Teksti
exercise 21 Work with a partner. Translate using auxiliary verb structures.
1. Stop arguing. I am about to lose my temper.
2. What were you about to say before I interrupted you?
3. Everyone is to hand in their composition by Monday.
4. Liam didn’t want to go hiking and neither did I.
5. Five years ago I would drink three cups of coffee in the morning.
6. I would be very grateful if you would kindly help me with
these boxes.
7. Funny you should ask that! I was just about to tell you what happened yesterday.
8. Dare I even ask / Do I even dare to ask how your interview went?
9. How dare you tell me what to do!
10. You should have that cut checked/examined by a doctor. / You should have a doctor examine / check that cut.
11. I’ll have my friend drive / take me to the hospital. / I'll ask/get my friend to drive/take me to the hospital.
12. We need to have that broken window repaired / fixed as soon as possible.
exercise 22 Fill in the sentences using auxiliary verb structures.
1. What I am about to tell you might come as a surprise.
2. Yesterday when I was about to leave for work, I made a decision.
3. For a few years now I’ve thought about having / getting my house appraised.
4. I have already decided to have my neighbour sell / get/ask my neighbour to sell it because she used to work as a real estate agent.
5. As I was about to step out the door, the cold breeze made me shiver.
6. I wasn’t going to have my health jeopardized by this miserable weather anymore.
7. I decided I was going to have my boss relocate me / get/ask my boss to relocate me to another country where the weather conditions aren’t quite so unbearable.
8. I think it’s only fair and I expect to have my demands heard very soon.
9. That is why I’m about to pack all my belongings and sell my house this week.
10. What do you mean I should have / get my head examined?
exercise 23 More advanced. Translate using auxiliaries.
1. The MP was to give a speech at the library.
2. The speech was about to begin/start when suddenly / all of a sudden there was a power cut / blackout.
3. Had the organizers forgotten to have the electric appliances checked?
4. Every time / Whenever I was in charge of an event, I would check everything at least five times.
5. The organizers should always have experts take care of the sound system / have the sound system taken care of by experts.
6. If anything should go wrong / Should anything go wrong, an expert would be able to / know how to fix / solve the problem.
7. I (will) get annoyed quite easily if something is important to me.
8. I was about to leave / go when the power / electricity finally came back on.
9. Otherwise I would have had the organizers reschedule the event.
10. I needn’t have worried that I wouldn’t hear the MP’s speech.
1. Stop arguing. I am about to lose my temper.
2. What were you about to say before I interrupted you?
3. Everyone is to hand in their composition by Monday.
4. Liam didn’t want to go hiking and neither did I.
5. Five years ago I would drink three cups of coffee in the morning.
6. I would be very grateful if you would kindly help me with
these boxes.
7. Funny you should ask that! I was just about to tell you what happened yesterday.
8. Dare I even ask / Do I even dare to ask how your interview went?
9. How dare you tell me what to do!
10. You should have that cut checked/examined by a doctor. / You should have a doctor examine / check that cut.
11. I’ll have my friend drive / take me to the hospital. / I'll ask/get my friend to drive/take me to the hospital.
12. We need to have that broken window repaired / fixed as soon as possible.
exercise 22 Fill in the sentences using auxiliary verb structures.
1. What I am about to tell you might come as a surprise.
2. Yesterday when I was about to leave for work, I made a decision.
3. For a few years now I’ve thought about having / getting my house appraised.
4. I have already decided to have my neighbour sell / get/ask my neighbour to sell it because she used to work as a real estate agent.
5. As I was about to step out the door, the cold breeze made me shiver.
6. I wasn’t going to have my health jeopardized by this miserable weather anymore.
7. I decided I was going to have my boss relocate me / get/ask my boss to relocate me to another country where the weather conditions aren’t quite so unbearable.
8. I think it’s only fair and I expect to have my demands heard very soon.
9. That is why I’m about to pack all my belongings and sell my house this week.
10. What do you mean I should have / get my head examined?
exercise 23 More advanced. Translate using auxiliaries.
1. The MP was to give a speech at the library.
2. The speech was about to begin/start when suddenly / all of a sudden there was a power cut / blackout.
3. Had the organizers forgotten to have the electric appliances checked?
4. Every time / Whenever I was in charge of an event, I would check everything at least five times.
5. The organizers should always have experts take care of the sound system / have the sound system taken care of by experts.
6. If anything should go wrong / Should anything go wrong, an expert would be able to / know how to fix / solve the problem.
7. I (will) get annoyed quite easily if something is important to me.
8. I was about to leave / go when the power / electricity finally came back on.
9. Otherwise I would have had the organizers reschedule the event.
10. I needn’t have worried that I wouldn’t hear the MP’s speech.