Exercise 220. Change the following complex sentences Into
simple ones using the Objective Infinitive Complex. '
A. 1. We watched the dockers as they unloaded the ship.
2. They watched me as I made my bed. 3. Mother saw him as he climbed over the fence. 4. I watched them as they played ice-hockey. 5. Nobody noticed her as she went away.
B. 1. We expect that he will come back at 7. 2. They
expect that their football team will win the game. 3. She expected that her friend would write her a letter. 4.1 expect that you will come in time. 5. He expects that his friends will help him. -
C. 1.1 think that he is a good engineer. 2.1 suppose that he is about forty. 3. I believe that they are at home now.
4.1 know that she is very modest. 5. They believe that he is honest.
D. 1. My wish is that you should tell me about it. 2. Her parent’s wish is that she should enter a music school. 3. Our wish is that you should go to the forest with us. 4. His father’s wish is that he should become an engineer. 5. My wish is that you should stay here.
E. 1. I desire that iie should see me off. 2. I desire that
she should go shopping. 3. We desire that he should repair our radio set. 4. I desire that he should stop smoking. 5.1 desire that they should return tomorrow-. , . . . ..
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Exercise 221. Make up five sentences from each table. |
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He |
is |
reported |
to know this language, ■■ |
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She |
are |
said |
to be writing a play. ‘ " - -' |
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You |
was |
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to have finished school. ■' |
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They |
were |
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to have arrived in Moscow, to have been teaching for five years. |
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I |
am |
expected ■ |
to arrive in Moscow tomorrow. |
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He |
is |
known |
to be very strong. |
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She |
are |
believed |
to be interested in chemistry. |
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We |
was |
considered |
to make a present for her. |
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They |
were |
supposed |
to be a lover of music. |