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No, I want you to make a speech.

Do you want to ....

1. speak first? 2. introduce the speakers? 3. attend the conference? 4. give a talk? 5. make the arrangements? 6. fix the date? 7. organize the reception?

  1. buy souvenirs? 9. take photographs?

Вправа 6. Перекладіть речення, звертаючи увагу на об’єктний інфінітивний комплекс.

1. If you want your car repaired well do it yourself. 2. The traveller entered the hotel and ordered supper to be prepared. 3. He wanted his letters sent at once. 4. I don’t want my papers looked through. 5. The teacher wants our homework to be prepared well. 6. She gave him some papers and said that the customer wanted them signed. 7. She didn’t want her child taken to hospital.

  1. The engineer wants the machine to be tested.

Суб’єктний інфінітивний комплекс

Вправа 1. Перекладіть речення, звертаючи увагу на суб’єктний інфінітивний комплекс.

1. He was said to be one of the most promising nuclear physicists. 2. She is believed to be a good translator. 3. Clyde was expected to arrive at the week­end. 4. Becky and Tom were supposed to have stayed at the hotel. 5. The number of the unemployed is reported to be increasing with every year. 6. Many new text-books are expected to be published soon. 7. He is known to speak several foreign languages. 8. These devices are considered to be very effective.

  1. You are supposed to graduate in four years. 10. This device was known to have been designed in our laboratory. 11. His invention is thought to be of great importance. 12. The new plant is reported to go into operation next year. 13. For a long time the atom was thought to be indivisible. 14. The poem is believed to have been written by Byron.

Вправа 2. Перекладіть речення, звертаючи увагу на суб’єктний інфінітивний комплекс.

1. He appeared to be an ideal man. 2. The child seemed to be sleeping. 3. The house seems to have been damaged by the earthquake. 4. Their team is certain to win. 5. He is sure to miss the train. 6. She doesn’t seem to want to do anything.7. The new methods of work appear to be very effective. 8. The percentage of carbon in this steel turned out to be low. 9. This building is likely to have been built many centuries ago. 10. He doesn’t seem to have returned. 11. He is sure to give us some useful information. 12. They were sure to come to an understanding. 13.She is not likely to change her opinion. 14. You are sure to be there tomorrow night, aren’t you? 15. They appeared to have lost the way.

  1. I happened to be present at the meeting.

Вправа 3. Запишіть речення, вживаючи суб’єктний інфінітивний комплекс.

  1. Model: It appeared that they had lost the way.