"We were going to leave at 6 a.m. on the day after our wedding to get the 9 o'clock ferry from Dover to France". Then the first thing went wrong - the car wouldn 't start! Dad got quite angry, and kept shouting: "Why... it...?" In the end he had to call a garage, and the mechanic wanted £ 20. We'd changed all our money into foreign currency, and in those days people... normally... cheques from someone they didn't know. "What shall I do?" Dad cried. "He......a cheque!" At last the mechanic agreed, and we just got to Dover in time for the boat. "And why... the car...?" asked Stephen. "Your dad had forgotten to buy petrol", Mrs Wilson replied. "Anyway, we got a campsite in France and tried to put up our tent, but it was so windy that it... up. We ended up sleeping in the car. Next morning, we found that all our cooking things were wet. "The stove......!" your Dad kept saying. So, we had a cold breakfast! But the funniest thing was a few days later, when we were in the mountains. There was a flock of sheep in the road, and they...... us pass. "Sheep...... unless you make a loud noise!" Dad said, and he pressed the horn. But the horn got stuck, and it......! It was terribly embarrassing, but at least the sheep got out of our way!"
3. Imagine you are in one of the following situations. Communicate with each other in role-playing dialogues.
1. You are travelling in a train with another person. He is an elderly, angry looking man. It's very stuffy in the compartment and you feel uncomfortable. You ask your neighbor if he objects to your opening the window. He says that:
a) he likes the windows in the compartment to be closed; he doesn't want to catch his death of cold;
b) he doesn't mind, you try to open the window but can't do it, something has gone wrong with it.
Use the following patterns in your conversation:
a) Would you mind...; I won't let you...;
b) I won't open...
2. You are doing some shopping. You want to get a blue pullover with a V-neck, short sleeves and a pattern. But they haven't got such pullovers at the moment. The salesman is trying to convince you that brown pullovers are in fashion too and insists on your trying one on. But you don't want even to listen to him.
Use the following patterns in your conversation:
a) Would you show me...;
b) I won't try it on. This isn't what I want.
4. Instead of the words given in brackets use will/ would to denote a habitual or recurrent action.
Model: He (often) sits in the garden basking in the warm sunshine. He will sit in the garden basking in the warm sunshine.
1. She (sometimes) spends a whole evening listening to music.
2. They (occasionally) leave work earlier to catch an early train.
3. He (frequently) fishes for hours without catching anything.
4. They (sometimes) look at each other without saying a word.
5. She (usually) listens to him with breathless attention.
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6. They (often) have dinner in the garden in summer.
5. Use used to + Infinitive for thing that happened regularly in the past or for things and states that were true but are not true now; would + infinitive to talk about repeated actions in the past; be used to + Gerund to say that something is familiar or usual.
a) Complete the sentences with would or used to. Where either form is possible, use them both. Where there is a word in brackets, put it in the correct position.
1. I... have lots of free time before I started working here.
2. In the long summer holidays, we... go out somewhere with a picnic every day.
3. When I was a newly-trained teacher I... work till late every night preparing lessons.
4. They... be happy together but they're not now.
5. When they came to London, they... (never) travel anywhere on the tube.
6. When I had a car, I... drive everywhere, but now I'm much fitter because I always walk or cycle.
7. During my last year at university, I... go to the library to start work at 9 o'clock every morning.
8. When we shared a flat together, we... (often) stay up talking late into the night.
b) Use used to, would and be used to.
Sharon, Jerry, Marion and Joe are talking about what they used to be like a few years ago. Try to guess who is speaking. Make your deduction using can, may, must or will. Compare it with your fellow-students.
"I used to be very quiet. I'm an only child, so I'm used to being alone. I would spend hours in my room, reading and daydreaming. I didn't use to go out much and I never used to wear fashionable clothes or make-up. Things have changed. Look at me now!"
"At fifteen I used to be a rebel and I always wore an old T-shirt and ripped jeans. I would go to pop concerts every week. I was crazy about music. I used to walk around all day carrying a radio. I was used to being told off at school because I didn't do enough work".
"My friends and I used to dress all in black. At the time we thought it was great. We would go round the clothes stores buying weird outfits and hats. My hair used to be green or pink - or both. We were used to people staring at us, but we didn't use to care about what others thought".
Who doesn't say anything?
c) Speak about yourselves. Say what you used to do, would do or were used to doing in the past. Maybe, you had some unusual habits.
6. Translate into English.
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7. Act out the conversation. Then retell it. Two old men are sitting on a bus and talking.
A: Things aren't what they used to be, are they?
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B: No, they aren't. Everything's upside down these days. People used to have got good manners. Now they haven't got good manners any more. Look at the way children act.
A: That's right! Why don't they teach the girls to behave like ladies and the boys to behave like gentlemen?
B: Exactly.
Bus conductor: Excuse me. Would one of you give a passenger your seat? She's a mother with a baby and you are nearest to the door. It'll only be for a few minutes!
A: What? Give up my seat? Me!
B: Tell her to stand! I won't give up my seat to anyone.
8. Think of situations of your own using will/would in different meanings:
1. to invite somebody to one's tea-party; to treat smb. to; to eat like a bird; to be on a diet (would - polite request);
2. to invite to a dinner party; to cook delicious meals; to be a big eater; not to find smth. to one's liking (will / would -refusal to perform an action);
3. to look forward to; to have smth. for dinner; to be on the menu; to be a surprise to smb. (will / would - intention, volition);
4. to prepare sandwiches; to be unable to cut the sausage; to be not sharp (about the knife); to be late for classes (would -refusal to perform an action with lifeless things).
9. Memorize the following proverbs and use them in situations of your own. Find their Russian equivalents.
1. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
2. None so blind as those who won't see.
3. The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet.
4. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
10. Read the following story. Then retell it using the patterns under study. Act the story out.
April, 1 is the day on which in some countries people try to play tricks on others. If one succeeds in tricking somebody, one laughs and says "April Fool!" And then the person who has been tricked usually laughs too.
On April 1, a country bus was going along a winding road when it suddenly slowed down and stopped. The driver anxiously turned switches and pressed buttons, but the bus wouldn't move. Then he turned to the passengers with a worried look on his face and said, "This poor bus is getting old. It isn't going as well as it used to go. There's only one thing to do if we want to get home today. If you will lean forward suddenly as hard as you can, that should get the bus started again. "Ail the passengers obediently said", We will try", pressed back against their seats and waited anxiously.
Then the driver turned to his front and asked, "Are you ready?"
The passengers hardly had enough breath to answer, "Yes!" "One! Two! Three!" counted the driver. The passengers swung forward suddenly - and the bus started forward at a great rate.
The passengers breathed more easily and began to smile with relief. But their smiles turned to surprised and then delighted laughter when the driver merrily cried, "April Fool!"
