I. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление времён группы Continuous (Present, Past, Future) и группы Perfect (Present, Past, Future) в действительном и страдательном залогах. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы
1. The locomotive was moving at a high speed when the engine driver saw that the line had been damaged.
2. When we came to the station the train had already arrived, and the passengers were hurrying to occupy their seats in the cars.
3. Boeing’s new airplane is faster and more luxurious that any other vehicles, which has ever been produced.
II. Перепишите и переведите предложения, поставив глагол в нужную форму
1. The bridge, which (to build – Present Continuous Passive) now, (to use – Future Indefinite Passive) for the movement of both road and railway traffic.
2. The movement of trains (to stop- Past Indefinite Passive) on that section of the line because the workers (to replace – Past Continuous Active) the sleepers.
3. Nowadays crossties (to make – Present Indefinite Passive) of wood, concrete, steel and cast-iron.
III. Перепишите и переведите предложения, выбрав правильную форму сказуемого (Active or Passive)
1. Powerful track-laying machines (have developed, have been developed) for the building of railroads.
2. The road is closed because the road works (are conducting, are being conducted.)
3. At the first railways, sleepers (laid down, were laid down) along the track; nowadays they (lay down, are laid down) transversely.
IV. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление модальных глаголов. Подчеркните модальные глаголы в английских предложениях и в переводе
1. The dispatcher can communicate with the loco driver (машинист) over long distances by means of a radiotelephone.
2. A wagon must be cleaned before it will be used for another run.
3. Passengers should not walk across the railway lines; there is a footbridge at the end of the platform.