Arrive, cry, do, explain, go, get, hear, know

The Subjective Infinitive Construction

The Objective Infinitive Construction

III. Grammar Exercises

V+ ^(действ. залог)

N(общ.п) Pron(объект.п)

+ Inf.

1. He considers the workers (them) to do it. Он считает, что рабочие (они) сделают это.   2. It enabled the workers (them) to do it. Это заставило рабочих (их) сделать это.

1. Придаточным дополнительным предложением с союзами что, чтобы, как.   2. Простым предложением.

Объектный инфинитивный оборот употребляется после глаголов, обозначающих:

Чувство и желание	Чувственное восприятие	Предполо-жение	Умственную деятель-ность	Побуждение
to want – хотеть to wish – желать to desire – желать to like – хотеть to love – любить to hate – ненавидеть	to hear – слышать to see – видеть to watch – наблюдать to observe – наблюдать to feel – чувствовать to notice - замечать	to expect – ожидать to suppose – предпологать to consider – считать to assume – полагать to believe – полагать to hold - полагать	to think – думать to know – знать to understand – понимать to find – обнаружить to report – сообщать to note - отмечать	а) с “to” to order – приказывать to tell – велеть to ask – просить to get – заставлять б) без “to” to make – заставлять to let – позволять

N(общ.п) + Pron.(им.п.)	V ^(страд. залог) ^(действ. залог)	+ Inf.

1. The workers (they) are considered to do it. Считают, что рабочие (они) сделают это. 2. He appeared to be a brave man. Он, как оказалось, храбрый человек. 3. This is likely to be the truth. Это, вероятно, правда.

1. Придаточным предложением.     3. Простое предложение.

7. Express the following using simple sentences with Complex Object:

Example: I see how this woman goes to the factory every day.

I see this woman go to the factory every day.

1. I saw how the director explained the details of the plan. 2. We heard how they spoke about their Institute. 3. The manager watches how the employees enter the office. 4. I heard how the workers discussed the problems they had to solve to increase the output. 5. We saw how they used the equipment we sent them last month. 6. I heard how the engineer explained the new methods of production.

8. Fill in the blanks with one of the following verbs in the form of the Infinitive:

1. Please stay with me, I don’t want you.... 2. David’s parents didn’t want him... married. 3. She didn’t understand the story, so she asked me... it to her. 4. Talk quietly. I don’t want anybody... us. 5. You’re here early. We expected you... later. 6. It was a very sad film. It made me.... 7. Please don’t tell Tom about my plan. I don’t want him.... 8. What do you think about my problem? What do you advise me...?

9. Express the following using simple sentences with Complex Subject:

1. It is known that new economic theory is tested by practice. 2. It seems that this approach ignores the objective conditions. 3. It is said that you know the data very well. 4. It is understood that the seller will help us to choose the necessary goods. 5. It is known that the first reference to cotton has been made 2,500 years ago. 6. It is believed that the wage incentive program will be adopted in May.

10. Transform the sentences using Complex Subject and the words in brackets:

Example: He has lost weight (seem).

He seems to lose weight.

1. You know a lot of our customers (seem). 2. Our product line is getting better (appear). 3. That car has broken down (appear). 4. Our executing officer forgets things (tend). 5. They have solved the problem of variable expenses (claim). 6. The situation in this warehouse is more difficult than we thought (seem).

11. Translate into Russian:

1. With more and better goods and services available everyone’s living standard is likely to improve. 2. If producers expect prices to increase in the future, they may increase their production. 3. When a budget has expenses that exactly equal income, it is said to be balanced. 4. When proposed expenses are greater than expected income, the budget is said to have a deficit. 5. The proportional tax seems to be fair because everyone pays the same rate. 6. When dollar values are down, overseas sales are likely to increase. 7. Sellers in each country expect to be paid in their own currency for the goods they sell to other countries. 8. The management of the firm wants them to report about the results or their negotiations. 9. Such times of inflation and deflation are likely to create hardships for many sectors of the economy. 10. Overall employment in the industry is sure to decline as small farms are consolidated into large farms and technology further reduces the need for farm labour.

12. Give the meaning of the following words:

to employ, employee, employer, employment, unemployment, employed.

to pay, paid, payment, paying, payable, payer.

to own, own, ownership, owner.

to buy, bought, buyer.

to sell, seller, selling, sold.

to manage, management, manager, managing, manageable, managerial.

to market, market, marketing, marketability, marketable.

13. Read the text and retell it in Russian:

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