Complex Object ( ) :
- (to see, to hear, to feel, to watch, to notice, to observe, etc.),
- (to think, to believe, to suppose, to expect, to consider, to assume, to choose, to find, to know, etc.),
- (to want, to wish, to desire, to intent, to like, to hate, should (would) like, etc.),
- (to have, to let, to make),
- , , , (to order, to force, to tell, to ask, to allow, to command, to demand, to require).
Complex Object , , , .
Models:
| We wanted the professor (him) to give a lecture. | , . |
| We know the professor to have given an excellent lecture on protein synthesis. | , . |
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1. Complex Object to , .
Model:
| I saw him cross the street. | , . |
2. : to expect
to anticipate ,
to hope
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Model:
| We expected the professor (him) to give a lecture. | , . |
3. Complex Object , , .
Model:
| Assumingthe error to be negligible we ignored it. | , , . |
4. Complex Object Passive Voice to allow, to permit, to enable , .
Model:
| This method allows the data to be easily obtained. | . |
5. Complex Object . that, what, which.
Model:
| Here is the material (which) we consider to be suitable for our purpose. | , , , . |
Exercise 1. Make up sentences. Translate the sentences.
1. He felt Poirot to start the investigation.
2. I believe anger rise in him at these words.
3. The girl persuaded it to be wrong to trust Andrew.
4. I couldnt bring you to give way to despair so easily.
5. She waited Mike accept their invitation.
6. I heard for the documents to be brought.
7. The manager asked myself to focus attention on the book.
8. I didnt expect for him to continue his story,
Exercise 2. Use the Complex Object with prepositions, if necessary, and translate the sentences.
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1. I heard (he, to take) a deep breath. 2. Clyde had a lot of trouble with getting (Frenchmen, to understand) his accent. 3. She waited (he, to sum up) his resolution. 4. Jean couldnt bring (herself, to say) a definite No. 5. Alter an hour I began to long (the children, to come back). 6. He woke up when he heard (the door, to open and to close) upstairs but he made (himself, to shut ones eyes and to relax) for some more minutes.
Exercise 3. Translate into Russian.
1. Our scientists want this crop to mature earlier in northern districts. 2. We know the maximum temperature for germination of tomato to be higher than that required for other crops. 3. The microscope reveals milk to consist of droplets of butter fat dispersed in watery fluid. 4. We know phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sulphur to be the primary elements. 5. Diffusion shows molecules of any substance to be in motion. 6. Although bacteria do have visible chromosomes, no one has ever seen bacterial cells fuse. 7. We expect every student to know the difference between the roots of the two plants. 8. They know this plant to live for more than two seasons. 9. Scientists suppose the wild form of this crop to grow in Africa. 10. The ancients did not believe the tides of the ocean, the atmosphere and the solid mantle of the earth to be due to the forces of attraction of the sun and moon. 11. What makes the leaves of any plant reach a certain size and cease growing? 12. What causes these elements to combine and form compounds? 13. Analysis of data enables the energy distribution to be deduced. 14. The new technique permits nuclei to be taken out of mammalian cells.
Exercise 4. Translate into English. Use the Complex Object.
1. . 2. . 3. . 4. . 5. . 6. . 7. . 8. . 9. . 10. , . 11. , . 12. . 13. . 14. . 15. . 16. . 17. . 18. , . 19. , .
