4. Put the verbs in brackets in the right form, infinitive (with or without to) or
– ingform.
1. The young man forced himself _______ (make) a remark.
2. I don’t eat bread because I’m afraid of ______ (get) fat.
3. I’m not very keen on _______ (act) any more.
4. He loved _______ (act), but his physique prevented him from _____ (play) any but a few parts, which was fortunate, for he was a bad actor.
5. He was eager ______ (get on) and seemed determined not to let any entanglement
_______ (interfere) withhis career.
6. This did not prevent Julia from _______ (fall) madly in love with him.
7. I’ve lived in the theatre since I was a kid just out of a board school, and what I don’t know about acting isn’t worth _______ (know).
8. Do you think I’m going to work my guts out to make you ______ (give) a few decent performances and…
9. She liked him for counting the pennies, and, inclined _______ (be) extravagant herself and always a week or two behind with her rent, she admired him because he hated _______ (be) in debt and even with the small salary he was getting managed
_______ (save up) a little every week.
10. It was bound _______ (lead) to trouble.
11. She insists on _______ (play) with him…
12. … She was so touched that he should give her anything that she could not help
_______ (cry).
13. I don’t believe one could hope _______ (make) a success in London unless one were pretty well known already.
14. Of course if one did that, one ought _______ (make) a point of acting together so that the public got accustomed to _______ (see) the two names on the small bill.
15. … And I wouldn’t mind _______ (make) an exception in your favour if it would amuse you to come.
Ответы
1. The young man forced himself to make a remark.
2. I don’t eat bread because I’m afraid of getting fat.
3. I’m not very keen on acting any more. 4. He loved to act, but his physique prevented him from playing any but a few parts, which was fortunate, for he was a bad actor.
5. He was eager to get on and seemed determined not to let any entanglement interfere with his career.
6. This did not prevent Julia from falling madly in love with him.
7. I’ve lived in the theatre since I was a kid just out of a board school, and what I don’t know about acting isn’t worth knowing.
8. Do you think I’m going to work my guts out to make you give a few decent performances and…
9. She liked him for counting the pennies, and, inclined to be extravagant herself and always a week or two behind with her rent, she admired him because he hated being in debt and even with the small salary he was getting managed to save up a little every week.
10. It was bound to lead to trouble. 11. She insists on playing with him…
12. … She was so touched that he should give her anything that she could not help crying
13. I don’t believe one could hope to make) a success in London unless one were pretty well known already.
14. Of course if one did that, one ought to make a point of acting together so that the public got accustomed to seeing the two names on the small bill.
15. … And I wouldn’t mind making an exception in your favour if it would amuse you to come.