Supply the necessary modal verbs for the following sentences, noticing carefully the Russian equivalents given in brackets: 1. H
Supply the necessary modal verbs for the following sentences, noticing carefully the Russian equivalents given in brackets:
1. He ... not and ... not believe her. (не мог, не хотел)
2. Не sat, thinking unhappily of his talk with Jimmy. He wondered if he ... have stayed with him. He felt he ... have said something at least, to warn Jimmy against Smith. But what ... he have said? And Jimmy ... not have listened, (надо было бы, следовало бы, мог бы, не стал бы)
3. "By the way," I asked, "what's Bill doing now?" "How in the world ... I know?" Arthur looked pained. "I thought he ... have been bothering you for money." (откуда мне знать, может быть)
4. Не came out of the water, smiling. "You ... have come earlier," he said. "We ... have swum together. The water is great." (зря не пришел, могли бы)
5. "Last night, you know, Hugh suddenly began to speak to me about what my future was going to be like." "What ... it have meant?" "How ... I know?" (и что это могло значить, откуда мне знать)
6. There was an old apple tree beside the path. I said, "I bet I ... climb that." "No, you ... not," said Jack, (могу, не надо)
7. "Well, then, ... you hold the line while I find the letter?" "I ... not, I'm in a telephone box." "Then ... I ring you back?" "I'm not on the telephone." "Then I think perhaps you ... ring me back in half an hour. By then I ... have some idea what this is all about." (можешь ли, не могу, можно мне, тебе лучше, может быть)
8. Не knows he ... read classics. He ... change to something else, (нет нужды, мог бы)
