Complete the sentences using one of the Oblique moods and name them.

ОЗО, 3 курс, V семестр

Контрольная работа по систематизирующему курсу грамматики № 2.

Глагол. Личные и Неличные формы.

ЗАДАНИЕ I.

List all the verbs in the sentence and classify them according to the three criteria:

a) lexico-gramatical - notional, auxiliary, semi-auxiliary (link verbs, modal verbs);

b) syntactical – objective/subjective, transitive/intransitive (for notional verbs only)

C) semantic - dynamic/static.

Variant 1.

I will send the people of Manuma back to their homes if you will finish the road and pay twenty pounds that I have to pay them. (Maugham)

Variant 2.

Another woman declared solemnly that she would be ready to die before she could taste butter. (Abrahams)

Variant 3.

“Sometimes I get headaches. After a time headaches get worse and go on getting worse till they are so bad that everything becomesblank.” Quickly she got to her feet and wentto another room. ( Abrahams)

Variant 4.

“Indian heads” he said. “These are real old”. – “You thinkwe ought to keep them, Jem?” – “We shall keep them till school starts”. (Lee)

Variant 5.

I will never doanything that can makeme despise myself.. I will never come to terms with the invaders of my country.

ЗАДАНИЕ II.

Insert the necessary tense, aspect and voice forms and comment on their usage.

Variant 1.

When the old lady (to return) to her flat she ( to see) at once that burglars (to break) in during her absence, because the front door (to be) open and everything in the flat (to be) upside down. The burglars themselves (to be) no longer there, but they probably only just (to leave) because a cigarette still (to burn) on an ornamental table. Probably they (to hear) the lift coming up and( to run) down the fire escape. They (to help) themselves to her whisky too but there (to be) a little left, so she (to pour) herself out a drink. (13)

Variant 2.

1. This property (to belong) to our family for over a hundred years.

2. John died of a heart-attack while he (to prove) that he could run the Marathon.

3. What’ve been up to? For a month now, I (to hear) strange reports about you.

4. The little boy (to miss) for a fortnight now.

5. Your son (to grow) very tall in the last year.

6. At nine o’clock that evening a long black Packard roadster drew up to her door, and Arnie stepped out of the front seat where he (to sit) with the driver and a girl between them.

7. Mrs. Banty put down the telephone receiver. She (to ring) twice and each time the answer was the same: Mrs. Marple was out.

8. He told me that an American Signore (to stay) there for three months/

9. She (to hold) an open book as though she (to read).

10. Mr. Moore now (to sit) silent for several minutes. (11)

Variant 3.

When I (to open) the door, I (to see) a man on his knees. He clearly (to listen) to our conversation and I (to wonder) how much he (to hear). When I (to ask) him what he (to do), he (to say) that he (to drop) a 50 p. piece outside the door and (to look) for it. I (not to see) any sign of the money, but I (to find) a small notebook and pencil which he probably (to drop) when the door (to open) suddenly. (14)

Variant 4.

When he (to see) his wife off at the station, he (to return) home as he (not have) to be at the airport till 9.30. He (not have) to pack, for his wife already (to do) that for him and his case (to be) ready in the hall. He (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always (to do) that before she (to leave) the house. (10)

Variant 5.

1. It was true that we (to know) one another almost intimately for five and twenty years.

2. He (not to eat) since nine that morning and his stomach (to growl) with hunger.

3. I think he showed me about thirty canvases. It was the result of the six years during which he (to paint).

4. Kong (to shave) and (to wash) him and (to change) the shorts and singlet in which he (to lie) ever since he (to fall) ill.

5. For years Susie (to lead) the monotonous life of a mistress in a school for young ladies… when a legacy from a distant relative (to give) her sufficient income to live modestly upon her means.

6. The newspaper (to lie) about for a fortnight and she (to know) that he (to look) it through and through.

7. But Kitty (to see) that her eyes (to be) swollen. She (to cry). (16)

ЗАДАНИЕ III

Complete the sentences using one of the Oblique moods and name them.

Variant 1.

1. He ordered that …

2. It is most important that …

3. If he offered me some money …

4. … you like another cup of coffee?

5. He suggested that…

6. When there was no sign of him she began to be worried lest he …

7. He wished…