Non-finite verb patterns. Practice grammar book. Чирко Т.М - 21 стр.

Task 23. Rewrite the sentences on the model and translate into Russian.
People saw the rocket fly up – The rocket was seen TO fly up.


1. We heard the commander give the instructions.
2. They made him do the work all over again.
3. They intend this to be the final meeting.
4. Parents allow their children to play in the open.
5. We expected the delegation to arrive the next day.
6. Everybody knows the Oxford University to be the oldest in Britain.
7. Everybody believes him to be a great authority on the subject.
8. People suppose that the guest will appear on TV tonight.
9. People say this medicine is very effective.


Task 24. Translate into Russian.


1. The Ambassador is expected to visit the Senate.
2. The links between cities are expected to grow in the future.
3. The meeting was understood to have taken place at the Chairman's request.
4. The guest is said to have asked for the appointment of the commercial attache
in Moscow.
5. The committee is expected to fix a date for the conference.
6. The conference at Brighton is reported to have given full support to miners.


Task 25. Translate into Russian.


1. He made believe that he had caught the huge fish himself.
2. She let (it) slip that she’s leaving.
3. Jim borrowed my new bike; I had to make do with my old one.
4. Let go! You’re hurting my arm!
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