Ex. 4. Point out the subject and say by what It is expressed. Translate into Kazakh.
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1. At that moment the postman, looking like a German army officer, came in with the mail. 2. The clock struck eight. There was no sign of any of the other guests. 3. Now, there is something peculiarly intimate in sharing an umbrella. 4. Together we walked through the mud and slush. 5. Something impersonal and humble in that action seemed to reassure the Consul. 6. The sight of them, so intent and so quick, gave Bertha a curious shiver. 7. Eight o'clock in the morning. Miss Ada Moss lay in a black iron bedstead, staring up at the ceiling. 8. Still, the good of mankind was worth working for. 9. Sometimes the past injects itself into the present with a peculiar force. 10. Forgetting some things is a difficult matter. 11. To cross from one end to the other was difficult because of the water. 12. "A person doesn't have to be rich to be clean," Charles said. 13. There was an eagerness and excitement in the faces of the men. 14. ...and Timothy's was but one of hundreds of such homes in this City of Lnd... 15. Let's get out quick. It's no good wasting time. 16. "Very well," said Soames, "then we know where we are." 17. Now, to go through a stormy night and with wet clothes, and, in addition, to be ill nourished and not to have tasted meat for a week or a month, is about as severe a hardship as a man can undergo. 18. She did not know. The "No" was stronger than her craving to be in Frisco's arms and forget this dreary existence. 19. The mining industry might make wealth and power for a few men and women. But the many would always be smashed and battered beneath its giant treads. 20. Yes, that did sound rather far-fetched and absurd. 21. This, of course, in her present mood, was so incredibly beautiful... She began to laugh. 22. To live .on good terms with people one must share their work and interests. 23. These three deemed themselves the queens of the school. 24. Who were these people? What are they? 25. His was the harsh world of reality. No one could walk around his drawing. 26. Governing the district of Cremmen wasn't turning out to be an easy and pleasant job. 27. The firing increased in volume. 28. High and low all made fun of him. 29. For a woman to look at her best is a point of discipline. 30. Your coming home has made me as foolish as a young girl of nineteen. 31. And now his heir and nephew, Thomas Esmond, began to bid for his uncle's favour.
| It as the subject | |||
| Notional | Personal stands for a definite thing or some abstract idea | Demonstrative points out some person or thing expressed by a predicative noun, or it refers to the thought contained in a preceding statement; close to this and is usually translated into Kazakh by áұë: | |
| The door opened. It was opened by a boy. Look at the cat. It is very small. | It is John. It was a large room with a great window. | ||
| Formal | Impersonal (it, there) | Introductory (anticipatory) (it, there) | Emphatic |
| (is used to denote natural phenomena) | (it introduces the notional (real) subject) | (is used for emphasis) | |
| It is cold. There was a fine rain falling over the trees. | It is impossible to deny this. It is no use disguising facts. It thrilled her to be invited there. | It was Winifred who went up to him. It was he who had brought back George to Amelia. | |
| (is used to denote time and distance) | There was a little pause. There is only one cloud in the sky. | ||
| It is five minutes past ten. It is a long way to the station. | There came a laugh. There lived a little man named Pipkins |
Ex. 5. State the nature of it. Translate into Kazakh.
1. It was dusky in the dining-room and quite chilly. 2. The "bell rang. It was lean, pale Eddie Warren in a state of acute distress. 3. Oh! Oh! Oh! It was a little house. It was a little pink house. 4. But in her bosom there was still that bright glowing place. It was almost unbearable. 5. She sat up, but she felt quite dizzy, quite drunk. It must have been the spring. 6. It was marvellous to be made love to like that. 7. It is the moon that makes you to yourself in that silly way. 8. It is very distressing to me, Sir, to give this information. 9. He took the path through the fields: it was pleasanter than the road. 10. If this is liberty, it isn't going to mean a thing. 11. It was now almost four-thirty in the afternoon. 12. I took a good room. It was very big and light and looked out on the lake. 13. It didn't take me a minute to make up my mind. 14. There was a woman on the porch; it proved to be Annie.
Ex. 6. Insert there or it and analyse the sentences.
1. … were many people in the room; … was very stuffy. 2. … is high time to begin our work. 3. … is no time left. 4. … has been no rain for some days. 5. The next day … was still raining. 6. … was twenty degrees in the shade. 7. … was nothing to be seen. 8. The translation was easy; … took me very little time. 9. … was deep snow at the foot of the hill. 10. … was snowing hard. 11. At that moment … came a knock at the door. … was a postman. 12. I'm afraid … is no preventing it. 13. … is no use our wasting time talking about it. 14. … is no sense in our wasting time talking about it. 15. Something clanked and rattled outside. … was the dog's chain. Then … was a sudden furious barking. 16. … is a storm coming on! 17. … remained only to sign the document. 18. … was still very early and …was nobody to be seen.
Ex. 7. Translate into English using the construction with the emphatic it.
1. Áûëòûð á³ç äәë îñû æåðäå àғàøòàð îòûðғûçäûқ. 2. Îñûíäàé қûçûқòû ìàқàëà æàçғàí – îë ñ³çä³ң äîñûңûç áà? 3. Ìàғàí ñ³çãå æîëûғóғà êåңåñ áåðãåí îëàð áîëäû. 4. Ìåí³ ìàçàëàéòûí îñû ñұðàқ áîëûï òàáûëàäû. 5. Ìàңûçäûñû ñàí åìåñ, ñàïà áîëàäû. 6. Қàéғûëû îқèғà – îë ñ³çä³ң ұқûïñûçäûғûңûçäàí áîëäû. 7. Äәë îñû êөң³ëä³ êүéäå á³ç үéãå îðàëäûқ. 8. Ìåí³ әç³ëìåí әóðåëåãåí - îë ìåí³ң àғàëàðûì áîëàòûң øûғàð. 9. Îòòû á³ð³ø³ êөðãåíäåð áàëàëàð áîëàòûí. 10. Îғàø áîëûï êөð³íãåí îë îíûң ñөç³ åìåñ, àë îíûң äàóûñû áîëäû.
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