a must be feeling
b can’t have felt
c must have felt
6 The lynx yelled like a child and the dogs wished they ***** it.
a hadn’t trapped
b wouldn’t trap
c didn’t trap
7 Who knows what ***** if they hadn’t done it.
a might happen
b can have happened
c might have happened
8 The lynx suddenly fell silent and the dogs worried that it *****.
a can’t have died
b might have died
c may die
EXERCISE 10
Translate the story:
Чилли осторожно подошел к самому краю и заглянул в яму. На дне лежала рысь, свернувшись клубочком. Даже сейчас она казалась огромной и пугающей. Должно быть, она устала метаться, лишилась последних сил и заснула. Чилли гавкнул, но рысь даже не пошевелилась. Собаки растерялись. Они не могли оставить живое существо, пусть даже и такое страшное, умирать в этой яме. Более того, если есть такая ловушка, значит, есть и те, кто охотится на огромных животных и значит, рано или поздно они явятся за своей добычей.
Рысь немного пошевелилась и подняла голову. Она уже не казалась такой страшной. Большая, красивая кошка с печальными глазами. Она посмотрела вверх на собак и вдруг мяукнула, как обычная домашняя кошечка. Рысь попробовала встать, но не смогла. Возможно, она поранила лапу при падении или возможно, просто чувствовала себя совершенно обессиленной. Надо было торопиться и помочь ей выбраться наружу.
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Unit 5
Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe nouns and we use them before nouns, or following linking verbs such as appear, be, become, get, feel, look, seem:
The huge lynx looked miserable.
Some adjectives are never used before the noun; they are only used after the linking verb:
Kit was ashamed.
These include a number of “a” words like afraid, alike, alive, alone, ashamed, asleep, awake, and aware.
One exception to the “adjectives before nouns” rule is that adjectives come after words like something, anybody, nothing:
The dogs wish they were somewhere safe.
The adjectives chief, elder, eldest, former, indoor, inner, main, only, outdoor, outer, principal, upper can only be used before nouns.
Kit turned out to be the eldest kitten in his family.
And a few adjectives ending in -able/-ible can also be used before or after nouns:
They are ready for any imaginable situation. They are ready for any situation imaginable.
EXERCISE 1
Find the proper adjective and put it into the correct place in the sentence (before or after words in bold type): alike, alone, alive, mere,afraid of, quiet, imaginable, possible, living,prone to, sheer, frightening
1 Chilly wasn’t the lynx at all.
2 Kit and the lynx are in many ways.
3 Kudjo is in the middle of nowhere now.
4 Kit is trouble. After all, he is a kid.
5 It was luck to find Kit in that pit.
6 There’s nothing in the forest anymore.
7 The lynx told the friends about crazy scientists doing experiments on animals that are.
8 After hearing it, everybody wanted to escape somewhere.
9 It was the only solution.
WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
In general, the correct order of adjectives in English is this:
Opinion (nice, ugly, lovely)
Size / Weight (small, large, heavy)
Age (old, new, ancient)
Shape (round, rectangular, square)