UNIT SIX Ex. I, p. 193 P a t t e r n 1:1. You needn 't have answered this question. It was not meant for
you. 2. He needn't have spoken so long, it bored everybody. 3. She needn't have got
excited over a little thing like that. 4. Need you have bothered such a busy man with
this unimportant question? 5. Why have you come to meet me? You needn't have
bothered.
Ex. II, p. 193 (possible variants) P a t t e r n 2:1. Today she has been answering her task even better than usual. 2. Are
you ill? You are looking paler than usual. 3. The way to his office seemed to him on
that day longer than usual. 4. He was in love, and the sun seemed to shine brighter
than usual. 5. He is here already, he has come earlier than usual. 6. The soup tastes
even better/worse than usual. 7. Unfortunately today I'll return later than usual.
P a t t e r n 3:1. She addressed us angrily in that harsh voice/ tone of hers. 2. Did
you happen to see that charming fiance of Miranda's? 3. I didn't want to come up to
you because you were so busy speaking to that dear old mother of yours. 4. I don't
like the way she treats that miserable dog of hers. 5. I wish I knew how I should
bring up/how to bring up this dear little son of mine. 6. No one any longer believes
those tales of his. 7. If I were you, I should throw away these old shoes of yours. 8.
Who could have done such a thing but that good-for-nothing cousin of yours? 9. I
have heard a lot about that latest blockbuster of Stephen Spielberg's.
Ex. Ill, p. 193 1.
You needn't have come here so early. No one has arrived yet. 2. Because of/on
account of those tight shoes of hers she was hardly able to walk. We got to the bus
stop later than usual and to be sure/and of course, the bus had already gone. 3. That
day/On that day Judy was ill and feeling more miserable than usual. She didn't
believe her eyes when she was brought a large box full of rose-buds — a gift from
that mysterious guardian of hers.