Grammar

Wish

Wish + Past Simple используется для выражения сожаления по по­воду ситуации в настоящий момент.

I wish I were rich. - Жаль, что я не богат. (Хотел бы я быть богатым!) I wish I knew! - Хотел бы я знать! (К сожалению, я не знаю.)

Wish + Past Perfect используется для выражения сожаления по по­воду ситуации в прошлом.

I wish I hadn't eaten so much cake. - Зря я съел так много торта! (Если бы только я не съел так много торта!) I wish I had told him about it! - Зря я ему не сказал об этом!

Wish + would используется для высказывания пожеланий в отноше­нии будущего.

I wish somebody would buy my car. - Хотел бы я, чтобы кто-нибудь купил мою машину. I wish he would listen to me. - Лучше бы он меня слушал!

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Unit two

Rewrite the sentences using 'wish'.

Example: " It's a pity I'm so good, " Bertha thought to herself.

" I wish I were not so good, " Bertha thought to herself.

" I'm sorry I didn't interrupt his horror story, " the aunt thought to

herself.

" I wish I had interrupted his horror story, " the aunt thought to herself.

" I'd like the aunt to tell us something more exciting, " Cyril thought to

himself.

" I wish the aunt would tell us something more exciting, " Cyril thought

to himself.

It's a pity I haven't got a car.

'm sorry I accepted the challenge.

'm sorry I'm not a good story-teller.

'd like the aunt to learn to tell good stories.

'm sorry the children didn't admire my story.

want the children to behave well.

'm sorry I can't speak English fluently.

'm sorry I don't live near my work.

9. It's a pity we didn't book the restaurant.

'd like Tom to drive more carefully, 'm sorry I left my last job. 'd like him to have his hair cut more often. It's a pity you didn't ask him how to get there, 'm sorry I don't know the answer, 'm sorry they didn't come to his rescue, 'd like her dreams to come true.

4 - Rewrite these sentences using the other way of comparison.

Example: " Bertha wasn't as pretty as any of you, " the bachelor said. " Bertha was less pretty than any of you, " the bachelor said.

" Is the grass in that field better than here? " the small girl asked. " Is the grass here as good as the grass in that field? " the small girl asked.

1. He isn't as tall as his brother. His brother is...

2. He is younger than he looks. He doesn't look as...

3. I've known them longer than you. You haven't known them as...

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4. The winter this year isn't as cold as it was last year, is it? Last year the
winter was...?

5. We don't go out as often as we used to. We used to go out...

6. They live farther (further) from school than me. I don't live as...

7. The performance was less enjoyable than we had expected. The
performance wasn't as...

8. He doesn't read as much as he should. He should read...

9. Nobody had as many medals as she did. She had...

10. These rhythms and tunes are less popular today than they used to be in my childhood. These rhythms and tunes aren't as...

11.1s anybody here as bored with this exercise as me? Is anybody here...?

5. These are the answers. What were the questions?

Example: Bertha saw the wolf. What did Bertha see?

1. Children were not allowed in the park.

2. There were lots of other delightful things in the park.

3. Everybody talked about her goodness.

4. For that reason the Prince never kept a sheep in his park or a clock
in his palace.

5. He decided to have pigs and no flowers.

6. The wolf was mud-colour all over.

7. The wolf was just moving away when he heard the sound of the
medals clinking.

8. The story-teller paused to let a full idea of the park's treasures sink
into the children's imaginations.

9. She hid herself in one of the thickest of the bushes.

10. The story began badly.

11. But it had a beautiful ending.

6. Retell The Story-teller as if you were:

a) the aunt;

b) the bachelor;

c) Cyril;

d) one of the girls.

Here are some verb patterns, which can help you:

asksbto dosth, tell sbtodosth, allow sb to do sth, teach sb to do sth, encourage sb to do sth, invite sbtodosth, make sb do sth, let sb do sth

Unit two

enjoy doing sth, can't help doing sth, appreciate doing sth, be worth doing sth, suggest doing sth, suggest that sb (should) do sth, insist on doing sth, keep on doing sth, finish doing sth, give up doing sth

7. Write down your own story. Here is a sample beginning, but you can, cer­tainly, think of your own beginning.

I was born in the family of musicians. My father was a violinist. My mother was a pianist. They were both in great demand as outstanding performers of classical music, so, naturally they had to travel a lot, and my younger sister, my brother Cyril and myself were left to be taken care of by our aunt Agatha (not the famous detective-story writer, of course, just a namesake). Auntie was the most boring person I have ever met since that time. She put in an enormous effort to make us good, obedient children with perfect manners. To make us understand and appreciate what a good child was supposed to be she used to tell us stories about perfect children. The heroine of her stories was usually a girl, hardly ever a boy. The girl was obedient, punctual, neat and admired by all the people who were lucky enough to know her.

Once when Auntie Agatha and the three of us were travelling from London to Bath, Auntie had found a compartment in the train that was practically empty except for a young man who occupied a corner seat just opposite Auntie's...

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If history were in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1939), English writer