English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 4. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых

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Thank you for following Kudjo and me. If you are here, you must have read my previous books of Grammar with Kudjo and you know what to expect.

This book is devoted to the least popular grammar aspects: modal verbs, articles, prepositions and so on. I guess, you have just screwed up your faces at these words. Calm down.

I did try to make this grammar look less tough and more exciting by presenting and drilling it through Kudjo’s adventures and funny quizzes.

Let’s start.

Put the verb in brackets in the correct form:

1 /See/ Kudjo /stand/ on the abandoned road, Chilly wanted /cry/ but couldn’t.

2 He wished he /can/ run out of the car and join his friend.

3 If only he /can/ open the door!

4 Suddenly the blue light dissipated and Chilly stopped /see/ Kudjo at all in complete darkness.

5 If he /get/ out of the car, he /help/ Kudjo.

EXERCISE 2

Rephrase the sentences using the beginning of a new one in brackets:

1 Chilly kept sitting in the car because he didn’t manage to control it. (Chilly wished he …)

2 The engine didn’t start, the doors didn’t open, the lights didn’t switch on. (Chilly couldn’t make …)

3 It was pitch dark around and Chilly felt scared stiff. (Chilly wouldn’t …)

4 He hammered on the window to break the glass to get out, but it was too strong. (He tried…)

5 Soon Chilly got exhausted and fell asleep. (Having …)

EXERCISE 3

Put the verb in brackets in the correct form and guess the last word of the sentence:

1 /wake/ up in the morning, Chilly couldn’t understand what was going *****.

2 He was sitting in the car with all the doors and windows open, the engine /work/ and the lights /switch/ *****.

3 He got out of the car and rubbed his eyes several times. He /not believe/ it if he /not see/ it with his own *****.

4 He couldn’t help /bark/ in astonishment. There was nothing in front of him. The camp and the road had *****.

5 Chilly wished Kudjo /disappear/ *****.

EXERCISE 4

Fill the gaps in the story with missing words:

What would you have ***** if you had ***** Chilly? Right. He decided to return ***** hoping Kudjo had already come back. Chilly got into the ***** and drove home as ***** as possible. He was looking forward to ***** the door and seeing Kudjo reading a book on his favourite *****.

Arriving home Chilly rushed to the door, opened it and ***** Cuba and Luna waiting for them in the hall. They looked ***** and alarmed. Chilly realised that Kudjo hadn’t returned ***** yet. He’d rather not have explained anything but he didn’t have any other option as the girls waited for him to ***** them everything. Of course, Chilly couldn’t help putting them in the picture. When he ***** talking, the dogs looked even more ***** and troubled. They wished they ***** where Kudjo was and what ***** happened to him.

EXERCISE 5

Find and correct 6 mistakes in the sentences:

1 The dogs immediately started thinking to look for Kudjo but, frankly speaking, none of them knew where to start.

2 Luna suggested to go to the place where there used to be the abandoned camp.

3 Chilly, returned from that place a few hours ago, insisted to look for Kudjo in another place.

4 Cuba kept to whimper and could hardly put forward any idea.

5 It was high time they would have some tea and calmed down.

EXERCISE 6

Choose the correct option:

1 After having some camomile tea Cuba suggested ***** at home and waiting for Kudjo *****.

a staying / returning

b staying / to return

c to stay / returning

2 Luna wished they ***** to the place where Chilly had seen him the last time.

a go

b had gone

c could go

3 Chilly would rather ***** with Cuba, but he knew that Luna would make them ***** anyway.

a to agree / to go

b agree /go

c agree / going

4 None of the dogs remembered ***** Kit for ideas though he seemed ***** some.

a ask / to have

b to ask / to have

c asking / having

5 The dogs were too ***** to notice the kitten ***** the flat.

a excited / to leave

b exciting / leaving

c excited / leave

EXERCISE 7

Translate the story:

Похоже, Кит знал, где искать Куджо. Если бы собаки не были так зациклены на заброшенном лагере, они бы тоже вспомнили про подвал. Кит был уверен, что таинственный синий свет знает, где Куджо сейчас и он надеялся найти синий шар в подвале. Подбежав к маленькому подвальному окошку, Кит остановился как вкопанный. Не веря свои глазам, он залез на дерево.

Окно было наглухо заколочено досками. Жаль, что я такой маленький и слабый, подумал котенок, вздохнул и побежал искать помощи у котов района. Ему пришлось потратить немало усилий и времени, чтобы объяснить каждому коту, зачем ему опять нужно попасть в подвал. К вечеру огромная стая котов собралась около подвала, обсуждая варианты проникновения. Наконец, самый старый и самый мудрый сфинкс предложил просто поджечь деревянные доски…

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Before speaking about the modal verbs of ability, let’s remember three important characteristics of all modal verbs: