Exercise 59 . Используйте предложения в Past Perfect Continuous. Сделайте их отрицательными и вопросительными. Выполните перевод.
1. We (to wait) for her for a long time. 2. I (to feel) sick for weeks before I finally went to see the doctor. 3. When Frank got home, he found that his children (to do) their homework. 4. He (to try) to find a job for quite a long time. 5. Glen (to drive) for an hour when his car broke down. 6. We (to wait) for an hour when our train finally arrived. 7. Henry (to play) football for over ten years when he gave it up in 2008. 8. They (to live) in London for fifteen years when they moved to Paris last year. 9. She (to stand) there for nearly half an hour when she realized she was at the wrong bus stop.
Exercise 60. Поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect Continuous. Задайте вопросы к выделенной части предложений.
1. Jill (to paint) her room before her friends called in. 2. They (to try) to phone her all the weekend. 3. The Browns (to stay) at the Hilton because their friends couldn’t put them up. 4. Terry and Ellen (to go) to the theatre when I met them. 5. Greta (to look) through the “Vogue” magazine when Paul dropped in. 6. Peggy (to wait) for Daniel’s call that evening. 7. They (to walk) 3 kilometres an hour. 8. You (not to stand) there since 6 o’clock. 9. Jane (to study) English for 5 years before she visited England. 10. He (to run) in the park when I saw him.
Exercise 61. Найдите ошибки в предложениях и исправьте их.
1. I watch TV hardly ever before dinner.
2. Mr and Mrs Smith goes walking in summer.
3. What do you at weekends?
4. Never I have tea in the morning.
5. She is enough clever to answer all the questions.
6. Cathy arrives at work early than her colleagues.
7. A friend of mine often goes to work by foot.
8. Pam works as an actress; she's talented and too beautiful.
9. These newly married people look happily.
10. He usually drinks quickly his coffee.
UNIT 6
Модальные глаголы
Модальные глаголы – это глаголы, обозначающие не само действие, а отношение к нему говорящего:
I must come and see Я должен навестить своих
my parents next Sunday. родителей в следующее воскресенье.
He can speak three languages. Он может говорить на трёх языках.
Модальные глаголы в английском языке не имеют формы инфинитива, неличных форм на - ed , - ing, не принимают окончания - s, - es в 3-ем лице единственного числа Present Indefinite, т.е. не спрягаются. Они образуют вопросительную и отрицательную формы без вспомогательного глагола. После модальных глаголов инфинитив другого глагола употребляется без частицы to (исключение – глагол ought to).
Can , could
Этот модальный глагол имеет две формы: can – для настоящего времени, could – для прошедшего. Употребляется он:
1) для выражения возможности или способности совершения действия. В этом значении переводится как "мочь", "уметь":