| A | В | |
| a. It's Monday morning. | ||
| b. I've overslept. | ||
| c. My alarm didn't go | it had. | |
| off. d. I drank too much last | there was. | |
| night. | I could. | |
| e. I feel sick. | I wish | it wasn't. |
| f. There isn't any coffee. | I had. | |
| g. My flat mate will play | I hadn't. | |
| his music very loudly. | I didn't. | |
| h. I haven't ironed my | he wouldn't. | |
| shirt. | ||
| i. I can't go back to bed. |
14. Alex, aged 4, is staying with his grandmother. He arrived about a week ago. In some ways she is finding his visit rather difficult. Look at some of the problems and then complete what she says using the verb in italics. Model: Alex is very noisy. I wish he were not so noisy.
Problems
| He misses his parents. He doesn't put his toys away. He plays with his food. He doesn't do what I say. When he arrived, he said he didn't want to stay! | He doesn't like vegetable. He can't dress himself. On Monday, he hit the dog! Last week, he broke a very expensive vase. |
75. Read the reality and add some wishes. Express them in as many ways as you can.
Model: We went to Blackpool for our holiday and it rained the whole time.
I wish we hadn't gone to Blackpool. If only we'd gone to Spain! We shouldn't have gone to Blackpool. If we'd gone to Spain the weather would have been hot and sunny. I'd rather we'd gone to Spain.
a. We didn't have any pets when I was a child because we lived in a flat.
b. I have mousy-brown hair and I'm short-sighted.
c. My parents really wanted me to become a doctor, not a teacher.
d. They think that my youngest brother's a layabout. He won't even look for a job.
e. I come from a huge family. I've got seven brothers and one sister.
f. I can't remember my grandmother because she died when I was only three.
g. I didn't start learning a foreign language until I was fifteen.
h. I didn't get the job I applied for in Barcelona because I can't speak Spanish.
16. Supply the necessary forms for the verbs in brackets in the following object clauses:
1. He suggests that I (to try) something of a more serious nature. 2. Brady proposed that they (to walk) down to the sea wall. 3. He was annoyed that they (to choose) the day of his departure for the party. 4. Charles insisted that we (to keep) secret even the most remote mention of the idea. 5. He was determined that his enemies (to pay). 6. Rupert was anxious that there (to be) no appearance of coldness on Hilda's part. 7. She feared lest it (to be) too late.
17. Translate the following into English using the appropriate verb forms in object clauses.
\. Затем он порекомендовал, чтобы мы прекратили дискуссию и поговорили о чём-нибудь другом. 2. После ужина он предложил пойти в кино, но она отказалась. 3. Отец хо-
тел идти пешком, но мама настояла, чтобы мы поехали на машине. 4. Он предложил, чтобы они встретились в парке. 5. Он настаивал, что я должен взять отпуск. 6. Она посоветовала, чтобы мы поужинали и потом пошли в театр. 7. Я был встревожен, что он не позвонил мне. 8. Я предложил, чтобы мы вместе выбрали подарок для нашего друга.
D
1. Explain the use of the verb forms in attributive clauses after "It is time" and translate the sentences into Russian:
1. Don't you think it's time you got a job? 2. Come along. It's time we had lunch. 3. It's high time we started putting our own house in order. 4. They were saying in the office that it was about time Walker retired. 5. "It's high time you were sacked, boy", the foreman said angrily.
2. Translate the following into English using the appropriate verb forms in attributive clauses after "if is time":
1. Нам пора идти. 2. Ему давно пора бы объяснить, что он задумал. 3. Его давно пора проучить. 4. Когда я проснулся, я почувствовал, что мне самое время вызвать доктора. 5. В самом деле нам пора бы обедать. 6. Ему было сказано, что пора бы ему научиться делать так, как ему велят. 7. Тебе бы давно пора выбросить эту старую мебель. 8. Как ты думаешь, не пора ли нам вернуться к гостям?
Е.
1. Explain the use of the verb forms in the following clauses of comparison and predicative clauses introduced by "as if" and "as though ". Translate the sentences into Russian:
1. He was throwing his things into a suitcase as if the place were on fire. 2. She always looked as though she had been at the hairdresser's all afternoon. 3. Mary is always saying she believes in her friend, and at the same time she always behaves as if he were her enemy. 4. Our life goes on as if nothing had happened. 5. He sat in his chair looking as if he were going to be sick. 6. His head ached terribly. It felt as though all sorts of little savage things were beating inside it, trying to get out. 7. It
seemed as though the water drew her irresistibly. 8. He felt as if he were being reprimanded.
2. Supply the necessary forms for the verbs given in brackets in the following clauses of comparison and predicative clauses introduced by "as if" and "as though ":
1. Her lips were parted as if she (to be) out of breath. 2. Hugh laughed awkwardly, as if he (to say) something indecent. 3. He looked down at his feet as though he (to be) unconscious of the company. 4. She sounded as if he (to talk) to an enemy. 5. He leaned back as if he (not to have) a care. 6. "It sounds as though there (to be) three or four men down there," said my father. 7. She spoke of this and that as though she (to make) conversation with a stranger. 8. He looked as if he already (to decide) on some action.
Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Он смотрел на меня так, словно не понимал. 2. Она продолжала оглядывать комнату, как будто искала кого-то.
3. Он застегнул пальто, как будто ему было холодно. 4. У неё обычно был такой вид, словно она только что плакала. 5. Жаль, что я не видела его вчера. 6. Тому очень хотелось бы иметь более высокие оценки. 7. Мне бы хотелось, чтобы ты не ехал так быстро. 8. Требуется, чтобы вы вернули книги в библиотеку вовремя. 9. Преподаватель настаивал, чтобы она училась более прилежно. 10. Если ты мне поможешь, я сдам экзамен. 11. Ему давно пора сдать этот экзамен. 12. Если бы он был здесь, он бы помог нам. 13. Если бы вы посещали лекции, вы бы легко сдали экзамены. 14. Важно, чтобы студенты приняли участие в этом исследовании. 15. Если бы он не ехал так быстро, аварии бы не произошло.
Read the texts and do the tasks that follow: Textl
In the President's Chair
Every week we ask someone what they would do if they were the president. This week it is the turn of Heather Pearce, university lecturer.
I would import more high technology for our industries and transport systems instead of relying on cheap labour. I would pay for this by exporting more of our agricultural produce and cutting down on our food imports. I would work hard for international peace instead of making aggressive speeches, and at home I would put more money into our health and social services instead of cutting taxes.
Task 1.
Which of the following would Heather Pearce choose to do if she was president?
1. import high technology
2. rely on cheap labour
3. export more agricultural produce
4. cut down on food imports
5. work hard for international peace
6. make aggressive speeches
7. put more money into health and social services
8. cut taxes
Task 2.
Write your own version of In the President's Chair. What would you do if you were the president of your country?
Text 2
A Foggy Story
One Sunday Mary decided to go sailing with her friend Juliet, but Juliet was away. Mary's boyfriend John did not know anything about sailing but he asked her if he could go with her instead. Mary agreed and they set off out to sea. Soon they found themselves in thick fog. Mary was sure that they would be hit by a big ship but suddenly, through the fog she saw a large buoy. She decided to tie the boat to the buoy for safety. She got onto the buoy, but she dropped the rope. The boat drifted away in the fog and John did not know how to get it back. He did not know how to use the radio, either, and was only rescued twelve hours later. Mary, meanwhile, spent the
night on the buoy. At dawn she fell asleep, and she was about to fall into the sea when a shout woke her up. The fog had cleared a little and a ship had seen her. She climbed aboard and thanked the captain. He told her that John had been rescued by a lifeboat and the lifeboat captain had sent out a message. Without the message the captain would not have seen her on the buoy.
Task 1.
Game: In small groups make as many type 3 conditional sentences as you can about the story. The group with the most correct sentences wins.
Example: If Juliet had not been away, John would not have gone sailing.
Task 2.
Make up a story that can be finished with one of these sentences.
If the woman hadn't woken me up, I would have missed my station.
If I hadn't had the accident, I would never have met the most important person in my life.
If I'd realized the truth, I would never have done what I did.
If I hadn't read the paper that morning, I wouldn't have become so rich.
Example: Yesterday I took a train to visit a friend. I was very tired and on the way I fell asleep. I woke up when a woman asked me, "Is the next stop Canterbury?" and we were at my station! I just managed to get off the train in time. I was very lucky because if the woman hadn't woken me up, I would have missed my station!
Text3
Jody Major, Female Clown
I haven't always been a circus clown. When I was younger, I was going to be an engineer. I was doing well at school, the teachers were pleased with me, and it was all fixed. But then my mother got a job in Algeria, and the whole family moved. If we hadn't moved, my life would have been very different.
I didn't enjoy it. Algeria was fine, but I missed my friends. If I'd studied French or Arabic earlier, it would have been easier, but I didn't speak either and my school work suffered. Instead of going into further education, I left school. I would have gone back to Sydney if there had been somewhere for me to stay, but instead I went to Scotland and started working in a funfair. I became a clown three years later.
I sometimes think that things would have been different if we had stayed at home in Australia, but maybe not. Who can say?
Task 1. True of false?
1. Jody's an engineer.
2. She wanted to be an engineer when she was younger.
3. She comes from Algeria.
4. She would have been an engineer if her family hadn't gone abroad.
5. She didn't speak French or Arabic.
6. She became a clown after working in a funfair.
7. Her life might have been different if her family had stayed in Australia.
Task 2.
Write three paragraphs about your life, explaining what you are doing now. Describe three events that happened which meant that your life could have been different.
Text 4
Butterflies
A major artist of world importance is discovered after being ignored by the art world for forty years. An Indian teacher of English risks everything for his belief in someone's paintings. These are the facts of an incredible story of coincidences that stretches over three continents - and ends happily!
New York
Harold Shapinsky, now in his sixties, has lived in New York all his life. He has occupied a very small flat with his devoted wife, Kate. While he painted she knitted sweaters to pay for his art. But, because he couldn't afford large canvasses, he did his great paintings on small pieces of paper. And for forty years the art would ignored him.
Bangalore, Southern India
Akumal Ramachander, a teacher of English, grew up in his home town of Bangalore. As a child he used to play in the fields where he chased butterflies. "I would never destroy a butterfly", he says, "just chase them and wonder at their great profusion of colours". Akumal was always looking for a painter who would remind him of those butterflies, and when he saw Harold Shapinsky's work he knew that he had found one.
New York
One day in 1984 while Akumal was on holiday in the USA, he went to a party in Chicago. Quite by chance he met David Shapinsky. Harold's son, Back at David's flat Akumal saw some of Harold's work. He loved the paintings imediately and soon went to New York where he met Harold and Kate Shapinsky. Akumal made slides of all Harold's pictures.
London
Akumal was desperate. He had told Harold Shapinsky that he would find a gallery to exhibit his paintings. But the English teacher had no more money left and nobody had shown any interest in Shapinsky's work. Akumal went to London's famous Tate Gallery. At the reception desk they wanted to send him away, but Akumal wouldn't go and made a fuss. The receptionist called Ronald Alice, the person in charge of modern paintings. Alice saw the slides, liked them and contacted his friends in the art world. Only a short time later, in the summer of 1985, Harold had his first major exhibition.
Task 1.
Find out as much as possible about one of the following people:
Akumal Kate David Ronald
Task 2. True or false?
1. Akumal Ramachander chased butterflies as a boy.
2. Kate Shapinsky painted for money.
3. Akumal went to a party in New York.
4. Akumal left the Tate Gallery quietly because nobody would see him.
5. Akumal didn't like Shapinsky's painting when he first saw them.
Task 3.
Match phrases from column A with phrases from column B.
| A | В |
| If Akumal hadn't chased butterflies | he wouldn't have met David Shapinsky. |
| If Kate hadn't knitted sweaters | he wouldn't have seen Ronald Allee. |
| If Akumal hadn't gone to the party in Chicago | Harold wouldn't have been able to paint. |
| If Akumal hadn't liked the paintings | he wouldn't have taken the slides to the Tate Gallery. |
| If Akumal hadn't made a fuss | he wouldn't have liked Shapinsky's work. |
The questionnaire
Work in groups of two or three and talk bout your answers to the questionnaire. Do you all have similar answers or different attitudes and tastes?
