EXERCISES. Exercise 1. State the type of the composite sentence

Exercise 1. State the type of the composite sentence.

1. I realized that they had fallen in love. 2. If you are successful, people will forgive you practically everything. 3. Will you be still using the computer when I come back to the office after lunch? 4. If you've got the means of getting something done, use it. 5. This afternoon Martha was late for the lecture because she had had a sleepless night. 6. It was an absolutely freezing day when we arrived in Moscow. 7. Although she was extremely surprised she did not show any sign of it. 8. As he had no alarm clock, he overslept. 9. The waiter served the food, which had been cooked by the best chef in Paris. 10. The police are looking for the woman, who had kidnapped the child. 11. They ran to the spot where they had hidden the money. 12. They were so poor that they couldn't make both ends meet. 13. Sophia behaves as if the world were at her feet. 14. He had come so close that he and Frank were almost nose to nose. 15. It seemed as if he had been wanting to say all this for years.

Exercise 2. State the type of the clause (subject, predicative, object) in the following complex sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. The doctor’s advice was that my brother should go to the south immediately. 2. That the matter should have taken such a turn is not surprising. 3. We have never discovered who did it. 4. You may rely upon what he says. 5. I think he is in the library. 6. I shall ask him whether he will arrange it for me. 7. He isn’t what he pretends to be. 8. I cannot understand why he did it. 9. I am not satisfied with what I have written. 10. The question is whether they will arrive in time to take part in this work.

Exercise 3. Translate into Russian paying special attention to the conjunctions and connective words and state the type of the clause.

1. It should be noted that the technical documentation of the hydroengineering project contained 199 volumes. 2.That it is possible to convert heat to energy and energy back to heat can be demonstrated in a number of ways. 3. Visitors always ask if the flood defence system will be put into operation in time.4. If a solid body or a liquid is heated, it will usually expand. 5. Chemistry is the science that deals with the structure of matter and its changes. 6. The laboratory is the place where experiments as well as scientific research may be carried out. 7. We know who took part in the design of the flood defence system.8. It should be noted that plastics are widely used in everyday life because of their many useful properties.

Exercise 4. Translate into Russian.

1. Speak louder so that I may hear you. 2. Bring it here so that I may look at it. 3. I took him to the Caucasus so that the mountain air should benefit him 4. The heat was so oppressive that all the doors and windows were wide open so that a free current of air might pass through the house. 5. The suppliers were asked to speed up the manufacture of the engine so that it might be shipped with other goods by a steamer sailing the 15^th August. 6. We sent all the documents by air mail so that they should be received before the arrival за the cargo.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Я смогу пойти домой только тогда, когда я закончу эту работу. 2. Я не смогу вам дать определенного ответа до тех пор, пока не получу от них письма. 3. Он сидел саду до тех пор, пока не стало совсем темно и он не мог больше читать. 4. Я уверен, что мы уже придем к соглашению к тому времени, когда вы вернетесь. 5. Я расскажу ему об этом, как только он прилет. 6. Становилось прохладней по мере того, как мы подходили к морю. 7. Все будет готово к тому времени, когда вы придете. 8. Он упал, когда он сходил с трамвая. 9. Он пришел ко мне, когда я обедал. 10. Я пришел, когда они упаковывали свои вещи. 11. Он писал что-то, когда я вошел в комнату.

Exercise 6. Translate into English.

1. Он говорил так быстро, что я едва мог понять его. 2. Книга была такая интересная, что я читал её весь день. 3. Он такой способный человек, что я уверен, что он изучит немецкий язык в довольно короткий срок. 4. Они встретились, как будто они были друзьями. 5. Он посмотрел на меня, как будто он меня никогда раньше не видел.

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