Языковая деятельность

32 3. a) I live by myself because I like living on my own. b) Do you like my jumper? I made it myself. 4. a) My wife was talking to her. b) My wife was talking to herself. 5. a) I spoke to the director himself. b) I spoke to the director myself. 6. a) I trust my children. They can look after themselves. b) They look after each other well. 7. a) He amused himself a lot at the party. b) He amused everyone a lot at the party. 8. a) I sat down on an empty chair. b) I sat myself down with difficulty. 9. a) The settlers built themselves new houses. b) The settlers built the new houses themselves. 10. Everything had arranged itself admirably. 11. The man opened the door and found himself facing a stranger. 12. Would you mind keeping your opinion to yourself? 13. He was in a worse position than we ourselves. 14. There were several miserable-looking children beside her . Exercise 2. Put in a suitable reflexive pronoun. Translate the resulting sentences. 1. No one is going to help us, so we’ll have to do it ___ . 2. Veronica always cuts her hair ___, and it always looks great. 3. Robert ___ is quite friendly, but the rest of his family are very cold. 4. Did you know that the Morrises built their house ___ ? 5. I don’t trust anyone else to do my accounts, I always do them ___ . 6. I got to see the gardens, but the palace ___ was closed. 7. I enjoyed ___ very much at the party. 8. I see you’ve cut ___ again. Won’t you ever learn how to shave? 9. How did Tom dry ___ ? – He used your towel. 10. She has no reason to blame ___ for what has happened. 11. “One prides ___ on one’s patience”, the boss said in his usual pompous tone. 12. Our new neighbours knocked at the door and introduced ___ . 13. Bill had to absent ___ from work when his baby was born. 14. She prides ___ on her ability to judge people’s characters. 15. I tried to make___ agreeable. 16. He thinks too much of _...