Упражнение по английскому языку на тему 'Модальные глаголы в произведениях О. Уайльда'

Modal verbs

Comment on the meaning of the modal verbs and translate them into Russian

1 .But have we really met before, Lady Chiltern? I can't remember where. (O. Wilde)

2. Mrs. Cheveley, you cannot be serious in making such a preposition.( O . Wilde)

3. You can't get that bracelet off, unless you know where the spring is. (O. Wilde)

4. I was mistaken in the view I took. We all make mistakes. (O. Wilde)

4. I might see her personally. It would be better. (O. Wilde)

5. Gertrude, what you tell me may be true, but it happened many years ago.( O. Wilde)

6. Never mind what I say, Robert! I am always saying what I shouldn't say. (O. Wilde)

7. I suppose I should retire from public life. (O. Wilde)

8. You must not laugh at me, darling, but it had been a girlish dream of mine

to love someone whose name was Ernest.(O. Wilde)

9. I wanted to interest him in this Argentine Canal Scheme, of which I dare

say you heard (O. Wilde)

10. One's past is what one is. It is the only place you should be judged. (O. Wilde)

11. The House of Commons had not yet passed the bill; it had been rejected. (O. Wilde)