's reach.
2.
At one's wit's end.
8.
At arm's length.
3.
At one's fingers' ends.
9.
At a stone's throw.
4.
Out of harm's way.
10. At sword's point.
5.
To a hair's breadth.
11. At the razor's edge.
6.
For comfort's (friendship's)
12. One's money's worth.
sake.
23. Answer the questions using the words given below.
Where do you go if you want to ...
1. get fast food? — To. . .
2. buy some vegetables?
3. have your eyes examined?
4. buy some nails and a hammer?
5. get your hair cut?
6. have some clothes cleaned?
7. buy some cigars and cigarettes?
8. buy a wedding ring?
9. get pens, pencils, paper?
10. buy cakes and chocolate?
11. buy a lot of small different things?
12. have your teeth examined?
13. buy some medicine ?
14.
buy some meat?
15. buy some flowers?
16. get some information about travelling?
17. have your watch repaired?
18. buy the most expensive things in London?
19. have your pet examined?
20. have a dress (suit) made
the florist's
the jeweller's Harrods
the confectioner's
the butcher's
the vet's the chemist's
the (dry) cleaner's
the greengrocers's
(the drugstore)
the stationery
the supermarket
the tobacconist's
the hairdresser's
the travelling agent's McDonald's
the watchmaker's
(the barber's)
the dressmaker's (the tailor's)
the doctor's
the ironmonger's
the dentist's
.
24. Translate into English.
1. Считается, что 80 процентов данных, накапливаемых на компьютерах в мире, идет на английском языке.
2. — Ни к чему не прикасайтесь, пока не приедет полиция. — Она уже прибыла. А кого, собственно, полиция преследует?
(chase).
3. — Ума не приложу, что этому человеку нужно от нас! — Ради бога, не будь такой наивной! Все, что ему нужно, так это
наши деньги, но он их не получит.
4. Госпиталь Святого Томаса — один из старейших в Лондоне. До него рукой подать, всего лишь пять минут пешком через
парк святого Джеймса.
5. Это кольцо не мое, оно моей бабушки. Оно было куплено у Ти- фани и стоило целое состояние.
6. Я принес тебе новую серию стихов Китса. Можешь читать их в свое удовольствие.
7. — Я терпеть не могу эту противную привычку твоих соседей включать телевизор на полную мощность! — Они купили
новый "Sony" полгода назад и никак не могут на него нарадоваться.
8. — «В тихом омуте черти водятся». — Да, это как раз про него. Так что тебе лучше держаться от него подальше.
9. — Неужели это действительно Дали в доме твоего дедушки? — В действительности у него два Дали, и я помню, что
видел у него в кабинете Пикассо и Шагала.
10. Успех Чарльза всех радует. Давай подойдем и поздравим его приличия ради.
11. Получены сведения о необычных явлениях на поверхности Марса.
12. Из всех рыб я предпочитаю форель и лосося, хотя я и не большой любитель рыбы.
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