Exercise 11. Point out the subjective and the objective predicative and say by what part of speech it is expressed.

1. How do you feel? (Hemingway) 2. The half hour he had with her... left him supremely happy and supremely satisfied with life. (London) 3. How to be shown things and make appropriate comments seems to be an art in itself. (Leacock) 4. She had her arms about him, murmuring his name in a pleading question, but he held her away from him. (Wilson) 5. From behind the verandah she heard these words: "I don't, Annette." Did father know that he called her mother Annette? (Galsworthy) 6. He did not grow vexed; though I continued icy and silent. (Ch. Bronte) 7. John Ferrier felt a different man now. (Conan Doyle) 8. I would suggest that in the meantime we remain perfectly quiet and keep these matters secret even from Oliver himself. (Dickens) 9. He [Harper Steger] was not poor. He had not even been born poor. (Dreiser) 10. Gilt held him immobile for only an instant... (Wilson) 11. As a gesture of proud defiance he had named his son Francis Nicholas. (Cronin)

Exercise 12. Translate into English, using a compound nominal predicate.

1. Музыка звучала чудесно. 2. Этот цветок хорошо пахнет. 3. Ваши слова звучат странно. 4. Этот огурец горький на вкус. 5. Бифштекс хорошо пахнет. 6. Эта материя груба на ощупь. 7. Вода в этой местности плоха на вкус. 8. Эта нота звучит резко. 9. Я чувствую себя плохо. 10. Она выглядит хорошо. 11. Она чувствует себя хорошо. 12. Она только кажется хорошей. 13. Пирожное хорошее на вид. 14. Свисток прозвучал пронзительно. 15. Эти розы пахнут упоительно.

Exercise 13. Point out the predicate and say to what type it belongs. Translate into Russian.

1. "It's no use," she said quietly. "I am bound to Morris." (Prichard) 2. Her feet were never bound as the Chinese then bound the feet of their girls. (Buck) 3. "I don't want to tell you," said Galahad. "But you are bound to have it." (Erskine) 4. "You are not bound to answer that question," he said to Rachel. (Collins) 5. One of them was later sent to board in a missionary school and she was compelled to lose the foot bandages. (Buck) 6. When she was sixteen she was a beauty. As the result she was compelled to go to the Emperor's palace. (Buck) 7. I was compelled to idleness. I had to listen to her long monologues on the Japanese. (Buck) 8. My mother was plainly fading. I was increasingly anxious about her. (Buck) 9. We were anxious to cooperate. 10. My father gave it to my mother. It is the only possession I was able to save. (Douglas)

Exercise 14. Point out the subject and the predicate.

1. On her going to his house to thank him, he happened to see her through a window. (Dickens) 2. To describe one's character is difficult and not necessarily illuminating. (Murdoch) 3. The three on the sofa rise and chat with Hawkins. (Shaw) 4. Nothing seemed to matter. (London) 5. To be wanted is always good. (Stone) 6. Seeing you there will open up a new world. (Murdoch)!. Thereafter I read everything on the subject. I came to know many Negroes, men and women. (Buck) 8. Elaine, this Jll-advised behaviour of yours is beginning to have results. (Erskine) 9. Presently all, was silent. They must have gone through the service doors into the kitchen quarters. (Du Maurier) 10. The citizens of occupied countries were to be subjugated individually. (Wescoit) 11. It was all wrong this situation. It ought not to be happening at all. (Du Maurier) 12. My way is not theirs, it is no use trying to run away from them. (Lindsay) 13. No one got the better of her, never, never. (Du Maurier) 14. Lewisham stopped dead at the corner, staring in blank astonishment after these two figures. (Wells) 15.... We and all the people have been waiting patient for many an hour. (Jerome K. Jerome) 16, One cannot help admiring the fellow. (Dickens) 17. Then he [Tom] gave a low distinct whistle. It was answered from under the bluff. (Twain) 18. The girl [Aileen] was really beautiful and much above the average intelligence and force. (Dreiser) 19. This religion did give promise of creating a new society. There all men could be equally valuable as human beings. (Buck) 20. We must begin here and now to show. Thus we might prove our difference from those white men. (Buck)