-- 4. Match the sentences.
1 My big news is that I'm going to spend the
summer working at a restaurant
2 My news is that my parents are sending me
to Ireland for two weeks.
3 The fact is that I'm terrified of the dark.
4 My news is that I'm going to do a course
about Geography
5 The big news is that my family and I are going
to live in Canada,
a The truth is I haven't even got a map!
b The problem is that I don't know how to cook!
c And the truth is that I'm embarrassed about it.
d The problem is that I hate the winter and the snow!
e The idea is that I'll live with a family and practise
my English
I tried to be serious, but he could not help laughing when I heard her a funny story.
2. It is a pity that I missed the early train. If I came to 3 minutes earlier, I would not be late.
3. If it does not, please, I would never have called her.
4. Basic processes of competition and cooperation are illustrated using data obtained as a result of a large research project.
5. We want you to have completed its report as soon as possible. The work of the entire team depends on it. (Without subordinate clause.)
6. Did you explain why you were not allowed to take part in competitions in the last month?
7. Interestingly, when Mr. Johnson met with the founder of the oil company to discuss its sale.
8. Do not say such things, and then on you will laugh
9. Let me tell you that learning a foreign language requires constant work on it.
10. I'm sorry, that I interrupt you (without subordinate clause.), But I have to ask you a very important question before you finish your story.
11. As time was later, they decided to return home (without subordinate clause.)
You should not have (did not have) to do it yourself. This work could make the Secretary.
12. If I only knew that he was late, he would have called you. Now we have to wait for 2 hours. This is the same man who had called an hour ago. He must be at the station.
13. It was Mallory's almost 75 years ago, the first reached the summit of the mountain and only 30 years later (later) Hillary was able to follow his example.
14. When it comes to train? -At 3 o'clock. I'm going to meet her, but until then I'll have to call her brother to take the keys to her apartment. I have to be with him in 1230.
15. It is unlikely that this film will be shown on TV with a Russian translation. It is expected that it will go (will be shown) in the original version (without subordinate clause.)
16. He told us about this accident as if witnessed and saw everything with my own eyes.
17. The delegation suggested that the conference results of this experiment were announced.
18. Most sociologists believe that it is necessary for scientists to take responsibility for overseeing how the use of their discoveries.
19. It is possible, they would have found a good solution to this problem, if they had more time.
20. If the way he spoke slowly, I could understand it. Ask, please, Smith approached him and convey my request
I had had …a… toothache for several days, but just hadn’t enough courage to go to the…… dentist. As …a… matter of fact I went twice, but just as I got on his doorstep and was going to ring the…… bell, the…… toothache seemed to have gone away, so I went home again. But at last I had to go back, and this time I rang the…… bell and was shown into the… waiting-room. There were …a… number of magazines there, and I had just go into the…… middle of …an… exciting story when …the… maid came in to say Mr. Puller was ready to see me. I’ll have to wait for the…… next toothache to finish that story! Well, I went into the…… surgery (зубоврачебный кабинет) and he told me to sit in a…… chair, and then he had …a… look at the…… inside on my mouth. He put a…… little mirror on a…… long handle inside my mouth and said, “I’m afraid we can’t save that one, it will have to come out. I’ll just give you an…… injection.” So he filled a…… syringe (шприц) with a…… liquid. I felt a…… little prick on the…… gum (десна) and that was all. Then he waited for a… minute or so. Then he took an…… instrument, got hold of my tooth, gave a… twist, then …a… quick pull, and the…… tooth was out. He said, “There’s the…… tooth, a…… very nasty one.” “May I have …the… tooth, please?” I said. “It has worried me …a… good deal for the…… last week, and so now I am going to put it on my dressing-table and watch it ache.”
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