2. State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.

1. … it’s just silly to spend money on something that will be thrown away…

2. … she’d prefer to wash herself and save the money.

3. It was pleasant for Anna to see a matured garden…

4. To sit in a soft easy chair, with a long fire scorching one’s legs, eating twice as much as usual, was extraordinary pleasant after a day’s teaching.

5. … when the programme was over Anna was very content to sit smoking and talking companionably.

6. Whichever he chose to raise, roses or country children…

2. State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.

1. And she actually had washing out on a Sunday.

2. I’ll see if your fire needs making up.

3. Anna found herself enjoying it all immensely.

4. To sit in a soft easy chair, with a long fire scorching one’s legs, eating twice as much as usual, was extraordinary pleasant after a day’s teaching.

5. … when the programme was over Anna was very content to sit smoking and talking companionably.

6. Looking at him in the firelight Anna thought him almost handsome in an unobtrusive way.

7. Can’t have him soiling his hands after all that schooling.

8. It’s not education. It’s mass-pumping, and we get nowhere with it.

9. … she didn’t blame for returning to the country…

2. State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.

1. Anna could forgive the first, but not the second…

2. I wish I could see the programme about wild animals tomorrow night.

3. I can imagine it…

4. Then you must both go and watch your programme.

5. Can’t have him soiling his hands after all that schooling.

6. He must start higher up the ladder than we did.

7. We could have a magnificent rose nursery in a few years there.

8. In any case I should leave Elm Hill next summer and try for a country post.

2. Translate from English into Russian.

1. When there are too many kids in a class education turns into mass-pumping and pupils get rebellious against teachers and school in general.

2. Tom’s future leave seemed to be a sad loss for the school and for her as well.

3. Before holidays children get exuberant and boisterous. Teachers make superhuman efforts to make them study.

4. A village school can be favourably compared with a town one. Kids there have a burning ambition to learn. Classes are small and teachers can feel snug in them. And this is not mass-pumping because teachers can afford to be human and understanding.

5. Mrs. Flynn always had a petty ambition of self-glorification. She had a great urge to be favourably compared with her neighbours and friends.

6. Mrs. Flynn’s character was an offspring of two strong urges: a wish to self-glorification and an inborn love for bargain.

7. My digs make a good substitute for my parents’ house. It is snug and my genteel neighbours smile indulgently to me.

8. My husband and I worked like beavers for our children not to soil their hands and have intellectual jobs/ And what have we slaved for?

9. Bargains and sales in the local supermarkets satisfied Mrs. Flynn’s frugal soul. Being totally involved in her cheese-paring efforts she didn’t notice that all the apples she bought were bruised and all the meat she got was tough and old.

10. My neighbor has a majestic appearance. First I was afraid of her. But then she smiled to med indulgently and said that I would make a good substitute for her family. Since that this widow presses tasty food upon me and cleans my digs.

11. Anny saw that Tom was handsome in an unobtrusive way. When she learnt that he was going to leave for the country she got rebellious against the whole world.

12. Tom’s landlady’s food could be favourably compared with Anny’s mother’s prized recepes.

13. Knowing our genteel Mrs. Flynn’s inborn love for bargain our salesmen supply her with spoilt products at a reduced price.

14. I’ve been slaving and soiling my hands all my life to give my kids a chance to learn. Why was I working like a beaver? Why were my superhuman effects for?