Exercise 22. Use the appropriate form of the conditional mood in sentences with implied condition.

1. If I only could go back to my flower basket! I (to be) independent of both you and father and all the world! I'm a slave now, for all my fine clothes. (B.Sh.) 2. He never has what you (to call) a regular meal. (Ch.D.) 3. Any time, when you have nothing to do, you have only to ask me, and I will show you the rooms in the west wing. I (to show) you this morning, but I believed you to be writing letters in the morning-room. (D.M.) 4. "You are so thoughtful, Esther," she said, "and yet so cheerful! And you do so much, so unpretendingly! You (to make) a home out of even this house. (Ch.D.) 5. If only I had been here yesterday! The accident never (to happen). 6. Well, I'm mighty glad you're here, Mr. Carlson. We (to have) probably to send for you otherwise. (A.Hit.) 7. Jack sneered at him. "Frightened?" "Of course I'm frightened. Who (not to be)? (W.G.) 8. "I wish my auntie were here." "I wish my father… O, what's the use?" "Grown-ups know things. They (to meet and discuss). They (to build) a ship – " "They (not to quarrel). (W.G.) 9. "May I come, Mr. Doolittle? I (to be) very sorry to miss your wedding." "I (to honor) by your condescension, maam; and my poor old woman (to take) it as a tremendous compliment." (B.Sh.) 10. To hear him talk, you (to think) he was Prime Minister. (L.G.Alexander) 11. Vernon Demerest, who normally (to prepare) his own flight plan, glanced over the form when Captain Harris finished, then signed it. (A.H.) 12. Two weeks! So short an engagement (to be) impossible in times of peace. But the South was aflame with war. (M.M.) 13. "Oh, well… let me see, Mrs. Danvers, I hardly know; I think we had better have what you usually have, whatever you think Mrs. de Winter (to order)." "I rather think Mrs. de Winter (to order) a wine sauce, Madam." (D.M.) 14. "I (to like) you to call me Eliza." "Thank you, Eliza." "And I (to like) Professor Higgins to call me Miss Doolittle." "I'll see you damned first." (B.Sh.)

Exercise 23. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the use of modal verbs in sentences with implied condition. State the forms of the modal verbs and the infinitives following them.

1. His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable. He has a general opinion that the world might get on without hills, but would be done with without the Dedlocks. (Ch.D.) 2. "Why didn't you let him have an ice-cream?" "It might have hurt his throat." 3. "What cities would you visit if you went to Europe?" "I might visit London and Paris. (B.D.Graver) 4. "Which country would you choose if you decided to live abroad?" "I might choose Belgium." (B.D.Graver) 5. We could get work on a farm that would see us through the summer. (S.M.) 6. Is there a farm nearby where we could stay the night? 7. But he still can't forget he saw it, and so may be there are ghosts. He would certainly be grateful to anybody who could either prove it was a real ghost, or if it wasn't, exactly what it was we all saw. (A.Hit.) 8. "If you wrote to a school for information, what might you be sent?" "I might be sent a prospectus." (B.D.Graver) 9. "Philip," said his daughter, " could you imagine any situation in which I would shut up?" "No, baby," he replied. "I guess you would have to talk." (E.S.) 10. The two parties could have reached agreement yesterday, but they were not prepared to be more flexible. (B.D.Graver) 11. "What would a person do if he had something stolen?" "He might phone the police." 12. "What might a man be recommended if he became ill through overwork?" "He might be recommended a long holiday." (B.D.Graver)

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