Согласование времен

1. Переведите предложения на русский язык, учитывая правило согласования времен:

1.He knew that I never missed the seminars. 2. We thought that we should be able to see our old friends. 3. I knew that you were very tired. 4. I thought that the meeting took place that day. 5. I hoped that you would meet him. 6. She was sure that the lecture was going on. 7. Students were informed that they would have industrial training in the third year. 8. He said that he had already carried out his research work. 9. The students were told at the lecture that the first programmer Augusta Ada Byron was a daughter of George Byron. 10. He said he would not go to the University tomorrow. 11. The newspapers reported that a Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the US DIRECTV 8 telecommunications satellite was launched from Russia’s Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 9:59 p.m. Moscow time on Sunday.

2. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в нужную форму согласно правилу согласования времен:

1. The engineer was told that he (may) test the device in the afternoon. 2. It was known that the head of our laboratory (to be) a graduate of the RSVPU. 3. They thought that she (to graduate) from a technical institute. 4. When I came they (to tell) me that he (to leave) half an hour before. 5. The chief engineer believed that we (to work) at the problem for a month the following year. 6. We were told that it (to be) cold on the following weekend. 7. He did it better than I (to expect). 8. He asked the students whether the ever (to see) such a book. 9. We thought that he not (to be able) to make his work in time and therefore (to offer) to help him. 10. When I came they (to tell) me that he (to leave) half an hour before.

3. Определите, чем выражено дополнение, переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. The students of our group wrote a test work yesterday. They said it was very difficult. 2. We see that the basic design of the computer has not changed much in the last few decades. 3. The company provided users to select items from menus’ of choices by manipulating the mouse. 4. To copy a file from one disc to another the user could use a mouse to select and “drag” a picture that represented the file. 5. A computer will do only what it is precisely told to do. 6. They asked when they should deliver the device. 7. We did not know if he was responsible for this work. 8. We are sure it is possible to change the terms of work. 9. We do not know whether such service stations are useful and convenient in practice. 10. It was realized that large computers are capable of carrying out a lot of tasks. 11. At first it was not clear whether new telephone and teletype communication with ships via six satellites was economical and reliable or not. 12. Specialists did not know if it was possible to continue modernizing the electronic equipment of this kind – the costs were too high. 13. I did not know then if I should see him again. 14. The lecturer told me to look up this term in a good dictionary.

4. Переведите на английский язык:

1. Мы полагали, что он скоро вернется. 2. Я задумался о том, что нас ждет в будущем. 3. Он не мог вспомнить, куда он положил свой учебник. 4. Он предупредил, что тест будет трудным. 5. Они сказали, что пробудут у нас только две недели. 6. Мы спросили преподавателя, когда мы будем писать словарный диктант. 7. Они сказали, что уже просмотрели статьи по этому вопросу. 8. Мы знали, что ее родственники живут в Качканаре.

5. Переведите следующие предложения из прямой речи в косвенную:

Примечание. При переводе из прямой речи в косвенную происходит замена местоимений, наречий и т.п.: now – then; here – there; yesterday – the day before; tomorrow – the next day. He said, “There will be some changes in the timetable tomorrow ”. – He said (told (us)/informed (us)/explained/announced/insisted) that there would be some changes in the timetable the next day.

1. The director said, “I won’t support this idea”. 2. The programmer said, “ I shall never change my mind”. 3. The chairperson said, “We shall put off the discussion of this issue till tomorrow”. 4. He said, “Whatever you say I’m right”.