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Exercise 15. Choose the correct word.

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   Mary (to refuse, to give up) to follow her friend's advice to buy this pic­ture. 2. I hope he (to refuse, to give up) his bad habits.⁹³ 3. I’m happy to hear that they have already (to get married, to marry). 4. Whom she (to get married, to marry) Peter or John? 5. They (to get married, to be married) for 5 years. 6. She (to make up her mind, to change her mind) to buy a new house in the country. 7. Could she (to make up her mind, to change her mind) to leave for St. Petersburg? She has promised me to stay here for another month. 8. 1 think you should (to encourage, to discourage) your son to take up literature. He has always been so much interested in it. 9. Why she (to encourage, to discourage) her son from marrying Jane? She is such a lovely and clever girl.
   

Exercise 16. Use the appropriate form of the infinitive given in brackets.

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   He should (to borrow) the book from the library yesterday when he was there. 2. He couldn’t (to change) his mind. He promised me long ago to do this job. 3. He might (to go) into politics. He was always interested in history and foreign languages. 4. He may (to be) a promising boy who was good at drawing at school. But he never became a painter. 5. He must (to tell) the young artist that he did not like his paintings. 6. You needn’t (to examine) those facts so care­fully. We have already done that. 7. He shouldn't (to feel) so independent of his parents. He is still a student. 8. We needn't (to worry). We managed to complete the work in time. 9. She should (to visit) her friend long ago. 10. Could Peter (to agree) with them? He never shared their opinion.
   

Exercise 17. Make up twelve questions based on the text ‘Mendoza Sells Himself’ and answer them.
Exercise 18. Insert prepositions or adverbs.
I called on Dirk Stroeve as soon as I arrived ... Paris. His wife was a nice woman, she did not see that her husband had no talent ... painting. ... the con­trary she thought highly ... his works. I looked ... his pictures. They were the same false⁹⁴ sweet things he did years ago ... Rome. I did not want to discour­age him ... art but 1 was sure he should not have become a painter.
Yet nobody was more honest⁹⁵ and sincere⁹⁶ than Dirk Stroeve. He had an excellent understanding ... art. He was always quick to discover a talent.
To go ... him ... a picture gallery was a real pleasure. He understood both old masters and modern ones. He never failed to congratulate a painter ... a talent­ed picture. For me his advice was always important.
It turned out that Dirk had met Strickland who like many others came ... his studio to borrow ... him. To my great surprise he thought Strickland was a good artist. “It can’t be the same man,” I exclaimed. “An Englishman, who gave ... his family to paint... Paris?” “That’s it,” Dirk answered, “I tell you he is a great artist.... a hundred years if you and I are remembered al all it will be because we knew Charles Strickland.”
“Is he having any success?” I asked. "Can 1 see his works?” “No, he is no success at all and he won’t show his pictures ... anybody. But I've seen them. I know he is a great artist. People laughed at Manet.⁹⁷ Corot⁹⁸ never sold a pic­ture ... his life. Fame⁹⁹ came to them only after death.
... the conversation I made ... my mind to go ... Strickland’s studio to see for myself.
(After “The Moon and Sixpence" by S. Maugham)