1. He seems to be playing tennis now. 2. Carol didn't want to bother anyone, and she didn't want to be bothered. 3. I'm sorry to have done it. 4. She heard him open the door. 5. What has made her leave us so soon? 6. If you think it is necessary to make changes, you must choose the right moment to make them. 7. For about ten days we seemed to have been living on nothing but cold meat, cake and bread and jam. 8. Septimus Horatio Cornwallis did not live up to his name. With such a name he should have been a cabinet minister, an admiral, or at least a rural dean. 9.1 was in far too happy a mood, good fortune seemed to be following me like a huge affectionate dog. 10. To be fair, the chef's salad was superb although I confess it was hard to appreciate such food fully while trying to guess if I found the bill come to over fifty-seven pounds. 11. One particular anxiety that always came up with a large construction contract was the government's ability to pay, and pay on time. 12. The work seems to have been done in haste.
Ex 3. Look through table A and complete the following sentences by changing the verb in brackets to the correct active or passive form.
1. The massive house seemed (make) of wood.
2. A young manager hopes (give) a promotion very soon.
3. It's such a shock. She has never expected (tell) a lie.
4. Both business partners promise the goods (load) atonce.
5. Both business partners promise (load) the goods atonce.
6. Our team leader wanted the work (do) as soon as possible.
7. It's important (listen) to people.
8. It’s important (listen) by people.
9. She hopes (choose) for the national team.
10. She doesn’t like (listen) to music while she’s working.
11. He doesn't like (interrupt) while he's working.
12. They will (repair) your watch by Tuesday.
13. Your watch will (repair) by Tuesday.
Ex. 4 Look through table B and rewrite the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Mind the forms of the infinitives corresponding to the tense forms.
1. She has lost her job. (seem) ……. she seems to have lost her job.
2. Ann has accepted to work there. (seem) ……………………………………..
3. He is working hard. (appear) ……………………………………..
4. They have been watching TV all afternoon. (seem) ……………………………………
5. Tom missed the train. (appear) ………………………………………
6. They are moving house. (seem) ………………………………………
7. She found the solution. (claim) ………………………………………
8. It has been raining hard. (appear) ……………………………………….
9. She is reading a magazine. (pretend) ……………………………………….
10. Sharon tells lies. (tend) ……………………………………….
Ex. 5 Rewrite these sentences using perfect infinitives.
a) Model: I’m glad that I have left school.
I’m glad to have left school.
1. I'm glad I've met you.
2. I was sorry I had disturbed him.
3. I expect I'll have passed all my exams by June.
4. It seems that you made a mistake. (You seem...)
5. I'm happy that I've had a chance to talk to you.
6. I was disappointed that I had missed the party.
7. It seems that she's got lost.
8. She was pleased that she had found the house.
b) Use perfect infinitive to express a prior action that was not carried out:
Model: He didn’t go to art college. He fell ill.
He was to have gone to art college but he fell ill. (He didn't go.)
1. She didn't marry a friend of her parents, (was to)
2. I didn't see his face when he realised what had happened, (would like to)
3. He didn't finish all his work by three o'clock, (mean)
4. We didn't spend a week skiing, (were to)
5. It wasn't the happiest week of my life. (was to)
6. She didn't say goodbye to everybody before she left. (mean)
7. I didn't live in the seventeenth century, (would like)
8. He didn't play in the Cup Final, (was to)
9. I wasn’t sitting there when she walked in. (would like)
10. I didn’t telephone you. I forgot. (mean)
Ex. 6 Use the right kind of infinitive after modal verbs.
1 I ought (work) right now.
2 If you needed money, you should (ask) me.
3 I'd like (go) home early today.
4 I'd like (see) her face when she opened the letter.
5 She must (have) a shower -1 can hear the waterrunning.
6 You should (tell) me you were ill.
71 should like (invite) him to the concert.
8 I should like him (invite) to the concert.
9 You should (pay) me last week. Why didn’t you?
10 He could (kill)somebody, driving like that.
11 He might (wash) my jeans after he borrowed them.
