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Test yourselves

  1. a) Read the text

  2. Find sentences with the infinitives.

  3. Define the form of the infinitives.

  4. Define the functions of the infinitives.

  5. Translate the text into Russian.

Nightwork (by I. Show.) An Extract.

At the bank I had to write out two specimen signatures on separate cards. My hand was absolutely steady. The sealed manila envelopes with the money in lay on the desk at which I was sitting, facing the young assistant manager who was serving me. He had the bland sexless face of a seminarian. The conversation between us was short and businesslike. I’d shaved and was neatly dressed. I still had a couple of decent suits left over from the old days, and today I had put on a sober, quite, gray Glen plaid with a blue Oxford shirt and solid blue tie.

I wanted to give the impression of being a solid citizen, perhaps not wealthy, certainly not wealthy, but modestly prosperous, a careful, industrious man who might have some bonds and some legal papers that were too valuable to leave lying around the house.

“Your address, please, Mr. Grimes,” the assistant manager was saying.

I gave him the address of the St Augustine. If anybody got as far as the bank in the search for me, which was unlikely in any case, there would be no useful information to be found.

“Will you be the sole person authorized to have access to the safety-deposit box?”

That’s for sure, brother, I thought. But all I said was, “Yes”.

“That will be twenty-three dollars for the year. Do you wish to pay by cash or by check?”

“Cash”. I gave him a hundred-dollar bill. His expression did not change. Obviously, he thought that I looked like a man who might normally carry a hundred-dollar bill loose in his pocket. I took this as a good sign. The assistant manager smoothed the bill carefully, with a churchly gesture, went over to a teller’s window to break the bill down into a smaller denominations.

  1. Define the function of the infinitive in the following sentences, translate them into English.

  1. I was permitted to leave early.

  2. It is dangerous to climb the mountains.

  3. I was glad to get a letter from you.

  4. I went to Chicago to visit my relatives.

  5. He had enough strength to lift that box.

  6. Even to think of it made him crazy.

  7. My intention is to pass the exam successfully.

  8. I have not had time to examine this room.

  9. I was too busy to see anyone.

  10. She’s got a little baby to look after.

  11. The guy continued to observe her.

  12. Here is a nice book to read.

  13. We must not leave him by himself.

  1. Translate the sentences from Russian into English, define the function of the infinitive.

  2. Цель ее работы - научить детей правильно произносить звуки.

  3. Продолжать это обучение значит понапрасну тратить время.

  4. Изучать иностранные языки интересно и полезно. (2 варианта)

  5. На них приятно смотреть.

  6. Эта атомная станция должна стать крупнейшей в мире.

  7. Дети начинают изучать иностранные языки в школе.

  8. Я предпочитаю слушать классическую музыку.

  9. Ему нравилось, чтобы его считали лучшим учеником в классе.

  10. Он был счастлив, что снова очутился в своем родном городе

  11. Чтобы правильно ответить на этот вопрос, нужно вспомнить предыдущий материал.

  12. Вот правило, которому нужно следовать.

  13. Я надеюсь, что вы чувствуете себя достаточно хорошо, чтобы навестить меня.

  14. Капитан последним покинул корабль.

  15. Этот фильм слишком скучный, чтобы его можно было смотреть.

  16. Все попытки поддержать это предложение были неудачны.

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