Question

Упр. 4. Составьте предложения, выражающие удивление, сомнение по поводу событий, относящихся к различному времени. Используйте модель.
Model: She can play the piano.
a) all day yesterday
b) often
c) now
a) She can’t have been playing the piano all day yesterday.
b) She can’t often play the piano.
c) She can’t be playing the piano now.

1. He reads English newspapers.
a) every day
b) now
c) last night
2. She speaks French.
a) often
b) at the last conference
c) at this moment
3. Ann understands jokes.
a) always
b) tomorrow
c) at the party yesterday
4. Bob lives in London.
a) from 1990 till 1999
b) last summer
c) now
5. They translate English text.
a) at every lesson
b) by 9 o’clock yesterday
c) now

Answer 1

1. He reads English newspapers.
a) He can't read English newspapers every day.
b) He can't be reading English newspapers now.
c) He couldn't be reading English newspapers last night.
2. She speaks French.
a) She can't speak French often.
b) She can't have been speaking French at the last conference.
c) She can't be speaking French at this moment.
3. Ann understands jokes.
a) Ann can't always understand jokes.
b) Ann won't be able to understand jokes tomorrow.
c) Ann couldn't understand jokes at the party yesterday.
4. Bob lives in London.
a) Bob can't have lived in London from 1990 till 1999.
b) Bob couldn't live in London last summer.
c) Bob can't be living in London now.
5. They translate English text.
a) They can't transtate English text at every lesson.
b) They couldn't have translated English text by 9 o’clock yesterday.
c) They can't be translating English text now.