Complete the following sentences.

1. ……………………………………..……….. whereas previously it had been a hobby.

2. …………………………………………………………….. nor was Mrs. Hurst.

3. ……………………………………………… but he also invited her to the party.

4. …………………………………………..….. nor did we notice it.

5. ………………………………… or you would be guilty of disobeying an order of his.

6. ……………………………………….. moreover his meals were brought to him in bed.

7. ……………………………………………………………… but someone has to do it.

8. ………………………………………………. still less do I have any willing to come.

9. …….………………………………………………….. and my relatives haven’t either.

10. ………………………………… and equally admirable was his knowledge of history.

11. …………………………………… but he also was given extra rations of fresh meat.

12. …………..……………………………………… and just as ridiculous are the jokes.

13. ……………………………………………………….. nor is the sky in winter.

 

 

The complex sentence

The Types of subordination

 

Define whether the subordination is parallel or consecutive. Name the types of clauses. Translate into Russian.

1. There is a grotto in the park which you can see for a fee, and which is supposed to be very wonderful. 2. Frank was stubbornly repeating that he was innocent, and that he had seen a stranger near the house. 3. Aunt Petunia wailed that Dudley was big boned, and that his poundage was really puppy fat, and that he was a growing boy who needed plenty of food. 4. He wasn’t entirely sure why he was refusing Bagman’s help, except that Bagman was almost a stranger to him. 5. It was perfectly clear to John that the train had gone and that he was to wait for the next one. 6. Harry knew that he worked for the wizarding bank, Gringotts, and that Bill had been Head Boy at Hogwarts. 7. Here and there was a tent so obviously magical that Harry could hardly be surprised that Mr. Roberts was getting suspicious. 8. But if they were the Death Eaters, why did they disappeared when they saw the Dark Mark? 9. Nobody at Waterloo ever does know where a train is going to start from, or where a train when it does start is going to, or anything about it. 10. We learnt, afterwards, that the train we had come by was really the Exeter mail, and that they had spent hours at Waterloo, looking for it, and nobody knew what had become of it. 11. Crouch lost it all, just when he thought he had it made. 12. Ron didn’t speak with Harry until they reached the Great Hall, when he said he supposed they had better make a start on Professor Trelawney’s predictions tonight. 13. Harry suddenly realized that the lanterns on all the other tables had gone out, and that the other champions and their partners were standing up. 14. They (girls) say they would rather be without them, that they bother them, and why don’t they go and make love to Miss Smith and Miss Brown. 15. Was it possible that something had happened to Hedwig, and that Sirius hadn’t even got his letter?

 

Subject clauses

Point out the subject clauses. Translate into Russian.

1. “What we want is rest,” said Harris. 2. He pondered a good deal during the afternoon, and at one time it seemed to him that he had been eating nothing but boiled beef for weeks, and at other times it seemed that he must have been living on strawberries and cream for years. 3. To himself, it was always a mystery how people managed to get sick at sea. 4. What he really wanted was someone a parent. 5. Whatever happened was over. 6. It is clear to me that they wanted to stop Crouch from seeing Dumbledore. 7. What I want more than anything else in the world at the moment, he thought, is to find the Stone before Quirrell does. 8. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother – why, its brother gave you that scar. 9. Whether you are right doesn’t matter.

 

Translate into English using the corresponding emphatic constructions.

1. Именно он может помочь нам в этом деле. 2. Именно вчера я говорил с директором о возможности поставить эксперимент. 3. Приехать к тете на каникулы – вот чего хотела Джина. 4. Совершенно спокойно – вот как прошел следующий день. 5. Поездом – вот как они поехали в Новосибирск. 6. Именно вы мне и нужны. 7. Именно за, а не против выступила Лена в этой дискуссии. 8. Новое платье – вот что вам нужно сделать к встрече Нового года. 9. Много лет назад – вот когда эта семья приехала в Москву. 10. Именно о здоровье Кэрри так волновался мистер Джексон. 11. Необыкновенно умным и добрым – вот каким был этот человек. 12. Именно так, как вы мне сказали, я и поступил.