I. Подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видо-временную форму и залог. В разделе б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций
Образец выполнения: "1. Many people have been the victims of racial discrimination.
Многие люди являются жертвами расовой дискриминации.
have been - Present Perfect Active от глагола to be.
2. All the factories, mills, workshops and docks are concentrated in the East End.
Все фабрики, заводы, мастерские и доки сосредоточены в Ист Энде.
are concentrated – Present Simple Passive от глагола to concentrate"
a) 1. Even today Tower Bridge regulates a large part of impressive traffic of the Port of London.
2. Since then the Tower has served as fortress, palace, state prison and royal treasury, now it is a museum.
б) 1.Many great men, including Christopher Wren himself, Nelson and others are buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
2. For an Englishman, the best of all reasons for doing something in a certain way is that it has always been done in that way.
II. Подчеркните Participle I и Participle II и установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола-сказуемого.
Образец: "When visiting the English Court in about the 14-th century, the royalty and nobility of Scotland stayed at the place now called “Scotland Yard”.
Примерно в 14 веке при посещении английского двора шотландские короли и знать останавливались в месте ныне известном как «Скотланд Ярд».
(when) visiting – Participle I, обстоятельство
called – Participle II – определение"
1. The first London Underground map was introduced in 1908.
2. English people rarely shake hands except when being introduced to someone for the first time.
3. The working people of Britain have had a long tradition of democracy.
4. The majority of the British population live in small houses built close together.
III. подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент.
1. What role can museums and art galleries play in the upbringing of children?
2. You have to be seventeen before you can drive a car.
3. We may say that the East End is the hands of London.
4. One must be very careful using the word “subway” in London.