Exercises. Exercise 1. Translate the following phrases and sentences into Russian; use them in sentences or situations.

Exercise 1. Translate the following phrases and sentences into Russian; use them in sentences or situations.

1. To (a) rouse somebody from sleep. 2. To rise from the table. 3. A question arises. 4. Prices are rising. 5. To arouse a faint flicker of hope. 6. To raise one’s voice. 7. To arouse strong feelings of guilt (horror, indignation). 8. New difficulties arose yesterday. 9. A rousing welcome. 10. A thought arose in her mind. 11. To rise in the world. 12. The mist is rising. 13. To rise against oppression. 14. To arouse smb.’s suspicions (curiosity, envy). 15. All of a sudden a problem arose. 16. To raise prices. 17. To raise a question. 18. The moon rose red. 19. Accidents arise from carelessness. 20. To arouse a latent savagery. 21. A hair-raising story. 22. To arouse widespread interest. 23. The river has risen. 24. To raise wages. 25. To rouse the masses. 26. Rousing cheers. 27. To raise vegetables (flowers, cattle, poultry).

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions.

1. Do you agree that many accidents arise from carelessness? 2. What feelings does P. I. Tchaikovsky’s music arouse in you? 3. What questions were raised at yesterday’s meeting? 4. Where does the sun rise? 5. What can a teacher do to raise the intellectual and cultural level of his pupils? 6. Did the last lecture arouse your interest? 7. Do you always raise your hand if you have a question to your teacher? 8. Did the monitor’s words at the meeting rouse you to action? 9. Are you sure no complications will arise if you don’t come there in time? 10. What poem is the following line from, «Rise like lions after slumber...»? 11. Why did this unpleasant question arise at the meeting?

Exercise 3. Paraphrase the following phrases using one of the words under discussion.

1. To awaken somebody’s suspicions. 2. To get up. 3. To reach a higher position in society. 4. To move something from a lower to a higher level. 5. To bring up children. 6. To come into existence. 7. To stir up, as to anger or action. 8. To become stronger, more vivid, more buoyant. 9. To collect, gather, or procure money. 10. To rebel against somebody.

Exercise 4. * Fill in the blanks using one of the verbs under discussion in the required form:

(a) the Infinitive:

1. He had only to... his voice in class for it to be drowned in a roar of laughter. 2. Can we... wheat at a legitimate profit? 3. She was crying softly, not now to... sympathy, but because it seemed the natural thing to do. 4. He had at that time no notion of trying to... in the world. 5. When supper was over she did not... to clear the table. 6. I made a slight movement to.... 7. Many tenants’ association members are using their autumn holiday week to... opposition in the city to the Housing Finance act. 8. There the two would sit through the hot, still evening, watching the moon... over the foothills. 9. Suddenly he saw tears... smarting to her eyes. 10. This will be our last sure chance of a night’s sleep. No patients to... us at all sorts of unholy hours. 11. He began to shake as with an ague fit, till the gun fell from his hand with a splash. This served to... him.

(b) the Present Indefinite:

1. The Olympian attitude of Goethe’s later years inspires me with esteem; this confession... in me a warmer feeling. 2. A new generation... with other needs, a new way stretches before it. 3. The heart transplant operation carried out in London... an important issue. 4. We have standards to which we do not always.... 5. Such discrepancies often.... 6. Why do we feel embarrassed, impatient, fretful, ill at ease, assembled like amateur actors who iiave not been assigned their parts? Like amateur actors in a dream when the curtain..., to find themselves dressed for a different play?

(c) the Past Indefinite:

1. Mrs Howells... her head quickly. 2. He half... himself from the ground. 3. «Hallo!» was the sound that... him. 4. The book had already been published when the incident.... 5. A legend... about him, this prowler of the night. 6. He plodded on for half an hour, when the hallucination... again. 7. As he drew near, the dog looked up and, being unaware of the prejudices of the village,... the dust with its tail. 8. She... her eyebrows questioningly. 9. He... to his feet. 10. Presley climbed to the summit of one of the hills — the highest — that... out of the canon. 11. He... his voice. 12. From it (the mass of sheep) there... a vague murmur. 13. All the lower nature of. the man... itself like a hideous and abominable beast. 14. Kitty was both touched and diverted by the interest she.... 15. A heavy watch chain of hollow links... and fell with his difficult breathing. 16. They could write and draw and compose with a facility that... my envy. 17. Every morning Mother... at seven o’clock and made our breakfast. 18. Blind wrath, driving out fear,... in her heart. 19. But here a difficulty...

(d) the Present Participle:

1. He went up to her,... his hat politely, but not so much as to show how bald he was, and bade her good evening. 2. The unions have recently succeeded in... the minimum monthly wage from 185 LL (Lebanese lires) to 205 LL.3. By this time Andrew’s temper was... rapidly. 4. «Gentlemen,» began the Governor, once more... 5. «What can you do back at Columbia City?» he went on,... by the words in Carrie’s mind a picture of the dull world she had left. 6. He was given a... welcome by a crowd of several hundreds. 7. A full moon would soon be.... 8. At last,... herself from the sofa with difficulty, as though she had had an illness and were still weak, she found her feet. 9. After a while,... himself a little, he shifted his position and read far into the twenty-first book. 10. Ada let her big balmy eyes travel over his brushed and combed handsomeness with a... sympathy. 11. Through the blinding brightness he made out the headstocks of the Neptune... in a kind of celestial glory. 12. Lack of opportunity did not debar me from hoping and fearing, nor my spirits from... and falling. 13. He dared not permit himself more than the most cursory glances for fear of... the enemy’s suspicion. 14. «Bring a light.» Something in that voice was hair... and very cold.

(e) the Past Participle:

1. «Wait,» she cried in a kind of agony. Poirot waited, his eyebrows.... 2. It was a small courtroom with a... platform at the far end of the room. 3. A cheer was... as they drove away. 4. The cost of raw material had... quite alarmingly. 5. This was too much. Ossie was... at last. «I’ve had just about enough!» 6. Roxane looked down and swallowed the lump that had... in her throat. 7.Sir Henry shook his head, his curiosity.... 8. The night wind had.... 9. Querry when he left the boat felt that he had... no curiosity. 10. «Shameful,» declared Presley, his sympathies all.... 11. She had... the window a couple of inches. 12. «But, good heavens!» exclaimed Philippa,... out of her apathy, «that’s a frightful time.» 13. Craig had... from his chair and was staring blankly down into her upraised eyes. 14. He (Jimmy Wells) and I were... here in New York, just like two brothers, together. 15. By now half the street was... — windows shed their orange find lemon lights upon the thickening dust. 16. A feeling has... that «Asiatic» is somewhat pejorative and «Asian» is more acceptable. 17. My curiosity was.... 18. She set to work at once, all her instincts of cleanliness and order... by the dirt nnd the squalor. 19. The sun had not yet.... 20. I’d been..., as they say, in the lap of luxury.

 

Exercise 5. Complete and expand on the following sentences using cue of the words under discussion.

1. When the conference came to an end... 2. My suspicions were... 3. If you have a question, please... 4. His final words... 5. Right in front of us there were reddish-brown cliffs... 6. A dust of cloud... 7. It was a pitch-black night; the moon had not... 8. I am afraid that in this case some new difficulties may... 9. He looked ashamed and conscience-stricken, and could not... 10. The living standards in our country are constantly... 11. When I learnt all the details, grave misgivings... 12. An old woman got on the bus, and immediately one of the boys... 13. The cultural level of the people... 14. The dog’s hair... 15. He is a terrible man when he is... 16. The ringing of a bell... 17. His sufferings...

Exercise 6. Use the following sentences in situations.

1. They never raised their voices. 2. They (the words) stopped my opponent with his fist raised to strike. (Gr. Greene) 3. «Indeed!» He raised his eyebrows, and said nothing more. 4. At his tone her colour rose and she lost her air of comradeship. 5. Ma controlled her rising temper. 6. The rich, sweet smell of the hay-ricks rose to his chamber window. 7. Voices were raised; there was a commotion. 8. The rising sun sent a pattern of golden light through the window into the room.9. He half rose in his seat, whistling shrilly between his teeth. 10. He had evidently been roused from his sleep; he wore slippers on his bare feet, grey trousers and a frock-coat over his pyjamas. He looked absurd. His hair as a rule plastered neatly on his head stood on end. 11. Gladys had seen or heard something which had aroused her suspicions. 12. A peaceful political settlement of the problems that have arisen.... 13. He rose to his feet when she entered a room.

Exercise 7. Make up a list of nouns that go with the words under discussion; use several of the resulting phrases in short dialogues or situations based on the subject matter of English or American novels.

Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. При обсуждении вопроса возникли непредвиденные трудности. 2. Девушка оказалась на высоте и блестяще справилась с испытанием. 3. Взошло солнце, и на душе стало светло и радостно. 4. Больной с трудом приподнял голову и взглянул на вошедшего. 5. За последние месяцы цены на продукты питания значительно выросли. 6. Заключительные слова докладчика вызвали справедливое негодование всех присутствующих. 7. Уровень жизни советских людей неуклонно повышается. 8. Лектор поставил ряд важных вопросов, взволновавших аудиторию. 9. Кур и уток выращивают на птицефермах. 10. В десять часов вечера гости поднялись, чтобы разойтись наконец по домам.