Сборник упражнений по грамматике английского языка - [2]

4....the Radicals' real supporters were the urban classes. (Galsworthy)5. To Elizabeth it seemed that the lines with which fear had falsely aged his face were smoothed away, and it was a boy's face which watched her with a boy's enthusiasm. (Greene)6. For his honor's sake Torn has got to commit suicide. (Saroyan) 7. They were to leave the house without an instant's delay and go at once to the river's edge and go aboard a steamer that would be waiting there for them. (Buck)8. And he lifted his strange lowering eyes to Derek's. (Galsworthy)9. I was encouraged when, after Roger had proposed the guest of honor's health, Lufkin got up to reply. (Snow)10. "Where are the children?" "I sent them to mother's." (Cronin)11. Philip heard a man's voice talking quickly, but soothingljr, over the phone. (/. Shaw)12. Presently Rex was on his two miles' walk to Offendene. (Eliot)13. That early morning he had already done a good two hours' work. (Galsworthy)14. Bowen sat on the veranda of Buckmaster's house. (Amis)15. Crime is the product of a country's social order. (Cronin)16. I spotted the bride's father's uncle's silk hat on the seat of a straight chair across the room. (Salinger)17. I spent Christmas at my aunt Emily's. (Braine) 18. We took some bread and cheese with us and got some goat's milk up there on the pasture. (Voynich)19. He was still thinking of next morning's papers. (Snow)20. Why, for God's sake, why must we go through all this hell? (Saroyan)21. A man stepped out from a tobacconist's and waved to them, and the car slid to the kerb and. stopped. (Greene)22. A woman's love is not worth anything until it has been cleaned of all romanticism. (Murdoch)23. Her skin was as dry as a child's with fever. (Greene)

Exercise 6. Put the noun in the genitive case. Explain the use of the genitive case.

1. Well, I'd rather be married to a saint that never saw my good looks than to a sinner who saw every other __. (woman) (Buck)2. The breakfast table at __ was usually a very pleasant one, and was always presided over by Bella. (Mr. Boffin) (Dickens)3. "I think __ friendships are much deeper than __," Mrs. Thompson said, (men, women) (Braine) 4. That night he had chosen a basement bar a __ throw from Scotland Yard... (stone) (Hansford Johnson)5. As he passed through the __ room he saw an evening paper spread out conspicuously on the desk of the __ nephew. (clerks, director) (Greene)6. But I suppose that need not prevent us from quarrelling to our __ content in future, (heart) (Voynich)7. With one cold glance could she send me back into childhood with all a lonely __ terrors and shames, (child) (Lindsay)8. I will even go farther, if you like, and admit, for __ sake and for __ sake, that the identity of Lady Glyde, as a living person, is a proved fact to Miss Hal combe "and yourself, (courtesy, argument) (Collins)9. He stopped to dinner that evening and much to — satisfaction made a favorable impression on her father. (Ruth) (London)10. He said to her: "Look at my brother __ property." (James) (Galsworthy)11. He had not been at __ for nearly two years. (Timothy) (Galsworthy)12. Benson... was listening among the __ representatives cocking his head on one side, (workers) (Lindsay)13. He had never thought that a mere __ hand could be sweetly soft, (woman) (London)14. But he was daunted the next moment by his own and __ insignificance. (Milly) (Greene)15. But by that time the bride was near the end of the first _ journey towards Florence, (day) (Dickens)16....he too wished she had remained at home, as did most of the __ families, (congressmen) (Stone)17. You need a good __ sleep, (night) (Shaw)18. Haven't you noticed that other __ bread-and-butter is always much nicer than your own? Robert is like that. He always prefers __ fireside, (people, somebody else) (Maugham)19. The __ wives were more expensively dressed than the Civil __, and in general more spectacular, (politicians, servants) (Snow)20. One evening, on the way to the __, I saw Irwing sitting on the steps of his house, (grocer) (Saroyan)21. I cannot be blamed for all my __ doings, (kin) (Lindsay)

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.