English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 4. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. Larisa Lubimova
nearer and nearer.
5 Suddenly the beast stopped howling but it can’t go away because the dogs could hear it snapping branches to crush everything crossing its path.
6 Chilly suggested to trap the beast into the pit and the dogs rushed to cover it with big sticks for camouflage.
7 The girls with the kitten hid behind a big spruce while Chilly kept to stand near the edge of the trap to provoke the animal to jump.
8 Chilly must wish he hidden too but he had to be a tease to attract the monster.
EXERCISE 9
Choose the correct option:
1 A huge lynx appeared out of the forest and stopped to smell the air suspiciously. It ***** the dogs.
a must detect
b can’t be detecting
c must have detected
2 When the lynx saw Chilly, it growled and moved slowly towards him. Chilly ***** scared stiff but didn’t run away.
a can’t have got
b must have got
c must get
3 The lynx and Chilly ***** at the opposite edges of the trap for a long time but suddenly Kit jumped out from behind the spruce and hissed furiously.
a could have been standing
b can’t have been standing
c could stand
4 It ***** the lynx jump forward and fall right into the trap.
a must made
b can’t have made
c must have made
5 When the lynx realised what had happened, it started dancing up and down with rage and fear. It ***** helpless and yelled.
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