IV. Insert possessive, personal or reflexive pronouns.

1. Vitaly Klichko is a famous Ukrainian boxer. World Boxing Committee decided to confer title of honourable World Champion in super-heavy weight to ….

2. Ruslana is a popular Ukrainian singer. … became the winner of the International Contest “Eurovision 2004”. … took place in Istambul, Turkey.

3. Mykhaylo Voronin, a fashionable Ukrainian designer, created the largest smoking of the size 500 by ….

4. Vasyl Virastyuk has drawn a chain from 5 trams with total weight of 101.5 tones. … was drawing … for the length of 17.9 m during 59.62 sec!

5. Yana Klochkova is a Ukrainian swimmer. … has won five Olympic medals. 4 gold medals and a silver one. … silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

6. Olesya Stefanko represented Ukraine in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, where … was the 1^st runner up. … became Ukraine’s highest placement in … history. Olesya was born in Kolomyia (village Kovalivka) Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Grammar Exercises

Taras Shevchenko is known to be a unique phenomenon in the history of Ukraine. ↓ ↓ The Subjective Infinitive Complex His father is said to work as an electric engineer. Lesya Ukrainka’s deep poetry is supposed to have been resulted from her tragic life. The poet was heard to declaim his poetry. The sportsman was allowed to take part in the competition. Sergii Korolyov’s contributionto practical astronautics development turned out to have become a contribution of the universe importance. Shalimov is likely to be the first Ukrainian transplantologist.  

I. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the Subjective Infinitive Complex.

1. Olexander Shalimov is known to be a prominent Ukrainian surgeon.

2. Her poems are said to have become the masterpieces of the Ukrainian literature.

3. Mykola Lysenko is believed to have created the Ukrainian classical music.

4. The student was allowed to prepare a report about famous Ukrainian sportsmen for the next seminar.

5. This playwright seems to have been written by Ivan Karpenko-Karyi.

6. Olexander Dovzhenko is sure to have laid foundation for Ukrainian cinematography.

7. You are certainly to like this book.

II. Transform the following complex sentences into simple ones using the Subjective Infinitive Complex.

1. It is known that Taras Shevchenko is a poet, painter and philosopher.

2. It turned out that this famous electric engineer had developed the first X-ray machine.

3. It is supposed that he will head the operation.

4. It is said that Koroliov is the father of practical austronautics.

5. It is expected that further development of cybernetics will be continued by young scientists.

6. It is observed that students are listening to the professor with great interest.

7. It didn’t seem that the results of investigation had become successful.

8. It is probable that Ukrainian scientists and scholars can boast of their achievements.

III. Translate into English using the Infinitive or the Infinitive Complexes.

1. Кажуть, що його дослідження в галузі трансплантології відомі у всьому світі.

2. Історики вважають, що Ярослав Мудрий зіграв велику роль в історії Київської Русі.

3. Я знайшов цікаву інформацію про творчість Лесі Українки, яку я використаю у своїй доповіді.

4. Він вирішив відвідати музей Івана Франка.

5. Виявилося, що він ніколи не бачив фільмів Олександра Довженка.

6. Студент був незадоволений, що відповів не на всі запитання професора.

7. Шалімов, безсумнівно, є одним із засновників української хірургічної школи.

8. Українці сподіваються, що вклад наших вчених у розвиток світової космонавтики не буде забутий.

Lesson 7

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