Английский для социологов. Астафурова Т.Н. - 88 стр.

     6. What is the opposite of.
        We should have known what would happen!
        We shouldn’t have known what would happen. We couldn’t
        have known what would happen.
     7. Which of the following seems more certain?
        We could do it if we tried.
        We might be able to do it if we tried.
     8. Which of the following seems more certain?
        If he calls, tell him I’m out.
        If he should call, tell him I’m out.
     9. Do either or both the following refer to future time?
        You could ask her but she won’t know yet.
        You could ask her but she won’t help you.
     b) Now match up the sentences on the left with their equivalents
on the right.
     1) It’s necessary to take action. a) We should take action
     2) If’s not necessary to take b) We could’ve taken action.
        action.
     3) It would be a good idea        c) We should’ve taken action.
        to take action.
     4) It’s not possible for us       d) We must take action.
        tî take action.
     5) It’s possible we will          e) We needn’t have taken action.
        take action.
     6) It would have been a good f) We can’t take action.
        idea to take action.
     7) It wasn’t a good idea to take g) We didn’t need tî take action.
        action, but we did.
     8) It was possible for us         h) We may take action.
        tî take action but we didn’t.
     9) It wasn’t necessary to take i) We shouldn’t’ve taken action.
        action, so we didn’t.
    10) It wasn’t necessary to take j) We don’t have to take action.
        action but we did.
     Have you ever been in the position at work where you should
have taken some kind of action but didn’t? Or where you needn’t
have taken the action you did?



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