EXERCISES I. Change these sentences, using Patterns 1a and 1b:
Example:
We should meet a lot of tourists if we went to a tourist camp next summer.
We should have met a lot of tourists if we had gone to a tourist camp last year (last summer,
when we had our holiday, etc.).
1. Mario wouldn't come to England if John didn't invite him. 2. Peter would accept your
invitation if he were not ill. 3. It wouldn't be a hardship for the children to sweep and clean the
rooms, would it? 4. If the weather were fine we should go to a holiday camp next summer. 5. We
would live in a hotel if the rates were not very high. 6. It would be natural if they didn't meet after
their quarrel. 7. My friend and I would go to the cinema after this lesson if the rest of the students
agreed to go with us. 8. If the weather didn't change we should go to the country tonight.
II. Combine the fallowing sentences into one, using speech Pattern 1c:
Example:
They quarrelled. They both are very nervous.
They wouldn't have quarrelled if they both were not very nervous.
1. Bob recovered. The doctors that had treated him are very experienced. 2. Mary passed her
exams. She is industrious. 3. We invited John Brown to our tea-party. We are acquainted with him. 4.
I didn't leave the children alone. They are naughty. 5. She didn't agree to teach us French. She doesn't
know the language well. 6. Martha understood the German delegates, she is a German. 7. I gave you
this book because it's very interesting. 8. I advised my friends to have a walking tour because I
myself am fond of walking tours.
III. Make up sentences after Patterns 2 and 3, using the following words and
phrases:
a) Pattern 2: to be busy, to know a lot, to understand each other, to hate (smb. or smth.), to
love music, е.g. Ann seems to love children, I often see her playing with little boys and girls in our
yard.
b) Pattern 3: to scold each other, to argue (about smth.), to meet (with), to write a letter, to
dream (of smth), е.g. She can't keep from crying when she reads sentimental poetry.
IV. Translate these sentences into English, using the patterns from Units One
and Two:
1. He беспокойся, ребенок не был бы таким веселым, если бы он был серьезно болен, 2.
Тебе не пошло бы, если бы ты носил бороду я усы, ты бы выглядел гораздо старше своих лет.
3. Было бы лучше, если бы они не позволяли детям смотреть телевизор так поздно. 4. Было бы
естественно, если бы дети спросили меня об их новой учительнице, но никто не задал этого
вопроса. 5. На твоем месте я ела бы поменьше сладкого, ты располнеешь. 6. Было бы