Complex Subject

Complex Subject = The Nominative with the Infinitive

(сложное подлежащее с инфинитивом)

Это сочетание существительного в общем падеже или местоимения в именительном падеже, выполняющего в предложении функцию подлежащего, с инфинитивом. Эта конструкция строится по следующей схеме:

He is known (известно, глагол обычно в страдательном залоге) to go to India.

Переводить следует начинать со сказуемого: говорят, слышали и т.д.

Training

Переведите и найдите complex subject.

1. She is supposed to have been taken to hospital. Полагают, что ее забрали в больницу.

2. Things are sure to get better. Дела, непременно, наладятся.

3. The book is bound to be remembered. Книгу, непременно, будут помнить.

4. Some emotion seemed to be torturing him. Казалось, его мучило какое-то чувство.

5. He seems to notice nothing unusual. Кажется, он не замечает ничего необычного.

6. I happened to be standing at the window. Случилось, что я стоял около окна.

7. The picture proved to have been stolen. Оказалось, картина была похищена.

Раскройте скобки

1. She smiled broadly and waved her hand. She seemed (to recognize) me.

(to have recognized)

2. Even if he is out you needn’t worry. He is sure (to leave) the key under the door-mat.

(to have left)

3. At that time I happened (to work) at my first novel. (be working)

4. You won’t be likely (to miss) the train if you start right away. (to miss)

5. Don’t cry! Everything is bound (to get) right between you. (to get)

6. She lost her head and seemed (to forget) the little English she knew. (to have forgotten)

7. A young woman is supposed (to write) this book. (to have written)

8. You needn’t mention it again. He is not likely (to forget) it. (to have forgotten, to forget)

9. He is believed (to teach) by his father. (to have been taught)

10 You needn’t tell me this. I happen (to give) all the details by Mother.

(to have been given)

11. She is expected (to operate) on today. (to be operated on)

12. Just look at his hands. He is sure (to work) in the garage. (to have been working)

Переведите

1. Видели, как она писала стихотворение. She was seen to write a verse (a poem)

2. Ее попросили написать стихотворение. He was asked to write a verse.

3. Думали, что она пишет стихи. She was believed to write verses.

4. Рассчитывали, что она напишет стихотворение. She was expected to write a verse.

5. Предполагали, что она написала это стихотворение. She was supposed to have written this verse.

6. Конечно, она сейчас пишет стихотворение. She is sure to be writing a verse now.

7. Конечно, она написала стихотворение. She is sure to have written a verse.

8. Вряд ли она пишет стихи. She is unlikely to write verses.

9. Вряд ли она написала стихотворение. She is unlikely to have written a verse.

10. Конечно, стихотворение уже написано. The verse is sure to have been written.

11. Конечно, она его уже написала. She is sure to have written it.

12. Кажется, она пишет стихи. She seems to write verses.

13. Казалось, что она пишет стихотворение. She seemed to be writing a verse.