Практический курс английского языка 2 курс. Ключи - [60]

Ex. 69, p. 474

1. "If I see him," I said, "Ill let you know." — "I should be very much obliged if you would," said Brown. 2. But I shouldnt/ wouldnt lie about a thing like that, should/would I? 3. Would you drive us back to Campden Hill? 4. She wouldnt go in to supper with anyone but Winton. 5. If I were you, I should/ would buy that hat, I like the colour very much. 6. Its ridiculous that you should conceal it from your mother. 7. If only Henrietta would make up her mind to marry him. 8. Why should I suffer more than Ive suffered already? Why should I? 9. Would you care to come to tea with us? 10. He wouldnt look at her. He shook her off gently and gently said, "Well see about that." 11. He pressed something into her palm. "Heres a shilling in case you should need it." 12. I wonder if you would mind me laying down my umbrella. 13. Why, ohl Why should I have to expose my misfortune to the public like this? 14. He would rather listen to the others than talk himself. 15. He ordered that the horses should be saddled. 16. She would sit for hours watching the ships. 17.1 wish you wouldnt quarrel with Jessie. 18. He fully believed, had it been necessary, she would have been a genius at anything. 19. In order to make these demands effective we suggested that there should be no return to work today. 20. Why dont you want to stay another week in the country? It would do you only good.

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Ex. 70, p. 474

1, He suggested that the meeting should be fixed/scheduled/ slated for Friday. 2. We asked Mum if she would mind going for; a drive into the country. 3. I would like you not to argue with! Father. 4. Why should I help him? He can do everything himself,, hes just lazy. 5. It is strange how inconsiderate some children: should be to their parents. 6. Its quite natural that students should want to know as much as possible about the nation whose language they study. 7. Would you be so kind as to wait a bit? (Would you mind waiting a bit?) Your documents arent ready yet. 8. We wanted to know some details but he wouldnt discuss anything with us. We were disappointed. 9. The doctor insists that she should stick/keep to the diet. 10. "Shall I bring you a glass of water?" — "Yes, if you would be so kind." 11. It is necessary that each member of the club should take part in the work of its sections. 12. If she should/Should she ask you about it, tell her that I will write to her about everything myself. 13. Would you like a little soup? Its very tasty. 14. As they were having tea with lemon/Over tea with lemon Soames said that there soon would be a war. 15. "Why should I do what I dont like?" — "It doesnt matter whether you like it or not. It should be done, and you know it." 16.1 should read for half an hour or so before going to sleep. Ive got an interesting book. 17.1 should be greatly obliged to you if you would come at six. 18. How should I know what they are going to do? They never tell me anything. 19. Try as I would/No matter how hard I tried, the drawer wouldnt open. 20. The children should have stayed at home in such nasty weather.

REVISION EXERCISES ON MOOD AND MODAL VERBS Ex.71, p. 475

1. If I were as young as you are, I would/should have a walking holiday. 2. Perhaps, she wouldnt look so bad if she hadnt put on so much weight. 3. He walked slowly as though it ached to move. 4. It would be natural for him to go to sleep. 5. It seemed as if all the bare trees, the bushes, the cut brush and all the grass and the bare ground were uarnished with ice. 6. Daddy, if you had been dressed in checked ginghams all your life, you would understand how I feel. 7. I would like to go hunting there, but Im afraid I

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should never be able to bear the cold. 8. He looked like an officer. Anyone would have been proud to be seen off by him. 9. He repaid me the half-crown as though it had been borrowed yesterday. 10. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if they had seen him then. 11. The young lady was evidently American and he was evidently English: otherwise I would have guessed from his impressive air that he was her father. 12. If England swept away her hedges and put in their place fences, the saving of land would be enormous. 13. Welch said it coldly as if he were askingto make some concession. 14. "I should/would be ashamed of myself, Clara," returned Miss Murdstone, "if I couldnt understand the boy or any boy." 15. If I might suggest, I should/would say that it would be better to put off the trip. 16. What might have happened or would have happened if Dora and I had never known each other? 17. My companion stumbled, the branch he had been holding snapped and he would have fallen if his hand had not caught another branch.

Ex. 73, p. 476

1. Even if the doctor were here, he couldnt help you. 2. If it were summer we would/should have a walking holiday. 3. If only he avoided/had avoided complications! 4. If only I could keep from thinking about my troubles! 5. If you hadnt walked bareheaded, you wouldnt have caught cold. 6. But for you I should/would never have found a way out then. 7. If I could forget everything! 8. If you werent cold, you wouldnt be shivering from head to foot. 9. If this medicine had not brought down the fever, we would/should have had to send for a doctor. 10. If Anne had passed her exams in spring, she would feel/ would be feeling a second-year student. 11. If he had followed all the doctors instructions, he would have avoided pneumonia. 12. If the boy had known about the Centigrade thermometer, he would not have thought of death. 13. If it ached him to move, he wouldnt be walking himself. 14. If he had heard your words, he would have got offended.