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Angeli Mariann Devaine Angol Nyelvtani Gyakorlatok Az Alap Kozep Es Felsőfoku Nyelvvizsgakra
Angeli Mariann Devaine Angol Nyelvtani Gyakorlatok Az Alap Kozep Es Felsőfoku Nyelvvizsgakra
PART ONE
TENSES
PRESENT TENSE, SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS
PAST TENSE - SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE - SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT TENSE - SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS
FUTURE TENSE - SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS
FUTURE TENSE - SIMPLE and CONTINUOU S
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE - SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS
CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
I WISH
PASSIVE VOICE
CAUSATIVE CONSTRUCTION
INDIRECT SPEECH
AUXILIARIES
Alap-segdigk: do, be, have
A mdbeli segdigk
QUESTION TAGS
INFINITIVE
GERUND
GERUND OR INFINITIVE
PARTICIPLE
INVERSION
EMBEDDED QUESTIONS
RELATIVE CLAUSES
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PART T W O . .
NOUNS
PLURAL FORMS
ARTICLES
THE DEFINITE ARTICLE
THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE
PRONOUNS
REFLEXIVE - RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
STILL, ALREADY, YET, ANY LONGER, ANY MORE
FAR, LONG, MUCH, MANY
CONJUNCTIONS
CO-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
PREPOSITIONS
VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
MIXED SENTENCES
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TENSES
P R E S E N T T E N S E , SIMPLE and C O N T I N U O U S
PART ONE
TENSES
(Az igeidk rendszere)
SIMPLE PRESENT
A Simple Present Tense jelen idej cselekvsek kifejezsre szolgl:
a. A jelenben vgbemen egyszeri, pillanatnyi cselekvs:
The doctor arrives.
TENSES
P R E S E N T T E N S E , SIMPLE and C O N T I N U O U S
De
alanyra krdezsnl nem kell do/does:
Who laughs at our teacher?
Which boy studies every day?
How many pupils go to school by bus?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
A Present Continuous Tense (folyamatos jelen id) a szemnk eltt jtszd, ill. a beszd
pillanatban zajl esemnyek, cselekvsek lersra szolgl.
Kpzse: to be + az ige -ing vgzdssel elltott alakja
Kapcsold idhatrozk:
now, at present, at the moment, just now
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stb.
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1. Mindig tejet iszom reggelire.
2. Soha nem kelek fel ht ra eltt.
3. Gyakran segtek anymnak a hzimunkban.
4. Rendszerint tzkor fekszem le.
5. Hnykor szoktl felkelni?
6. Szokott n reggelizni?
7. Mikor szoktl a hgoddal tallkozni?
8. Minden este megmossa a fogt?
9. Minden szombat este elmegy szrakozni.
10. Gyakran ebdelnk ebben az tteremben. Mi is.
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P A S T T E N S E - SIMPLE and C O N T I N U O U S
SIMPLE PAST
A Simple Past Tense igeidt a mlt adott, mr lezrult idpontjban vgbement egyszeri
vagy ismtld cselekvs vagy trtns kifejezsre hasznljuk.
A mltra utal idhatrozk:
yesterday, the day before yesterday, last night, last week, lastone
Monday, on ..... in 1980, in
then.
Yesterday my mother cooked a delicious dinner.
Last year we moved into a new flat.
P A S T T E N S E - SIMPLE and C O N T I N U O U S
TENSES
PAST CONTINUOUS
A Past Continuous Tense (folyamatos mlt) hasznlatos
a. A mlt egy adott idpontjban folyamatban lv cselekvs kifejezsre.
At six o 'clock I was watching TV.
b. A mltban hosszan tart cselekvs kifejezsre, melyet a mondatban az "all" nvmssal
kezdd idhatroz rzkeltet:
all the year, all day, all the time, all week, all the afternoon + az idszak lezrult mivoltt
kifejez idhatroz, all last year, all last week stb.
She was playing the piano all day yesterday.
They were building their house all last year.
c. Kt mlt idej cselekvs kzl a tartsabb kifejezsre.
/ was baking a cake when my husband arrived home.
d. A mltban prhuzamosan zajl cselekvsek kifejezsre.
While I was pruning the trees, my son was digging in the garden.
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
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he learnt them
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1. Jssz ebdelni velnk? Nem, ksznm, mr ebdeltem.
2. Megjavtottk mr a szerelk a kocsimat?
3. Mg nem ittam meg a kvmat.
4. Felkelt mr a nap?
5. Mg nem talltam meg a zsebszmolgpemet.
6. Mr hromszor lttam a Casablanct.
7. A fnkm ppen most utazott el Grgorszgba.
8. Hallottad mr a legfrissebb hreket?
9. ppen most kltztnk j laksba.
10. ppen most rendeltem meg kt jegyet a ma esti eladsra.
11. Mi trtnt a hajaddal?
12. ppen most festettem be.
13. Hol voltl egsz dleltt? - A bankban.
14. Mennyi pnzt gyjtttl ssze idig?
15. Az a fi ht fagylaltot evett meg.
16. Most jutott eszembe, hogy mg nem fizettem ki a lakbrt.
17. Lttad mr valaha a pisai ferde tornyot?
18. Jrtl mr valaha Knban?
19. Mg soha nem jrtam az orszgnak ezen a rszn.
20. Ez a leggyorsabb aut, amit valaha vezettem.
21. Ez a legveszlyesebb kanyar, amit valaha lttam.
22. a legintelligensebb ember, akivel valaha beszltem.
23. Mita rdeklik nt a nyelvek? Gyerekkorom ta.
24. Mita ismered a bartod kollgjt?
25. Mita munkanlkli n? - Tbb hnapja.
26. Mita tudsz ilyen finom gulyslevest fzni?
27. Mita tudsz hegedlni?
28. Mita kell ezt a gygyszert szedned?
29. Mita kell ingznod a munkahelyedre?
30. Szeptember ta tbb munkm van.
31. Hol voltl? Nem lttalak htf ta.
32. Rgta nem kocogtam.
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TENSES
26. Since when have you been able to cook such delicious goulash?
27. How long have you been able to play the violin?
28. How long have you had to take this medicine?
29. How long have you had to commute to work?
30. I have had more work to do since September.
31. Where have you been? I haven't seen you since Monday.
32. I haven't gone jogging for a long time now.
33. He hasn't written to me since he went abroad.
34. He has eaten three sandwiches since he came home.
35.1 have read this book twice since I got it.
36. He can't walk fast because his leg has been hurt.
37. She is disappointed because her friend hasn't telephoned her.
38. I'm going to the police station because someone has stolen my car.
39. My pen has run out.
40. I can't pay the bill because I have left my purse at home.
41.1 have taken the driving test three times, but I haven't passed it yet.
42. Has she had the baby yet?
43. This is the first time I have eaten salmon.
44. This is the first time I have failed an exam.
45. This is the third time I have overslept this week.
46. He borrowed my book last term, but hasn't given it back yet.
47. The dog has just had puppies;
48. This is the second time I have given up smoking.
49. He hasn't shaved for a fortnight.
50. We haven't drunk champagne since my birthday.
51.1 have seen the dentist three times this week.
52. We have gone skating five times this month.
53. I.haven't gone skiing since I broke my leg.
54. I have been interested in classical music all my life.
55.1 haven't been able to sleep recently because of the noisy water pipes.
day/afternoon/week....
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Flrja sr, mert az egyik kismacska megdgltt.
2. Mi ez a fura szag? Kelkposztt fztem.
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She has been crying for half an hour because one of the kittens has died.
What is that funny smell? I have been cooking savoy cabbage.
Why is your hair wet? I have been swimming.
Sorry about my dirty hands. I have been cleaning the cellar.
He is out of breath because he has been running.
He has been biting his nails since he was a child.
She has been drinking heavily since her husband divorced her.
I have been trying to understand this complicated English sentence for hours.
He has been spending a lot of money since he hit the jackpot.
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She has been eating a lot of sweets since she gave up smoking.
He has been growing a moustache for a week.
She has been working as a stewardess for ten years.
He has been typing letters since half past four.
He has been fishing since the crack of dawn but he hasn't caught anything yet.
We have been standing in the queue for two hours.
How long have you been smoking this brand of cigarettes?
How long has it been raining?
Your eyes look tired. What have you been doing?
Come in, please. We have been expecting you.
I have been feeling better since I started jogging.
The knife is covered in blood. What have you been doing with it?
I have been living in this town since I left university.
How long have they been building this hospital?
She has been going out with her boyfriend since Christmas.
They have been quarrelling since they got married.
The plumber has been repairing the taps for two hours.
She has been lying in the sun since lunchtime.
I have been making sandwiches for the meeting all morning.
You look exhausted. Yes, I have been playing tennis and I am not used to it
because I haven't played for years.
30. The customers have been telephoning all day complaining that they have been
receiving wrong bills.
31. It has been raining for two hours, so the field is too wet to play on.
32. You have been coughing a lot recently.
33. My parents have been living in the country since 1982.
34. We have been working on the construction plan for more than a year.
35. She has been trying on hats all afternoon.
36. How long has she been combing her hair?
37. He has been listening to this record for hours.
38.1 have been preparing for the entrance exam for a year.
39. How long have you been corresponding with your English friend?
TENSES
Alkalmazsa:
1. A kvetkez ktszk.utn jellemz:
after, when, as soon as, no sooner ... than..., until, because, since, although stb. (elidejsg
kifejezsre)
I couldn't go to the party last week because I had been operated on.
Although he had been driving a car for fifteen years, he didn't dare to start the
Mercedes.
new
2. Fgg beszdben:
He said he had seen my classmate in the cinema.
3. A fmondatban lev utidejsg esetn, a by the time, before ktszavak utn (a Past
Perfect Tense hangslyozza a cselekvs elidej mivoltt):
By the time my mother came home, I (had) cleaned the flat.
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Kapcsold idhatrozk:
tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, tomorrow morning /afternoon/, evening...,
next week/month/June,...., in a few minutes/hours..., when?, then, soon, on/after/by/at/in....
FONTOS:
A feltteles s idhatrozi mellkmondatokban a jv id helyett jelen id ll.
Csak a fmondatban szabad jv idt (Future Tense-i) hasznlni!
Pl.:
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o'clock).
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Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Holnapra elolvasom ezt a knyvet.
2. A ht vgre bekltznek az j hzukba.
3. Holnapra dnteni fogok.
4. Kt rra le fogom gpelni a jelentst.
5. Holnap ilyenkorra mr kzbesteni fogjk a csomagokat.
6. Remlem, holnapra nem fogod elfelejteni mindezt.
7. Az v vgn lesz kt ve, hogy tant minket.
8. Karcsonykor lesz tz ve, hogy hzasok.
9. Nhny ht mlva teljesen fel fogsz plni a betegsgedbl.
10. Mire holnap visszajssz, mindent be fogok fejezni.
11. E hnap vgn lesz egy ve, hogy hegedlni tanulok.
12. Holnap ilyenkorra mr meg fogom kapni a vizsgaeredmnyt.
13. Addigra mr t ve lesz annak, hogy a rszleteket fizetjk.
14. Augusztusban lesz egy ve, hogy a Hamletet jtsszk a sznhzban.
15. Mire jvre visszajvk, ezeket az reg hzakat le fogjk bontani.
16. A hnap vgig tbb ezer ember fogja megnzni ezt a killtst.
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SSZEFOGLALS:
Varicik egy mondatra az eddig trgyalt igeidk s feltteles mondatok hasznlatval:
He often writes letters.
He doesn't write letters to his parents.
Does he often write letters?
Yesterday he wrote some letters.
- Did he write any letters to his cousins last week?
Why didn't he write a letter to her?
He is just writing some letters.
Why is he writing so many letters?
He isn't writing any letters now.
He was writing some letters when I entered the room.
Was he writing letters all night?
He wasn't writing letters all last week.
He will write a letter after the film.
Will he write me a letter if I send him a picture
He won't write a letter if he doesn't want to.
postcard?
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CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1. Ha lesz idm, rok neki egy kpeslapot.
2. Ha holnap szp lesz az id, elmegynk kirndulni.
3. Ha nem sietsz, nem fogod elrni a tvolsgi buszt.
4. Ha vezetni akarsz, jogostvnyt kell szerezned.
5. Ha minden pnznket elkltjk, megint szegnyek lesznk.
6. Ha leesel a frl, megtd magad.
7. Ha itt parkolsz, meg fognak brsgolni.
8. Ha ezt megeszed, beteg leszel.
9. Mit fogsz csinlni, ha nem kapsz jegyet a gpre?
10. Mi lesz, ha nem lesz otthon?
11. Ha itt hagyod a halat, a macska meg fogja enni.
12. Senki nem fog felismerni, ha stt szemveget viselsz.
13. Mit tennl, ha nyernl egy csom pnzt?
14. Ha a helyedben lennk, nem ennm ezt meg.
15. Ha tbb pnzem lenne, beutaznm a vilgot.
16. Ha kevesebbet dohnyoznl, nem lenne olyan rekedt a hangod.
17. Mit csinlnl, ha klfldn elvesztend az tleveledet?
18. Ha lassabban dolgoznl, nem csinlnl ennyi hibt.
19. Mi trtnne, ha nem rnm el a buszt?
20. tmennl a vizsgn, ha kemnyebben dolgoznl.
21. Ha tlrzna, tbbet keresne.
22. Kitl krnl tancsot, ha nem tudnd, hogy mit csinlj?
23. Ha tudnk nmetl, eredetiben olvasnm Thomas Mann regnyeit.
24. Ha lenne kertnk, megtermelnnk a sajt zldsgnket.
25. Kinyitnd az ajtt, ha jflkor csngetne valaki?
26. Ha lett volna trkpnk, nem tvedtnk volna el.
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1. If I have time, I will write him a postcard.
2. If the weather is fine tomorrow, we will go for an outing.
3. Unless you hurry, you won't catch the coach.
4. If you want to drive, you will have to get a driving licence.
5. If we spend all our money, we will be poor again.
6. If you fall off the tree, you will hit yourself.
7. If you park your car here, you will be fined.
8. You will be ill if you eat it.
9. What will you do if you don't get a ticket for the plane?
10. What will happen if he is not at home?
11. If you leave the fish here, the cat will eat it.
12. Nobody will recognize you if you wear dark glasses.
13. What would you do if you won a lot of money?
14. If I were you, I wouldn't eat it.
15. If I had more money, I would travel around the world.
16. If you smoked less, your voice wouldn't be so hoarse.
17. What would you do if you lost your passport abroad?
18. You wouldn't make so many mistakes if you worked more slowly.
19. What would happen if I didn't catch the bus?
20. You would pass the exam if you worked harder.
21. He would earn more if he worked overtime.
22. Who would you ask for advice if you didn't know what to do?
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23. If I could speak German, I would read Thomas Mann's novels in the original.
24. If we had a garden, we would grow our own vegetables.
25. Would you open the door if someone rang the bell at midnight?
26. If we had had a map, we wouldn't have lost our way.
27. I could have finished the work if you had left me alone.
28. I would have visited you if I had known that you were ill.
29. If it hadn't been cold, we would have enjoyed our holiday more.
30. If he had fastened the seat belt, he wouldn't have been injured.
31. If you had hurried, you wouldn't have missed the train.
32. What would you have done if you had been there?
33. What would have happened if you had run out of petrol?
34. I would have got the job if I had had the necessary qualifications.
35.1 would have given her a lift if the car hadn't been at the garage.
36. I would have bought a ticket at the entrance if there had been slot machines there.
37. I would have travelled to Switzerland if I had had a car of my own.
38. I would have asked him to help me if I had dared to.
39. We would have danced if we had been able to.
40. I could have overtaken the lorry if I had had to.
41.1 wouldn't have eaten anything even if you^had given me my favourite cake.
42. I wouldn't have taught your daughter if I hadn't thought that she was talented.
43. Would you have brought me a present from Paris if you hadn't forgotten about it?
44. I wouldn't have left this man if he hadn't told me a lie.
45.1 would have written a letter to you if I hadn't lost your address.
46. I would have spoken to him if I had met him at school.
47. I would have drunk a glass of beer if I hadn't been driving.
48. You would never have won any competitions if you hadn't swum several hours
every day.
49. If I had known the building regulations, I would have built my house on my own.
50. Nobody would have heard this story if you had kept it secret.
51. I would have thrown out that old shirt if I had seen it in the wardrobe.
Kzp- s felsfok
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CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
17. Ha lenne szves vrni, mindjrt megnzem, bent van-e a doktor r.
18. Meghal, ha nem hvsz orvost. Tegyk fel, hogy hvok. Orvosi segtsg nlkl sose
pl fel.
19. Az gyeletes orvos nlkl nem tudtuk volna maghoz trteni.
20. Ha ragaszkodsz hozz, hogy megszaktsd a terhessgedet, nem foglak felesgl
venni.
21. Ha tallkozol vele, lehet, hogy megmutatja a zzdsait, amelyeket egy kocsmai
verekeds sorn kapott.
22. Ha ltod, klcsn kellene krned a gyerekgygyszatrl szl knyvt.
23. Ha sszeakadsz vele, lthatod az gsi srlseket a kezn.
24. Ha tallkozntok, esetleg elkaphatnd az influenzjt.
25. Ha belbotlanl, rdekldnd kellene a felesge idegsszeroppansrl.
26. Ha ltnl egy logopdust, akr krhetnl tle egy knyvet a dadogsrl.
27. Ha tallkoztl volna vele, lthattad volna, mennyire le van robbanva.
28. El tudtam volna menni, ha nem lett volna egsz nap hasogat fejfjsom, szrny
fogfjsom, s nem jtt volna ki rajtam mindenfle kits, mivel allergis vagyok a
macskkra.
29. Esetleg r tudtam volna venni, hogy ne vegyen be hashajtt.
30. El kellett volna mennie a brgygyszhoz, ha igazi tykszem lett volna a lbn.
31. A helyedben nem engednm, hogy mank nlkl prbljon jrni.
32. Ha ltod, lehet, hogy meslne a rkjrl.
33. Ha tallkoztok, meghvhatnd, hogy mesljen a felplsrl.
34. Ha krdez, nem szabad megmondanod, hogy AIDS-es vagy.
35. Ha krdezte volna, nem lett volna szabad megmondanod a vrvtel eredmnyt.
36. Ha hajland lesz bevenni a gygyszert, esetleg felpl.
37. Nagyon hls lennk, ha szveskedne abbahagyni a vistst.
38. Ha nem vagy hajland bevenni a lzcsillaptt, nem rok fel tbb C-vitamint.
39. Fogadhatsz ltogatkat, feltve, hogy nem hagyod el az intenzv osztlyt.
40. Nem kellett volna megmtened, hiszen menthetetlen.
41. Ha netn megkrdezn, mirt olyan dagadt az orrod, meg ne mondd neki.
42. Ha nem lennnek az jszakk, egsz jl reznm magam.
43. Tegyk fel, hogy undort z lttyt r fel az orvos. Bevennd?
44. Sose jssz r, mi baja, hacsak meg nem krdezed az anyjt.
45. Ha nem lett volna az a pletyks felesge, meghvtam volna ket a laksszentelre.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
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I WISH
I WISH
Elmleti tudnivalk:
Az / WISH s az IF ONL Y szerkezetek az angol hajt mondatok jellegzetes bevezet elemei.
Magyarra a BRCSAK hajtst kifejez szval fordtjuk. Az / WISH brmely esetben
felcserlhet az IF ONLY kifejezssel. A bevezet szerkezetet hrom tpus mondat
kvetheti:
1. Az ige Simple Past (Unreal Past) alakban:
Brcsak tbb szabad idm lenne!
/ wish I HAD more free time.
2. Az ige Past Perfect alakban:
Brcsak ne vettem volna felesgl ezt a szrny nt!
Iwish I HADN'T MARRIED this/that terrible woman.
3. WOULD + az ige sztri alakja kifejezhet
a. jv idre utalst:
Brcsak egy httel elbb vget rne a tanv!
Iwish the academic year WOULD END a week earlier.
b . a beszlnek a cselekv hajlandsgra vonatkoz hajt:
Brcsak ne beszlgetnl a bartaiddal rkon t!
/ wish you WOULDN'T TALK to your friends for hours on end.
I WISH + UNREAL PAST
Pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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I WISH
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
9.
11.
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
Brcsak
Brcsak
Brcsak
Brcsak
Brcsak
Brcsak
Brcsak
Brcsak
Brcsak
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish
I WISH + would
1. Brcsak engem venne felesgl, nem Mancit!
2. Brcsak elfogadnk az j terveinket!
3. Brcsak ne veszekedntek folyton!
4. Brcsak a rendrsg komolyabban megbntetn a gyorshajtkat!
5. Brcsak ne tallna rm: nem akarom tbb ltni.
6. Brcsak ma korbban jnne haza, hogy hatkor elmehessnk a moziba.
Megoldsok
1.1 wish he would marry me instead of Manci.
2.1 wish our new projects would be accepted.
3.1 wish you wouldn't quarrel all the time.
4.1 wish the police would fine speeders more heavily.
5. I wish he wouldn't find me. I don't want to see him any more.
6. I wish he would come home earlier today so that-we could go to the cinema at 6.
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PASSIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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PASSIVE VOICE
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
PASSIVE VOICE
49. Ezeket a bizonytvnyokat nem kellett volna elhozni: csak a diploma szmt tartjuk
nyilvn.
50. Lehet, hogy megengedtk neki, hogy rgyjtson, amikor ppen a babt vittk be a
szobba?
51. Lehet, hogy a legjobb bartai rultk el.
52. Mihelyt lehetsges, ezt a hibaval vitt le kell zrni.
53. A padokat az svny mindkt oldalrl el kellett tvoltani.
54. Jelentsek szerint a cscstallkozt a jv hnapra halasztjk a fvrosban dl
zavargsok miatt.
55. Becslsek szerint a vilg npessge 2000-re elri a hatmillirdot.
57. rdemeit - brmilyen elvlhetetlenek - nem szabad tlbecslni.
58. Tbb biolgust is meg lehetett volna krdezni az emlsk kihalsnak veszlyeirl.
59. Akr ki is rabolhattak volna abban a rossz hr borozban.
60. Remlhet, hogy hamarosan felpl az emberrabls okozta testi s lelki
srlseibl.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
PASSIVE VOICE
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
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CAUSATIVE CONSTRUCTION
to have sg. done, to have sg. done by sy. - a cselekvs mint szolgltats
to get sg. done, to get sg. done by sy.
to have someone do something
Pl.:
Megjegyzend, hogy a mai beszlt nyelv a "have" helyett gyakran alkalmazza a "get"
segdigt.
2.
Pl.:
3.
Pl.:
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
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15. Kpes lennl arra knyszerteni, hogy egyem meg?
16. Megprblta megrtetni magt, br ez teljesen remnytelen ksrlet volt.
17. R kellene venned a btydat, hogy jelentkezzen erre az llsra.
18. Tudasd velem, ha brmit megtudnl errl a gyans alakrl.
19. Fordttasd le magyarra, j?
20. Lehet, hogy a hagyma megrkat, ha pucolod.
21.. Az lehetetlen, hogy arra knyszertett volna, hogy elvedd a lnyt.
22. Nem szabad vele ratnod a leveleidet, fleg, ha azok bizalmasak.
23. Nem szabadna arra knyszertened, hogy sikkasszon.
24. Nem szksges vele elmondatnod, mi trtnt.
25. El volt trve a karja, ezrt a szomszddal satta fel a kertet.
26. Mr kt ve j szerelvel javttatod a kocsid, ugye?
27. Megcsinltathatom vele a hzi feladatomat?
28. Valaha anymmal fzettem a vacsort.
29. Mrpedig a frjeddel fogom kifizettetni a krt!
30. Nem szksges lefordttatnod. A te nem hivatalos fordtsodat is elfogadjuk.
31. Fel ne merszeld mosatni vele a kvet!
32. Akr r is vehetnnk, hogy jjjn velnk.
33. Holnap ilyenkor? Pont a fnykpeket hvatom el vele.
34. ppen a leckt ismteltettem a fiammal, amikor az apja bejtt.
35. Mr sokszor eljultam a kkusz szagtl.
36. Az nem ltezik, hogy ppen most csutakoltatja a lovt. Azt jelentettk, hogy
csatban van.
37. Felesleges volt megjavttatnod a kzponti ftst, nem volt komoly baja.
38. Hla Istennek, nem kellett kmvessel pttetnem a hzat, megcsinltam n magam
s a rokonok.
39. Vedd r, hogy igya meg. zleni fog neki.
40. Nem engedhetjk meg magunknak, hogy minden hnapban megjavttassuk az
autt.
41. Milyen gyakran kell taptztatnotok a gyerekszobt?
42. Mikor fogod lemosatni a kocsidat?
43. Kirakattuk a rgi beptett szekrnyt s beszereltettnk egy divatos konyhabtort.
44. Kezd sttedni, kapcsoltasd fel valakivel a villanyt!
45. Jv ilyenkorra mr be fogjuk vezettetni a gzftst.
46. Megkrdezte, hogy bekttesse-e az n szakdolgozatomat is.
47. A guminyomst is ellenriztetni fogom a benzinkutassal.
48. Ha vonz akarsz lenni, legalbb havonta egyszer meg kell csinltatnod a frizurdat
a fodrsszal.
49. Biztos vagyok benne, hogy egy lvezetes koncert elfeledtetn velem a
problmimat.
50. Szval lusta vagyok. Meg tudnd mondani, mibl gondolod?
51. Nem tudom megrtetni vele, milyen veszlyes dolog hviharban vezetni.
53. Ha hatkony tanr akarsz lenni, el kell rned, hogy minden krlmnyek kztt
tiszteljenek.
54. Annak ellenre, hogy elutazsa eltt vekig tanult angolul, Angliban alig tudta
magt megrtetni.
55. Ha tovbb nlunk maradnl, lehet, hogy le tudnd szoktatni a mrtktelen
alkoholfogyasztsrl.
56. Nem tudtam volna rvenni, hogy szigoran ditzzon, ha te nem tancsoltad volna
neki ugyanezt..
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57. Meg kellett volna hosszabbtanod az tleveled rvnyessgt egy ilyen hossz t
eltt.
58. Megpucoltathattad volna az ablakaidat, ha knyes vendgeket vrsz.
59. Minek a hatsra vltoztathatta meg olyan hirtelen a vlemnyt?
60. Vlemnyem szerint a problma kevsb bonyolult, mint amilyennek feltntettk.
61. A rendrsgen megkrtk, hogy teljes rszletessggel rja le a balesetet.
62. Mg soha nem knyszertettek arra, hogy becsapjam a fnkmet.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
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CAUSATIVE CONSTRUCTION
38. Thank God, I didn't have to have my house built by a bricklayer. I did it myself
with my relatives.
39. Get him to drink it. He will like the taste of it.
40. We can't afford to have our car repaired every month.
41. How often do you need to have the children's room wall-papered? .
42. When will you have your car washed?
43. We have had the old built-in cupboard removed and fashionable kitchen furniture
put in.
44. It's getting dark. Get somebody to switch on the light.
45. By this time next year we shall have had gas-heating installed.
46. He asked whether he should have my thesis bound, too.
47. I'm going to have the pressure in the tyres checked by the filling station attendant,
too.
48. If you want to look attractive, you must have your hair styled by the hairdresser at
least once a month.
49. I'm sure that an enjoyable concert would make me forget my troubles.
50. So you say I'm lazy. Could you tell me what makes you think so?
52. I can't make him understand how dangerous it is to drive in a blizzard.
53. If you want to be an efficient teacher, you must make yourself respected in all
conditions.
54. In spite of his having learnt English for years before travelling, he could hardly
make himself understood in England.
55. If you stayed with us longer, you might be able to get him to give up excessive
drinking.
56. I couldn't have made her go on a strict diet if you hadn't given her the same advice.
57. You should have had the validity of your passport extended before such a long
journey.
58. You ought to have had your windows cleaned if you are expecting fastidious
guests.
59. What could have made him alter his opinion all of a sudden?
60. I think the problem is less complicated than they made it seem.
61. The police had him describe the accident in full detail.
62. I have never been made to cheat my boss.
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INDIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT
SPEECH
(Fgg beszd)
A< fgg beszd elhangzott kijelentsek, krdsek, felszltsok trgyi mellkmondat
formjban trtn visszaadsa.
Ennek sorn rtelemszeren megvltoznak a nvmsok, hatrozk, igeidk:
this (these)
here
yesterday
tomorrow
next week
...ago
helyett
helyett
helyett
.helyett
helyett
helyett
A fgg krds formailag kijelent mondat, teht nem hasznljuk a "do" segdigt s a
mondat vgre nem tesznk krdjelet. Az eldntend krds "if vagy "whether" ktszval,
a kiegsztend krds krdszval kezddik.
Az igeidk egyeztetse:
He says he
he
he
he
he
he
he
he
is ill.
is reading,
was l.
was working all day.
will be ill.
will be studying at 5.
can swim..
has to leave.
He said he
he
he
he
he
he
he
he
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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was ill.
was reading.
had been ill.
had been working all day.
would be ill.
would be studying at 5.
could swim.
had to leave.
INDIRECT SPEECH
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. "I have to help my mum with the shopping."
2. "I don't know you."
3. "I won't give you this valuable camera."
4. "I will buy a larger flat tomorrow."
5. "Yesterday we had an enjoyable party at my uncle's."
6. "The day before yesterday I found my note-book in your drawer."
7. "By this time next year we shall have passed the entrance exam."
8. "I never drink coffee before I have breakfast."
9. "We have bought a second-hand car."
10. "I have been swimming for an hour now."
11. "I drove each member of the company home ."
12. "I will come to see you on Sunday if I have time."
13. "We were thinking of travelling to Spain but we didn't have enough money."
14. "If I were you, I wouldn't marry that man."
15. "I would like to meet a famous actor personally."
16. "We should/ought to do more for the safety of our district."
17. "You should/ought to/must plant roses in the front part of your garden."
18. "You had better not get on the train when it's already moving."
19. "You might post this letter for me."
20. "He didn't pay attention to weather conditions."
21. "We shall arrange this tomorrow."
22. He pointed at two books. "I saw these in the library, too."
23. "I got this ring from my fiance."
24. "I'm selling my house this month."
25. "Which apple do you want? - This one."
26. "I'm too lazy to do any work today."
27. "I couldn't read the whole book yesterday."
28. "I saw a strange little old man on the staircase the day before yesterday."
29. "A year ago he was in love with me - now he is leaving me", she said.
30. "Next week we shall see the eclipse of the moon."
31. "I will go for an outing to the Bakony Hills the day after tomorrow."
32. "I heard you playing the violin half an hour ago."
33. "I'm not going to buy this watch."
34. "You can stay here as long as you want."
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35. "O.K., I shall do the washing up for you."
36. "I will wash your car together with mine."
37. "I'm not willing to leave the house in such stormy weather."
38. "Would you like a cup of tea?"
39. "I will betray you if you don't give me a bar of chocolate."
40. "Your daughter broke my vase!"
41. "I broke it."
42. "I didn't break any of your vases."
43. "When is the performance to begin?"
44. "Where do you work?"
45. "Where is the college?"
46. "What have you got in your hand?"
46. "Tom, why didn't you tell your sister to come home?"
'47. "Is there anything in the fridge?"
48. "Would you like to meet the nice couple from Pcs?"
49. "Do you want to visit the Smiths or the Bakers?" my husband asked.
50. "Shall we get on this train or not?"
51. "If you get married, will you leave the company?"
52. "Shall we have one more cup of coffee in this cosy bar?"
53. "Shall I ever see this nice guy again?"
54. "Shall I put your luggage on the rack?"
55. "Will you give me advice on this matter?"
56. "Will you come to the meeting?"
57. "Will you have some more biscuits?"
58. "Children, don't sit on wet grass."
59. "You had better work harder."
60. "If I were you, I would stop doing second jobs."
61. "Remain seated, everybody!"
62. "If you don't like this dress, why don't you put another one on?"
63. "Do come in," the lady said.
64. "Don't forget to have your dinner-jacket dry-cleaned!"
65. "Don't be so shy, ask her name!", they told him.
66. "Don't close the door, it's so stuffy here," he said.
67. "If you meet Joe tell him to phone me," he said.
68. She said, "If you can't cook, don't invite guests for lunch."
69. "Let's have a look at this museum," she said.
70. "Let's not waste our time bargaining," he said.
71. "What a boring lecture!" she exclaimed.
72. He said, "Congratulations on your promotion."
73. He said, "Thank you for your help."
74. She said, "You are a genius, darling!"
75. They said to us, "Welcome!"
76. "Have a nice Easter holiday!" he said.
77. "You must see this film of Spielberg's," he said.
78. "As he has no dictionary for doing the translation, we must lend him ours," she
said.
79. "You must fry these steaks as quickly as possible," he said.
80. "You may enter the secret room provided you don't speak about it to anybody," he
said.
81. "Must you stay out so late tonight?" she asked.
82. "You mustn't water this plant every day," she said.
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83. "I needn't buy a season-ticket to the theatre: I have free admission there," he said.
84. He said, "You needn't work this afternoon."
85. They said, "If he sells the freezer at a lower price we needn't borrow any money
from our colleagues."
86. "Need I learn the poem by heart?" asked a pupil in class.
87. "Could I use your pen, please?" she asked.
88. "Could you please help me with these heavy bags?" the old lady asked.
89. "Could you drive me to work tomorrow?" she asked.
90. "At a very young age his children could speak two languages," she said.
91. He said, "If I could swim I would participate in this competition."
92. "If I were younger I could try to get another degree," she said.
93. "If everybody moved a bit to the right Joe could sit down, too," the teacher said.
94. "How much do you want for your rusty car?" he asked.
95. "When did you last see theaccused?" the judge asked.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
INDIRECT SPEECH
30. He said we would see the eclipse of the moon the following week.
31. He said he would go for an outing to the Bakony Hills in two days' time.
32. He said he had heard me, playing the violin half an hour before.
33. He said he wasn't going to buy that/the watch.
34. He said I could stay there/with him as long as I wanted.
35. He agreed to do the washing up for me.
36. He promised to wash my car together with his.
37. He refused to leave the house in such stormy weather.
38. He offered me a cup of tea.
39. He threatened to betray me if I didn't give him a bar of chocolate.
40. He accused my daughter of breaking his vase.
41.1 admitted breaking it.
42. I denied breaking any of his vases.
43. She asked when the performance was to begin.
44. He asked where I worked.
45. He asked/wanted to know where the college was.
46. He asked (me) what I had got in my hand.
46. He asked Tom why he hadn't told his sister to come home.
47. He asked if there was anything in the fridge.
48. He asked whether/if we would like to meet the nice couple from Pcs.
49. My husband asked whether I wanted to visit the Smiths or the Bakers.
SO They hesitated whether or not to get on the train.
51. He asked whether I would leave the company if I got married.
52. He suggested having one more cup of coffee in that cosy bar.
53. She wondered whether she would ever see that nice guy again.
54. He offered to put my luggage on the rack.
55. He asked me to give him some advice on the matter.
56. He asked whether he would come to the meeting. / He invited him to the meeting.
57. She offered me some more biscuits.
58.1 told/warned the children not to sit on wet grass.
59. I advised him to work harder.
60. He advised me to stop doing second jobs.
61. He ordered us to remain seated.
62. He advised me to put on another dress. / He suggested that I put on another dress.
63. The lady asked/invited us to come in.
64. She reminded him not to forget to have his dinner-jacket dry-cleaned.
65. They encouraged him to ask her name.
66. He told me not to close the door.
67. He said if I met Joe I was to tell him to phone him.
68. She said/told me that if I couldn't cook I shouldn't invite guests for lunch.
69. She suggested having a look at the museum.
70. He suggested not wasting our/their time bargaining. / He suggested that we/they
shouldn't waste time bargaining.
71. She said it was a boring lecture.
72. He congratulated me on my promotion.
73. He thanked me for my help.
74. She called me a genius.
75. They welcomed us.
76. He wished me a nice Easter holiday.
77. He said that I must see that film of Spielberg's.
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78. She said that they would have to lend him their dictionary as he hadn't got one to
do the translation.
79. He said that I had to fry the steaks as quickly as possible.
80. He said that I might enter the secret room provided that I didn't speak about it to
anybody.
81. She asked if he had to stay out so late that night.
82. She said that I mustn't water the plant every day. / She told me not to water the
plant every day.
83. He said he didn't have to buy a season-ticket to the theatre because he had free
admission there.
84. He said that I needn't work that afternoon.
85. They said that if he sold the freezer at a lower price they wouldn't have to borrow
any money from their colleagues.
86. A pupil in class asked if he had to learn the poem by heart.
87. She asked me if she could use my pen.
88. The old lady asked me to help her with the heavy bags.
89. She asked me if I could drive her to work the next day.
90. She said that his children could/had been able to speak two languages at a very
young age.
91. He said that if he could swim he would participate in the competition.
92. She said that if she were younger she could try to get another degree.
93. The teacher said that if everybody moved a bit to the right Joe would be able to sit
down, too.
94. He asked how much he wanted for his rusty car.
95. The judge asked when he had last seen the accused.
Tovbbi pldk
1. Nem gondoltam, hogy a dnts ilyen nehz lesz.
2. Valaki azt mondta, hogy ezeket a ksrleteket hamarosan folytatni fogjk.
3. Spanyolorszgba utaztak. - Igazn? Azt mondtk, Prgban fogjk tlteni a
mzesheteket.
4. Nem tudtam megmondani nekik, hogy mg bent van-e az irodban.
5. Nem voltunk biztosak benne, hogy helyesen cselekedtnk-e.
6. Az igazgat rdekldtt, hogy a kutatcsoport megoldotta-e mr a problmt.
7. Nem tudod vletlenl, hogy ez milyen nvny?
8. Tudattk velnk, hogy mirt nem vettek fel tagnak.
9. Biztos voltam benne, hogy el tudjk foglalni az erdt.
10. Gondolod, hogy megengedik, hogy megnzzk a tvgyrtst?
11. Azt krdezte, hogy feltehet-e nhny krdst.
12. Azt mondtk neknk, hogy r tudtk venni, hogy meggondolja magt.
13. Azt mondta, hogy nem dolgozom elg kemnyen.
14. Panaszkodott, hogy sok nehz krdsre kellett vlaszolnia a vizsgn.
15. Javasoltuk, hogy mg egyszer gondoljuk t a dntst.
16. Azt hittem, esetleg meg akarod nzni a gyerekkori fnykpeimet.
17. Azt mondta, tegnapeltt egyedl meg tudta javtani a biztonsgi zrat.
18. Megkrdeztk, hogy kt nap mlva megltogathatjuk-e a beteget.
19. Azt mondtk, hogy egy szakrtt kell megkrdeznik ebben az gyben.
20. Az utazsi iroda dolgozja azt mondta, hogy a replgpnek kt rval azeltt
kellett volna megrkeznie.
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21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Azt mondta, hogy a cikket rszben t kell dolgozni, mieltt ki lehetne adni.
Azt hittem, az zletkt vrja a kldttsget a repltren.
A fnk azt mondta, hogy ngy mrnk meg fogja tudni oldani a problmt.
A hirdets figyelmeztetett, hogy a leveleket legksbb prilis 30-ig be kell kldeni.
Azt mondta, hogy egyetlen krds nlkl beengedtk a trgyalterembe.
Megoldsok
1. I hadn't thought the decision would be as difficult as that.
2. Somebody told me the experiments would be continued soon.
3. They left for Spain. - Did they? They had said that they would spend their
honeymoon in Prague.
4. I couldn't tell them whether he was still in the office.
5. We were not sure whether we had done the right thing.
6. The director inquired whether the problem had already been solved by the research
team.
7. Do you happen to know what sort of plant this is?
8. They informed us why we hadn't been accepted as members.
9. I was sure that they would be able to capture the fortress.
10. Do you think we shall be permitted to see the televisions being produced?
11. She asked whether she might ask a few questions.
12. They told us they had been able to make him change his mind.
13. He said that I didn't work hard enough.
14. He complained that he had had to answer a lot of difficult questions at the
examination.
15. We suggested that we should think the decision over once again.
16. I thought you might want to see the photos of me as a child.
17. He said he had been able to repair the safety lock by himself two days before.
18. We asked if we would be allowed to see the patient in two days' time.
19. They said they would have to consult an expert on the matter.
20. The travel agency clerk told us that the plane should have arrived two hours before.
21. He said the article would have to be revised in part before it could be published.
22. I thought the business transactor was to meet the delegation at the airport.
23. The boss said that four engineers would be able to solve the problem.
24. The advertisement warned us that the letters would have to be sent by 30th April at
the latest.
25. He said that he had been allowed to enter the court-room without asking him
anything.
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Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
Megoldsok
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
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A mdbeli segdigk
Segtsgkkel kifejezhetjk a hozzjuk kapcsold fignek a valsghoz val kapcsolatt.
Alapfok
1 needn't work.
I don't have to work.
I haven't got to work.
I needn't work
I won't have to work.
Mlt id:
I had to work.
Jv id:
/ must work.
I will have to work.
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Feltteles jelen:
I would have to work.
I should work.
I ought to work.
Feltteles mlt:
I would have had to work.
I should have worked. I ought to have worked.
Present Perfect:
/ have had to work a
lot since Monday
Specilis jelents:
He must be working.
He must have worked for this factory.
He must have been working for
a long time now.
Bizonyra dolgozik.
Bizonyra ebben a gyrban dolgozott.
Bizonyra mr rgta dolgozik.
Mlt id:
He could play the piano.
Could he play the piano?
He couldn't play the piano.
He was able to work all day. Was he able to work all day?He wasn't able to work all day.
Jv id:
He will be able to play the
piano / work hard all day.
Feltteles jelen:
He could play the piano if he had more time for practising.
Could he play the piano if he had more time for practising?
He couldn't play the piano even if he had more time for practising.
He would be able to work all day if he were stronger.
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can't
can't
can't
seven
Mlt id
/ was allowed to smoke
here.
Jv id
/ shall be allowed to smoke
here.
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Feltteles jelen:
/ would be allowed to smoke here if I had an ashtray.
Would I be allowed to smoke here if I had an ashtray?
I wouldn't be allowed to smoke here even if I had an ashtray.
Feltteles mlt:
I would have been allowed to smoke here if the family hadn't had a baby.
Would I have been allowed to smoke here if the family hadn't had a baby?
I wouldn't have been allowed to smoke here even if the family hadn't had a baby.
Present Perfect
I have been allowed to smoke here for a few days.
How long have you been allowed to smoke here?
I haven't been allowed to smoke here for some time now.
Specilis jelents:
He
He
He
He
may
may
may
may
be in the kitchen.
be learning English.
have driven your car.
have been dead for years.
Lehet,
Lehet,
Lehet,
Lehet,
hogy
hogy
hogy
hogy
a konyhban van.
ppen angolt tanul.
vezette az autdat.
vek ta halott.
A mdbeli segdigk
AUXILIARIES
Pldamondatok
1. Ne dobd ki ezeket a feljegyzseket; lehet, hogy a fnkdnek nlklzhetetlenek.
2. Lehet, hogy regnyeit nem soroljk a mai irodalom legjobbjai kz, de rdemes
elolvasni ket.
3. Krhetnk egy cigarettt?
4. Lehet, hogy kpes egyedl megoldani a problmt.
5. E termkek minsge esetleg kifogsolhat.
6. Lehet, hogy lekste az utols buszt.
7. Add oda neki ezt a knyvet; lehet, hogy rdekli.
8. Lehet, hogy tvedek, de akkor se nevezz hazudoznak.
9. Krhetek tled egy szvessget?
10. Biztosthatlak, hogy brmikor jhetsz, amikor kedved tartja.
11. Holnap megnzhetem a koronzsi kszereket.
12. Mirt nem engedtk meg, hogy cipvel belpj az pletbe?
13. Remlem, megengedik, hogy megltogassuk t a krhzban.
14. Soha nem engedik meg, hogy kvlllk rszt vegyenek a megbeszlseken.
15. Ha megengedtk volna, hogy foglalkozzunk a problmval, lehet, hogy mr meg is
tudtuk volna oldani.
16. Azt hittk, hogy majd brmelyik megoldst vlaszthatjuk.
17. Lehet, hogy fel kellett hagyniuk a ksrletezssel.
18. Lehet, hogy az a nagy aut behorpasztotta a karosszrit.
19. Soha nem engedtek volna be a klubba, ha nem mondtam volna nekik.
20. Mirt nem dohnyozhatnak a vendgek a nappaliban?
21. Lehet, hogy mr rg elfelejtette azt a knos histrit azzal a lnnyal.
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Megoldsok
1. Don't throw these notes out: they may be indispensable for your boss.
2. His novels may not be considered as being among the best'in modern literature, but
they are worth reading.
3. Might I trouble you for a cigarette?
4. He may be able to solve the problem by himself.
5. The quality of these products might be found fault with.
6. She may have missed the last bus.
7. Give this book to him. He may be interested in it.
8. I may be wrong but even so, don't call me a liar.
9. May I ask you a favour?
10. I can assure you that you may/can come any time you like.
11. I will be allowed to have a look at the crown jewels tomorrow.
12. Why weren't you allowed to enter the building with your shoes on?
13.1 hope we shall be allowed to visit him in the hospital.
14. They never allow any outsider to take part in their discussions.
15. If we had been allowed to tackle the problem, we might have been able to solve it
by now.
16. We thought that we would be allowed to choose any solution.
17. They may have had to give up the experiment.
18. That large car may have dented the car body.
19. You would never have been admitted to the club if I hadn't told them to.
20. Why may the guests not smoke in the living room?
21. He may have forgotten that awkward story with that girl long ago.
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Megoldsok
1. Fill up the tank, please, so that I have enough petrol to get to Debrecen.
2. A few years ago I could dance all night.
3. The mountain was very tall but the experienced mountaineer was able to reach the
top.
4. Could I borrow your camera for my holiday?
5. We could make a decision on the issue of promotion as well.
6. Could I help you with the preparations?
7. What could have made him do it to you?
8. He took his son to the play-ground so that he could talk to him.
9. He can't/couldn't have caused such a severe accident.
10. I could answer this question if I were an expert on the topic.
11. He said he couldn't manage on his salary.
12. We can't always combine work with pleasure.
13. Nuclear energy can be widely used.
14. Could you tell me where the Lost Property Office is?
15. Nowadays many household appliances could not work without electric energy.
16. Plants are capable of converting carbon dioxide into oxygen.
(able to convert)
17. Such a complicated issue can not be solved without thorough consideration.
18. She was confident that she would be able to qualify for the final.
19. A simple organism is unable to cover long distances.
20. Will you be able to come to our house-warming party?
A "shall" jelentsrnyalatai
a. szndk, eltkltsg:
1. Brmi trtnjen, ki fogok tartani a dntsem mellett.
2. Igenis megfogadod a tancsomat!
3. Nem fogom elfelejteni, hogyan bntl velem.
1. I shall abide by my decision whatever may happen.
2. You shall take my advice.
3. I shan't forget the way you treated me.
b. utasts, tancs krse, segtsg felajnlsa:
1. Hol szlljunk t a fldalattira?
2. Vegyek egy kis disznhst ebdre?
1. Where shall we change to the underground?
2. Shall I buy some pork for lunch?
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A "should" jelentsrnyalatai
a. ktelessg, utasts:
1. Ki kellene fizetned a telefonszmlt, klnben kikapcsoljk.
I. You should pay the telephone bill, or else it will be disconnected.
b. feltteles mondatokban, ha az alany
vagy "we":
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15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
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Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
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27.
28.
29.
30.
AUXILIARIES
A "will" jelentsrnyalatai
a. udvarias krs:
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.
b. knls:
1. Tet kr vagy kvt?
1. Will you have tea or coffee?
c. gret:
1. Elksrlek a vizsgdra, ha akarod.
1. I will accompany you to your exam if you want.
d. szilrd elhatrozs:
1. Hozzmegy ehhez a lhthz, brmit mondasz is neki.
1. She will marry this idler, whatever you tell her.
e. elrejelzs, valsznsg kifejezse jelenre s jvre:
1. Bizonyra megkapjk a csomagot hrom napon bell.
2. Ez lesz az az albrlet, amire a lnyomnak szksge van.
1. They will receive the parcel in three days.
2. These will be the lodgings my daughter needs.
f. felttelezs a jelenben befejezett cselekvsre vonatkozan:
1.
2.
1.
2.
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Pldamondatok
1. Biztosan meg fogja krdezni a nevedet a vizsga eltt.
2. Bizonyra megtanulta mr a vizsgatteleket.
3. Ha lesz szves rsban beadni a javaslatot, az igazgat szemlyesen fog dnteni
rla.
4. Szeretnnk inni egy pohr pezsgt, de nem tudjuk kihzni a dugt.
5. Ne krdezd, hol van a frje, mert ilyenkor rk hosszat szokott panaszkodni.
6. Az angolok soha nem fogadjk be a ms nemzetisgeket.
7. A rendrsg nem tart attl, hogy a terroristk megprbljk majd meglni
tszaikat, ha nem teljestik a kvetelseiket.
8. Kzlm a tisztelt sztrjkbizottsggal, hogy mivel n vagyok az alelnk, azt
bocstok el, akit akarok.
9. Elviszem az rmat az llatorvoshoz, mert nem szl benne a kakukk.
10. Pszt! Valaki kopog az ajtn! - Ez biztos a kutya!
11. Gondolom, mr elolvastad a mai Esti Hrlapot.
Megoldsok
1. He will ask your name before the exam.
2. He will have learnt the topics for the exam.
3. If you submit your proposal in a written form, the director will decide about it in
person.
4. We would like to drink a glass of champagne but the cork won't come out.
5. Don't ask her where her husband is because then she will complain for hours.
6. The English will never accept other nationalities.
7. The police are not afraid that the terrorists will kill their hostages if their
requirements are not fulfilled.
8. I wish to tell the honoured strike committee that, being the vice president, I will
dismiss whoever I want to.
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9. I will take my clock to the vet because the cuckoo doesn't work in it.
10. Hush! Someone is knocking at the door! - That will be the dog!
11. I suppose you will have read today's Esti Hrlap.
A "would" jelentsrnyalatai
a. udvarias krs
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
b. rdeklds
1. Kr mg nhny stemnyt?
2. Krsz egy pohr bort?
1. Would you like to have some more cakes?
2. Would you care for a glass of wine?
c. engedlykrs
1. Van ellene kifogsod, hogy egy fl rra egyedl hagyjalak?
2. Nem, csak nyugodtan.
3. Inkbb ne.
1. Would you mind my leaving you alone for half an hour?
2. Not at all.
3. I'd rather you didn't.
d. eltkltsg
1. llandan klcsnkrt tlem fizetsnap eltt egy httel.
1. She would keep asking me for some money a week before pay-day.
e. hajlandsg ill. ennek tagadsa
1. Nem volt hajland teljesteni az egyetlen kvnsgomat sem.
1. He wouldn't even fulfil my only request.
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i. //utni hasznlata:
udvarias krs esetn:
1. Ha lenne olyan szves visszahvni t perc mlva, megmondom nnek a pontos
rszleteket.
1. If you would call me back in five minutes, I shall tell you the exact details.
hajlandsg kifejezsre:
1. Ha hajland lenne megmutatni a sajt terveit, tudnk neki segteni az ingatlanok
felmrsben.
1. If he would show me his own plans, I could help him in assessing properties.
Pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
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17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
A "must" jelentsrnyalatai
a. szksgessg:
1. Az polnknek sok trelmk kell, hogy legyen.
1. Nurses must have a lot of patience.
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64
1.
2.
3.
4.
Nem
Nem
Nem
Nem
1.
2.
3.
4.
A mdbeli segdigk
AUXILIARIES
Pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
AUXILIARIES
A "need" jelentsrnyalatai
a. Figeknt azt fejezi ki, hogy valakinek valamire szksge van, ill. valamit meg kell
tennie:
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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c. A "need not" + befejezett fnvi igenv olyan cselekvst fejez ki, melynek elvgzse
felesleges volt.
1. Nem kellett volna ilyen korn kimenned az llomsra.
2. Nem kellett volna minden diknak kln feladatot adnod.
1. You needn't have gone to the station s early.
2. You needn't have given a separate task to each pupil.
d. A "need" fnvi hasznlata
1. Szksgt rezzk, hogy valaki hetente ellenrizze az orvosi igazolsokat.
2. Nagy szksg van hozzrt belgygyszokra ebben a krhzban.
3. Nem szksges gyakrabban menned a fogorvoshoz.
4. Ha szksges, minden nap vllalok tlrkat.
1. We feel a need for somebody to check the medical certificates.
2. There is a great need for competent specialists in internal diseases in this hospital.
3. There is no need for you to go to the dentist more often.
4. If need be, I will undertake extra lessons every day.
Pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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9. We needn't have fed the dog. Look, our neighbour is giving him a large portion of
bones.
10. Does the hotel need reliable receptionists?
11. There is no need for you to have your car washed so often.
12. If need be, we can employ some more factory hands.
13.1 don't know whether there is a need for a new book on birds.
14. I'm glad I didn't need to attend extra lessons in any subject.
15. You needn't have studied until midnight as we are not going to take the
examination today.
c. valsznsg
Pldamondatok
1. Tbb diknak kellene itt lenni ezen az eladson.
2. Meg kellett volna krdezned, felgygyult-e az influenzjbl.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A mdbeli segdigk
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A "dare" hasznlata
A "dare" szerepelhet segdigeknt, ill. figeknt.
a. merni, merszelni:
1. Nem merek kimenni a hzbl az jszaka kzepn.
2. Mirt nem merted ellenezni a javaslatt?
3. Volt btorsga megkrni ennek a ggs lnynak a kezt?
1. I daren't leave the house in the middle of the night.
2. Why didn't you dare to object to his proposal?
3. Did he dare to propose marriage to this haughty girl?
v.
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A mdbeli segdigk
6. They hardly dared to come forward from their hiding-place when the highwaymen
had left.
7. Don't you dare to eat all the tinned fruit without my permission!
8. I dare you to walk upstairs to the sixth floor.
9. How dare you open the director's confidential letters?
10. Did you dare to undergo the operation even if you were aware of the risk?
Vegyes pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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37. Jobban szeretnm, ha te krnd meg r. Amikor a mltkor prbltam beszlni vele,
nem volt hajland meghallgatni.
38. Brcsak megengedn, hogy egyedl menjek szabadsgra!
39. Azt javasoltam, hogy egyenek szendvicset ebdre, s vacsorzzanak egy
tteremben.
40. Meg vagyunk dbbenve, hogy egy vi hzassg utn elvltok.
41. Bizonyra mr sikerlt a vizsgja.
42. Vehetek mg egy kis sajtot? - Termszetesen.
43. Hova menjnk a tli sznid alatt?
44. Nos, idn elmehetnnk a hegyekbe.
45. Nem lehetett nagyon nehz a vizsga, ha mg Ronnie is le tudta tenni.
46. Lehet, hogy van egy kis pezsg a htben. Megigyuk?
47. Tovbb mr nem tudok vrni. - n sem.
48. Tudsz Japnul? - Sajnos nem.
49. Ht ra van. Bizonyra otthon van.
50. Segtsek? - Ha lennl szves, nagyon hls lennk.
51. Ki nem llhattam: rkig beszlt sajt magrl s soha meg nem krdezte volna,
hogy veled mi van.
52. Egsz este suttogtunk, nehogy a kisbaba felbredjen.
53. Srgettk, hogy a legjobb tanulk tandjt cskkentsk.
54. Illett volna segtened ennek az ids hlgynek.
55. Ezt a dntst nem szabad tovbb halogatni.
56. Nem krsz mg egy pohr bort?
57. Csknys volt s nem volt hajland hallgatni az rveinkre.
58. Sajnos mg nem tudtunk rjnni, mirt nem mkdtt a gp.
59. Ezt a mdszert mr rgen fejleszteni kellett volna.
60. Ezt a hibt neked is meg kellett volna tudnod javtani.
61. Nem lett volna szksges, hogy ilyen drga fnykpezgpet vegyen.
62. Ki van zrva, hogy pp most az n Mondemat vezeti, hisz megmondtam neki,
hogy nem veheti klcsn!
63. Az lehetetlen, hogy felsge meghalt. Bizonyra csak eljult. Hozna egy kis
replst?
64. Ki mondhatta neki, hogy a kutyja csak akkor fog enni, ha ugatni fog neki?
65. Ami a grfnt illeti, a trtnszek szerint aligha lehetett Danton bartnje.
66. Lehet, hogy pp a fvet nyrta, ezrt nem hallotta a kopogst.
67. Egy irodalomtrtnsz szerint lehet, hogy Stendhal Vrs s feketje megtrtnt
esemnyen alapul.
68. Lehet, hogy katalgusbl rendelte a tulipnhagymkat, azrt nem keltek ki mg
jniusban sem.
69. Amerikai tudsok szerint a dinoszauruszok kipusztulst nem okozhatta
meteorbecsapds.
70. Nem megmondtam magnak, Kovcs bcsi, hogy a betegkrtyja mellett a
szemlyijt is be kell mutatnia, ha orvoshoz jn?
71. Mg ha esetleg sorra is kerlnl, az orvos addigra olyan fradt lesz, hogy nem lesz
energija vgighallgatni a panaszaidat.
72. A bank azt kveteli, hogy az t vre kapott hitelt 3 v alatt fizessem vissza.
73. Fontos, hogy a vilgkillts eltt minden budapesti rendr tanuljon angolul vagy
nmetl.
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Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Shall I write the report for you? - Would you do that? It is very kind of you.
I think we should take up this challenge, shouldn't we?
I know that I should drive more slowly but I just can't do it.
It's vital that I should speak to him at once.
I think you should give up drinking beer all the time.
Shall we have dinner at home or shall we go out somewhere?
Shall I arrange your things on your desk? - I'd rather you didn't.
You should cancel your trip if you feel under the weather.
Before getting married, you ought to inform your parents about it first.
Should the parachute not open, press this button and the second one will
automatically open.
. 1 1 . I'm going to have another slice of cake, though I shouldn't, because I'm on a diet.
12. You ought to see how nice our new car is.
13.1 think you ought to ask for permission first.
14. I shall lend you that dictionary.
15. Would you pass me the salt, please? - Here you are.
16. This will be the house we are looking for. - I hope so.
17. I would like to get dressed but the door of the wardrobe won't open.
18. Would you like some garlic? - No thanks.
19. Would you like to have a look at my butterfly collection? - Of course I would.
20. I would like to hire a car for the next three days.
21.1 used to be able to turn a somersault but now I can't.
22. If he wrote, I might have to answer.
23. What are you going to do this afternoon? -1 may go to the cinema.
24. I wonder why Joe didn't answer the doorbell. - He may have been in the bath. / He
may have been having a bath.
25. Is it likely to rain?
26. You could have bought my season ticket as well if you had to stand in the queue
anyway.
27. I can't sing. - Why don't you ask Tom? He may be able to.
28. We may/might as well go to the concert. We shouldn't waste the two free tickets.
29. Why didn't he say hello when we passed him in the street? - He may have been
day-dreamimg.
30. He can run very fast even now but he could run faster than anybody else when he
was a schoolboy.
31. He can't have been abroad last Saturday. I met him at the party.
32. Can you smell this scent? - No, I may have caught a cold.
33. Where is Jamie? - He may be in his room. - No, he can't be there because I can't
hear his tape-recorder.
34. You could help with the cooking if you can't do the ironing.
35. Why couldn't you buy a seat reservation for the express train?
36. He changed his name so that nobody would know who he had been before.
37.1 would/I'd rather you asked him to do it. When I tried to speak to him the other day
he wouldn't listen to me.
38.1 wish he would let me go on holiday alone.
39. I suggested that they should have sandwiches for lunch and have dinner in a
restaurant.
40. We are astonished that you should get divorced after a year's marriage.
41. He will/must have passed his exam.
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42. I wonder ifi could/might have some more cheese? - Of course you can/may.
43. Where shall we go during the winter holidays?
44. Well, this year we could go to the mountains.
45. The exam can't have been very difficult if even Ronnie could pass it.
46. There may be some champagne in the fridge. Shall we drink it?
47. I can't wait any longer. - Neither can I.
48. Can you speak Japanese? - I'm afraid I can't.
49. It's seven o'clock. He must be at home.
50. Shall I help? - If you would be so kind, I would be very grateful.
51.1 couldn't stand him. He would talk about himself for hours and would never ask
how things were getting on with you.
52. We were whispering all evening lest the baby should wake up.
53. They urged that the tuition fee of the best students should be decreased.
54. You should have/ought to have helped that old lady.
55. This decision must not be postponed any longer.
56. Won't you have another glass of wine?
57. He was stubborn and wouldn't listen to our arguments.
58. Unfortunately we have not yet been able to find out why the machine failed.
59. This method should have been developed long ago.
60. You ought to have been able to repair this damage yourself.
61. He needn't have bought such an expensive camera.
62. He can't be driving my Mondeo since I told him he couldn't borrow it.
63. His Majesty can't have died. He must have only fainted. Would you bring some
smelling salts?
64. Who could have told him that his dog would eat only if he barked for him?
65. As for the countess, according to historians she could hardly have been Danton's
mistress.
66. She may have been mowing the grass, perhaps that's why she couldn't hear the
knock.
67. According to a literary historian, Stendhal's "Red and Black" may have been based
on a true story.
68. She may have ordered the tulip bulbs from a catalogue, that's why they didn't come
up even in June.
69. According to American scientists, the extinction of dinosaurs can't have been
caused by the collision of a meteor.
70. Haven't I told you, Mr. Kovcs, that you should present your ID as well as the
insurance card when you see the doctor?
71. If you should get to the front of the queue, the doctor will be so tired by then that
he won't have any energy to hear your complaints.
72. The bank demands that I should pay back the credit allocated for 5 years in three
years' time.
73. It's important that all the policemen in Budapest should learn English or German
before the Expo.
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QUESTION TAGS
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1. Ugye most a bartodnak rsz levelet?
2. Gyakran ltogatod meg t, ugye?
3. Mindannyian szeretnek teniszezni, ugye?
4. Mindenki msnl jobban tud szni, ugye?
5. Ugye hazamehetnk ebd utn?
6. Ellenrizzk jbl ezeket a szmadatokat, j?
7. Ugye kemnyen kell dolgoznia?
8. Szksged van valakire, akivel beszlgess, ugye?
9. Ugye nem szksges kivasalnom az sszes ingedet?
10. Rszt akarnak venni a meccsen, ugye?
11. Semmit nem mer krdezni, ugye?
12. Nem kell minden nap fznie, ugye?
13. Ugye mindig megbzhat vagy?
14. Dleltt tzkor dolgoznia kellene, nem?
15. Ugye rgtn a mozi utn haza kellett menned?
16. Legalbb egy idegen nyelvet meg kellene tanulnia, nem?
17. Ugye mg egyszer el fogja magyarzni ezt a tanr?
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Megoldsok
1. You are writing a letter to your friend, aren't you?
2. You often visit her, don't you?
3. All of them like playing tennis, don't they?
4. He can swim better than anybody else, can't he?
5. We can go home after lunch, can't we?
6. Let's check these figures again, shall we?
7. He must work hard, mustn't he?
8. You need someone to talk to, don't you?
9. I needn't iron all your shirts, need I?
10. They want to take part in the match, don't they?
11. He daren't ask anything, dare he?
12. She doesn't need to cook every day, does she?
13. You are always reliable, aren't you?
14. At ten o'clock in the morning he ought to be working, oughtn't he?
15. You had to go home right after the cinema, didn't you?
16. He should learn at least one foreign language, shouldn't he?
17. The teacher will explain this again, won't he?
18. You used to be very good friends, didn't you?
19. He may have been ill, mayn't he?
20. They may not be coming tonight, may they?
21. He has got a chance of winning the competition, hasn't he?
22. He dared not tell a lie, dared he?
23. They wanted to travel by train, didn't they?
24. He helped you a lot, didn't he?
25. He saw a good film yesterday, didn't he?
26. She could speak English fluently, couldn't she?
27. He often gets his car repaired, doesn't he?
28. You have been playing the piano for two years, haven't you?
29. You wouldn't like to be in his place, would you?
30. He has been asked to leave the room, hasn't he?
31. They were watching TV all day yesterday, weren't they?
32. You love me, don't you?
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Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Senki sem szereti, ha kinevetik, igaz?
2. Ki kellene hvni a mentket, nem?
3. Mostanra mr biztosan elolvasta az sszes kpesjsgot, igaz?
4. gy tnik, szletett vesztes, nem?
5. Jobb lenne t is meghvni, nem?
6. Vdolts nlkl elkapta volna a brnyhimlt, ugye?
7. Folyton ostoba rggumizent hallgat, ugye?
8. Na, most jobban hallasz, nem?
9. Kiskora ta tud lovagolni, ugye?
10. Mire Pestre rnk, kiderl az g, ugye?
11. Holnap ilyenkor te mr a spanyol tengerparton fogsz nyaralni, mi?
12. Lennie kell mg nhny almnak, nem?
13. g y segtesz nekem cipelni ezt a batyut?
14. Azt hiszed, a diplomd miatt entellektel vagy, igaz?
15. Szval elvesz egy fherceg felesgl!
16. Szval te nem Fradi-szurkol vagy, mi?
17. Szval Charles s Diana el fognak vlni.
18. Tged senki sem vehet el tlem^ igaz?
19. Mindenki tiszta rlt itt, nem?
20. Nem lesz semmilyen alkohol a partin, igaz?
21. Na, most mr hallgass, j?
22. Na, nekem most le kell lpnem, igaz?
23. Csak nem kstk le a film elejt?
24. Hrom lnyuk van, ugye?
25. Hihetetlenl szorgalmas, ugye?
26. Tbbek kztt rlam is beszlt, mieltt bejttem, igaz?
27. Tnj el, ok?
28. Tbbek kztt judzik is a fiad, ugye?
29. Nem talltad meg azok kztt az emberek kztt, ugye?
30. Magyarorszg valahol Bulgria, Pakisztn s Irn kztt terl el, nem?
31. Idtlen idk ta postsknt dolgozik, ugye?
32. Tavaly pont olyan volt, mint a btyja, igaz?
33. Kne venned valami rendes kocsit e helyett a bds Trabant helyett, nem?
34. Meg ne prblj tverni, j?
35. Nem fogja tudni befejezni a fiskolt, ugye?
36. Jv ilyenkor mr kollgiumban fogsz lakni, ugye?
37. Mindig is protekcija volt, mi?
38. Hamupipke egsz idig a mostohaanyja szobjt takartotta, igaz?
39. Addig nem kaphatja meg a bizonytvnyt, amg t nem ment a vizsgn, igaz?
40. A gpeltrt azt mondta, hogy nincs vesztenivalja, ugye?
41. Amikor nagykor lett, megengedtk neki, hogy skt whiskyt igyon, ugye?
42. Az sszest elloptk mr, mikor kihvtk a rendrsget, ugye?
43. Elg trelmetlen vagyok nha, nem?
44. Szval megprbltad rvenni, hogy vegye meg tled a lopott rut, mi?
45. Magn kvl lenne a mregtl, ha tudn, mit csinlsz itt minden hten, igaz?
46. Lehet, hogy ppen nmet szavakat magol, nem?
47. Valaha itt dolgozott mint KISZ-titkr, ugye?
48. Ha tallkoztatok volna, kkre-zldre vert volna, ugye?
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INFINITIVE
(Fnvi igenv)
to be sure to ...
to
to
to
to
to
to
be likely to ...
be able/unable to ...
be forced to ...
be bound to ...
be certain to .,.
be glad/pleased to ...
c. mondatrvidtsre:
I. Alanyi:
It is good to learn English.
To learn English is good.
Ugyanez kifejezhet Gerunddal is: Learning English is good.
II. Trgyi:
a. A f- s a mellkmondat alanya azonos:
I promised to visit my friend.
b. Felszlts fgg beszdd alaktsakor a fmondatban lev rszeshatroz s a
mellkmondat alanya azonos:
Mondtam neki, hogy () menjen haza.
/ told him to go home.
c. Ha a kt fent emltett mondatrsz nem azonos szemlyre utal, mellkmondatot kell
hasznlnunk:
/ told him that they should go home.
d. Trgy + fnvi igenv kapcsoldsa:
/ want / wish / expect / would like ... him to go home.
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INFINITIVE
Az Infinitive lehetsges alakvltozatai:
Present Tense
Present Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous
PL:
Active
Passive
to
to
to
to
to be written
write
be writing
have written
have been writing
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had better
had best
would rather
(had rather)
would sooner
would just as
soon as
cannot but
cannot help
but
INFINITIVE
do nothing
but
Why not...?
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Jobban tennnk, ha vonattal mennnk.
2. Jobban tennd, ha szakorvoshoz fordulnl. .
3. Nem lenne jobb, ha ersebb szerszmot hasznlnl?
4. Csak csodlni tudom a btorsgt.
5. Ma reggel inkbb tejet innk, mint kvt.
6. Az lenne a legjobb, ha nem mennl oda egyedl.
7. Mst sem teszel, mint hazudozol.
8. Jobban tenn, ha szigoran ditzna.
9. Mi lenne, ha utolrnnk a tbbieket?
10. Jobban szeretnm nem belertani magam ebbe az gybe.
11. Jobban tennd, ha megmondand neki a teljes igazsgot.
12. Mirt is ne nevezznk be a versenyre?
13. Knytelen voltam elismerni, hogy igaza volt.
14. Inkbb vennk most szandlt, mint cipt.
15. Csak tisztelni tudom szakrtelmt.
16. Knytelen voltam elutastani a jelentkezst.
17. Mirt is olvasnnk el ennyi knyvet?
18. Inkbb laknk tvol a belvrostl, mint a ftvonal mellett.
19. Mirt pazarolnnk olyan sok idt erre az egyszer krdsre?
20. Mi lenne, ha jv htre halasztannk a dntshozatalt?
Megoldsok
1. We had better go by train.
2. You had better consult a specialist.
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3. Had you not/Hadn't you better use a stronger tool?
4. I cannot but admire his courage.
5. This morning I would rather drink milk than coffee.
6. You had best not go there alone.
. 7. You do nothing but tell lies.
8. He had better go on a strict diet.
9. Why not catch up with the others?
10. I'd rather not interfere in this affair.
11. You had better tell him the whole truth.
12. Why not enter for the competition?
13.1 couldn't but admit that he was right.
14. I'd rather buy a pair of sandals now than a pair of shoes.
15. I cannot but respect his expertise.
16. I could not but reject his application.
17. Why read so many books?
18.1 would rather live a long way from the centre than next to the main road.
19. Why waste so much time on this simple matter?
20. Why not put off making a decision until next week?
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Pldamondatok
1. Butasg lenne, ha nem krne engedlyt az admentessgre.
2. Szp lenne tled, ha a tanrodat meghvnd az nnepsgre.
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4.
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7.
8.
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10.
Megoldsok
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10.
It would be silly of him not to ask for permission for tax exemption.
It would be nice of you to invite your teacher to the celebration.
It was rude of him to speak to you like that.
It was wise of you to start training in time.
It is wicked of his colleagues to slander him in his absence.
It was careless of you to cross the street without looking around.
It was silly of Joe not to propose marriage to his fiancee in the end.
It was really generous of you to contribute to the proceeds of the charity event.
It is essential for us to register all data.
It is too early to assess whether our exam was successful.
Pldamondatok
1. Tl drga volt a kocsi ahhoz, hogy megvegyk.
2. Tl lusta vagy ahhoz, hogy sikerljn a vizsgd.
3. Tlsgosan ntelt vagy ahhoz, hogy belsd a hibidat.
4. Tl vzna volt ahhoz, hogy sportplyafutsrl brndozzon.
5. Tl fiatal vagy ahhoz, hogy pnzgyekben felels mdon dnthess.
6. Tl ksn jttl ahhoz, hogy elejtl lsd az eladst.
7. A problma tl bonyolult ahhoz, hogy a mai trgyalson megvitassuk.
8. Ez a cigaretta tl ers nekem.
9. Vrnom kell kicsit: tl forr a kv.
10. Ez a rgi btor tl nehz ahhoz, hogy egyedl felemeljem.
11. Tl izgatott vagyok ahhoz, hogy ilyen korn elaludjak.
12. A feladat tl nehz ahhoz, hogy folytassam.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
(megtegyen vmit)
Megoldsok
1. Are you clever enough not to get lost in a strange town?
2. I'm tired enough to sleep all night even without sleeping pills.
3. The apples are ripe enough to be picked.
4. Are you sure that you are tall enough to reach the ceiling?
5. Is this wine good enough to offer to our guests?
6. The sun is warm enough t go out in a T-shirt.
7. Are you practical enough to repair a leaking tap?
8. She is credulous enough to fall victim to the first swindler she meets.
9. The bed is wide enough for two men to sleep in.
10. The quiz questions were easy enough for me to answer last time.
11. The house is big enough for the whole family to live in.
12. We have enough time to walk to the zoo.
13. Have we got enough money to buy a week-end cottage?
14. Will she have enough courage to jump into the water?
15. We haven't got enough room in the garage for both of our cars.
16. We cooked enough noodles to feed even the dog.
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Megoldsok
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2.
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4.
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You are to obey your parents even if you dont't agree with them.
He is to start the lecture at six o'clock, but he isn't here yet.
You will have to leave this house if you always hurt his deepest feelings.
If anything happens, you are to phone him without hesitation.
I am to take part in the expedition.
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6.
7.
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9.
10.
11.
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You should take off your shoes before entering a church in India.
If you want to be really successful, you should listen to his advice.
The plane is to take off in ten minutes, howeveijthe runway is still being cleaned.
Am I to pay full attention to the details?
The candidates are to hand in the test papers in three hours.
These important data are to be taken into consideration.
Our flat is to be redecorated next summer.
Voting papers are to be sent to everybody.
This versatile writer is to be nominated for the Nobel Prize.
This ramshackle building is to be demolished.
His suggestion is to be considered.
This obsolete law is to be done away with.
What is to be done to rescue the children from the cave?
Any goods brought from abroad are to be declared at the customs.
The degree of air pollution is to be checked every day.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Megoldsok
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5.
Vegyes pldk
1. Tervt mg a bizottsg el kell terjeszteni.
2. Sok mindent kell tisztznunk ebben az j helyzetben.
3. Semmit nem tehettnk az ellptetsedrt.
4. A sztr, amelyre szksgem van, sehol sem kaphat.
5. Vrhat volt, hogy nem fog megjelenni a kihallgatson.
6. Remlhetleg hamarosan megtalljk ennek a betegsgnek az ellenszert.
7. Ha induls eltt reggelizni akarsz, nincs vesztegetni val idnk.
8. Azt hiszem, nem ezt a mdszert kell most alkalmazni.
9. Nem igazn megbzhatak az ilyen ksrlet sorn nyerhet eredmnyek.
10. Mely ujjlenyomatokat kell kivizsglni?
11. Nehz megrteni a kvnsgt.
12. Knny kvetni az eladst.
13. Van egy kiad laks a lpcshzunkban.
14. A szerelmes frfiakat knny rvenni arra, hogy drga ajndkokat vegyenek.
15. Tudod, hogyan kell kinyitni egy pnclszekrnyt?
16. Nem tud dnteni, melyik ruht vegye fel.
17. Halvny fogalma sincs rla, hogy hogyan kell egy fogalmazst megrni.
18. Nem tudtunk dnteni, hogy melyik lemezt vegyk meg.
19. Mondd meg, mit vegyek vacsorra! .
20.' Tancstalan volt, mikppen tallja meg a helyes utat.
21. Mindig utolsknt csatlakozik hozznk.
22. A legjobb, amit tehetnk, ha vrunk napfelkeltig.
23. Keresek valakit, akivel bridzsezhetnk.
24. Az indinok szvtak elszr dohnyt.
25. Ez az ra az egyetlen, amit ma megtartanak.
26. Ez a regny a legjobb, amit ktelez olvasmnynak vlasztani lehet.
Megoldsok
1. His plan is still to be submitted to the committee.
2. We have a lot of things to clear up/to be cleared up in this new situation.
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3.
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PERFECT INFINITIVE
Alakja: to have + az ige 3. alakja
Szenved formban: to have been + az ige 3. alakja
Pldamondatok
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Megoldsok
1. Will you be glad to see him again?
2. I was annoyed to learn that there was no vacant room in the hotel.
3. It was nice of you to have offered your support.
4. The weather is not likely to remain fine.
5. He was not willing to travel to Scotland with his aunt.
6. I managed to drive home, although the car broke down twice on the way.
7. The coffee is not strong enough to keep me awake all night.
8. Do you happen to know where he lives?
9. You can't expect a dispute like this to be settled in a few minutes.
10. They made inquiries as to how to cope with the rising inflation.
11. Did you remember to buy flour as well?
12. I would like you to repair it by tomorrow.
13. Could you explain to me how to make a reverse charge call?
14. I left the clothes to be ironed in the basket.
15. We are to wall-paper the flat in summer.
16. He pretended not to have noticed anything.
17. And what do you expect me to do now?
18. There is nothing to do/to be done.
19. If you have nowhere to live, he will surely put you up for a few days.
20. It took him more than half an hour to solve the crossword puzzle.
21. He gave up his job although we had advised him not to.
22. Did you have a look round the castle? - We would have liked to but we were not
allowed to.
23. You can visit me whenever you want/want to.
24. I would prefer not to accept their offer but I will have to.
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I'm not in a position to give you financial support though I would like to.
He was the only passenger to survive the shipwreck, wasn't he?
Are you sure that you are mature enough to have a family of your own?
The government was urged to take measures to deal with the matter.
He was the second Prime Minister of the country to have been assassinated.
He seems to be busy with his homework.
He doesn't seem to be exhausted. / He seems not to be exhausted.
He went home only to see that his wife hadn't prepared dinner.
Why didn't you remind me to pay the telephone bill?
Do you want me to drive your car? - Yes, please.
You seem to have lost a bit of weight.
He was to have entered the competition but he broke his arm.
He was seen to rake the dry leaves.
I heard you arrive at midnight.
I consider him to be the greatest Hungarian contemporary poet. - Do you?
I rushed back to the waiting room only to find that my handbag had been stolen.
GERUND
GERUND
Alakvltozatai:
Present
Perfect
Pl.:
Active
Passive
doing
having done
being done
having been done
application.
h. idhatrozi:
- egyidejsg kifejezsre: Going / On going home I met him.
- elidejsg kifejezsre: After going home I got down to business. Before going home I
locked all my drawers.
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Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Szeretek krimiket olvasni s sohasem tudom megllni, hogy ne nzzem meg a
knyv vgt.
2. Nincs kifogsom az ellen, ha elkstek, de az nagyon zavar, ha beszlgettek ahelyett,
hogy az eladra figyelntek.
3. Hagyd abba a krdezskdst, nem szeretem, ha tanuls kzben zavarnak.
4. Szinte lehetetlen megakadlyozni, hogy az emberek sszetrjk a telefonflkket.
5. Furcsa volt, hogy nem voltl ott a mltkori bulin.
6. Ksse bosszantott.
7. A hzimunka elvgzse s a munkahely kvetelmnyei mindig is problmt fognak
jelenteni a dolgoz n szmra.'
8. Ahelyett, hogy pontosan vlaszolt volna a krdsre, jelentktelen rszletekbe
bonyoldott.
9. gy ment el, hogy nem krt elnzst udvariatlansgrt.
11. Azon kvl, hogy kemnyen tanul az iskolban, vasrnaponknt kmvesknt
dolgozik.
12. Miutn meghallgattk az rveit, a hallgatsg ksz volt elfogadni a javaslatot.
13. Amikor megrkeztem a tborba, meglepdtem, hogy nem is tallkozom
magyarokkal.
14. Brltk amiatt, hogy nem szentel kell figyelmet a felnvekv generci
kpessgeinek.
15. A munkafolyamatok tszervezse s javtsa rvn jelents fejlds rhet el a
termelkenysg nvelse tern.
16. Semmit nem utlok jobban, mint ha rkig hiba vrakozom.
17. Sikerlt megoldanod a problmt?
18. Lebeszltem arrl, hogy rkat tltsn egy pressz teraszn.
19. Elnzst krek, hogy megvrakoztattam nt.
20. Ezt a kijelentst helyesbteni kell.
21. rdemes meghallgatni ennek a tapasztalt eladnak a vlemnyt.
22. Ha brmikor a f utcn stlok, nem tudom elkerlni, hogy vele tallkozzam.
23. Nem tehetek rla, de az az rzsem, hogy hiba csszott a szmtsainkba.
24. Mit szlnl, ha nhny napot ebben a kedves kis faluban tltennk?
25. Alig vrom, hogy vlaszodat megkapjam.
26. Zavarja, ha a flkben dohnyzom?
27. Sokig nem voltunk hozzszokva, hogy vekig sproljunk valamire.
28. Azon gondolkodnak, hogy elcserlik a laksukat.
29. Nem tudom elkpzelni, hogy folykonyan beszl franciul.
30. Nem emlkszem, hogy valaha is ezt a nyakkendt viselte volna.
31. Bszke lehet, hogy diploms ember lett.
32. Gyantottk, hogy kvette el a gyilkossgot.
33. Mrges volt, amirt megzavartam.
34. Tagadja, hogy ltta mr ezt az embert?
35. Nem vagyok biztos benne, hogy lekapcsoltam a villanyt.
36. Nagyra rtkelem, hogy olyan sokat tettl a szleidrt.
37. Nem tudtam megbocstani, hogy Tom az sszes pnzt dessgre klttte.
38. Mirt nem emltetted, hogy mr jrtl ebben a vrosban?
39. Nem tudtam megrteni, hogy mirt ttte azt a szegny gyereket.
40. Ne beszlj arrl, hogy mr trgyaltam ezzel a vllalattal.
41. Ki nem llhatja, ha ellentmondanak neki.
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42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
GERUND
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
105.
Megoldsok
1. I'm fond of reading thrillers and I can never help looking at the ending of the book.
2. I have no objection to your being late but I'm much disturbed by your talking
instead of listening to the lecturer.
3. Stop asking questions. I don't like being disturbed while studying.
4. It's almost impossible to prevent people from breaking telephone boxes.
5. Your being absent from the party last night was strange.
6. His being late annoyed fn^^
7. Doing the household chores and meeting the requirements of a job will always
continue to be a problem for working women.
8. Instead of answering the question exactly he went into insignificant details.
10. He left without apologizing for his discourtesy.
11. Besides studying hard at school he works as a bricklayer on Sundays.
12. After listening to his arguments the audience were ready to accept the proposal.
13. On arriving at the camp I was surprised at not meeting a single Hungarian.
14. He was criticized for not paying sufficient attention to the abilities of the younger
generation.
15. By reorganizing and improving working processes a considerable increase in labour
productivity can be attained.
16. There is nothing I hate more than waiting for hours in vain.
17. Did you succeed in solving the problem?
18. I dissuaded him from spending hours on the terrace of a cafe.
19. I apologize for keeping you waiting.
20. This statement needs correcting.
21. It is worth listening to the opinion of this experienced lecturer.
22. Whenever I walk in the main street I can't avoid meeting him.
23. I can't help feeling that there was a mistake in our calculations.
24. What/How about spending some days in this lovely village?
25. I'm looking forward to receiving your reply.
26. Do you mind my smoking in the compartment?
27. For a long time we were not accustomed to saving money for years to buy
something.
28. They are thinking of exchanging their flat.
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29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
GERUND
G E R U N D OR INFINITIVE
78. You should have warned me that your scissors are so sharp. I could have avoided
cutting my fingers.
79. He asked whether I felt like accompanying them on a tour.
80. I remember learning all this before and I'm ashamed of having made so many
mistakes.
81. What/How about having an early dinner tonight?
82. Try to avoid travelling in the rush hours.
83. This shirt needs ironing. - Does it?
84. It's no use crying over spilt milk.
85. He congratulated me on my having achieved the best result.
86. I prefer drinking wine to drinking beer.
87. I need a tool suitable for cutting glass.
88. I enjoy doing odd jobs around the house.
89. I'm against visiting an exhibition in such fine weather.
90. Would you mind shutting the window?
91. Why did you give up keeping a diary after a few pages?
92. I can't stand being pushed at the bus stop.
93. He regretted not joining the club earlier.
94. Since leaving school my younger brother hasn't found a job.
95. I got bored with waiting and went home.
96. On hearing the news she fainted.
97. He took to going swimming twice a week.
98. Don't risk being shot at.
99. It's no use quarrelling with him. He is keen on having the last word.
100. This time listen to me without interrupting.
101. They went on telling stories until midnight.
102. He denies having stolen my leather jacket.
103. I can't help feeling ill when I see you eating sausages on Good Friday.
104. I can smell something burning though I remember switching off the gas before
leaving.
105. He is in the habit of forgetting deadlines.
GERUND OR INFINITIVE
sszefoglal gyakorlat a GERUND s INFINITIVE hasznlatra
Pldamondatok
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2.
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11. Mindig magnl tart egy gzsprayt, mert attl tart, hogy megtmadjk.
12. Mirt nem mersz az igazgat eltt panaszkodni?
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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10.
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PARTICIPLE
Alakvltozatai:
Present (Continuous)
Perfect
Past
Active
Passive
giving
having given
being given
having been given
given
running
having run
run
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Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1.
2.
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5.
6.
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PARTICIPLE
41. Miutn meghallgatta a dolgozk panaszait, az igazgat negyedvenknti
prmiumot grt.
42. Javban kszl a holnapi sznieladsra.
43. Az orvos segtsgvel egy hnap mlva jrni tudsz.'
44. Stt helyre tve a virg elveszti zld sznt.
45. Ebbl a nzpontbl javaslata egsz sszernek ltszik.
46. A regny szinte ismeretlen volt, amg nem fordtottk le ms nyelvekre.
47. Mivel gyengn beszl angolul, nem rti az angol nyelv msorokat.
48. Mivel srgetett az id, nem tudtunk tovbb vrni.
49. Pnzszkben lvn elhatroztuk, hogy elhalasztjuk klfldi utunkat.
50. Mivel azeltt sohasem voltunk ilyen helyzetben, tancstalanok voltunk, mit
tegynk.
51. Mivel els olvassra nem rtettem meg egy gazdasgrl szl cikket, elhatroztam,
hogy jbl elolvasom.
52. Miutn megkaptam a szksges informcit, kimentem a peronhoz.
53. Mivel a baleset sorn az aut ersen megrongldott, be kellett vontatni egy kzeli
szervizbe.
54. Mivel ppen betrs kzben rtk tetten ket, azonnal letartztattk ket.
55. Rgisge miatt a kzirat olvashatatlan volt.
56. Gynyrek voltak a nagyapm ltal gyjttt lepkk az veg alatt.
57. Elvetettk az indtvnyt, mert a bizottsg tbbsge nem hagyta jv.
58. Mivel kt rdekes llst ajnlottak fel neki, nem tudta, melyiket fogadja el.
59. Mivel sok baja volt a biciklijvel, elhatrozta, hogy eladja.
60. Komoly beteg lvn minden megbeszlst le kellett mondania.
61. Abbahagytuk a beszlgetst, amikor furcsa zajt hallottunk.
62. Miutn rengeteg pnzt vesztett lversenyen, abbahagyta a fogadst.
63. Ha ezt a gombot benyomjk, beindtja a riasztrendszert.
64. Ezek a gpek nem gazdasgosak, ha nem hasznljk ket gyakran.
65. Haji elmagyarzzk ezt az eljrst, mg a laikusok szmra is rthet lesz.
66. Az ilyen munkra jelentkezknek igen fejlett kezdemnyezkszsgre van
szksgk.
67. Megfelel trols esetn a gomba akr egy htig is eltarthat.
68. Megfelel elkszts esetn a hal szmos zletes tel alapja lehet.
69. Ha a megfelel kezelst kapja, e betegsg brmely formja gygythat.
70. Br rjttek, hogy hibt kvettek el, nem vltoztattak a viselkedskn.
71. Mivel vasrnap volt, minden bank zrva volt.
72. Nagyon vatosnak kell lenned, ha ezzel a szerszmmal dolgozol.
73. Mivel elbocstottk, elkezdett magnrkat adni.
74. Mivel nincsenek fk az udvarban, a leveg nem elg friss.
75. Mivel megtalltk a legszebb lnyt, nem volt rtelme folytatni a szpsgversenyt.
76. Hogyan tudsz nevetni, amikor a hgod krhzban fekszik?
77. Azt vrod, dolgozzam, amikor az egyves lnyod itt van krlttem?
78. Amikor kihajoltam az ablakon, lttam, hogy egy teheraut parkol a hz eltt.
79. Bartai segtsgvel megmentette a kiscict.
80. Br gy tett, mintha folykonyan beszlne angolul, alig tudta magt megrtetni az
angol vendgekkel.
81. Mozdulatlanul lve hallgatta a rdit.
82. Viselkedsbl tlve nem kapott valami j nevelst.
83. Tulajdonkppen nem lenne szabad a bfn kvl dohnyoznod.
84. Mindent figyelembe vve gy hiszem, nem ezt a problmt kellene elsknt
megvitatni.
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85. Nagy ltalnossgban szlva azt lehet mondani, hogy a francia nk jobban
odafigyelnek az ltzkdskre, mint a magyarok.
86. Korhoz kpest igen gyesen zongorzik.
87. A turistk lltak a szlloda teraszn s csodltk a gynyr kiltst.
88. Sietve jtt be a rendelbe.
89. A jegyzetfzetem eltemetve fekdt egy halom knyv alatt.
90. Lttam, amint az erd tzet fogott, s azonnal rtestettem a tzoltkat.
91. Figyeltem, ahogy a munksok kirtik a kamiont.
92. Garzsban ne jrasd az aut motorjt!
93. A ftt vagy slt tojst szereted?
94. Vratlan nehzsgekkel talltam szemben magam.
95. Mivel flt a hllktl, nem merte megfogni a gykot.
96. A kislny nagyon boldog volt, mert egyedl kldtk a boltba.
97. Mivel trltk a londoni jratot, csak msnap tudtam Angliba utazni.
98. Az zsia partvidkn vgigspr hurrikn tbb szz lerombolt hzat hagyott maga
utn.
99. Amikor a tncterembe lpett, minden bakfis csak t csodlta.
100. Mivel megoperltk epekvel, nem kellett aggdnia, hogy visszatrnek az ers
fjdalmak.
Megoldsok
1. Let's try to catch the train leaving at 10.30.
2. Yesterday we attended an interesting lecture dealing with the works of Swift.
3. For anyone wanting to be muscular I recommend doing physical exercises several
hours a day.
4. Do you know the professor's new book describing the origin and development of
species?
5. Today we shall deal with problems concerning sentence analysis.
6. The cook smelt the meat burning.
7. I noticed the children talking together, then I caught them climbing my cherry-tree.
8. Can you imagine me wearing lacy tights?
9. We watched him weeding the flower-beds, then heard him pruning the trees.
10. My appointment being only at 7 o'clock, I walked a little.
11. I didn't want to keep you waiting in the foyer but I had to go back home because I
had left the water running.
12. I'll start the word processing program going right now.
13.1 distinctly saw the elderly lady stepping on the road when the lights were red.
14. The wire used here is very thin.
15. We should take into account the data referred to in the survey.
16. The economic measures being discussed all over the country will enhance
opportunities for individual farmers.
17. Among the kitchen gadgets being demonstrated at the fair there are many electrical
appliances.
18. We spent five hours looking for my mother's favourite needle.
19. Have you ever observed a bird feeding its young ones?
20. I heard the burglar breaking the front door open.
21.1 wasted a year learning a language that is too difficult for me.
22. The play being rehearsed is going to be a success.
23. The symptoms described indicate that you have the flu.
24. Some of the substances investigated at that time proved to be injurious to health.
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26.
27.
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29.
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70.
71.
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73.
74.
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INVERSION
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only
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Nemcsak hogy hazudott, de mg lopott is.
2. Nemcsak hogy sokig kell stnd a stben, de mg dsztened is kell tlals eltt
petrezselyemmel.
3. Csak mikor a felesge meghalt, jtt r, mit is tett tulajdonkppen.
4. Csak mikor a professzor kijelentette, hogy nem engedi t, fogta fl, hogy sose fog
tmenni anatmibl.
5. Semmi szn alatt nem kerlhetsz kapcsolatba a skinheadekkel!
6. Semmikpp nem emltheted meg neki, hogy mi mr tallkoztunk.
7. Nemcsak hogy a megkrdezsem nlkl klcsnvette a kocsit, de radsul mg
ssze is trte.
8. Soha nem lttam mg ilyen ronda menyasszonyt!
9. Sosem volt mg ilyen cudar a tenger! - mondta Fa Nndor.
10. szre sem vette, hogy tz van, amg meg nem szlalt a riasztcseng.
11. Csak a nagyanyjnl ehetsz ilyen finom somli galuskt.
12. Csak tbb vi prblkozs utn vettk fel a sznmvszetire.
13. Csak nagyon j mikroszkppal ltni ezt a parnyi llatot.
14. Alig bjtunk gyba, amikor belltott a frje.
15. Alighogy befordult a sarkon a Baker Streetre, lettte kt jkp hulign.
16. Alig rkeztem meg Angliba letemben elszr, mris esni kezdett az es.
17. Alighogy a ffelgyel arra krte a vendgeket, hogy ne essenek pnikba,
valamennyien elkezdtek vistozni.
18. Soha tbb nem fogok egy fillr vllalkozi klcsnt felvenni!
19. Annyira meg volt ijedve, hogy nem tudott megszlalni.
20. Alig tudsz valamit a gondjaimrl.
21. Annyira boldog, hogy szinte a levegben repked.
22. Ha n lennk a miniszterelnk, emeltem volna a nyugdjakat.
23. Ha meghalt volna, rtestettk volna a legkzelebbi hozztartozit.
24. Ha netn tallkoznl vele, mondd meg neki, hogy nagy vben kerlje el a hzam
tjt!
25. Ha ne adj' isten megksznn, prblj mosolyogni!
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26.
27.
28.
29.
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70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
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83.
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85.
86.
87.
88.
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90.
91.
92.
93.
Megoldsok
1. Not only did he tell a lie but he also committed a theft.
2. Not only do you have to bake it in the oven for a long time but you even have to
garnish it with parsley before serving.
3. Only when his wife died did he realize what he had actually done.
4. Only when the professor declared that he wouldn't pass him did he comprehend
that he would never succeed in passing the exam in anatomy.
5. In no circumstances can you have anything to do with skinheads!
6. On no account can you mention to him that we have met before.
7. Not only had he borrowed my car without asking me but, on top of all that, he
crashed it as well.
8. Never have I seen such an ugly bride!
9. Never has the sea been so rough -, said Fa Nndor.
10. Not until the alarm bell rang did he realize that there was a fire.
11. Only at her grandma's can you eat such a delicious Soml sponge cake.
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12. Only after years of trying was he accepted to the Academy of Film and Theatrical
Arts.
13. Only with the help of a very strong microscope can this minute animal be seen.
14. Hardly had we slipped into bed when her husband turned up.
15. No sooner had he turned the corner into Baker Street than he was knocked down by
two good-looking hooligans.
16. Scarcely had I arrived in England for the first time in my life when it started to rain.
17. Barely had the superintendant asked the guests not to panic when all of them
started screaming.
18. Never again will I take out even a penny on a business loan!
19. So frightened was he that he couldn't utter a word.
20. Little do you know about my problems.
21. So happy is she that she walks on air.
22. Were I the Prime Minister, I would have raised pensions.
23. Had he died, his closest relatives would have been informed.
24. Should you meet him, tell him to give the neighbourhood of my house a wide
berth.
25. Should he thank you for it, try to smile.
26. Nowhere could she find her jewels hidden under the threshold.
27. At no time did he leave the flat while you were away.
28. Had you mentioned it earlier, I could have warned you.
29. Should I decide to accept this job, I must sign this contract.
30. Here comes my beloved husband.
31. On the top of the roof was Alenka sitting in her night-dress.
32. Rarely can you see such a big shark.
33. Not a soul have I seen all week.
34. Rarely / Seldom do I come into this disgusting Chinese restaurant.
35. Not a single order of his was/has been carried out properly.
36. He has never had any feeling/intuition for things like this. - Well, neither have you!
37. I won't get married, but neither will my younger sister.
38. Neither he nor I remembered ever having seen him.
39. Everybody must be present, and so must you.
40. He won't have finished it by this time tomorrow and neither will his competitors.
41. You don't have to submit your tax declaration if you don't want to. - Neither does
your wife.
42. I can't play the zither and neither can my brother; he has never been able to.
43. We have been cleaning that abominably dirty room of yours and so has your
mother.
44. He graduated from the University of Liverpool and so did his brother, both in 1985.
45. Had we not got married, I would be a spinster and so would you.
46. He had been unfaithful before he married you. - So had your, husband.
47. He is going to build an enormous palace. So is his neighbour.
48. He is just trying to persuade the girl to go to the cinema with him. - So is John.
49. This time tomorrow I will be laughing at all this and so will the others.
50. Bye!, he said and stormed off.
51. The boys left but we were not a bit happy about it.
52. Round and round flew the eagle above his victim until he found the best place to
pounce down upon it.
53. I haven't bought a ticket for the train yet. - Neither have I.
54. If I were him, never would I wear such shoes.
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55. Not only did he say that he would take me to the theatre but also that we would go
for dinner afterwards.
56. Nowhere else will you find such friendly people as in the Fiji Islands.
57. Twice in my life have I had luck in the lottery.
58. This year I have already planted the trees. So have we.
59. No sooner had he fallen asleep than he was woken up by somebody. He thought
there was a burglar in the flat although it was only his brother.
60. Many a time did I play football with the boys in the clearing.
61. Had I known that you would break the video recorder, I wouldn't have asked you to
record the film for me.
62. Under/In no circumstances would I answer his questions.
63. Hardly had he come home from the hospital when he fell ill again and his doctor
sent him back to the department for internal diseases.
64. No sooner had they moved out than new people arrived and had the flat painted
again.
65. Never in my life have I seen such beautiful hair as that of this little girl.
66. Never before have I done the test paper in the exam as well as now.
67. Only by chance did I hear that we shall receive a bonus.
68. So nervous did he become that he was trembling all over.
69. Only with the consent of the others can I sign the contract.
70. Only in Florida did I see such a lively seaside.
71. Hardly had he left the house when it collapsed like a house of cards.
72. Hardly had I arrived at the school when it started to pour with rain.
73. Not only did he do his brother's homework but also went to school for him since
they were twins.
74. Not only did she pour the soup on the floor but she also dropped the soup-tureen.
75. As happy as a lark was she when John proposed marriage to her.
76. Rarely have I heard such a silly a story as the one you have made up.
77. By no means may you touch the cake, because it was made for your birthday.
78. Isn't it nice for us to have won this wonderful car!
79. Look! There goes Mr. Holiday. Shouldn't we warn him that he has lost his hat?
80. Were it not for the children, we wouldn't be going to Disney Land now.
81. Should he come, tell him the boss wants to see him.
82. Had I known that it was a secret, I surely wouldn't have told it to anyone.
83. Had I done what I should have done five years ago, I would surely be happier
today.
84. Had he not stolen the money, he wouldn't be in prison now.
85. Hardly had she finished the washing up*when the guests arrived.
86. Only later did he realize what bad answers he had written in his history test paper.
87. Under/In no circumstances can strangers be let into the flat because they may be
burglars or, in the worst possible case, even murderers.
88. Were Peter here, he would solve my problem.
89. Had he asked me, I would have told him my opinion honestly.
90. Had he asked me, I would have gone with him on a trip to the mountains or even to
Lake Balaton.
91. Were I rich, I would buy a larger flat and a car.
92. Had you also participated in the bank robbery, you too would be having a rest in
prison.
93. Had you told me the questions earlier, I would have had time to answer them.
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EMBEDDED QUESTIONS
("Mit gondolsz,..." - krdsek)
EMBEDDED QUESTIONS
27. Mit gondolsz, mikor kell majd kpesnek lennnk arra, hogy angolul folytassunk le
trgyalsokat?
28. Mit gondolsz, mirt telefonlhatott ilyen ksn?
29. Mirt gondolja, hogy n nem fordthattam le a cikket?
30. Mit mondott, melyik vgnyrl indul a vonatom?
31. Mit mondott, mikor plt a hza?
32. Mit mondott, ki tmadta meg a lnyt?
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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RELATIVE CLAUSES
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Hozd ide azt a knyvet, amit levettl a polcrl, s a msikat is, amit a kosaradba
tettl!
2. A kutya, amely a szomszd kertjben ugat, nagyon haraps.
3. vakodj attl az embertl, aki az utcn csokoldval knl!
4. Az a csapat, amelyik a mlt hten kikapott az ellenfeltl, ma flnyes gyzelmet
aratott.
5. A nvre, aki Spanyolorszgban l, minden vben meghvja a karcsonyi
nnepekre.
6. Abban a gyrban dolgozik mr vek ta, amelyet a kzeljvben privatizlni
fognak.
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8.
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47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
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55.
56.
57.
58.
A windsori erd, melyen keresztl lvezetes stt tettnk, trtnelmi mlt vidk.
Meg fogom tallni a legszebb paript, akrhol legyen is.
Mindenhol ltni a vlasztsi kampny plaktjait, akrhova megyek.
Odaadta nekem a nyri ruhjt, amit maga varrt.
sszegyjtttem a blyegeket, melyek kzl tnek volt valami hibja.
Meghvta az osztlytrsait tbortzre, akik kzl kevesen hoztak szalonnt vagy
hagymt.
A taxik, melyeknek sofrjei lmosan stoztak, hossz sorban vrtak utasaikra.
Tallkoztam a cserkszekkel, akik kzl tbben a rokonsgom tagjai voltak.
A trtnet egy hamiskrtysrl szl, akinek a ruhaujja tele van cinkelt lapokkal.
Igen nagy merszsg volt olyan autval menned, melynek a kzifke egyltaln
nem mkdtt.
Anym volt az, aki prtomat fogta a knos esemnyek idejn.
Biciklin mentnk a vroshoz kzeli szabadid-kzpontba.
Megoldsok
*
1. Bring the book (that) you took off the shelf and the other one as well (that) you put
into your basket.
2. The dog (which/that is) barking in the garden of the neighbour tends to bite
everybody.
3. Beware of the man who/that offers you chocolate in the street.
4. The team that was defeated last week has won today hands down.
5. His sister, who lives in Spain, invites him every year for the Christmas holidays.
6. For years he has been working in the factory that/which is going to be privatised in
the near future.
7. The girl I'm in love with is here in the room.
8. The ex-neighbour of mine who organised parties every Saturday is walking on the
other side of the street.
9. I'm talking about the article that was published yesterday in a national daily of ours.
10. The knife Peter stabbed the hotel owner with has been found in the bird-cage.
11. Why did you buy a dress that has a sleeve missing?
12. Ken never admits his mistakes, which annoys me a lot.
13. The children didn't even catch what I said.
14. It was tomatoes (that) they were throwing at the passers-by.
15. I was absolutely astonished at what I read in the paper about murdering children.
16. The house (that) my grandparents live in / The house where my grandparents live
has never been renovated.
17. The family she worked for/for whom she worked as a baby-sitter send/sends her a
parcel every year.
18. It's not how much you earn that counts but what you spend it on.
19. I'm very angry with him because it was my friend (that/whom) he threw a stone at.
20. The girls who are playing basketball are wearing only T-shirts and shorts.
21. Why do you always have to say the opposite of what I say?
22. Would you like to get to know the girl Bob danced with yesterday?
23. You can take whichever book you want to.
24. The man I was travelling with in the same compartment turned out to be a
dangerous criminal.
25. This is the house whose windows are never glazed.
26. My friend, whose fiancee eloped with a musician, won't come to any ball.
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27. The strike, (which was) initiated by the aeroplane technicians, didn't end in the best
possible way.
28. Caroline's father, who(m) I picked a quarrel with yesterday, said that she couldn't
come to the cinema with me.
29. In the shop I tried on as many as four hats, none of which suited me.
30. Nancy has three brothers, all of whom joined the army.
31. The woman I bought the jogging suit from wanted to swindle me of a hundred
forints.
32. The year you were born in abounded in political events.
33. The captain was the last man who left the sinking ship.
34. Martin, whose house had been broken into, thought that all the valuables kept in
the safe had been stolen.
35. Mr. White, for whom I have been working for 25 years, has wanted to dismiss me
from the company since two weeks ago.
36. The painting, which is priceless, is hanging behind a glass wall in the National
Gallery.
37. He could have told you everything that the whole department knows already: his
affair with the director's secretary.
38. The actresses, both of whom wanted to get the leading role, belittled each other
behind the other's back.
39. The children, each of whom asked for one more cake, let all crumbs fall on the
carpet.
40. The reason why he didn't visit me is that he doesn't like my husband's manners.
41. What we witnessed last night astonished us.
42. The hut where the runaways were hiding burst into flame from the torches of the
pursuers.
43. The naughty children took the ladder which/that led to the loft into the cellar.
44. He said I would never get married, which was very rude of him.
45. The elderly lady whom she has to look after every day is getting more and more
whimsical.
46. Your disobedience, which we have had to put up with for weeks, is now beyond
limits.
47. Windsor Forest, through which we took an enjoyable walk, is a region with a
historic past.
4 8 . 1 will find the most beautiful horse, wherever it may be.
49. The election campaign posters can be seen everywhere/wherever I go.
50. She gave me her summer dress, which she sewed herself.
51.1 collected the stamps, five of which had some defects.
52. He invited his class-mates to a camp-fire, few of whom brought bacon or onions.
53. The taxis, the drivers of which were yawning sleepily, waited for their passengers
in a long queue.
54. I met the boy-scouts, several of whom were relatives of mine.
55. The story is about a card-sharper, whose sleeve was full of marked cards.
56. Driving a car whose handbrake was completely out of order was a very reckless
thing for you to do.
57. It was my mother who backed me up at the time of the awkward events.
58. It was by bike that we went to the recreation centre near the town.
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NOUNS
PLURAL FORMS
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Tegnap adta hrl a rdi, hogy jbl sznyogok rasztottk el Afrika kzps
rszt.
2. A halszl akkor igazn finom, ha klnbz fajta halakbl kszl.
3. A fizikus jonnan fellltott hipotzisei sorra megdltek.
4. Klnleges kaktuszokat talltam tegnap abban a katalgusban, amit egy klfldi
cg kldtt.
5. Az letrajzokat hrom hten bell le kell adni a tanulmnyi osztlyra.
6. Hallottl mr azokrl a nkrl, akik billirdozni szoktak a hts teremben?
7. A rendrsg felttelezi, hogy a mostani gyilkossg elkvetje azonos a legutbbi
eset gyilkosval.
8. A vadsztrsasgnak ma nagyon szerencss napja volt, hiszen tz szarvast lttek.
9. A htralkot legksbb janur 10-ig be kell fizetni.
10. Egyre tbb a nyomornegyed Los Angeles klvrosban.
11. Fej vagy rs alapon dntttk el, ki mosogasson el.
12. A keresete igen magas a beosztshoz kpest.
13. A fizikatudsa nagyon gyenge ahhoz, hogy felvegyk az orvosi egyetemre.
14. A felesgek fel voltak hborodva azon, hogy a frjek jfl utn trtek haza.
15. A tmegtjkoztatsi eszkzk prtatlansgt minden rendszerben biztostani kell.
16. Az anysok mindig kivl vicctmul szolgltak a komikusok szmra.
17. A kibucokban mindenkinek ki kell vennie a rszt a munkbl.
18. j jelensgeknek lehetnk tani a gyorsan fejld elektronika terletn.
19. A szoprnok lljanak az nekkar els sorba.
20. Dl-Amerika fennskjairl csodlatos kilts nylik.
21. A legjabb adatok elemzsei kismrtk termelsnvekedst mutattak ki.
22. Az iskola valamennyi egykori dikja sszegylt a centenrium napjn.
23. A tolvajok siettkben kseket hasznltak foguk tiszttsra.
24. A hsk klntmnyei kiszabadtottk a ngereket, akik krumplikat s
paradicsomokat adtak nekik.
25. Kt hszves lny elhatrozta, hogy autstoppal beutazza Nmetorszgot.
26. A megkrdezett jrkelk egyike sem tudott a tenger fenekn tallt hadihajkrl.
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20. A fascinating view can be seen from the plateaux of South America.
21. Analyses of the latest data indicated a slight increase in production.
22. All the alumni of the school gathered together on the day of the hundredth
anniversary.
23. Being in a hurry, the thieves used knives to clean their teeth.
24. The commandos of the heroes rescued the Negroes, who gave them pqtatoes and
tomatoes.
25. Two twenty-year-old girls decided to travel around Germany hitch-hiking.
26. None of the passers-by asked knew anything about the men-of-war found at the
bottom of the sea.
27. Lice in the bed, mice on the floor - this was life in prison.
28. My dear brethren! Don't let your oxen graze in your neighbours' plough-land!
29. He fastened the feet of the geese so that they couldn't move in the basket until he
got to market with them.
30. All those sheep will be the inheritance of the children in our family.
31. When I was at the zoo I saw thirty species of birds, however, the flies annoyed me
all the time.
32. Social strata are separated according to clearly defined criteria.
33. Women doctors lead difficult lives, the two axles of which are their private lives
and their demanding profession.
34. I'd like to borrow your scissors because mine are not sharp enough.
35.1 definitely must take a taxi. Five miles is too far for me to walk home.
36. Scotland have lost all their basketball matches this year.
37. How good it would be if helpful dwarfs replaced that old furniture in my mother's
bedroom!
38. In spite of his young age he has some grey hairs.
39. The news on foreign channels seems to be much longer than its Hungarian
equivalent.
40. Once upon a time flys used to run in cities but now they are substituted by buses.
41. Measles is an unpleasant children's disease but one can pass the time playing with
dominoes.
42. What manners some men of letters can have!
43. The annals of the archives cannot be taken outside campus premises.
44. In well-to-do families a host of menservants performed the jobs around the house.
45. These good-for-nothings have broken off all my forget-me-nots.
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Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
Fldrajzi nevek, ahol hasznlni kell a hatrozott nvelt.
1. Koppenhga a fvrosa Hollandinak?
2. Az ENSZ-csapatokat kivontk Szudnbl.
3. A Egyeslt Kirlysg rszei Anglia, Skcia, Wales s szak-rorszg, de az r
Kztrsasg fggetlen orszg.
4. Lvia minden vben az osztrk Alpokba megy selni.
5. A Dunnak az a szerepe Eurpban, hogy kapocs legyen az orszgok kztt.
6. "Manchester, Anglia ott tl az Atlanti-cenon..."
7. Mikor nyitottk meg a Szuezi-csatornt?
8. Jobban szeretem a Fekete-tengert, mint a Fldkzi-tengert.
9. A Marshall-szigetek a Csendes-cenon vannak?
10. A frjem azt javasolta, hogy a Szikls-hegysgben tltsk a szabadsgunkat.
Megoldsok
1. Is the Hague the capital of the Netherlands?
2. UN troops have been withdrawn from the Sudan.
3. The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,
but the Republic of Ireland is an independent country.
4. Livia goes skiing in the Austrian Alps every year.
5. The role of the Danube in Europe is to serve as a link between countries.
6. "Manchester, England, England, across the Atlantic Sea..."(Hair).
7. When was the Suez Canal opened?
8. I prefer the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
9. Are the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean?
10. My husband suggested that we should spend our holiday in the Rocky Mountains.
Egyb esetek
11. Bristol fontos kiktvros Anglia dli rszn.
12. Csak ht rt tltttnk Londonban, gy nem volt idnk megnzni a londoni
Towert.
13. Bili Clinton nagy remnyekkel kltztt a Fehr Hzba.
14. A Gobi-sivatag rszben Knban, rszben Mongliban terl el.
15. A Kzel-Kelet mindig zavargsoktl dlt vidk volt.
16. Ltnod kell a Tate Galria nagyszer festmnyeit.
17. Valban rosszul fznek a szkesfehrvri Magyar kirly tteremben?
18. Nhny vvel ezeltt a Pe.nta megkapta "A legjobb magyar szlloda" cmet.
19. "A vadszhoz" cmzett fogad a kedvenc helyem volt Bathban.
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21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
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11. Bristol is a major port in the south of England.
12. We spent only seven hours in London so we didn't have time to visit the Tower of
London.
13. Bill Clinton moved into the White House with great expectations.
14. The Gobi Desert lies partly in China, partly in Mongolia.
15. The Middle East has always been a turbulent region.
16. You must see the magnificent paintings of the Tate Gallery.
17. Is the food really terrible at the "Hungarian King" Restaurant in Szkesfehrvr?
18. "The Penta" was given the title of "The Best Hotel of Hungary" a few years ago.
19. "The Huntsman" was my favourite pub in Bath.
20. The Sun is Britain's most popular tabloid.
21. She's a bit old-fashioned, her favourite rock band is still the Beatles.
22. The Bank of England is probably the oldest bank in England.
23. Is "The Terminator" still on at the Kztrsasg cinema?
24. I don't think the Vrsmarty Theatre is one of the country's most beautiful theatres.
25. Petfi wasn't even in the garden of the National Museum on 15th March, 1848.
Fldrajzi nevek, ahol a hatrozott nvel elmarad
1. orszgnevek: A kzeljvben vrhatan Ausztria, Norvgia s Finnorszg lesznek
az EGK tagllamai. (A fordtst lsd ksbb)
2. kontinensek nevei: Magyarorszg Eurpban vagy Afrikban van? - krdezte a
francia lny.
3. vrosnv: lltlag Toki a vilg legdrgbb vrosa.
4. falunv: Gretna Green csupn egy kis falucska valahol Skciban.
5. egy bizonyos sziget neve: Az olaszok Sziclit a maffia szigetnek hvjk.
6. egy adott hegy neve: A Mont Blanc Franciaorszgban van vagy Olaszorszgban?
7. t neve: A Loch Ness vtizedek ta Skcia egyik legltogatottabb vidke.
8. utcanv: Jvre John Major nem fog a Downing Streeten lakni.
9. tr neve: Kinek a szobra lthat a Trafalgar tren?
10. valakirl/valamirl elnevezett t: A Barrett csald valaha a London Road East
vgn lakott.
11. valakirl/valamirl elnevezett szlloda: gy tnik, a Claridges-ben lehet a
legolcsbban megszllni ebben a vrosban.
12. valakirl/valamirl elnevezett bank: A Nat West Banknak minden fbb vrosban
vannak kifizethelyei.
13. valakirl/valamirl elnevezett zlet: Ha valami j szoknyt akarsz venni, Miss
Selfridgeshez kell menned.
14. valakirl/valamirl elnevezett tterem: Ki nem llhatom a McDonald's-ban
felszolglt vacak telt.
15. szentrl elnevezett templom: A btym a Szent Jnos templomban akar eskdni.
16. replterek: Milyen messze van a Ferihegyi repltr a belvrostl?
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21. When the Vietnamese are fed up with the sufferings of hunger and poverty, some
of them get into a small boat and leave for the USA.
22. The Spaniard and the Portuguese never missed the opportunity to pick a quarrel
with each other over some bagatelle/trifle.
23. Although his father belonged to the aristocracy, he decided to join the working
classes.
24. The Army must cut down on its expenses.
25. The underground is comfortable but expensive.
26. The Labour Party is not likely to win the next General Elections in England.
27. The police check motorists every now and then.
28. On cold winter days the cattle are kept and fed in stables.
29. The family are looking forward to the arrival of their old friend.
30. The police have found two blades of grass on the head of the victim.
31. Both the fire-brigade and the ambulance had to be called out.
32. Could you turn down the TV a bit?
33. I don't mind my husband listening to the radio during the night when I'm fast
asleep.
34. As many as 129 journalists were fired from the radio station.
35. When I returned, she was sitting on the floor crying.
36. You shouldn't set up a newsstand next to the post office.
37. It's pitch-dark here. Could you turn on the light?
. 38. Is the toilet on the first floor or on the ground-floor?
39. The house needs redecorating, the doors and windows have to be repainted, the
carpet has to be cleaned and the ceiling whitewashed.
40. He's either gone to the dentist or to the doctor.
41. How can I get to the railway station/airport?
42. He had run out of money, so he went to the bank to get some, although he knew
that he was in the red.
43. Someone is ringing the bell. - That must be the postman.
44. The life my grandma lived was full of happiness.
45. The Welsh literature of the 17th century is not very important for us.
46. The supper we had yesterday in that Chinese restaurant was far too hot.
47. I've always dreamt of having a little bungalow near the sea or in the country.
48. A man from the Gallup Institute wanted to know how often we go to the cinema
and the theatre.
49. The young never listen to the old, but that's why the world is developing.
50. After the earthquake the dead were buried, and the injured were taken to hospital.
51. The government should never forget about the problems of the unemployed.
52. Should the rich pay more income tax or should the poor pay less?
53. Since my cousin was born deaf and mute, he was brought up in an institute for the
deaf.
54. Are the blind entitled to get all the allowances available to the disabled in your
country?
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b. jsgnyelvben:
49. A hercegnt is rintette a Heathrow-i emberrablsi drma.
50. Vita az iskolai kiadsok cskkentse trgyban.
c. Nap, hnap, vszak:
51. Tavasz idejn egsz Hollandia egy virgoskert.
52. Angliban jliusban r vget a tants.
53. Mg nem hallottad a hrt? Htfn kirgtk.
54. Van olyan ember, akinek a tl a kedvenc vszaka?
55. A Mercedes-gyr gy dnttt, hogy a recesszi miatt pntekenknt nem kell
munkba menni a dolgozknak.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
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37.
38.
39.
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48.
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53.
54.
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Pldamondatok
1. Takartn lvn Mrs. Daley minden pnteken kitakartotta a templomot.
2. Mivel mlyen vallsos volt, Elza nni vasrnaponknt mindig az els volt a
templomban.
3. Olyan dhs voltam, hogy azonnal elmentem az iskolba, hogy beszljek azzal az
ostoba tanrral.
4. Nem tudom elkpzelni, hogy valaki szereti az iskolt.
5. Fred? A helyi krhzban dolgozik szakcsknt.
6. Nem csak hogy eltnt a lnya, hanem a frje is krhzban van, hogy epekvel
mtsk.
7. Amikor megltogatta a fit a brtnben, egy vekni kenyeret adott neki, melyben
egy ks volt elrejtve.
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1. Being a cleaner, Mrs. Daley cleaned the church every Friday.
2. Being a very religious person, Aunt Elsa was always the first to be at church on
Sundays.
3. I was so furious that I immediately went to the school to speak to that silly teacher.
4. I can't imagine anyone liking school.
5. Fred? He works as a cook at the local hospital.
6. Not only has her daughter disappeared, her husband is at hospital for a gall-stone
operation.
7. When she visited her son in prison, she gave him a loaf of bread in which a knife
was hidden.
8. My brother has been in prison for counterfeiting for two years.
9. Can you tell me the way to the university? - The university? Oh, it's just next to the
college!
10. I beg you not to leave university before your final exams! I don't want another
drop-out in the family.
11. There are roughly 500 students at the Bath College of Further Education.
12. Did the explorers manage to reach the town they wanted to yesterday?
13. I'm just going to town to buy some washing powder. Can I get you something as
well?
14. I wish we could live in town! I hate living in this small house 15 kms from Pcs.
15. Let's not go to the seaside. I'm pretty fed up with Brighton.
16. Being a sailor he spends most of his life at sea.
17. He went to the court to ask whether his friend still worked there.
18. Being the only eyewitness, I was asked to appear in court on the day of the hearing.
19. We were frightened to death to find as many as eight cockroaches in the bed.
20. The doctor gave strict orders for me to stay in bed for three days.
21.1 went to the bed to arrange the pillows.
22. Yesterday I had a lot to do, so I went to bed rather late.
23. I'm afraid you cannot talk to Mr. Henderson. He is at the office now.
24. Kupa Mihly is out of office, but Szab Ivn is still in office.
25. I don't know how she expects to get married if she's always at home and never goes
out.
26. He's got a firm alibi. He left his office for home at 4.15.
27. They have recently moved into their new home in Budapest.
28. Being at work, I had no idea what happened to my son.
29. I was on my way to work when this suspicious-looking man stopped me and asked
if I could give him 5 pounds.
30. Zac always started to scream when we sent him to bed before eight o'clock.
31. Men are usually good at cooking, but the men I know don't even know how to
prepare scrambled eggs.
32. Marriage usually brings tranquillity and happiness but the marriage of my parents
turned out to be a failure.
33. Generally speaking, I like people but the people I have to spend ten hours a day
with are very boring for me.
34. Usually I don't drink tea but I love the tea you make.
35. Industry is continuously developing, but the industry of the 20th century has
developed by leaps and bounds.
36. Classical music always soothes my nerves.
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37. Nobody can understand why the poor music of the film became an Oscar prize
winner.
38. Poetry is too abstract for me but the poetry of Keats always fascinates me. .
39. Milk is my favourite drink but the milk I bought yesterday was so sour that it was
impossible to drink.
40. Meat became so expensive that we had to cut down even on the meat we have on
Sundays.
41. The children of Sarajevo have been continuously suffering for two years.
42. The tea she drank yesterday at the meeting must have been poisoned.
43. Hollywood's most outstanding director is just about to shoot a film about the life of
India's late PM, Rajiv Gandhi.
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3. A French expert says that a wolf would not attack a man under any circumstances.
4. A good translator must speak at least two languages fluently.
5. A self-employed person must pay more income tax than a teacher.
c. Mellknv + tkezsek kapcsolata eltt:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
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5.
The participants in the London Marathon started an hour and a half ago.
Can I have a half portion? I'm not too hungry.
How much money do you need? Will a hundred thousand be enough?
A thousand dissidents were arrested by Chinese authorities.
A billion forints is believed to have been embezzled by the Lupis brokerage.
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Megoldsok
1.. An earthquake has destroyed half of Los Angeles this morning, as predicted.
2. Do the Wilsons live in a semi-detached or a terraced house?
3. Who's that bald guy wearing a funny-looking lettuce-green hat?
4. An aristocrat was not allowed to marry a peasant girl in the Middle Ages.
5. A good thriller should be tense and action-packed.
6. He is supposed to have a Rolls Royce, a Mercedes and a BMW as well.
7. Silvio Berlusconi is a self-made millionaire with lofty political ambitions.
8. I badly need a quid, mate!
9. Cyrano suggested that his friend should write a poem to Roxane.
10. Would you like a piece of cake, honey?
11. A physician should never break his oath.
12. In the 1970's the BBC launched a fourth TV channel.
13. After earning him a degree in law, he started designing and building suburban
housing estates around Bristol.
14. Prospects for a strong new government are practically nil.
15. Soon he emerged as a very promising Hollywood director.
a most
= a very
PL:
Pldamondatok
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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7.
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9.
10.
Ez egy rettent bonyolult tma, amit vatosan kell kezelnnk - mondta Walker r.
Mrhetetlenl felhbortanak az ilyen lltsok!
Meg akartk akadlyozni, hogy igen kegyetlen ellensg kertse kzre gerillikat.
n ktsgtelenl igen tehetsges nekes, Pavarotti r!
Ez egy rettent mdon felhbort kp, Sundstrom r!
Ksznjk, hogy 10.000 fontot adomnyozott a jtkonysgi alaptvnyunknak,
Mansfield r! n igazn nagyon bkez zletember!
Igencsak figyelemremlt hlgy, nem?
A Yes egyttesnek ez a koncertje vgtelenl bmulatos elads volt.
Annak a horrorfilmnek a megtekintse kimondhatatlanul dermeszt lmny volt
szmomra.
Az ltalnos' nyelvszet tanra a dikok krben igen nagy tiszteletnek rvend
elad volt.
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This is a most intricate issue which we must tackle with care, Mr. Walker said.
I'm most indignant about such allegations!
They wanted to prevent a most cruel enemy from capturing their guerillas.
You are undoubtedly a most talented singer, Mr. Pavarotti!
This is a most revolting picture, Mr. Sundstrom!
Thank you for donating 10,000 pounds to our charitable foundation, Mr.
Mansfield! You really are a most generous businessman!
She is a most remarkable woman, isn't she?
This concert of Yes was a most amazing performance.
Watching that horror film was a most petrifying experience for me.
For the students the teacher of general linguistics was a most respected lecturer.
THE I N D E F I N I T E ARTICLE
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1. What valuable information you have unearthed about the past of our arch-rival!
Thank you, Mr. Smith!
2. He emphasized what remarkable research has been carried out by Dr. Pringle in the
last few years.
3. What nonsense your mother told you before your wedding night!
4. When asked what advice she gave her son, she said nothing.
5. Jzsef Attila soon realized what hard work it was to fold a thousand sheets a day.
what + megszmllhat tbbes szm fnevek
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5.
1. My goodness! What horrible things you must have gone through in that detention
camp!
2. What silly questions I had to answer on that questionnaire!
3. What odd views Mr. Torgyn has about democracy!
4. What mouthwatering delicacies Lady Wentworth served at her party!
5. Have you noticed what contradictions there are between what our director says and
does?
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Italian tourists often wonder why British women wear such odd clothes.
We are not allowed to discuss such questions in the presence of my mum.
Such statements can/might destroy our firm's reputation.
Never in my life have I seen such laid-back guys in a research institute.
You must admit that such grave problems cannot be solved overnight.
1. However skilful a mechanic you are, you cannot dismantle such a complicated
instrument.
2. Never in my life have I seen such a long film!
3. I wish he had never been involved in such a murky business!
4. I still cannot comprehend how such an idiot could deceive him.
5. My son should never have married such an affluent/well-off girl.
such + megszmllhatatlan fnevek
1. Olyan meggyz bizonytkkal llt el, hogy az eskdtszk a fickt bnsnek
tlte.
2. Ilyen buta tancsot hasznavehetetlen cskasgknt fog elvetni.
3. Ilyen btor nem menne a fggny sznhez.
1. He provided such convincing evidence that the jury found the guy guilty.
2. He will dismiss such silly advice as useless stuff.
3. Such furniture would not go with the colour of the curtain.
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How
ARTICLES
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So...
1. A hastncosn olyan elbvlen tncolt, hogy a teremben minden frfi flig
szerelmes lett bel.
2. Annyira knnyelm volt, hogy egy vadidegennek tven fontot adott klcsn.
3. Ha esetleg nem lennl olyan szkltkr, el tudnd fogadni a tiedtl eltr
vlemnyeket is.
4. Sheila olyan csknys, hogy semmi rtelme megprblnunk rvenni arra, hogy
dntsn msknt.
5. Kiderlt rla, hogy olyan slyos beteg, hogy azonnal krhziba kellett vinni.
6. Olyan meggyzen hangzottak szavai, hogy nem tudtam nem hinni neki.
7. Olyan kiltstalan volt a helyzetk, hogy nem tehettek mst, mint hogy megadjk
magukat.
8. Olyan fradhatatlanul kzdttek a szlsszabadsgrt, hogy mindenki tisztelett
kivvtk vele.
9. A klvros olyan sivr volt, hogy elhatroztuk, nem hajtunk be kocsival.
10. Az idei Cambridge Proficiency vizsga olyan nehz volt, hogy a jelltek fele
megbukott.
1. The belly dancer danced so bewitchingly that all the men in the room fell head over
heels in love with her.
2. He was so light-headed that he lent 50 pounds to a complete stranger.
3. Maybe if you weren't so narrow-minded, you would also be able to accept views
which are different to your own.
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THE INDEFINITE A R T I C L E
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8.
Sheila is so stubborn that it's no use trying to persuade her t change her mind.
He turned out to be so seriously ill that he had to be taken to hospital immediately.
So convincing did he sound that I couldn't help believing him.
So desperate was their situation that they could do nothing but surrender.
They fought for the liberty of speech so tirelessly that they gained everybody's
respect.
9. So bleak were the suburbs that we decided not to drive in.
10. So difficult was this year's Cambridge Proficiency Exam that half of the candidates
failed.
Pldamondatok
Felsfok
1. "Mindig gyztes voltam. Olaszorszgot is azz teszem."
2. Ha valban nyomozs kvetkezik, bizonyra elzetes letartztatsba fogjk
helyezni.
3. Egyetlen rossz lpse egy 16 vvel ezeltt hozott helytelen zleti dnts volt.
4. Egy bulvrlap felkapta a Jones doktor ngyilkossgrl kering pletykt.
5. A trzs gyerekei furcsa autmat UFO-nak nztk.
6. Rosszindulat clzsok tmege rad valamennyi bulvrlapbl.
7. j stratgijuk az 1990-es vekben kezdett kialakulni, amikor egy j titkos
szervezetet hoztak ltre.
8. A harcokban edzett kiszolglt katonk nem ijednek meg egy zsiai harcostl,
brmilyen eltklt legyen is.
Megoldsok
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
"I have always been a winner. I'll make Italy a winner, too." (Silvio Berlusconi)
If an investigation does follow, he will definitely be put under preliminary arrest.
His only bad move was a bad business decision made 16 years ago.
The rumour of the suicide of Dr. Jones was picked up by a tabloid.
Children from the tribe took my outlandish car for a UFO.
There's a steady stream of innuendo from all the tabloids.
Their new strategy began taking shape in the 1990's when they formed a new secret
organization.
8. Hardened veterans are not afraid of an Asian soldier, however determined he might
be.
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I trust neither the police nor the Home Secretary, who is present here.
He has an extremely fastidious dog: it eats neither Whiskas nor ordinary cats.
Who said that neither a lion nor a tiger is dangerous?!
I'm awfully sorry but neither my boss nor his deputy is in.
Neither John nor Brian will marry you unless you urgently undergo a complete
change.
I think neither he nor his employee should be blamed.
I have never liked you, nor that intolerable sister of yours.
Neither in the mountains nor in the village can escaped prisoners be hiding.
What do they take me for? I'm neither stupid nor gullible.
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EITHER....OR (Vagy...vagy...)
1. Vagy tnyleg beteg, vagy tetteti magt: nem tudom eldnteni.
2. Nem szabad megrintened se kesztyben, se anlkl!
3. Ez vagy kanyar, vagy brnyhiml. - Nem mindegy? Mindkett raglyos.
4. Neked vagy nekem, elbb-utbb sznt kell vallanunk.
5. Vagy n magyarzom homlyosan, vagy a te felfogsod nagyon nehz.
6. Vagy a munkjt kell feladnia, vagy az sztndjrl lemondani.
7. Vagy megkred a kezt, vagy nem kellett volna hitegetned.
8. gy volt, hogy vagy Amerikba megy, vagy Angliba.
9. gy sejtik, hogy kolumbiai kokaincsempsz vagy isten tudja, milyen brgyilkos.
10. Biztosan vagy zongorzik, vagy takartja a hangszert.
11. Elkpzelhet, hogy vagy a kereket cserlte, vagy az olajat ellenrizte.
12. Nem kellene se Julit, se Marit eljegyezned, mindkett rmes nszemly.
13. Nem szndkom se Latin-Amerikban, se Kanadban letelepedni.
14. Te biztos nem vagy se Robert Redford, se Dustin Hoffmann.
15. Erre n nem lennk kpes. - Attl tartok, n se.
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NEITHER DO II SO DO I
1. Nem mehetsz diszkba, amg meg nem tanultad az egszet kvlrl s a bartnd
se.
2. Tegnap be tudtam mszni az ablakn. - Joe is.
3. Nem kellett volna olyan lekezelen beszlned vele. - Ami azt illeti, neked se.
4. Akr meg is halhatott volna abban a szrny vrengzsben. - Te is.
5. A fizika egyszerre rdekes s nehz. - A matematika is.
6. Azt hiszem, meg kellene engednnk neki, hogy ma este fennmaradjon. - n is azt
hiszem.
7. Valaha ebben az irodban dolgozott az apm. - Az enym is.
8. Szletett angol vagyok. Akrcsak John Major.
9. Kimondhatatlanul csaldott vagyok. - n is.
1. You can't go to the disco until you have learnt it all by heart and neither can your
girlfriend.
2. Yesterday I was able to climb in through her window. - So was Joe.
3. You shouldn't have spoken to him in such an off-hand manner. - As a matter of
fact, neither should you.
4. He might even have died in that terrible massacre. - So might you.
5. Physics is both interesting and difficult at the same time. - So is mathematics.
6. I think we should allow him to stay up tonight. - So do I.
7. My father used to work in this office. - So did mine.
8. I'm a born Englishman. So is John Major.
9. I'm disappointed beyond words. - So am I.
BOTH
1. rdekes is volt meg mulatsgos, ami azrt ritkasg, nem?
2. Azt hiszed, mindketten be fogtok frni?
3. Indiban s Pakisztnban egyarnt vannak vallsi zavargsok.
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You can cook either of them just cok something because I'm dying of hunger.
Would you like Italian spaghetti or something Chinese? - Neither of them, thanks.
Neither party seemed to be satisfied with the outcome of the negotiations.
I must admit that neither idea is sensational.
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5. As far as I can judge, neither of you will become a physicist.
6. Neither of his parents has ever been a Catholic. How can you expect him to go to
church?
7. Is it sure that neither of them is telling a lie?
8. Although both are talented, neither of them has been admitted to university.
9. I wish neither of them had gone there!
10. Before either of you should protest, I'm going to announce the rules of the house.
11. At either end of the stick a bucket was hanging full of clean water.
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Kpes voltl egyedl megenni az egszet?
2. Minden elkpzelhet tmhoz hozz tudott szlni.
3. Most minden egyes cserksznek talljak ki fednevet?!
4. Egsz letemben rd vrtam!
5. Minden knyv le van rtkelve, vgkirusts van.
6. Ha nem akarsz senkit megsrteni, mindenkivel kezet kell fognod.
7. Mindentt vele tallkozom. Tiszta rlet, nem?
8. Valahnyszor lelk enni, valaki biztos, hogy csenget.
9. "Minden angol kln sziget." (Novalis)
" 10. Biztos, hogy kihalt minden dinoszaurusz?
11. Tnyleg minden egyes szrnyet szmtgp tervezett Spielberg filmjben?
12. Az egsz legnysget elkldtk fedlzetet siklni.
13. Mindenki megnzheti a fmrnk legjabb tallmnyt.
14. Eddig minden egyes filmje nyert valamilyen djat.
15. "Bennem van minden n " (Whitney Houston)
16. Egsz dlutn horrorfilmeket nzett, s most retteg!
17. Beutazta egsz Eurpt, minden orszgban jrt mr.
18. Ezt a gygyszert csak egszben szabad bevenni.
19. Nem ltezik, hogy lttad az egsz filmet!
20. Nem ltezik, hogy az sszes filmjt lttad!
21. Hajszlra olyan szp volt, mint Marilyn Monroe.
22. A vros sszes fija az n bartnmet szeretn elvenni.
23. El tudnd adni az sszest?
24. Akr az sszes pnzt is elveszthette volna.
25. Egszben vve, nem volt olyan rossz az elads.
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Megoldsok
1. Were you able to eat all of it alone?
2. He was able to contribute remarks on every topic under the sun.
3. Shall I devise a code-name for each boy-scout now?!
4. I have been waiting for you all my life!
5. Eyery book is for sale at a discount price, there is a clearance sale.
6. If you don't want to hurt anybody, you must shake hands with everybody.
7. I meet him everywhere. It's sheer madness, isn't it?
8. Every time I sit down to eat, somebody is sure to ring the bell.
9. "Each Englishman is a separate island."
10. Is it sure that all the dinosaurs have become extinct?
11. Has each monster in Spielberg's film really been designed by computers?
12. The whole crew has been sent to scrub the deck.
13. Everyone can have a look at the chief engineer's latest invention.
14. So far each film of his has won some prize.
15. "I'm every woman"
16. He has been watching horror films all afternoon and now he is terrified.
17. He has travelled all over Europe, he has been to every country.
18. This medicine must be taken only as a whole.
19. You can't have seen the whole film.
20. You can't have seen all of his films.
21. She was every bit as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.
22. All the boys in town would like to marry my friend.
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Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Kevs ember gondolja, hogy egyre knnyebb lesz az lete a kzeljvben.
2. Van mg nhny bartja, aki egyetrt vele s kitart mellette.
3. Egy kicsit kevesebb ember jtt el az eladsra, mint terveztk.
4. Mivel elg elfoglalt vagyok, sajnos nagyon keveset ltom.
5.- A sofrnk ivott egy keveset, ezrt nem engedtk meg neki, hogy vezesse a kocsit
hazafel.
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6. Igyekezz mr, alig van egy kis idnk a busz indulsig!
7. Nhny nappal ezeltt lttam az utcn azt az embert, akit keres a rendrsg.
8. Mirt ilyen kevs kenyeret vettl? Biztos, hogy nem lesz elg, ha esetleg vendgek
jnnek.
9. Az iskolnak kevs pnze van arra, hogy brmilyen eszkzt vegyen.
10. Mit gondolsz, megengedi, hogy feltegyek nhny krdst?
11. Pr perc mlva elindulok hazafel, vrj meg a bejratnl.
12. Adj egy kis idt, hogy gondolkozzam az ajnlatodon.
13. Kevs benzinnk van, nem mehetnk tovbb.
14. Van mg egy kevs olajunk, kitart a tl vgig.
15. Fogd rvidre, nincs sok idm hasztalan fecsegsre!
16. Nem hoztak magukkal pnzt, de Jimnl mindig van egy kevs. ppen annyi, hogy
ketten meg tudnak inni egy-egy veg srt.
17. Csak nagyon kevs adatunk van tnyleges cselekedeteirl.
18. Mg van egy kis lisztnk, csinlhatok neked egy kis pisktt.
19. Kevs cukrunk van, be kell rned helyette valami mssal.
20. Volt egy kis francia konyakja az veg aljn, s azt hrplgette rkon t.
21. Nem lesz belle j vn, kevs trelme van a gyerekekhez.
22. Alig tudott egy pr szt arabul, amikor elszr Jordniban jrt.
23. Nhny hulign dngtt a hz krl, tudvn, hogy ilyenkor kevs rendr jr arra.
24. Mirt van olyan kevs fa Budapesten, amikor mg nhny park is elkelne?
25. Nhny hete rtk al a bkemegllapodst nmi vita utn.
26. Nagyon kevs szabadnapot adott a fknyvelnek, klnsen a naplfknyv
lezrsa idejn.
27. Minl kevesebb szt tanulsz meg, annl kevesebbet felejtesz az "angoltudsodbl".
28. Nem kell nagy ajndkot venni, nhny aranygyr is megteszi.
29. Olyan kevs tojst tojnak a tykjaim, hogy rdemesebb levgni s megenni ket.
30. Jnhny tzfontost tallt a frje prnja alatt.
31. Jpran prul jrtak, amikor a bank csdbe ment, ugye?
32. Vlaszolna nhny szemlyes krdsre is?
33. Nhnyszor prbltam meggyzni, de hajthatatlan maradt.
34. Mit szlnl egy kis whiskyhez? - krdezte a brszekrny eltt llva.
35. Mg egy kis s s tkletes lesz a francia hagymalevesed!
36. Taln csak egy kis kezdeti buzdtsra van szksge.
37. gy tnik nekem, egy kiss bekpzelt ez a mi j fnknk.
38. Egy kicsit viccesnek tallta a klgyminiszter nyakkendjt.
39. Van egy-kt j tlete, de kevs az energija, hogy megvalstsa ket.
40. Nhny v, s hozzfogsz szokni ahhoz, hogy egy alkoholistval lj.
41. A srt kzbeszlsok hallatn nhnyunk idegesen fszkeldni kezdett.
42. Ehhez a slt vadhoz egy kis vrsbort kellett volna felszolglnod.
43. Olyan keveset evett ebdre, hogy mr hromkor korogni kezdett a gyomra.
44. Sajnos kevs es esett tavasszal, megint drga lesz a zldsg.
45. Kevs bartja van, aki igazn segtsgre lenne nagy bajban.
46. Remlem, nem vagy mrges, hogy kstem nhny percet, de igen sr a forgalom a
napnak ebben a szakban.
Megoldsok
1. Few people think that their lives will get easier and easier in the near future.
2. He has still got a few friends left who agree with him and remain loyal to him.
3. Somewhat fewer people came to the lecture than we had planned.
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PRONOUNS
M U C H - MANY
A "much" szinonimi lehetnek: a lot (of), lots (of), a large/great quantity of a good/great
deal of, plenty of
A "many" szinonimi lehetnek: a lot (of), lots (of, a number of, a large number of, plenty of.
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Olyan sok hibja volt a dolgozatban, hogy mg az egyest is alig rdemelte meg.
2. Tl sok rossz filmet ltott ahhoz, hogy a vlemnyt megvltoztassa.
3. Olyan sokan elfradtak a gyerekek kzl, hogy rvid pihent kellett tartanunk a
tra kzepn.
4. Olyan sok bort ittak a blon, hogy kptelenek voltak gyalog hazamenni.
5. Sok bartod van, akikben megbzhatsz?
6. Sietnnk kell a vacsorval, nincs sok idnk az elads kezdetig.
7. A grgorszgi kirndulson nem tudtunk sok fnykpet kszteni, mert elromlott a
fnykpezgpnk.
8. Sok vvel ezeltt trtnt, hogy egy kedves, ids bcsi becsengetett s sok apr
cikket ajnlott megvtelre.
9. Nem vagyok valami nagy vlemnnyel azokrl az orvosokrl, akik. hamar
gygythatatlannak blyegzik a beteget.
10. Sok ember szereti kertszkedssel tlteni a htvgt.
11. Biztosan sokan lesznek a divatbemutatn a Penta Hotelban.
12. Sokkal jobban hinyzik, mint gondoltam volna. Nem kellett volna szaktanom vele.
13. Olyan sokat ettem, hogy meg sem tudok moccanni, gyhogy most ne krj tlem
semmi szvessget.
14. gy rlk, hogy levgattad a szaklladat, gy sokkal fiatalabbnak nzel ki.
15. El tudod kpzelni, hogy olyan sok pnzed legyen, hogy minden vben klfldn
nyaralj?
16. Rengeteg ruht felprbltam a boltban, de egyik sem tetszett annyira, hogy
megvegyem.
17. Azt hiszem, tl sok cigarettt szvsz egy nap, s ne gondold, hogy ez nem ltszik az
arcbrdn.
18. Hres nekes lvn rengeteg levelet kap a rajongitl nap mint nap.
19. Elg sok szk van a teremben, gy mindenki le tud lni az elads alatt.
20. Amikor leszeded a frl a gymlcst, bsges vzzel mosd le, hogy eltvoltsd a
szennyezdst!
21. Kvncsi vagyok, hogy az idn mennyi adt kell majd fizetnem.
22. Sokkal tbb tanrra \ an szksg ennek az iskolatpusnak a beindtshoz.
23. Nem rdekel, mennyit keresnek azok, akik jt nappall tve dolgoznak.
24. Sok fgg attl, mit mondasz a trgyalson az eltlt vdelmben.
25. Mennyivel van tbb bartod, ha gazdag vagy?
26. Ahhoz kpest, hogy csak nhny ve versenyez, elg sok versenyt megnyert mr.
27. Hny rendr kellene ilyen sok erszak megfkezsre?
28. Olyan sok jtkod van a polcon, igazn tallhatnl kedvedre valt!
29. Mg hny ilyen esetnek kell elfordulnia, hogy a hatsgok szigorbb
intzkedseket hozzanak?
30. rlk, hogy olyan munkm van, ami sok utazssal jr.
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Megoldsok
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He made so many mistakes in the test that he hardly deserved even a one.
He has seen too many bad films to change his view.
So many children got tired that we had to have a little rest in the middle of the trip.
They had drunk so much wine at the ball that they were unable to walk home.
Have you got a lot of friends you can trust?
We must be quick with the dinner, we haven't got much time before the
performance starts.
7. We couldn't take a lot of photos during our trip to Greece since our camera went
wrong.
8. It happened a number of years ago that a kind old man rang our bell and offered to
sell me a lot of trinkets.
9. I don't think much of doctors branding the patients as incurable after a little time.
10. A lot of people enjoy spending their week-ends working in the garden.
11. There must be a lot of people at the fashion show in the Penta Hotel.
12. I miss her a lot more than I expected. I shouldn't have split up with her.
13.1 have eaten so much that I can't even move; so don't ask me any favours now.
14. I'm so glad that you have had your beard cut. You look a lot younger like that.
15. Can you imagine having so much money that you could spend your summer
holiday abroad every year?
16. I tried on plenty of dresses in the shop but I didn't like any of them enough to buy.
17. I think you smoke too many cigarettes a day, and don't you think that it doesn't
show on the skin of your face.
18. Being a famous singer, he receives a large number of letters from his fans day after
day.
19. There are quite a lot of chairs in the room so everybody can have a seat during the
lecture.
20. When you pick fruit from the tree, wash it with a large amount of water to remove
dirt from it.
21.1 wonder how much tax I will have to pay this year.
22. Many more teachers are needed to introduce this kind of school.
23. I'm not interested in how much people who work day and night earn.
24. A lot depends on what you say in the trial to defend the convict.
25. How many more friends do you have if you are rich?
26. Considering that he has been in competitions for just a few years, he has already
won quite a lot of them.
27. How many policemen would be necessary to control so much violence?
28. You have so many toys on the shelf, you really could find one to your liking.
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PRONOUNS
29. How many more cases like this must happen for the authorities to take stricter
measures?
30. I'm glad to have a job which requires a lot of travelling.
31. You should have put much more salt on the chicken.
32. Too much money just makes too many envious people.
33. There is much room in the cellar, just put that large pile of old newspapers there.
34. You must eat a lot of fruit all the year round if you want to remain healthy.
35. In prison he will have plenty of time to brood over what he has done.
36. Such a large amount of rubbish had piled up in the schoolyard that it could hardly
be transported.
37. When you have flu, drink plenty of fluids and eat many different vitamins.
38. Could you tell me how much this type of micro-wave oven cost?
39. In this country there is a large amount of cruelty and a large number of kind people
living side by side.
PRONOUNS
29. How many more cases like this must happen for the authorities to take stricter
measures?
30. I'm glad to have a job which requires a lot of travelling.
31. You should have put much more salt on the chicken.
32. Too much money just makes too many envious people.
33. There is much room in the cellar, just put that large pile of old newspapers there.
34. You must eat a lot of fruit all the year round if you want to remain healthy.
35. In prison he will have plenty of time to brood over what he has done.
36. Such a large amount of rubbish had piled up in the schoolyard that it could hardly
be transported.
37. When you have flu, drink plenty of fluids and eat many different vitamins.
38. Could you tell me how much this type of micro-wave oven cost?
39. In this country there is a large amount of cruelty and a large number of kind people
living side by side.
PRONOUNS
25. Nem volt ms vlasztsom, mint bevallani a felesgemnek, hogy vlni akarok.
26. Egyik bartom se ltta azt a fnyes jelensget az gen, amit n lttam kt nappal
ezeltt.
27. Alig maradt egy kis sr a htben. Hogy vrhatod, hogy sr nlkl nzznk
meccset?
28. A nagy tmeg miatt nem lttam semmit a killtott kpekbl.
29. Kell valahol valaminek lennie, ami kulcsot ad a rejtly megoldshoz.
30. Voltak nlad vendgek vasrnap? - Nem, egy sem.
31. Brmelyiktk eljhet a sznhzba, feltve, hogy van jegyetek.
32. Mg egy kis bort? - Ksznm, van mg egy kicsi.
33. Nem vagyok hajland valami dledez tanyn lni kilomterekre brmitl.
34. Ha valaki keresne, mondd meg, hogy ma korbban kellett mennem dolgozni.
35. Brki elvihette a lpcshzbl a babakocsit.
36. Gyertek el valamikor, hogy egy jt beszlgessnk.
37. Nha nagyon lehangolt vagyok, ha eszembejutnak elszalasztott lehetsgeim.
38. Van nhny knyvem az elmleti nyelvszetrl, de mostanban alig nyitom ki
valamelyiket is.
39. Melyik dik elg szorgalmas, hogy sztndjat kapjon? - Egyik sem.
40. "Nem mondhatom el senkinek, elmondom ht mindenkinek."
41. Sehol sem tallom azt a hamutartt, amit nszajndkba kaptam keresztapmtl.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
R E F L E X I V E - RECIPROCAL P R O N O U N S
PRONOUNS
22. I'm really fed up with his never having any money and always asking me for some.
23. We have no time to lose, we must get down to building the dolls' house so that it
will be ready by Easter.
24. I'm so busy that I have no time to read at all.
25. I had no other choice than to admit to my wife that I wanted to get divorced.
26. None of my friends saw the brightly shining thing in the sky that I saw two days
ago.
27. There's hardly any beer left in the fridge. How can you expect us to watch a match
without any beer?
28. The big crowd prevented me from seeing anything of the pictures on display.
29. There must be some clue to the solution of the mystery somewhere.
30. Did you have any visitors on Sunday? - No, I didn't have any.
31. Any of you may come to the theatre provided that you have tickets.
32. Some more wine? - Thanks, I still have some.
33. I won't live in some ramshackle farm-house kilometres/miles from anywhere.
34. Should anyone want to speak to me, tell him that I had to go to work earlier today.
35. Anybody could have taken the pram from the staircase.
36. Come to see us some time to have a good chat.
37. Sometimes I feel very depressed when I remember the opportunities I missed.
38. I have some books on theoretical linguistics but these days I hardly ever open any
of them.
39. Which student is hard-working enough to be given a scholarship? - None of them.
40. "I can't tell anybody, so I will tell everybody."
41.1 can't find the ashtray I got as a wedding-present from my godfather anywhere.
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Borotvlkozs kzben vletlenl megvgtam magam, persze megint akkor, amikor
sietnem kellett.
2. A frj s a felesg egymst hibztattk, amirt elromlott a hzassguk.
3. Amikor anyjtl bcszik, az mindig azt mondja, hogy vigyzzon magra.
4. Joe maga nyitotta ki az ajtt, amikor csengettek.
5. Nem szerette varratni a ruhit, inkbb sajt maga varrta.
6. A hgom egyedl l budapesti egyszobs laksban.
7. Kr, hogy nem lthatjuk magunkat a tkrben reggelente, amikor elalszunk s
ide-ode kapkodunk.
,
8. Magamban remekl tudok svdl beszlni, de ha meg kell szlalnom, zavarban
vagyok.
9. Remljk, jl rezted magad a jelmezblon.
10. A gyerekek biztosan jl fognak viselkedni a kirndulson, mert klnben nem
viszem ket sehova sem.
11. Elg nagyok vagytok mr ahhoz, hogy magatok kitakartstok a lakst.
12. Nem rintkeznek senkivel, mita a fiuk ngyilkos lett.
13. Maga a nyaklnc tetszett neki, de a zld gymnt nem.
14. Nagyon nehz az embernek jl rezni magt, ha senkit sem ismer a trsasgban.
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PRONOUNS
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25'.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
REFLEXIVE - RECIPROCAL P R O N O U N S
Megoldsok
1. During shaving I cut myself accidentally, at a time again, of course, when I was in a
hurry.
2. Husband and wife blamed each other for the breakdown of their marriage.
3. When he says good-bye to his mother, she always tells him to take care of himself.
4. Joe himself answered the door-bell.
5. She didn't like having her dresses made, she preferred to sew them herself.
6. My younger sister lives by herself in her bed-sitter in Budapest.
7. It's a pity we can't see ourselves in the mirror groping around sleepily after
oversleeping in the mornings.
8. My Swedish is excellent when I speak to myself but I'm embarrassed when I have
to speak aloud.
9. We hope you enjoyed yourself at the fancy-dress party.
10. The children will surely behave themselves on the trip because otherwise I won't
take them anywhere.
11. You are old enough to clean the flat by yourselves.
12. They have kept to themselves since their son committed suicide.
13. She liked the necklace itself but not the green diamond.
14. It's very difficult to amuse oneself if one doesn't know anybody in the group.
15.1 spoke to the head-mistress herself about this matter.
16. He has been self-employed since he became an entrepreneur.
17. She keeps repeating that she loves me for myself and not for my wealth.
18.1 myself paid my bill and didn't let my friend treat me even to an ice-cream.
19. She can never express herself the way she would like to.
20. The children playing hide-and-seek did their best to find one another as quickly as
possible.
21. They themselves tried to comfort everybody who had a problem similar to theirs.
22. I said to myself: One way or the other, you've got to do it.
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REFLEXIVE - RECIPROCAL P R O N O U N S
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
ADJECTIVES
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
A mellknevek hasonltsa s fokozsa hrom szinten trtnik:
Alapfok:
Kzpfok:
Felsfok:
Megoldsok
1. He is nicer than you, I can assure you.
2. Their son, Mr. Brown, is lazier than ever.
3. She has no idea who came later.
4. Your friend is colder than an icicle.
5. If you had come earlier, we wouldn't be just here now.
6. As we got nearer to Dartmoor, it got darker.
7. It sounds phonier than her previous confession.
8. Is skiing riskier than motor-racing?
9. We couldn't decide which were dirtier - the streets of Budapest or of Miskolc.
10. If only we had settled down in a country with a drier climate!
11. Under no circumstances can you go any deeper underwater.
12. He decided to move closer to his parents.
13. Your sewing machine is noisier than a jet bomber!
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C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
ADJECTIVES
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
ADJECTIVES
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
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C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
ADJECTIVES
Megoldsok
1. As usual, he missed the most exciting scene.
2. In the 16th century he was the most generous ruler in Florence.
3. There is one thing she is talented at: choosing the most expensive and the ugliest
dress. What's more, she even wears it.
4. He was one of the most respected teachers.
5. He was given the title of'the most reckless driver' by the police last year.
6. Which is the most valuable painting in the Louvre?
7. For me the most precious part of my legacy is this tiny watch.
8. This is the most advanced level of language proficiency.
9. The hospital has been given a whole set of the most modern equipment.
10. This animal is undoubtedly the most repulsive reptile in the world.
11. The least honest/most dishonest MPs should be replaced.
12. After scoring his 802nd goal, Gretzky was accompanied as far as his home by his
most enthusiastic fans, running alongside his car.
13. Schindler's List has been the most moving film of the year.
14. The most irritating thing was that he didn't look at us when speaking to us.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
ADJECTIVES
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
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C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
ADJECTIVES
Megoldsok
1. Is the woman present your present wife?
2. The concerned wife did everything her husband asked her to.
3. Will the woman concerned/involved make a statement on the appearance of her
attackers?
4. It took us three days to hit upon the solution of/to the involved legal issue.
5. Is there any country where the Parliament is not an elected body?
6. To be frank, my brother is the most responsible member of the family.
7. Why didn't the person who was responsible turn up?
8. For some people, Hitler was the devil incarnate.
9. The PM elect can form a government in June.
10. The minister involved gave a very involved/complicated answer to the relatively
simple question.
11. All the countries concerned should desist from pouring rubbish into the sea.
12. The more concerned you are about your weight, the fatter you will be.
ADJECTIVES
C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
13. bren tlttt hossz rk utn vgre elaludt, de szrny lmai voltak.
14. Amikor a bl utn visszatrtek a hzba, az egsz hz gett.
15. Ebbe a szobba senkinek nem szabad belpni g cigarettval.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Minl..., annl...
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
ADJECTIVES
Vegyes pldamondatok
1. Azt mondjk Pterrl, hogyjszvbb, mint Jnos.
2. Amikor Joe bcsi olyan fiatal volt, mint te, sokkal szlesebb vlla volt.
3 . 0 a legdivatbb ruhatervez, akivel valaha egytt dolgoztam.
4. A legrosszabb az volt a kirndulson, hogy nem tudtunk felmenni abba a TVtoronyba, ahonnan olyan csodlatos a kilts, mint egy helikopterrl.
5. Ugyanolyan mksan van befonva a lnyod haja, mint a szomszd kislny.
6. Nem volt olyan okos, hogy vgre tudta volna hajtani a rbzott feladatot.
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ADJECTIVES
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
Nem volt olyan okos, hogy vgre tudta volna hajtani a rbzott feladatot.
pp olyan mret az n ruhm is, mint Kat.
Menjnk olyan kzel az llatokhoz, amilyen kzel csak lehet.
A tanrunk tbb, mint kedves volt, amikor tancsot krtnk tle.
0 a legidsebb btym, aki mr egy ve tlti a katonaidejt.
Kati legalbb t vvel idsebbnek ltszik, mint amennyi valjban, pedig a
legfiatalabb a csaldban.
12. A te kakad nem olyan j, mint amit az desanyd kszt.
13. Az j tornyot majdnem olyan magasra ptettk, mint a prizsi Eiffel-torony.
14. Nem hinnm, hogy olyan sokba kerlne az a ruha, mint ahogy a bartndnek
mondtk.
15. Sokkal ersebb, mint amilyennek vrtam: kpzeld, egyedl mozgatta a btorokat a
szobjban, amikor trendezte.
16. Azt mondja a gyerekem tanrnje, hogy John a legrosszabb az osztlyban, de az
IQ-ja jval tbb 100-nl.
17. A felpttetett hz olyan nagy volt, hogy inkbb hasonltott kastlyhoz, mint csaldi
hzhoz.
18. Ez a legeslegjobb koncert, amit valaha lttam. Elhiheted nekem, mert mr
vgigltem egynhny koncertet.
19. Kvncsi lennk, mirt szereti jobban a pacalprkltet a tlttt papriknl.
20. Mirt vettl kt szmmal nagyobb cipt, mint amilyenre szksged van?
21. A film tovbb tartott, mint ahogy vrtuk, ezrt lekstk az utols buszt, amivel
haza tudtunk volna menni.
22. Ez a magas fi a legkevsb figyelmes gyerek az osztlyban.
23. Nem beszl olyan jl olaszul, mint a bartja, pedig egy vig lt Olaszorszgban.
24. Simone-rl azt mondjk, hogy inkbb anya volt, mint felesg.
25. Byron versei egyszerbbek, rzelemdsabbak s kevsb vizulisak.
26. Amikor Londonba mentek, a legkevsb drga szllodban laktak.
27. Ezek a legfinomabb stemnyek, amit valaha ettem.
28. Egyre lassabban mentek, ahogy lttk a szembejv autsok traffipaxra utal
jelzseit.
29. Steve rgi bartnje sokkal csinosabb volt, mint a menyasszonya.
30. A vicc, amit meslt, a lehet legzlstelenebb volt.
31. Lebontottk a vros legrgibb szllodjt, mert mr letveszlyes volt.
32. A leghelyesebb, amit tehetsz, hogy vidkre vonulsz egy kis idre.
33. Azok az autk a legcsicssabbak, amiket a vrosszli maszeknl lehet kapni.
34. A legtermszetesebb mdon viselkedett, amikor a rendrsg kzlte, hogy
megltk a felesgt.
35. Hromszor akkorra ntt a paradicsomom a kertben, mint tavaly.
36. a legkedvesebb, legaranyosabb ember a vilgon, csak kr, hogy messze lakik
tlem s ritkbban tallkozunk, mint rgente.
37. gy rzem, az, aki a legkevesebbet tanul, de a legjobban tudja a biolgit s a
kmit, de nem a legutols a fizikban sem.
38. Igazn dobhattad volna messzebb a labdt: gy most rosszabb jegyet fogsz kapni
ebbl a gyakorlatbl.
39. Pter beszl a leghangosabban, szinte tlkiablja a tbbieket is.
40. Murphy trvnyei igazn lvezetes olvasnivalk, de a legtbb tapasztalatot a sajt
letedbl mertheted.
41. Jobban szeretem a magas fikat, mint az alacsonyabbakat, de aki mg Ferinl is
magasabb, az mr 'elveszett' szmomra.
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ADJECTIVES
43. Nem nagyon tetszik ez a festmny, mert a fest tl stt rnyalatot adott a bal
saroknak, holott sokkal jobb lett volna, ha ugyanolyan sznt hasznl, mint a jobb
oldalon.
44. Bizalmasabb lehettl volna velem, hisz jobb bartnd vagyok, mint Sue.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
ADJECTIVES
C O M P A R I S O N OF A D J E C T I V E S
34. He behaved in the most natural way when the police informed him that his wife
had been murdered.
35. My tomatoes in the garden grew three times as big as last year's.
36. He is the kindest, dearest man in the world, but it's a pity he lives a long way from
my place and we meet more rarely than we used to.
37. I think he's the one who studies least, but he's the best at Biology and Chemistry,
and he isn't bad at Physics either.
38. You should have thrown the ball farther, this way you are going to get a worse
mark for this exercise.
39. Peter speaks the loudest, he practically shouts the others down.
40. Murphy's laws are really enjoyable reading but you can draw most of your
experience from your own life.
41. I prefer tall boys to shorter ones but boys who are even taller than Franki don't
interest me.
42. Really, you shouldn't have made a secret of the fact that the freezer was more
expensive than the dish-washer.
43. I don't like this painting very much because the painter used too dark a shade on the
left, although it would have been much better for him to use the same colour as that
on the right.
44. You should have confided more in me, because I'm a better friend of yours than
Sue.'
AS vs. L I K E
Pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
ADVERBS
ADVERBS
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
STILL, A L R E A D Y , Y E T , A N Y LONGER, A N Y M O R E
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
ADVERBS
It's true that he had strange habits even then. He rather liked strangling cats.
Really? I personally thought him to be a fairly normal child.
Lately he has been coming home late.
It's because he drives slowly and carefully.
Did he buy his car cheaply?
He hardly paid anything for it.
Or rather, he got it free from his uncle when he returned from America.
He clean forgot that he had such a wealthy uncle.
He pays Joe very well, doesn't he?
True, but Joe also works very hard.
He badly wanted that job, no wonder he is working like a slave.
Pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
ADVERBS
FAR, LONG, M U C H , M A N Y
12. Try to understand me. I have never seen such a horrible accident and I feel I can't
stand the sight of so much blood any longer.
13.1 fully understand you, but you could help me.
14. All right, but promise me not to run me down any more. / All right, but promise to
stop telling me off.
15. You aren't angry with me any longer, are you?
Pldamondatok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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CONJUNCTIONS
CO-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
CO-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
(mellrendel ktszk)
Pldamondatok
Kzp- s felsfok
1. A Pn-Eurpai Szvetsg az eurpai egysgnek s hagyomnyoknak elktelezett
politikai mozgalom.
2. Megfordult, s gyorsan elment.
3. Kt autjt felrobbantottk szlssgesek, de nem lt bennk.
4. Nmetorszgban szletett s nevelkedett, de Ausztriban telepedett le.
5. Izraelben a frfiakat s a nket egyarnt behvjk.
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CONJUNCTIONS
CO-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
172
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
15. Nobody could hear anything, YET the detective believed that the burglar was still
in the house.
16. He has been unfaithful to his wife so many times, YET she still loves him.
17. He demanded to be given the flat and the children AS WELL.
18. You may use NEITHER my lipstick NOR my eye-shadow.
19. Not a penny was found, NEVERTHELESS the burglars went on searching.
20. He is extremely conceited, BESIDES / IN ADDITION / MOREOVER, he can't
imagine that he may be wrong.
21. The President wouldn't comment on the issue. The Vice President, HOWEVER,
protested vehemently.
22. He failed the examination, THEREFORE / SO / THAT'S WHY his parents didn't
let him go to the summer camp.
23. You must dress neatly, OTHERWISE / OR ELSE you won't have any chance of
getting the job.
24. It was far too hot in the room, STILL she refused to take off her coat.
25. Ben Johnson failed the drugs test twice, YET he is considered to be a national hero
by some Canadians.
26. By the time she got home it was half past ten, SO we decided against going to the
cinema.
27. Her car packed up/broke down yesterday, SO she had to call in a mechanic.
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
(Alrendel ktszk)
Pldamondatok
1. Igaz, hogy elloptam az aranygyrjt, de a nyaklnchoz hozz sem rtem.
2. Megeskdtt, hogy soha tbb nem fog inni. s mit lttam msnap? t, amint a
kocsmban lldoglt.
3. Betegsge miatt nem tudott rszt venni a megbeszlsen.
4. Srlse miatt csak tvn nzhette a meccset.
5. A krlmnyekre val tekintettel a dkn megengedte, hogy elhalaszd a vizsgdat.
6. A tnyek ismeretben hasztalannak ltszik, hogy folytassuk a nyomozst.
7. Gyenge ltsom miatt nem lehetek lgikzlekeds-irnyt.
8. Mivel brtnben van, nlkle kell megbeszlnnk a kvetkez bankrablsunk
rszleteit.
9. Meggondolatlan vezetse kvetkeztben minden utasa meghalt.
10. Az n hibmbl az egsz munkt jbl el kellett vgezni.
11. Annak ellenre, hogy risi volt a hsg, egy fut sem adta fel a versenyt.
12. Annak ellenre, hogy az angol idjrs szeszlyes, sok francia turista tlti
szabadsgt Angliban.
13. Annak ellenre, hogy Mary frjnl van, bizonytkot talltunk arra, hogy viszonya
van a fnkvel.
14. Annak ellenre, hogy tavaly megkapta a Nobel-djat, nem tartjk nagy rnak.
15. Mivel csak egy Middlesex-i szab fia volt, nem vehette el a hercegkisasszonyt.
16. Elmeneklt, mert tudta, hogy tudom, hogy kicsoda .
17. A rendrfkapitny magn kvl volt a mregtl, mivel a betrk felszvdtak.
18. Elbvlten ltem ott, mivel mg soha nem hallottam eltte Mariah Carey-t
nekelni.
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CONJUNCTIONS
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
19. Meglep mdon fizetsemelst kapott, br neki magnak sem volt fogalma rla,
hogy mirt.
20. Vilghr orvosknt reklmozta magt, br semmifle orvosi vgzettsge nem volt.
21. Az idegeimre ment azzal, hogy folyton azt krdezte, hogy nem lttam-e a felesgt
a szomszddal.
22. A fi nem volt biztos benne, hogy megvegye, vagy otthagyja.
23. Nem rdekel, hogy elvette-e a lnyomat, vagy sem - mondta az regember.
Megoldsok
1. It's true THAT I stole her golden ring but I didn't touch her necklace.
2. He swore THAT he wouldn't drink again. And what did I see the next day? Him
standing in the pub!
3. BECAUSE OF his illness he couldn't participate in the meeting.
4. BECAUSE OF his being injured, he could only watch the match on TV.
5. IN VIEW OF the circumstances, the principal allowed/has allowed you to postpone
your exam.
6. IN VIEW OF the facts, it seems useless to continue the investigation.
7. OWING TO my poor eyesight, I cannot be an air traffic controller.
8. DUE TO the fact that he is in prison, we will have to discuss the details of our next
bank-robbery without him.
9. DUE TO his driving recklessly, everyone in his car died.
10. OWING TO my mistake the whole job had to be done again.
11. DESPITE the enormous heat, none of the runners gave up the race.
12. DESPITE the fact that weather in Britain is capricious, a lot of French tourists
spend their holidays there.
13. IN SPITE OF Mary ('s) being married, we found proof that she is having an affair
with her boss.
14. IN SPITE OF the fact that he was awarded the Nobel Prize last year, he is not
considered to be a great writer.
15. ON ACCOUNT OF his being only the son of a Middlesex tailor, he was not
allowed to marry the daughter of the Duke.
16. He fled, BECAUSE he knew that I knew who he was.
17. The chief constable was beside himself with anger, FOR/SLNCE/BECAUSE the
burglars had disappeared.
18. I sat there fascinated, FOR/BECAUSE I had never heard Mariah Carey sing before.
19. Surprisingly she was given a pay-rise, THOUGH even she herself had no idea why.
20. He advertised himself as a world-famous doctor/physician ALTHOUGH he had no
. ' medical degree whatsoever.
21. He got on my nerves with his asking me all the time WHETHER / IF I had seen his
wife with his neighbour.
22. The boy was not sure WHETHER to take it or leave it.
23. 'WHETHER OR NOT he married my daughter, I don't mind', said the old man.
Idhatrozi mellkmondatok
1. Ha Norvgiban leszel, ne felejtsd el megltogatni lillesandi bartaimat.
2. Ha mr egyszer meggrted, hogy elviszed a cirkuszba, nem szegheted meg a
szavadat.
3. Vrt, amg minden zaj el nem csitult, s csak akkor mert elbjni a rejtekhelyrl.
4. Most, hogy ismered a terjes igazsgot, nem fogok tiltakozni, ha el akarsz vlni.
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CONJUNCTIONS
Mdhatrozi mellkmondatok
1. "gy cselekedj, ahogy mondom, ne gy, ahogy cselekszem!" (Genesis: Jesus he
knows me)
2. El sem tudod kpzelni, mennyire megsrtetted azzal, hogy megjegyzst tettl a
hossz orrra.
3. gy nzett rm, mintha UFOnauta lennk.
4. A kisegr gy bmult a denevrre, mintha angyalt ltott volna.
5. Mg soha senki nem keltett bennem olyan rzseket, mint te.
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Megoldsok
1. "Do AS I say, don't do AS I do!"
2. You have no idea HOW much you offended her BY making a remark on her long
nose.
3. He looked at me AS IF / AS THOUGH I were a UFOnaut/alien.
4. The little mouse stared at the bat AS IF / AS THOUGH he saw an angel.
5. "Nobody has ever made me feel THE WAY you make me feel."
Okhatrozi mellkmondatok
A "because" s a "for" hasznlatra lttunk pldkat a bevezet vegyes mondatsorozatban.
1. Mivel fogalma sem volt rla, hogyan oldja meg a helyzetet, blfflt.
2. Mivel a frjem nem volt hajland segteni a mossban, a szomszdot krtem meg.
Nos, gy kezddtt - shajtott a hlgy.
3. Mivel lttam, hogy mg nlam is kimerltebb, nem krtem meg, hogy prblja
folytatni az sst.
Megoldsok
1. AS he had no idea how to solve the situation, he bluffed.
2. "SINCE my husband refused to give me a hand with the washing, I asked the
neighbour. Well, that's how it began", the lady sighed.
3. SEEING that she was even more exhausted than me, I didn't ask her to try and go
on with the digging.
Megenged mellkmondatok
1. Tekintettel arra, hogy ktsgtelenl a leggretesebb jelentkez, gy gondolom,
neki kellene tlnnk az sztndjat.
2. Mivel elvlt ember, biztos vagyok benne, hogy Lynn sohasem menne hozz, mg
ha szerelmes lenne is bel. Tudod, milyen rgimdi egy lny Lynn!
3. Akrmennyire is tiszteled, most mr nem ms, mint egy sdi nzetekkel teli
regember.
4. Brmennyire is meg akarta nyerni a Los Angeles-i Kings csapata a Stanley Kupt, a
montreali Canadiens csapata tapasztaltabbnak bizonyult.
5. Br rveidet elfogadja, amit tettl, azt nem.
6. Brmennyire is szerette Mathilde Julin Sorit, nem kthetett vele hzassgot, mert
a fi nem volt nemesi szrmazs.
7. Br utl vezetni, knytelen elvinni minket, mert a trsasg egyetlen jzan tagja.
8. Brmily klnsnek tnik is, sok vi habozs utn lemondott tisztsgrl.
9. A gyerekeink Mercedesre vgynak, mg ellenben mi BMW-t terveznk venni.
10. Brmit is teszel, a dolgok sohasem fordulnak jobbra.
Megoldsok
1. CONSIDERING THAT he is undoubtedly the most promising applicant I think that
we should give him the scholarship.
2. Since he is a divorced man, I'm sure Lynn would never marry him, EVEN IF she
loved him. You know what an old-fashioned girl Lynn is! ,
3. MUCH AS you respect him, he is nothing but an old man with antiquated ideas
now.
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CONJUNCTIONS
4. HOWEVER BADLY the L.A. Kings wanted to win the Stanley Cup, the Montreal
Canadiens proved to be a team with more experience.
5. WHILE she accepts your arguments, she cannot accept what you did.
6. HOWEVER MUCH Mathilde loved Julien Sorel, she couldn't marry him, since he
was not a member of the nobility.
7. EVEN THOUGH he hates driving, he has to give us a lift, since he is the only
sober member of the company.
8. STRANGE THOUGH it may appear, he resigned after several years' hesitation.
9. Our children are longing for a Mercedes WHEREAS we plan to buy a BMW.
10. "NO MATTER WHAT you do, things never get any better." (Phil Collins)
Clhatrozi mellkmondatok
1. larcot tett fel, hogy ldozatai ne tudjk azonostani.
2. Kicsit odbb hzdott, hogy a mellette l frfi ki tudja nyjtani a lbait.
3. Mindig magamnl hordom a vadszpuskmat arra az esetre, ha valaki megprblna
megtmadni az jszaka kzepn.
4. Miutn kt fenyeget levelet kapott, felbrelt kt testrt, nehogy Valaki meglje.
5. Tudvn, milyen furfangosak az ellensgei, a kirly nem volt hajland megenni a
vacsorjt, attl tartva, hogy az esetleg meg van mrgezve.
6. Csak azrt megy el a lakodalmadra, hogy annyit egyen, amennyit csak br.
7. Volt frje regasszonynak ltztt, hogy mindenki dajknak higgye.
8. Mindig magval hordja a rditelefonjt, ha a felesge fel akarn hvni.
9. rtatlan kpet vgott, nehogy valaki rjjjn, hogy harapta meg az ccst, s nem
fordtva.
10. Bezrta a kutyt, attl flve, hogy megharapja a vendg gyerekeket.
11. A terroristk betmtk a szjt, hogy elhallgattassk.
12. Lbujjhegyen jtt be a szobba, nehogy felbressze a gyerekeket.
13. Mindent megtett azrt, hogy rvegye: legyen a felesge.
14. Mindent meggrt Jlinak, hogy ne vesztse el, de a lny mr nem tudott hinni
neki.
15. Hazakldte Jamie-t, hogy a gyerekei ne kaphassk el esetleg az influenzjt.
Megoldsok
1. He put on a mask SO THAT his victims could not identify him.
2. He moved aside a little bit IN ORDER THAT the man sitting next to him could
stretch his legs.
3. I always carry my shotgun with me IN CASE someone tries to mug me in the dead
of night.
4. After receiving two threatening letters she employed two body guards LEST
someone SHOULD kill her.
5. Knowing how resourceful his enemies were the king refused to eat the dinner FOR
FEAR THAT it might be poisoned.
6. He's only going to your reception SO THAT he can / IN ORDER TO eat as much
as possible.
7. Her ex-husband dressed himself up as an old lady IN ORDER THAT everybody
should believe that he was a nanny.
8. He always has his cordless phone with him IN CASE his wife wants to call him.
9. She put on an innocent face LEST someone (SHOULD) realize that it was her who
bit her brother and not the other way round.
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SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
10. He locked the dog away FOR FEAR THAT it would bite the children who visited
him.
11. The terrorists gagged her mouth SO AS TO keep her silent..
12. He came into the room on tiptoe LEST he SHOULD wake up the children.
13. He did his best IN ORDER TO persuade her to be his wife.
14. He promised everything to Julie IN ORDER NOT TO lose her, but the girl couldn't
believe him any more.
15. She sent Jamie home SO THAT her children MIGHT not catch flu from him.
Korltozst kifejez hatrozi mellkmondatok ktszavai
1. Pnzgyminiszternknek meg kellene rtenie, hogy a magas jvedelemad
veszlyes, mert elveheti az emberek kedvt a kemny munktl.
2. Teller Ede magyar, amennyiben magyarnak szletett, de mr rgta amerikai
llampolgr.,
3. A gygyszer meglehetsen rtalmatlan, mivelhogy csak kt patknyon mutatkoztak
mellkhatsok.
Megoldsok
1. Our Minister of Finance should understand that high income tax is dangerous IN
THAT it may discourage people from working hard.
2. Teller Ede is Hungarian IN SO FAR AS he was born in Hungary but he has been
an American citizen for a long time.
3. The medicine is fairly harmless INASMUCH AS only two rats showed sideeffects.
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PREPOSITIONS
Pldamondatok
Alapfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Idt jellk
Kzp- s felsfok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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7. Htfn bevitt egy pisztolyt az iskolba - az apja fegyvert, mint ksbb kiderlt - s
megsebestett nhny dikot, lltlag azrt, mert utlta a htfket.
8. A nyolcvanas vekben minden fiatal a discba jrt szombat estnknt - vagy
legalbbis a Bee Gees ezt hitte.
9. Jlius 4-n az amerikaiak a fggetlensg napjt nneplik.
10. Azon a napon krte meg elszr a kezem. s utna mg.24-szer.
11. 30. hzassgi vforduljuk alkalmbl jelentettk be, hogy elvlnak.
12. Hsvt htfn vagy hsvt vasrnap locsolkodnak a magyarok?
13. Rendben, akkor holnap reggel tallkozunk a parlament eltt. El ne felejtsd hozni a
bombt!
14. Hallottad, hogy februrban rekordhideget mrtek Londonban?
15. Nhny orszg komolyan azt hiszi, hogy mr 1997-ben tagja lehet az EEC-nek.
16. Nhny angol hajlamos azt hinni, hogy mg mindig a XIX. szzadban l, a
dicssges Viktria-korszakban.
17. Tudom, hogy most nagyon ki vagy borulva, de tavasszal knnyebb lesz, megltod.
18. Az egyik bvrunknak elfogyott a levegje, t percen bell megfullad, ha nem kap
oxignt.
19. lj nyugodtan, tz perc mlva odarnk.
20. Soha nem ksik el az eladsrl, mindig idben ott van.
21. Azt hiszem, nem fogunk ksni a kd miatt: pontosan szllunk fel.
22. Minden sebsz jkor megrkezett a Sebszek 17. Nemzetkzi Konferencijra.
23. Eleinte a szleim nagyon elleneztk, hogy indiai vlegnyem legyen, de a vgn
beadtk a derekukat.
24. Elszr azt gondoltuk, hogy egy jl megtermett mkussal van dolgunk.
25. Vgre megltttuk a tvolban a lovasok csillog pncljt a porfelhben.
26. A film elejn volt nhny vres jelenet, de ezektl eltekintve elg mulatsgos film
volt.
27. Az elads vgn az elad hagyott tz percet arra, hogy az rdekldk krdseket
tehessenek fel neki.
28. Mjus 20-ra, ha addig nem vltozik semmi, befejezzk az iskolavet.
29. Megrkezskor vette csak szre, hogy az sszes hitelkrtyjt a msik zakja bels
zsebben hagyta.
30. Mg mieltt siktani kezdenl, nzd meg mg egyszer jl: ez nem cstny!
31. A djkioszt nnepsg utn az sszes djazott elment egy men szllba egy kis
hajnali fogadsra.
32. Fzd meg a tsztt elbb, csak utna tedd bele az olajat s a fszereket!
33. Hrom napja itt volt s megvett egy dgltt kanrit. Azta nem lttam.
34. Janur 3l-e ta az j gyvezet igazgatja a kft-nek.
35. Lehetetlen, hogy ez a mmia hromezer ve itt fekdjn hbortatlanul!
36. Hossz ideje az a hobbija, hogy hressgek alrst gyjti, mr van neki vagy 900
autogramja.
37. gy dntttek, hogy 7-tl 3-ig dolgoznak, hogy az anyk mg ngy eltt el tudjk
hozni a kicsiket az ovibl.
38. Megbnta, hogy dolgozatot ratott: este 1 l-ig javtotta ket.
39. Itt maradsz, s nem mozdulsz innen, amg vissza nem jvk, mert klnben a
tigrisek szrevesznek.
40. Tavaly egsz nyron egytt jrt azzal a vrs haj skt fival.
41. Amg a pezsgt kerestem neki a konyhban, tkutatta az sszes fikomat.
42. Prold a rizst 20 percig, aztn add hozz a zldsgeket s az enyhn megpirtott,
aprra vgott hst.
43. 15 v telt el azta, hogy Marion utoljra ltta Indiana Jonest.
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44. Mita prblja elhitetni veled, hogy rettent gazdag arab herceg?
45. Mire a vasti tjrhoz rtnk, a rakomny fele lepotyogott.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
How can this guy always turn up at the office at two minutes to four?!
It always occurs to the cat at lunchtime that it must go out urgently.
He is drunk at dawn, at noon and also at night.
You don't go to school at Whitsun either, do you?
At that time there were no red sports cars yet, so teenagers used to run about at full
speed on their bikes.
6. The oldest man in the country got married for the fifth time at the age of 105.
7. On Monday he took a revolver - that of his father, as it turned out later - to school
and injured some pupils, allegedly for the reason that he hated Mondays.
8. In the 80's all young people went to discos on Saturday evenings - or at least the
Bee Gees thought so.
9. On the 4th of July Americans celebrate Independence Day.
10. On that day he proposed to me for the first time. And then 24 times more.
11. They announced their divorce on the 30th anniversary of their wedding.
12. Is it on Easter Monday or on Easter Sunday that Hungarian boys go out to sprinkle
women and girls?
13. All right, we'll meet in the morning beside the Parliament building. Don't forget /
Remember to bring the bomb.
14. Have you heard that in February there were record low temperatures in London?
15. Some countries seriously believe that they can become members of the EEC as
early as 1997.
16. Some Englishmen tend to believe that they are still living in the 19th century, in the
glorious Victorian period.
17. I know you are very upset now but you'll see it will be easier in spring.
18. One of our divers has run out of oxygen and he'll suffocate in five rninutes if he
isn't given some oxygen.
19. Sit still, we'll get there in ten minutes.
20. He is never late for the performance, he's always there on time.
21.1 don't think that the fog will delay our plane, it's taking off on time.
22. All the surgeons arrived in good time for the 17th International Conference of
Surgeons.
23. In the beginning my parents strongly objected to my having an Indian fiance but in
the end they came round.
24. At first we thought it was a large squirrel.
25. At last we caught sight of the cavalry's armour sparkling in the cloud of dust.
26. At the beginning of the film there were some bloody scenes but apart from these it
was rather a funny film.
27. At the end of the lecture the lecturer gave ten minutes so that those who were
interested could ask him questions.
28. By the 20th of March, provided that nothing changes, we shall have finished the
academic year.
29. Only on arriving did he notice that he had left all his credit cards in the inside
pocket of his other jacket.
30. Before you start screaming, have a second close look at it: it's not a cockroach.
31. After the victory ceremonies all the medallists went to a posh hotel for a party at
dawn.
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32. Cook the noodles first, and only put the oil and the spices into it afterwards.
33. She came here and bought a dead canary three days ago. I haven't seen her since
then.
34. He's been the new managing director of the pic since January 31st.
35. This mummy can't have been lying here undisturbed for 3,000 years!
36. For a long time now, collecting the signatures of celebrities has been a hobby of
his. He has as many as 900 autographs.
37. They decided to work from 7 to 3 so that mothers could collect the children from
the play-school as early as before 4 o'clock.
38. She regretted making the pupils write a test. She was correcting them till eleven at
night.
39. You stay here and don't go away until I come back, or else the tigers will notice
you.
40. All last summer she was going out with that red-haired Scottish boy.
41. While I was looking for the champagne for him, he was rifling through all my
drawers.
42. Boil the rice for 20 minutes, then add to it the vegetables and the fried, chopped
meat.
43. Fifteen years have passed since Marion last saw Indiana Jones.
44. Since when has he been trying to make you believe that he is a super-rich Arabian
prince?
45. By the time we got to the railway crossing, half of the load had fallen off.
Cselekvs mdjt kifejez prepozcik
46. Mirt ne mehetnnk kocsival epret szedni? Szvesen mennk a te kocsiddal!
47. A trk megkrdezte az elfogott magyar nemest, hogy gyalog vagy lhton akar
tovbbmenni.
48. Visszautastotta, hogy replvel menjen, rettenten flt attl, hogy lezuhannak.
Megoldsok
46. Why don't we go picking strawberries by car? I'd love to/like to go in your car.
47. The Turk asked the captured Hungarian nobleman whether he wanted to go on on
foot or on horseback.
48. He refused to travel by plane, he was terribly afraid of crashing.
Cselekvs helyt kifejez prepozcik
49. Hogy jussak el egyedl a Piccadilly-ig, ha egyszer fogalmam sincs, hol kell fel- s
leszllni a buszrl?
50. A folyn tvel 400 ves hd is felrobbant a hborban.
51. Az ifj Skywalker elhatrozta, hogy felkeresi Yodt, aki a hegyeken tl lakott.
52. Ez a n olyan jl vgezte a rendrakadmit, hogy sok frfinak rangban felette ll.
53. A kt maffiz elsimtotta a nzeteltrseket egy knai vacsora mellett.
54. A holttestre egy leplet tettek, amelyet ma a tudomny a Turini lepel nven ismer.
55. A bombzk olyan alacsonyan hztak el flttnk, hogy majdnem megsketltnk.
56. Kezd rabl lvn a pnzt a prnja al rejtette, gy a rendrsg gyorsan megtallta.
57. Behajtotta a kutyt az asztal al, mert mr unta, hogy olyan knyrgn nz r.
58. Ha az anyja megtudn, hogy rangon alul nslt, biztos eljulna.
59. Ha elm l a kosrlabdz, semmit se fogok ltni a darabbl.
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60.
61.
62.
63.
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52. This woman graduated from the Police Academy with such a good degree that she
now has a higher rank than many men.
53. The two mafia leaders settled their misunderstandings over a Chinese dinner.
54. A shroud which is now known to science as the Turin shroud was laid over the
corpse.
55. The bombers were flying so low over us that we were almost deafened.
56. Being a beginner in robbery, he hid the money under his pillow, so the police found
it quickly.
57. He threw the dog under the table as he was already fed up with it looking at him so
entreatingly.
58. If his mother found out that he had married beneath him, she would surely faint.
59. If the basketball player sits in front of me, I won't see anything of the play.
60. During the whole trial he was sitting between two armed guards, he didn't even
attempt an escape.
61. Apparently the demonstration will take place in' the square in front of the
Parliament building.
62. How come that he arrived much later and yet I'm standing behind him in the
queue?
63. Ladies and gentlemen, we are standing in front of one of the most beautiful set of
monuments in the world. However, at the moment we can't see anything of them,
because they are behind the trees.
64. The leading man plumped down next to me before the performance started.
65. No one but the accountant dared to comment on the director's report.
66. You can play football wherever you want, except in front of my house.
67. The whole group was encamped for the night in a camping site near Saloniki.
68. I do all the household chores, besides taking the dog for walks.
69. There is a town in Spain where the Fiesta starts with people being pursued by bulls
along the streets.
70. The guide said everybody could go where they wanted and that we would meet in
St. Marco Square.
71. Every summer since the age of six, my grandmother worked in the fields.
72. At first little Red Riding-Hood was wandering in the forest by herself, but she soon
found company in the shape of a wolf.
73. He was standing at the window when two snipers hit him.
74. Is he at school or in the office?
75. Shall we take a short cut across the meadow or will it be shorter through the forest?
76. The cat fell off the tree and from then on, being delirious, it was barking.
77. Could you stop at Chippenham? I must drink something.
78. They managed to hide themselves behind the wall n good time when they heard
voices.
79. The curious motorists weren't able to brake at the scene of the accident, so they
crashed into each other.
80. When Zrnyi saw that the situation was hopeless he sallied out of the castle with the
rest of his soldiers.
81.1 almost fainted when I saw her laying pink serviettes on the table.
82. Mr. Stokes explained to Ivy that the candlesticks are not to be placed on the
bookshelf.
83. Just imagine, we met the royal family themselves in the Opera!
84. Take this path, my son, the dragon lives in a council flat at the end of the road.
85. NATO didn't preclude the possibility of an air-strike against the Serbs.
86. Can we get from London to Bath along the M4?
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88. Never having tried before, he couldn't get onto the back of the camel.
89. We request our passengers to board the ship / to embark because we shall start in
half an hour.
90. Little Snow White looked around in the morning but the prince was no longer to be
seen anywhere.
91. This is beyond me! Don't even explain it to me!
92. My grandfather went to war in 1942 and hasn't come back since.
93. He was walking up and down like a tiger locked up in a cage.
94. You shouldn't look backwards but forwards. That's where the future is.
Egyb prepozcik
95. Ami az emberi jogok krdst illeti, a knai igazsggyminiszter errl nem akart
beszlni.
96. Tekintve, hogy 5-0-ra vezetnk, minek tmadjunk?
97. Az jsgrk kivtelvel minden fontos ember ott szorongott a sajttjkoztatn.
98. Ennek a videnak 37.000 Ft az ra, belertve az F-t is.
99. Tekintve, hogy mozgssrlt, anyagi tmogatst kell neki adnunk.
100. A kpests nlkli tanrok kivtelvel midenki szmthat fizetsemelsre.
Megoldsok
95. Concerning the issue of human rights, the Chinese Minister of Justice didn't want
to speak about it.
96. Considering that we have a lead of 5 nil, why should we attack?
97. Barring the journalists, every important' personality thronged at the press
conference.
98. This video-recorder costs 37,000 forints, including VAT.
99. Considering that he is disabled, we must grant him pecuniary assistance.
100. Excluding unqualified teachers, everybody can expect a pay-rise.
VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
Pldamondatok
Kzpfok
1. A nmet fik ragaszkodnak ahhoz, hogy a meghvott lnyok fizessk azt, amit
fogyasztanak.
2. Ma tvenedszer bntetett meg a rendr tilosban val parkolsrt.
3. Ktelessgemnek tartom, hogy figyelmeztessem a beavatkozs lehetsges
veszlyeire.
4. Csak nem a sajt zletvezetdet gyanstod azzal, hogy vitte el azt a 200 fontot,
amit az FA-ra tettl flre?
5. Ha Mr. Koresh nem hajland teljesteni a feltteleinket, knytelenek lesznk
drasztikusabb eszkzkhz folyamodni.
6. Bizton szmthatsz a szaktudsra!
7. Igen hatrozottan ellenezte ENSZ-csapatok Szomliba kldst.
8. Lehet, hogy Clinton elnk is gy gondolja, itt az ideje, hogy az USA elnzst
krjen a vietnami hborban trtnt atrocitsokrt.
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PREPOSITIONS
VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
V E R B S + PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSITIONS
44. Az olasz maffia az utbbi 40 vben igen sikeresen nyert mind tbb hatalmat az
llam vezetsben.
45. Az tlag olasz llampolgr nem felels mindazrt, ami a hazjban a II.
vilghbor ta trtnt.
46. Ksz volt vllalni a kihvst a brazilokkal szemben, volt mersze hozz!
47. Ha a szellemek s a whiskyt iv kutyk kzl kell vlasztanom, inkbb az
utbbiban hiszek!
48. is hamis kpekben utazik, mint a megboldogult apja, nem?
49. Nem kellett volna olyan biztosnak lennie a gyzelmben, taln pp ezrt vesztett.
50. Gyans nekem az nagylelksge, amit az utbbi nhny vben tanstott
irnyomban.
51. Nagyon aggdom rte. Mr rg hallanom kellett volna, ahogy becsukja a
garzsajtt a kocsija mgtt.
52. Amit most mond az elnk, az egyltaln nem egyezik azzal, amit a konferencia
eltt mondott.
53. Az tanvallomsn alapul az a trtnet, miszerint Mogilnijt az a fick zsarolta
meg, aki '89-ben segtett neki kiszkni a Szovjetunibl Kanadba.
54. Az utols pillanatban visszalpett attl, hogy azonostsa nvre tmadjt, pedig
volt az egyetlen szemtan.
55. Freddie Mercury hossz vekig szenvedett AIDS-ben, 1991 vgn bele is halt.
56. Csak a rendrrsn derlt ki, hogy szegny Liam Neesont mr az els
Hollywoodban eltlttt napjn sszetvesztette a rendrsg egy krztt
bnzvel.
Megoldsok
1. German boys INSIST ON the girls they invite out paying for what they eat.
2. It was the fiftieth time today that I had been FINED FOR parking in the prohibited
zone.
3. I consider it as my duty to WARN you OF possible dangers of the operation.
4. Do you really SUSPECT your own shopkeeper OF taking the 200 pounds you had
RESERVED FOR paying the VAT?
5. If Mr. Koresh won't fulfil our conditions, we shall be obliged to RESORT TO more
drastic means.
6. You can surely RELY ON his expertise.
7. He most firmly OBJECTED TO sending UN troops to Somalia.
8. President Clinton may also think that it's time the USA APOLOGIZED FOR the
atrocious acts that were perpetrated/committed in the course of the Vietnamese
war.
9. He might even be able to say how many islands the Marshall group of islands
CONSISTS OF.
10. Whether he likes it or not, Saddam must COMPLY WITH the UN resolutions.
11. When we phoned her, she was very excited because she was PREPARING FOR
the afternoon performance.
12. BEWARE OF high-sounding enterprises promising several times as much interest
as that offered by banks.
13. Saddam Hussein will sooner be awarded the Nobel Prize for peace than I
will/should BEG you FOR money.
14. He is being CHARGED WITH selling diesel oil as petrol, isn't he?
15. ACCORDING TO psychologists, parents shouldn't PUNISH children FOR
breaking a plate or two, since these are unimportant things.
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PREPOSITIONS
VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
18. It's time to REMIND the minister OF the fact that the original meaning of the word
"minister" is "servant".
19. He has been LONGING FOR a trip to Rio for twenty years. Now that he has won
the jackpot, he could go at last, if his wife let him.
20. Is it possible to LIVE ON a glass of bio-water for a week?
21. You needn't have APPLIED FOR the job on the board of directors. It had been
decided before the competition who it would be given to.
22. Why should banks be BLAMED FOR inflation?
23. You could have received a grant from the foundation if you had ASKED /
APPLIED FOR it.
24. It's inconceivable that he can still DREAM OF winning the elections.
25. God forbid, should you find that poor scribbler WAITING FOR me there, tell him
I'm not going to give any more interviews today.
26. He is so fed up with advertisements that he is THINKING OF selling his TV set.
27. Now everybody has suddenly revealed how much they have been FIGHTING FOR
democracy since 1956.
28. When I glanced at him at one o'clock at night, he was ABSORBED IN VAT
invoices.
29. If I were you, I wouldn't be PROUD OF the role I played in the changes in the
political system.
30. I don't think she is CAPABLE OF jumping two triple jumps in the free programme.
31. Has he GOT USED TO not being able/allowed to take even a step without
bodyguards in the centre of Moscow?
32. The new director of the bank couldn't decide which mafia to be more AFRAID OF.
33. She was afraid that if her son were to be the coach of the national eleven, he would
be EXPOSED TO the attacks from the press.
34. The president of the football association was alleged to be SATISFIED WITH the
performance of the Hungarian team.
35. I'm fully AWARE OF the fact that what I have done is a crime ACCORDING TO
the Criminal Code.
36. I'm SICK AND TIRED OF the whole Szp family.
37. He was quite GOOD AT physical exercises but he was completely DENSE AT
biology.
38. She has been FRIGHTENED OF even the tiniest spider since she was bitten by one
when she was a child.
39. Anybody who crosses the border without authorization is LIABLE FOR
punishment.
40. ACCORDING TO his manager, her new record will be at least as big a hit as
Michael Jackson's latest album.
41. What a SHAMEFUL thought! I'm ASHAMED OF myself for you.
42. All his three sons were BROUGHT UP in Japan, so they are KEEN ON martial
arts.
43. Three years ago he was also believed to have got INVOLVED IN the corruption
scandal, like Craxi.
44. In the course of the last 40 years the Italian mafia has been extremely
SUCCESSFUL IN gaining more and more power in the state government.
45. The average Italian citizen is not RESPONSIBLE FOR anything that has happened
in his country since the Second World War.
46. He was ready for TAKING ON the Brazilians, he HAD THE GUTS TO do so.
47. If I have to choose between ghosts and dogs drinking whisky, I'd rather BELIEVE
IN the latter.
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PREPOSITIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
46. He was ready for TAKING ON the Brazilians, he HAD THE GUTS TO do so.
47. If I have to choose between ghosts and dogs drinking whisky, I'd rather BELIEVE
IN the latter.
48. Like his late father, he deals in faked pictures as well, doesn't he?
49. He shouldn't have been so CONFIDENT IN his victory, may be that is the very
reason why he lost.
50. I'm SUSPICIOUS OF the generosity he has shown me in recent years.
51. I'm terribly ANXIOUS FOR him. I should have heard him closing the garage door
behind the car long ago.
52. What is being said by the President now does not CORRESPOND WITH what he
said before the conference at all.
53. The story of Mogilniy's being blackmailed by the guy who helped him to escape
from the Soviet Union to Canada in 1989 is BASED ON his testimony.
54. At the last moment she REFUSED TO identify the man who had attacked her
sister, although she was the only witness.
55. Freddie Mercury SUFFERED FROM AIDS for years, and at the end of 1991 he
DIED OF it.
56. It only turned out at the police station that poor Liam Neeson had been
MISTAKEN by the police FOR a criminal wanted on the very first day he spent in
Hollywood.
PHRASAL VERBS
Kzp- s felsfok
Egsztse ki a megadott prepozcik egyikvel! (A megoldsokat lsd ksbb)
1. CALL
1. We had to call .. the wedding when we learned that the bride's father had died of
a heart-attack, (elhalaszt)
2. The situation calls .,.. action! (kvn, kvetel)
3. Old coins and banknotes will be called
by the Goverment, and new ones will be
made, (visszahv, bevon)
4. The strikers were called ...,.to start working again, (felszlt)
5. C a l l t h e pharmacy for some antifebrile on your way home, will you? (beugrik)
6. It's very impolite to call somebody
during the ZDF 8 o'clock news in Germany.
(telefonon felhv)
7. He'll die unless you call a doctor, (hvat)
8. Troops had to be called
to suppress the revolution in Rio Negro, (kirendel)
9. Not until he got married, was my son called ...... . (behvtk)
10. You know my address, you can call
me any time, (beugrik)
2. COME
1.
2.
3.
4.
(levlik)
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PREPOSITIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
3. GO
about, at, by, down, in for, off, off, on about, out, through
4. GET
away with, about, on, round, over, it over, through, up, in, down
1. How's your elder son getting QKl at his new school? Is he getting used to it?
(boldogul)
2. When ministers and politicians cheat, they always g e t i t . (megsszk)
3. The news of the director's resignation soon got .. .(elterjedt)
4. Liberty is a very cunning young lady. Though she is only three years old, she
knows exactly how to get....... her mother, (rvesz valamire)
5. Jane was his first love, and he loved her so much that he never got ... her.
(elfelejteni)
6. This candidate will never get
for his constituency, (megvlasztjk)
7. But for my friend's help, I would have failed the exam, I would never have got
(letenni)
8. If you have a toothache, you must go to the dentist, however much you're dreading
it. The sooner you get
, the better, (tljut rajta)
9. Who's getting the party for your birthday? (szervez)
10. She explained her depression with the fact that rainy weather always gets her
(letr)
5. GIVE
away, in, off, out, up, back, out, in, away, over
1. Mr. Pemble was a very generous man, a few years before his death he gave
his money, (elajndkoz)
190
all
PHRASAL VERBS
PREPOSITIONS
6. KEEP
7. LOOK
after, down on, for, in on, into, on, to, up, up, round
8. MAKE
do with, at, away with oneself, for, out, over, up, up, off, up for
PREPOSITIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
9. PUT
about, across, aside, down, down to, forward, in for, in, off, on
10. RUN
192
PHRASAL VERBS
PREPOSITIONS
11. SEE about, back, out, to, over, across, off, through, sy. through, sg. through
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
12. SET
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
back, in, off, off, out, out, up, up, on, down
13. TAKE
14. TURN
193
PREPOSITIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
15. CUT
across, off, it out, down, down, out, up, in, out for, into
1. If we cut
the field, we get to Avonlea half an hour earlier, (tvg,
keresztlmegy)
2. Daddy decided to cut
that old maple tree in the garden, (kivg)
3. He cut
all his rivals for Jane's affection, (kiszort versenytrsat)
4. Either we cut
our telephone bill or we go bust! (cskkent)
5. Cut.... the meat first and then chop the parsley finely, (felszel)
6. Don't cut
the conversation so rudely! (flbeszakt)
7. I would never make a good production manager, I'm not cut
this job. (val
valamire)
8. Accidents are often caused by drivers cutting
(elbevg)
9. Cut i t w i l l you? (fogd be a szd)
10. Cut my nails
, not my fingers! (levg)
16. BREAK down, into, off, up, up, through, with, out, off, out
1. Seeing how longingly the dog looked at her, she broke
a piece of chocolate and
gave it to him. (letr)
2. Benazir Bhutto ordered the police to break
the demonstration organized by her
own mother, (sztzz)
3. Negotiations between the Serbs and Muslims broke
in Geneva last week.
(sszeomlik)
4. When the person in question entered the room, John broke
(elhallgat)
5. Have you heard that burglars tried to break
Buckingham Palace and steal
Prince Charles' diamonds? (betr)
6. After thirty years of happy marriage I think Robert and Sylvia are breaking
(vlnak)
7. When did the thirty years' war break .... ? (kitr)
8. At last, after 40 days of torrential rain, Noah saw the sun breaking
the clouds.
(ttr, thatol)
9. It's high time for you to break
harmful habits like smoking, (felhagy vmivel)
10. When the Belgian prison wardens downed them, 39 prisoners broke ... . (kitr,
elszkik)
194
PREPOSITIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
l.off
2. for
3. in
4. on/upon
5. at
6. up
7. in
8. out
9. up
10. on
2. GOME
l.by
2. up
3. off
4. on
5. out
6. over
7. about
8. round
9. into
10. across
3. GO
l.by
2. down
3. in for
4. through
5. about
6. out
7. at
8. off
9. on about
10. off
4. GET
l.on
2. away with
3. about
4. round
5. over
6. in
7. through
8. itover
9. up
10. down
5. GIVE
l.away
2. away
3. back
4. in
5. off
6. out
7. out
8. over
9. up
10. in
6. KEEP
l.at
2. down
3. it up
4.5. off
6. out
7. on
8. up"
9. under
10. up
7. LOOK
l.for
2. up
3. up
4. after
5. to
6. round
7. down on
8. on
9. in on
10. into
8. MAKE
l.off
2. up
3. over
4. do with
5. out
6. at
7. up
8. away with
9. for
10. up for
9. PUT
10. RUN
l.up
2. across
3. to
4. into
5. away
6. off
7. in
8. on
9. over
10. out
11. SEE
Lover
2. about
3. through
4. to
5. across6. out
7. back
8. through
9. off
10. through
12. SET
l.on
2. in for
3. off
4. about
5. in
6. across
. 7. forward
8. aside
9. down to
10. down
l.down
2. in
3. off
4. back
5. out
6. off
7. up
8. on
9. up
10. out
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MIXED SENTENCES
13. TAKE
16. BREAK
l.to
2. in
3. out
4. off
5. after
6. in
7. off
8. back
9. apart
10. off
14. TURN
l.in
2. down
3. up
4. in
5. on
6. off
7. on
8. out
9. out
10. over
15. CUT
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
across
down
out
down
up
into
out for
in
out
off
l.off
2. up
3. down
4. off
5. into
6. up
7. out
8. through
9. with
10. out
MIXED SENTENCES
MIXED SENTENCES
19. Nem lehet, hogy ebben a szp hzban lakik, mert az autja mindig a msik utcban
parkol.
20. Mr t ve ebben a szp hzban lakott, amikor idekltztem.
Megoldsok
1. He lives in this nice house.
2. Is he still living in this nice house?
3. During the war he lived in this nice house.
4. He was living in this nice house when we first met.
5. Next year he will live in this nice house.
6. H will be living in this house when you see him next time.
7. He never lives in this nice house.
. 8. Has he ever lived in this nice house?
9. Yes, he has been living here for ages.
10. Since when has he been living here? Since 1968.
11. In 1998 he will have been living in this nice house for thirty years.
12. If he is rich, he will live in this nice house.
13. If he were rich, he would live in this nice house.
14. I would know him if he lived in this nice house.
15. If he had lived in. this nice house, he wouldn't have wanted to move to another
town.
16. He would have lived in this nice house if his aunt had allowed him to.
17. He should live in this nice house and then he could enjoy staying at home.
18. He may live in this nice house.
19. He can't be living in this nice house because his car is always parked in the other
street.
20. He had already been living in this nice house for five years when I moved here.
Pldamondatok
1. Levelez.
2. Gyakran r levelet.
3. pp most levelet r.
4. ppen megrt egy levelet.
5. Mg nem rt levelet.
6. Ritkn r levelet.
7. Tegnap egsz nap levelet rt.
8. Ha ideje lesz, rni fog.
9. Hazajve leveleket rt.
10. Mg a felesge fztt, levelet rt.
11. Holnap egsz nap levelet fog rni.
12. Amg be nem fejezte a munkt, nem rt egy levelet sem.
13. Bevsrls eltt rta a levelet / rni fog.
14. A mlt hten rt (levelet).
15. Mikor a bartja megjtt, ppen levelet rt / mr megrta a levelet.
16. Ha lett volna ideje, rt volna.
17. Mire anyja megjtt, mr megrta a leveleket.
18. Ha ideje lenne, rna.
19. Mg anyja takartott, levelet rt.
20. Mire visszajssz, mr megrja a leveleket.
21. Tegnap kt rakor levelet rt.
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MIXED SENTENCES
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
Megoldsok
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
He writes letters.
He often writes letters.
He is just writing some letters.
He has just written some letters.
He hasn't written any letters yet.
He rarely writes letters.
He was writing letters all day yesterday.
If he has time, he will write some letters.
After coming home he wrote some letters.
While his wife was cooking, he was writing some letters.
He will be writing letters all day tomorrow.
Until he had finished his work, he didn't write any letters.
He wrote/will write some letters before going to do the shopping.
Last week he wrote some letters.
When his friend came he was writing / he had written some letters.
If he had had time, he would have written some letters.
By the time his mother came home, he had written the letters. / He had written the
letters before his mother came home.
18. If he had time, he would write some letters.
19. While his mother is/was doing the flat, he is/was writing some letters.
20. By the time you come back he will have written the letters.
21. He was writing some letters at two o'clock yesterday.
22. He will be writing some letters at 3 o'clock tomorrow.
23. Until he has finished his work, he won't write any letters.
24. He has been writing letters since he came home.
25. He never writes letters.
26. He never wrote any letters.
27. He has never written any letters.
28. He has recently written some letters.
29. The other day he wrote some letters.
30. He has been writing letters for two hours.
31. He wrote some letters two minutes ago.
32. If he had had time, he would have written some letters.
33. When you come, he will be writing some letters.
198
MIXED SENTENCES
Kzp- s felsfok
1. Brcsak megkaptuk volna azokat a krdveket, amelyeket Japnban ksztettek az
letsznvonal alakulsrl a mlt vben!
2. Ha nem akarod elveszteni az llsodat, soha ne kritizld a fnkdet!
3. Ne felejtsd el odaadni az igazgatnak a tervrajzot, klnben leharapja a fejed.
4. Emlkezett, hogy tadta a fnke zenett a titkrnnek.
5. A rendrsg azzal vdolja, hogy felrobbantotta a replt, de tagadta, hogy a
repltr kzelben jrt volna azon az jszakn, amikor az eset trtnt.
6. "Kikptt nagyapja!" Ezt mondtk rla azok, akik mg sohasem tallkoztak a
csald tbbi tagjval.
7._ Kiprblhatta volna az j mosport, mieltt brmilyen vlemnyt mond rla.
8. Holnaputn ilyenkorra mr tllesznk a vizsgn, s lehet, hogy utna bulit
rendeznk a legkzelebbi tteremben.
9. A legutbbi vlasztsok ta rengeteg olyan vltozs trtnt az orszgban, amely
elrevetti a fejlds vrhat irnyt.
10. Az utbbi vekben egyre tbb vllalkozs indult be annak ksznheten, hogy
lehetv tettk az idegen tke beramlst az orszgba.
11. Majdnem olyan gazdag lehettem volna, mint az amerikai nagynnm, ha a lottn
ts tallatom lett volna.
12. Angliai kirndulsunk vgre minden kszpnznk elfogyott, a bankok pedig - ahol
hitelkrtyra pnzt vehettnk volna fel - sztrjk miatt zrva tartottak, ezrt
knytelenek voltunk stoppal hazatrni.
13. Annak ellenre, hogy a trsasgban senki sem figyelt a trtneteire, tovbbra is
csak magrl meslt.
14. Hazajtt anlkl, hogy megvizsgltatta volna magt, pedig Afrikban abban az
idben sokfle fertz betegsg terjedt el.
15. Kpzeld, imdja a csicss ruhkat, most is vett hrom vadonatjat, s mindig attl
tart, hogy nem tud lpst tartani a legjabb divattal.
16. Miutn Mary sszeveszett Joe-val, szttpte azt a fnykpet, amit kt vvel azeltt
ajndkozott neki a fi.
17. Tagadta, hogy a bulin teljesen rszegre itta magt, s gy vezette az autt.
18. Semmi rtelme, hogy tagadd a tetted, hiszen minden nyom hozzd vezet.
19. Inkbb replvel szeretnk Trkorszgba utazni, hiszen busszal rkkvalsgig
tart, mg odarek.
20. Gondolod, hogy megszokta mr a knai teleket? Biztosan, mivel hrom vig
dolgozott Knban, s eltte is, amikor mg itthon lt, knai tterembe jrt
vacsorzni hetente egyszer.
21. Kicserltetn a magnjt a boltban, de a bartai meg vannak gyzdve arrl, hogy
gysem fog sikerlni.
22. Mivel vek ta l Olaszorszgban, mindenki azt gondolta rla, hogy mr rg
bankszmlt nyittatott, de csaldst okozott, hogy mg mindig nem tette.
23. ppen akkor loptk el melllem a brndmet, amikor figyelmeztettem az
utasokat, hogy vigyzzanak a tskikra.
24. Mr. Bean nem szereti, ha rkig vrakoztatjk.
25. Nem trm, hogy ilyeneket mondj a bartomrl, amikor segtett neked a
legtbbet, amikor bajban voltl.
26. Vagy elmsz, vagy hvom a rendrsget, ha nem hallgatsz a szp szra!
27. Teljesen meggylltette magt azzal az egy mondattal, amit a sajt bartnjrl
mondott.
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MIXED SENTENCES
28. Meglehetsen htborzongat ltvnyt nyjtott, amint az ttest szln fekdt vres
testtel.
29. A bnyszok kt htig folytattk a sztrjkot, mg vgre a trgyalsok eredmnyre
vezettek.
30. Jv jniusra mr hrom ve lesz annak, hogy befejeztk a hz ptst.
31. Amikor kzpiskolba jrtam, tbb figyelmet kellett volna fordtanom az angol
tanulsra is, s mr akkor le tudtam volna tenni a kzpfok nyelvvizsgt.
32. 2000-re mr 22 ve lesz annak, hogy meghzasodtunk, s taln unokink is
lesznek.
33. Kzismert tny, hogy az alkoholizmus tern Magyarorszg vilgviszonylatban
elkel helyen ll.
34. Az alkohol rnak jelents emelse taln lehetne az egyik megelzsi md, de ez
egyedl nem elg a baj megoldsra.
35. A brsgon egyik tan sem mondott igazat, annak ellenre, hogy fel kellett
eskdnik a Biblira.
36. Ha netn mgis megrkezne az rtekezlet kezdetre, azonnal kldesd be a terembe.
37. Jobban szeretnm, ha John hrom v mlva inkbb Oxfordban tanulna, mint New
Yorkban, mivel engem is abba a vrosba fognak helyezni.
38. Ami engem illet, a kvetkez nyron inkbb Nmetorszgba mennk, mert az
USA-ban rossz tapasztalataim voltak a kzbiztonsgot illeten.
39. Azt mondjk rla, hogy valamikor kitnen tudott fzni, mert fiatal korban a vilg
klnbz szllodiban dolgozott mint szakcs, s ezalatt kitanulta a
konyhamvszet minden csnjt-bnjt.
40. Szndkban ll elkldeni a levelet, br meg van arrl gyzdve, hogy bartai
kzl nhnyan nem tartjk ezt j tletnek.
41. Tegnap megjavttatta volna a mr kt hete elromlott rdit, ha a testvre nem vitte
volna mr el a szervizbe kt nappal ezeltt.
42. Lehetsges, hogy holnap tallkozik az elnkkel, aki mr egy. hete szeretn
megismerni az j biztonsgi embert.
43. Az a testvre, aki Svjcban l, holnap lesz hrom hete, hogy megnslt volna, ha a
menyasszonya meg nem szkik a vlegny egyik bartjval.
44. Ha knnyen meg lehetett volna oldani a problmjt, biztos, hogy nem fordult
volna pszicholgushoz.
45. Lehetne annyi esze, hogy nem mutat rossz pldt a kisebbeknek.
46. Ha a cserp nem esett volna a fejre, biztos, hogy most a Kanri-szigeteken tlten
a nyarat azzal a bartnjvel, akivel azt a gynyr ruht varratta.
47. Taln szvesen eljnne a killtsra, ha rszletesebben rnnak rla az jsgok.
48. A tegnapi jsgban olvastam, hogy az a bntny, amit hrom vvel ezeltt kvettek
el, mg mindig feldertetlen.
49. A tanra nagyon csodlkozott, hogy mssal oldatta meg a feladatot, holott biztos
volt benne, hogy egyltaln nem volt nehz a kijellt feladat.
50. Mr nagyon vrom a tallkozst, mert azt rtad, hogy elhozod a lnyodat is, aki
kicsi kora ta gynyren tud zongorzni.
51. A levelet meg kellett kapnia, klnben nem tudta volna, hogy a sznhzi msort
ksbbre halasztottk.
52. Azt javasolta, hogy inkbb tterembe menjnk ahelyett, hogy az fztjt kelljen
megkstolnunk.
53. Meglehetsen j helyzetbe kerlt azltal, hogy a mlt hten sok pnzt nyert az
egyik szerencsejtkon.
54. Az zlet vezetje nem alkalmazta a jelltet, pedig az magas fok vgzettsggel
rendelkezett.
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55.
56.
57.
58.
Mirt gondolod, hogy biztos nem volt az az ember, aki a mlt hten kvetett?
A lnyok, akik mg tegnap itt voltak, mra valszn, hogy hazamentek.
A pnz, amit sikerlt thoznod a hatron, biztos, hogy hamis volt.
Ha a motorosok nem lltottk volna meg azt az autt, tbb embert is elgzolhatott
volna a vezet, mivel rszeg volt.
59. Brcsak elllna az es holnapra, mert meggrtk a lnyoknak, hogy a kertben
fogunk dolgozni.
60. Sem Max, sem David nem akarta, hogy tlevl nlkl hagyjk el az orszgot, mert
tudtk, biztos nem boldogulnak anlkl sehol sem.
61. Az a tanr, aki tudja, hogyan kell megszerettetni a dikokkal a klnbz
tantrgyakat, biztos, hogy npszer a nebulk kztt.
62. Az jsgcikk nem lehetett olyan rdekes, hogy egsz dlutn azt olvassa ahelyett,
hogy velem beszlgetett volna.
63. Szerintem egyikjknek sem kell itt maradni, ha nem akarnak.
64. Br j eredmnyt rt el a versenyen, nem volt elgedett magval, annl is kevsb,
mert biztos volt benne, hogy els helyezst fog elrni.
65. Nem lett volna szabad felvennie a telefont, hiszen sejtette, hogy a hv nem lehetett
ms, csak a zsarolja.
66. Amint belpett a szobba, rezte, hogy valaki biztosan volt ott, ugyanis idegen
parfm illata terjengett a levegben.
67. Ha netaln szksged lenne rm, csak szlj s n azonnal megyek.
68. Azt hiszem, mg nem tallkoztam olyan emberrel, akihez szvesen felesgl
mennk, br mr tbben megkrtk a kezem.
69. Nemrg jttem haza Thaifldrl, de azt hiszem, hogy oda minden krlmnyek
kztt legalbb mg egyszer vissza fogok menni.
70. Hiba figyelmeztettk a szomszdai, hogy javttassa meg a mosgpt, gy tnik,
mg mindig nem tett egy lpst sem annak rdekben, hogy ne ztassa el tbbet a
szomszdokat.
71. Az a clja, hogy minl jobban meggyzze hallgatit a fordts hasznossgrl, s
hogy megmutassa, milyen nagy sikerlmnyt nyjt nehz mondatok helyes
lefordtsa.
72. Az a pletyka terjeng rla, hogy fiatal korban igencsak gyakran nzett a pohr
fenekre, ezrt betegeskedik olyan sokat a mjval mostanban.
73. Ha netaln megrkezne az elads kezdetig, engedjtek meg neki, hogy
megkeressen a nztren.
74. Ha nem kelne ki a nvny, aminek a magjt elvetetted, j magokat kell rendelni a
katalgusbl.
75. A virgot, amit tavaly rendeltl, mg mindig nem kldtk meg, annak ellenre,
hogy mr hromszor is rtl nekik levelet.
76. Szerintem rltek volna a szleid, ha nem ppen ma este msz el abba a buliba,
ami a vros msik rszn van.
77. ppen a fordts kzepn jrtam, amikor eszembe jutott, hogy el kellett volna
mennem a fnykpszhez, hogy j fnykpet csinltassak a szemlyi
igazolvnyomba.
78. A srga Chevrolet a dombra akart felkapaszkodni, mikor a helikopterrl
sorozatlvst adtak le.
79. Azt hiszem, nem kellett volna meggrnie, hogy segteni fog, ha kptelen betartani
a szavt.
80. Hrom ven keresztl olyan kemnyen dolgozott, hogy a kvetkez vet
Kanadban tlthette, ahol klnbz technolgiai eljrsokat tanulmnyozott.
81. Ha mgis gy dntenl, hogy elfogadod az rajnlatomat, rtests minl elbb.
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82. Azt mondta, hogy hromszor ilyen gyorsan tudna futni, ha nem srlt volna meg a
legutbbi meccsen, amit a holland Ajax csapatval jtszottak.
83. Az desanyja azt zente, hogy msnap hrom krl felugrik hozz, s megmutatja,
hogyan kell kszteni a stemnyt.
84.'Az j kertsz azt javasolta, hogy a virgot hetente ktszer ntzzem s lehetleg
fellrl, de egy volt kollgm szerint elg a heti egy ntzs is.
85. Azltal, hogy feljelentette a szomszdjt, sajt maga kerlt bajba, mert kiderlt,
hogy volt az az ember, aki t httel azeltt kirabolta a Nemzeti Bankot kt
trsval.
86. Mr bnom, hogy nem fogadtuk el a knai zletfl ajnlatt, mert biztos, hogy nem
csapott volna be gy, mint ahogy ez a partnernk tette.
87. Mirt nem jelentettk mg be az j ingatlan vsrlst, ha mr fl ve a
tulajdonukban van?
88. Sokkal jobban tennd, ha nem holnap jnnl el, mert zleti trgyalsom lesz egy
fontos gyfllel, s nem szeretnk elmulasztani egy j zletet sem.
89. Jobban tetted volna, ha valaki mshoz msz frjhez, nem pedig egy ilyen alakhoz,
aki mg egy rntottt sem kpes sszetni, pedig annak idejn meggrte, hogy is
fog fzni a htvgeken, hogy te is tudj pihenni.
90. Felttlenl olvasd el azt az tiknyvet, amit tegnap dediklt az rja, mert nagyon
sok hasznos informcit tudhatsz meg Korerl, ahova az idn nyron kszlsz egy
hnapra.
91. Nagyon sajnlom, de azt kell mondanom, hogy a hrom hnap prbaid alatt
vgzett munkd azt mutatja, hogy nem igazn vagy alkalmas annak a feladatnak az
elvgzsre, amit rd bztunk.
92. A bartom azt krdezte, flrerakasson-e nekem is egy olyan szekrnyt, mint
amilyent vett egy httel azeltt.
93. Azt tudakolta, hogy elmehet-e a moziba, ha annak a nnek a fia hvja, akit nem
igazn kedvelek.
94. Mire a vendgek megrkeztek, elksztettk az ebdet, de a vilg minden kincsrt
sem mondtuk volna meg nekik, hogy hajnali t ta dolgozunk.
95. Mirt mondtad, hogy sem a barackot, sem az almt nem szereted, amikor mindenki
tudja, hogy lelkesen fogyasztod a gymlcst naponta akr hromszor is?
96. Amikor megszlalt az orgona a templomban, olyan htattal hallgatta, mintha soha
nem hallott volna ilyet.
97. Maryrl kiderlt, hogy nem gy vgzi a munkjt, ahogy a fnkei elvrjk tle,
ezrt valsznleg fizetsemelst sem fog kapni.
98. gy tnik, nem elg fradt ahhoz, hogy el tudjon aludni egy kis olvasgats nlkl.
99. Figyelmedbe ajnlom a legjabban megjelent francia nyelvknyvet, mert ahogy
bngsztem, egyre jobban meggyzdtem arrl, hogy ez a fajta tanknyv segt
legjobban a nyelv tanulsban s hasznlatban.
100. Nem kellett volna segtened neki, ha olyan durva volt, mieltt szksge volt rd. Tudom, de valaha j bartok voltunk, s mg mindig sok szp kzs emlknk
van.
101. Mirt pont azt a fekete ruht vetted fel, ami olyan rosszul ll neked, radsul
sovnyt is?
102. Azt krdezte, kpes leszek-e megoldani a feladatot, mivel t rn t hinyoztam, s
pont azokon az rkon tanultak a fgg beszdrl.
103. Mr legalbb ezerszer elmondtam, hogy rakj rendet a frdszobban frds utn,
mert ki nem llhatom, ha siklnom kell a kdat utnad.
104. Igazn befejezhetnd mr a feladatokat, nem lehetnek olyan nehezek, mint azok,
amiket a felvtelin kaptunk.
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105. Ha megnyrtad volna az lsvnyt, nem kellett volna megkrnem a sgoromat,
hogy megcsinlja.
106. Ltom, valjban fogalmad sincs, mirl lehetett sz azon az eladson, ami tegnap
dleltt volt a Kongresszusi Palotban.
107. Ha nem lett volna Tom, biztosan eltvedtnk volna, mivel egyiknk sem ismerte a
vidket olyan jl, mint .
108. A professzor azt krdezte, hogy mindenki megkapta-e a tteleket, amelyeket a
vizsgra meg kellett tanulniuk.
109. Amita megismertem t, nem tudok semmi msra gondolni, csak arra, hogy milyen
lesz az jabb tallkozs.
110. Mr megint piszkltad a magnmat? Azonnal csinltasd meg, vagy soha tbbet
nem engedem, hogy hozznylj!
111. Brcsak idben krtl volna segtsget tlem: tudtam volna segteni anlkl, hogy
brmilyen viszonzst vrtam volna rte.
112. Mennyi ideig tanultl angolul, mieltt Angliba mentl azzal az rzssel, hogy
minden krlmnyek kztt meg fogod tudni rtetni magad?
113. Brmilyen kemnyen is prblkozol, soha nem sikerl elrned a cljaidat, hacsak
nem tallod meg az illetkes szemlyeket.
Megoldsok
1. I wish we had been given copies of questionnaires made in Japan last year on
changes in living standards.
2. If you don't want to lose your job, never find fault with your boss.
3. Remember to give the draft to the director, or else he will snap your head off.
4. He remembered passing on his boss's message to the secretary.
5. The police are accusing him of exploding the airplane/aeroplane but he has denied
having been near the airport on the night of the event.
6. "The spitting image of his grandfather!" That's what people who had never met the
other members of the family said about him.
7. She should have tried the new detergent before giving any opinion on i t
8. By this time the day after tomorrow we shall have been over the exam and we may
organise a party afterwards in the nearest restaurant.
9. Since the last general elections a large number of changes have taken place in the
country indicating what trend of development we can expect.
10. More and more enterprises have been started up during the recent years due to the
fact that the inflow of foreign capital into the country has been facilitated (or:
rendered possible).
11. I might have been almost as rich as my aunt living in the USA if I had hit all the
five numbers in the lottery.
12. By the end of our excursion to England we had run out of all our cash and the
banks, where we could have drawn some money using our credit cards, were closed
due to a strike. That's why we had no choice but to come home hitch-hiking.
13. In spite of the fact that none of those present was listening to his stories in the
company, he went on speaking only about himself.
14. He returned home without having himself examined, although there were a lot of
contagious diseases spreading in Africa at that time.
15. Just imagine, she loves flashy clothes. She has just bought three brand new dresses
again, and she is always afraid of not being able to keep up with the latest fashion.
16. Mary, having fallen out with Joe, tore the photo the boy had given her two years
before into shreds.
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17. He denied that he had been dead drunk at the party or that he had driven the car in
that condition.
18. It's no use denying what you've done since all the traces lead to you.
19. I'd rather travel to Turkey by plane since it takes ages to get there by bus.
20. Do you think he has already got used to Chinese food? Sure, because he worked in
China for three years and even before that, when he was still living at home, he
used to have dinner in a Chinese restaurant every week.
21. He would like to have his tape-recorder exchanged in the shop but his friends are
by no means convinced that he will succeed.
22. Having lived in Italy for years, he was thought to have opened a bank account long
before, but he disappointed everybody by not having done it yet.
23. My suitcase was just being stolen from my side when I was warning the passengers
to keep an eye on their bags.
24. Mr. Bean doesn't like being kept waiting for hours.
25. I won't let you say things like that about my friend, who gave you the most help
when you were in trouble.
26. Either you leave or I will call for the police, if you won't listen to reason!
27. He made everybody hate him with the one sentence he had said about his own girl
friend.
28. He presented rather a spine-chilling sight, lying on the road side, his body covered
in blood.
29. The miners went on striking for two more weeks until negotiations were at last
successful.
30. In June next year it will be three years since we finished building our house.
31. When I was a grammar-school pupil I should have paid more attention to studying
English, too, and I would already have passed the intermediate-level State Exam
then.
32. By 2000 we shall have been married for twenty-two years, and we may have
grandchildren as well.
33. It's common knowledge that Hungary has a distinguished position on a world scale
in the field of alcohol consumption.
34. A significant rise in the price of alcoholic drinks might be one preventative
measure, however, it isn't enough in itself to solve the trouble.
35. None of the witnesses told the truth in court, despite their being obliged to take the'
oaths on the Bible.
36. Anyway, if he should arrive by the beginning of the meeting, get him sent into the
room immediately.
37. I would prefer John to study in Oxford rather than in New York in three years' time,
since I, too, will be transferred to that city.
38. As for me, I would rather go to Germany next summer because I had some bad
experiences with crime in the USA.
39. He is said to have been able to cook excellent dishes, because he worked as a cook
in different hotels all over the world when he was young, during which he learned
all the ins and outs of the art of cooking.
40. He intends to send the letter, although he is convinced that some of his friends don't
think it's a good idea.
41. He would have had the radio that went wrong two weeks ago repaired yesterday if
his brother hadn't taken it to the repair shop two days ago.
42. Tomorrow he may meet the President, who has wanted to get to know the new
security guard for as long as a week.
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43. His brother who lives in Switzerland would have been married for three weeks
tomorrow if his fiancee hadn't eloped with a friend of his.
44. Had it been easy to solve his problem, he certainly wouldn't have consulted a
psychologist.
45. You'd think he could have more sense than to give a bad example to younger
children.
46. Had the tile not fallen on her head, she would certainly be spending the summer on
the Canary Islands with the friend of hers who(m) she got to sew that beautiful
dress.
47. He might be glad to come to the exhibition if the newspapers wrote about it in
more detail.
48. I read in yesterday's newspaper that the case of the crime committed three years ago
still hasn't been solved.
49. His teacher was surprised at his getting someone else to solve the task, although he
was sure that the task he had set was not difficult at all.
50. I'm looking forward to meeting you, because you wrote that you would bring your
daughter with you, who has been able to play the violin beautifully since she was a
child.
51. He must have received the letter, otherwise he wouldn't have known that the theatre
performance had been postponed to a later date.
52. He suggested going to a restaurant instead of having to taste her cooking.
53. He became fairly well-off after having won a lot of money by gambling last week.
54. The shopkeeper didn't offer the applicant a job in spite of his high qualifications.
55. What makes you think that he can't have been the man who followed you last
week?
56. The girls, who were still here yesterday, are likely to have gone home by today.
57. The money you managed to bring across the border must have been counterfeit.
58. If that car hadn't been stopped by motorists, it is possible that the driver would have
run over even more people, since he was drunk.
59. I wish it would stop raining by tomorrow, because we have promised the girls that
we would work in the garden.
60. Neither Max nor David wanted them to leave the country without a passport as they
knew they wouldn't be able to manage without it anywhere.
61. Teachers who know how to make pupils like various subjects must be popular with
them.
62. The article can't have been so interesting that he would read it all afternoon instead
of talking to me.
63. I don't think any of them needs to stay here if they don't want to.
64. Although he achieved good results in the competition, he wasn't satisfied with
himself even less so since he had been confident of winning the gold medal.
65. She shouldn't have answered the phone since she suspected that the caller could
only have been her blackmailer.
66. On entering the room, he smelt that someone must have been there as there was the
scent of a strange perfume in the air.
67. Should you happen to need me, just call me and I will come to you at once.
68. I don't think I've ever met a man I would like to marry, although I have already
been proposed to by several gentlemen.
69. I have recently returned from Thailand but I think I will certainly go back there at
least once.
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70. It was in vain that his neighbours warned him to have his washing machine
repaired; he doesn't seem to have done anything to avoid soaking the neighbours
again.
71. As far as possible, he aims to convince his students how useful translating is and to
show what a great sense of achievement the correct translation of difficult
sentences offers.
72.. He is rumoured to have drunk bottles of spirits in his youth, that's why he is having
so much trouble with his liver now.
73. Should he arrive before the performance starts, let him try to find me in the
audience.
74. If the plants don't come up from the seeds you've just sown, new seeds will have to
be ordered from the catalogue.
75. They still haven't sent the flower you ordered last year, in spite of you having
written as many as three letters to them.
76. I think your parents would have been glad if you didn't go to the party at the other
end of town just tonight.
77. I was just in the middle of my translation when it occurred to me that I should have
gone to the photographer's to have a new photo taken for my identity card.
78. The yellow Chevrolet was just about to climb up to the hill when a hail of bullets
was shot from the helicopter.
79. I think he shouldn't have promised to help me if he is unable to keep his word.
80. For three years he worked so hard that he was able to spend the next year in
Canada, where he studied different technological procedures.
81. Should you decide to accept my estimate, inform me as soon as possible.
82. He said he could have run three times as quickly as that if he hadn't got injured
during the last match they played against the Dutch team called Ajax.
83. Her mother sent her a message saying that she would drop in on her at about three
o'clock the next day and that she would show her how to make the cake.
84. The new gardener suggested that I should water the plant twice a week and if
possible from above but according to an ex-colleague of mine watering it once a
week is also sufficient.
85. By having reported his neighbour to the police he himself got into trouble, because
it turned out that he was the man who had robbed the National Bank with two
accomplices five weeks before.
86. Now I regret not having accepted the offer of our Chinese partner, since he couldn't
possibly have cheated us as much as this partner of ours has done.
87. Why hasn't the purchase of the new property been reported yet if it has been in their
possession for half a year?
88. You had much better not come tomorrow because I'm going to have a business
negotiation with an important client and I wouldn't like to miss any good business.
89. You should have married someone else instead of a guy who can't even cook
scrambled eggs, although he promised that he, too, would cook at the week-ends so
that you could also have a rest.
90. You must read the guide-book, which was signed yesterday by its author; you can
learn a lot of useful information from it about Corea, where you are spending a
month this summer.
91. I'm awfully sorry but I must say that the work you've performed during the three
months' probation term indicates that you're not really suitable for carrying out the
task we commissioned you to do.
92. My friend asked me whether he should have a cupboard reserved for me, too, the
same kind as the one he had bought a week before.
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93. She inquired whether she could go to the cinema if the son of the woman I don't
really like invited her.
94. By the time the guests arrived we had prepared lunch but we wouldn't have told
them that we had been working since five in the morning for all the tea in China.
95. Why did you say that you don't like either peaches or apples when everybody
knows that you like to eat fruit even as many as three times a day?
96. On hearing the organ in the church, she listened to it with such fascinated rapture as
if she had never heard anything like it before.
97. Mary turned out not to be doing her work in the way her bosses expect of her, that's
why she isn't even likely to get a pay-rise.
98. He doesn't seem to be tired enough to be able to fall asleep without doing some
reading first.
99. I'd like to call your attention to the most recently published French course-book,
because when I was browsing it through I became more and more convinced that
this type of course-book is the most helpful for language learning and language use.
100. You shouldn't have helped her if she was so rude before she needed your help. - I
know but we used to be very good friends and we still share a lot of nice memories.
101. Why have you put on the very dress that suits you so badly and to make matters
worse, makes you look thinner?
102. She asked whether I would be able to do the exercises as I had been absent from
five lessons and they had been learning about reported speech in those very lessons.
103. I have told you at least a thousand times to clean the bathroom after having a bath
because I can't stand having to scrub the bath tub after you leave it.
104. You really could finish the exercises by now, they can't be as difficult as the ones
we had in the entrance exam.
105. If you had pruned the hedge, I wouldn't have had to get my brother-in-law to do it.
106. I can see you really have no idea about what could have been said at the lecture that
was held yesterday in the Palace of Congress!
107. But for Tom, we would have surely got lost, since none of us knew the area as well
as he did.
108. The professor asked whether everybody had been given the topics that they were to
learn for the exam.
109. Since I got to know him I haven't been able to think of anything else than what our
next meeting is going to be like.
110. Have you been tampering with my cassette-recorder again? Get it repaired
immediately or else I won't let you touch it again.
111. I wish you had asked me for help in time. I could have helped you without
expecting anything in return.
112. How long had you been learning English before you went to England with the
feeling that you would be able to make yourself understood in any circumstances?
113. However hard you may try, you will never succeed in getting what you want unless
you can find the responsible persons.
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