Ex.1. Choose the right forms of the verbs. Translate into Russian. Consult a dictionary if necessary.

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Ex. 5. Revision. Use the correct forms of oblique moods or modal verbs. Explain the usage to the teacher.

1. It is unlikely that I (should/may) know which form to choose. 2. It was possible she (should/might) come. 3. Is it possible that I (should/may) have done it? 4. The Prime Minister was afraid that he (should/might) have missed a number ten tram. 5. Mrs Sipp feared lest the dinner (should/might) be spoiled. 6. The students jotted down the lecture lest they (should/might) fall asleep. 7. 'Come near that I (should/may) hear you better', said the teacher. 8. Mr Eeyore broke his computer so that nobody else (should/might) break it. 9. Whatever you (should/may) say, I won't believe it. 10. Though he (should/may) have done it quickly, I am not pleased with his work. 11. If it (should snow/snowed) today, we'll be happy. 12. If you (would/did) not litter in room 201, I would be very delighted. 13. I wish you (would stay/stayed) here for a while.

1. The heat and the humidity (deters/deter) tourists from visiting the country during the summer.

2. Both the immature and the precocious student (needs/need) individual attention.

3. My closest colleague and best friend (has/have) recently divorced her husband.

4. Her first and best essay (has/have) won a prize.

5. Bread and butter (is/are) sold in the shop on the corner.

6. The head of my department – and perhaps her spouse – (is/are) expected to attend the reception.

7. Your style, and even your handwriting, (needs/need) to be improved.

8. Every man and woman (is/are) required to complete two years of national service.

9. Gin and tonic (is/are) served with ice and a slice of lemon.

10. One child after another (has/have) complained of the cold.

11. Perseverance rather than intelligence (ensures/ensure) success in this type of position.

12. My son as well as my daughter (is/are) at college.

13. Their house or their business (is/are) in Manchester.

14. I as well as my wife (was/were) happy for twenty five years. Then we met.

15. Three thousand head of cattle (was/were) consuming the grass.

16. Wildfowl, especially living near water, (is/are) shot for sports.

17. The school football eleven (is/are) playing today.

18. The ends of the nets were then passed back to the British trawler and the fish (was/were) taken from sea.

19. Time past and time future, what might have been and what has been, (points/point) to one end, which is always present. (Eliot)

20. The alpha and omega of this problem (is/are) our participation in it.

21. The Inuit (is/are) people living in the icy northern part of North America.

22. The skull and crossbones (was/were) flapping in the breeze as the frigate approached.

23. Dr Martens (is/are) worn by people in certain jobs, especially policemen.

24. Aspirins (reduces/reduce) pain, inflammation and fever.

25. Three halves (makes/make) 1,5.

26. The company has 60 computers but only half (is/are) used.

27. G & T (was/were) taken out of the fridge.

28. The paparazzi (was/were) following the prime minister about hoping to find out interesting or shocking stories about him.

29. Macaroni and cheese (is/are) made from cooked macaroni with a cheese sauce.

30. There (is/are) a plethora of writings in Russia and abroad on this subject.

31. Swindon Town (was/were) rooted to the foot of the table for the duration of the season, and did not manage the first win until the end of November.

32. Spaghetti (is/are) made from flour mixed with water in the shape of long strings, cooked in boiling water.

33. The trapezia (has/have) only one pair of parallel sides.

34. There (is/are) a number of typos in the text.

35. A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer's leap, never (turns/turn) out to be as high as we had hoped.

36. Neither of the roads (is/are) very good here.

37. No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her; but many a woman (hates/hate) a man for being her friend.

38. He was a Brown, as (was/were) all his family.

39. The Birmingham Six (was/were) found guilty of putting IRA bombs in two Birmingham pubs in 1974 and freed in 1991, after new facts were considered about the way the police had acted.

40. Elevenses (is/are) coffee, tea or a light meal taken at about 11 o'clock in the morning.

41. Turnips (is/are) used as food.

42. One and a half months (has/have) passed since I saw them.

43. A month and a half (has/have) passed since I saw them.

44. The Maori (is/are) now only a small part of New Zealand's population.

45. The Republic of Ireland (was/were) eliminated from the World Cup quarter-finals by Italy.

46. There (was/were) bad and good news for the representatives.

47. Vasco da Gama (has/have) won the Libertadores Cup.

48. Macaroni (is/are) made from wheat flour pressed into hollow tubes.

49. Brussels (is/are) right in the centre of Belgium.

50. Marks and Spencer (is/are) just round the corner.

51. A great number of pictures (was/were) added to the collection.

52. Governments make laws and the police (enforces/enforce) them.

53. The Eskimos (is/are) fishing.

54. The Stars and Bars (is/are) still used by some American southerners to show support for the Confederacy.

55. Either of the children (is/are) quite capable.

56. I don't think either of them (is/are) at home.

57. Half the lemons (is/are) unripe and half (is/are) bad.

58. The scum who (fights/fight) at football matches should be severely dealt with.

59. What (is/are) this doings on the table?

60. The 747 (is/are) taking off in 20 minutes.

61. Thousand Oaks (has/have) the second lowest rate of crime in the Western USA.

62. There (is/are) three kind of friends: best friends, guest friends and pest friends.

63. Fish and chips (is/are) very popular in Britain and (is/are) considered a typically British meal.

64. The landed gentry (owns/own) land and (obtains/obtain) income from it.

65. Some of merchandise (was/were) judged to be different.

66. Either of the houses (is/are) big enough.

67. One student after another (was/were) throwing illegal cribs to the dustbin and going to take the exam.

68. Lyons (is/are) situated in the Rhône department in the east of central France.

69. Manchester City (is/are) sure to win; the other team (hasn't/haven't) got a chance.

70. Fish (doesn't/don't) have any knees at all.