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Set 111) The car needs (service). Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: need + V-ing (BrE) ≈ “need to be V-ed”. Colloquial to get serviced also occurs.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: need + герундий = “нужно, чтобы это сделали”; равно to be serviced. Разг. вариант to get serviced.
2) Hadn’t we better (leave) soon? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Fixed pattern had better + bare infinitive: leave.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Устойчиво: had better + инфинитив без to.
3) Isn’t it about time you (start) (take) life seriously? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: After it’s (about) time use past simple (started). With start: both V-ing and to V are fine.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: После it’s about time — прош. простое. После start возможны V-ing и to V.
4) We could try (make) a dash for the car if it would only stop (rain) for a moment. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: try to V = attempt; try V-ing = experiment. After stop use V-ing.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: try to — попытка; try V-ing — «попробовать как способ». stop + герундий.
5) I’m sure you won’t regret (buy) the house, even though it needs (paint) and (decorate). Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: regret V-ing (object of regret). need + V-ing / to be V-ed / to get V-ed all acceptable.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: regret + герундий. После need возможны три модели.
6) Always remember (wipe) your feet before entering the school during rainy season. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: remember to wipe ✅ = “make sure you don’t forget.” (correct here)
remember wiping ❌ = “recall the past action of wiping” (illogical in this context) Показать объяснение на русском RU: remember to — не забыть; remember V-ing — вспоминать уже сделанное (не подходит здесь).
7) Do you remember (wipe) your feet before you come into the house? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Both possible: asking about the habit (to wipe) or recalling a past act (wiping).
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Можно о привычке (to wipe) или о воспоминании (wiping).
8) I’ve considered (ask) him to raise my salary, but I don’t think he can afford (do) it. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: consider + V-ing. afford + to V.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: После consider — герундий; после afford — инфинитив.
9) I was made (scrub) the pans and pots. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Passive of make takes to-infinitive: was made to scrub.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: В пассиве после make — to-инфинитив.
10) Why not (buy) something new and smashing? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: After Why not use bare infinitive.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: После Why not — инфинитив без to.
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Set 121) You’d better not (say) anything. I’d rather (be) left alone. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: had better / would rather → bare infinitive.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: После had better и would rather — инфинитив без to.
2) I won’t have you (say) it behind my back. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Causative/permission pattern have + object + bare infinitive.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Модель have + объект + инфинитив без to.
3) I can’t make the video-recorder (work). I must (do) something wrong when I pushed the green button. Where are the instructions? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: make + object + bare infinitive. Deduction about the past → must have done.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: make + инфинитив без to. Дедукция о прошлом: must have done.
4) Nick said that he (never/speak) to me, as it was the first time he (see) me. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Reported past before past → Past Perfect in both blanks.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Согласование времён: оба действия раньше точки отчёта → Past Perfect.
5) Try (speak) French with him. You know French, don’t you? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: try to V = attempt; try V-ing = experiment.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: try to — попытаться; try V-ing — «попробовать как метод».
6) Many dentists don’t allow (chew) gum. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Without an object, allow takes a gerund phrase: chewing gum.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Без объекта после allow — герундий (chewing gum).
7) He (offer) this job several times. What made him refuse it? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Present Perfect Passive for repeated offers up to now.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Повторявшееся действие до настоящего — Present Perfect Passive.
8) I’m fed up. I (keep) (wait) for half an hour! I’m not going to stay here any longer. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Passive causative: have been kept waiting (present perfect).
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Пассивный каузатив: have been kept waiting.
9) He was seen (leave) the building at 8 o’clock. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Passive of perception: standard to leave; progressive nuance with leaving.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Пассив восприятия: обычно to leave; возможен герундий для процесса.
10) She (scarcely/cross) the street when the traffic lights (change). Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: “Hardly/Scarcely … when …” → Past Perfect in the first clause; Past Simple in the second.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Конструкция “Hardly/Scarcely … when …”: сначала Past Perfect, затем Past Simple.
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Set 131) He (be) thirsty again, though he (drink) half of the bottle of juice since he (come) home. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Present state + Present Perfect since a past point (came/has come both appear in usage, came is standard).
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Состояние сейчас; с since — перфект от момента прихода (чаще came).
2) By that time the police (have) all the necessary information, so they (look) for the criminals in all the places where people (see) them before. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Past Perfect for prior possession (had had); background search in Past Continuous (or Simple); earlier sightings → Past Perfect.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: К указанному моменту — had had; поиск — were looking (или looked); «где раньше видели» — had seen.
3) By the time the operation (be) over, the doctor (be) so tired that he (can) hardly walk. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Simple past sequence: was … was … could (result state when the operation ended).
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Последовательность в прошедшем: was … was … could.
4) Nick says he (meet) Ann at the library a few days ago. She (come) to take some book for her exam and (ask) the librarian about it. Nick (recognize) her voice and (come up). Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Reporting now about a past event: use past simple for the events (met, came, asked, recognized, came up).
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Сообщение в настоящем о событиях в прошлом → формы Past Simple.
5) Hardly (she/shut) the door when the door bell (ring) again. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: “Hardly … when …” → first clause Past Perfect with inversion; second clause Past Simple.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Конструкция требует инверсии и Past Perfect в первой части.
6) He (call) to ask for advice on how to choose a computer. He (buy) a new one. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Past call; second clause may show plan (is buying / is going to buy), prediction (will buy), or accomplished fact (has bought).
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Звонок в прошлом; дальше — план/намерение, прогноз или уже свершившийся факт.
7) How long (you/be) here? (you/overhear)? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Duration up to now → have you been. Second Q may target a specific past moment (Did you overhear?) or experience up to now (Have you overheard?).
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Длительность до настоящего: have you been. Второй вопрос — о факте (Past Simple) или опыте (Present Perfect).
8) She (travel) to many countries since she (get) this new job. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Present Perfect for experiences; continuous to stress duration. After since usually Past Simple (got), but has got appears in some varieties.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Опыт/длительность до настоящего; после since чаще Past Simple.
9) Where (you/get) this rare book? I (look) for it in shops for ages. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Specific acquisition → usually Did you get; BrE may allow Have you got. Ongoing search → have been looking.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: Конкретная покупка — обычно Past Simple; длительный поиск — Present Perfect Continuous.
10) This is the third bad mark that you (get) in English. What’s the matter? What (you/get) it for? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Counting up to now → Present Perfect (have got/gotten/received). Reason for a specific past mark → Past Simple.
Показать объяснение на русском RU: «Это уже третий…» — Present Perfect. Причина конкретной оценки — Past Simple.
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