- •1. Point out two-member sentences (say whether they are complete or elliptical) and one-member sentences.
- •2. Point out the subject and say by what it is expressed. Translate.
- •3. State the nature of it. Translate.
- •4. Point out the predicate and say to what type it belongs.
- •5. Point out the subject and the predicate.
- •6. Explain why the predicate — verb is used in the singular or in the plural.
- •7. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
- •8. Point out the kind of object and say by what it is expressed.
- •9. Point out/the attribute and say by what it is expressed,
- •10. Point out the kind of adverbial modifier, and state by what it is expressed'.
- •11. Point out all the independent elements and say by what they are expressed.
- •12. Point out the coordinate clauses (mark the elliptical ones) and comment on the way they are joined.
- •13. Define the kinds of subordinate clauses (subject, object and predicative clauses).
- •14. Define the kinds of subordinate clauses (subject, object and predicative clauses). Translate into Ukrainian.
- •15. Insert who, whom, that, which, as.
- •16. Define the nature of adverbial clauses. Translate.
- •17. Define the kinds of clauses introduced by that.
- •18. Analyze the following sentences.
5. 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). 7. Thereafter I read everything on the subject. I came to know many Negroes, men and women. (Buck) 8. Elaine, this ill-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. (Suck)
Subject – Predicate agreement
6. Explain why the predicate — verb is used in the singular or in the plural.
I. The family were still at table, but they had finished breakfast. (Twain) 2. There was a crowd of soldiers along the fence in the infield. (Hemingway) 3. .. the band was stopped, the crowd were partially quieted, and Horatio Firkin, Esquire, was permitted to proceed. (Dickens) 4. Down by the Embankment. a band of unemployed were trailing dismally with money-boxes. (Galsworthy) 5. The multitude have something else to-do than to read hearts and interpret dark sayings. (Ch. Bronte) 6. The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London were received by the chief butler. (Dickens) 7. There was a dreaminess, a preoccupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand. (Hardy) 8. The company are cool and calm. (Dickens) 9. As of old, nineteen hours of labour a day was all too little to suit him. (London) 10. There were still two hours of daylight before them. (Aldington) 11. At last they came into a maze of dust, where a quantity of people were tumbling over one another... (Dickens) 12. Tom's whole class were of a pattern-restless, noisy and troublesome. (Twain) 13. A group of men were standing guarded by carabinieri. (Hemingway) 14. The loving couple were no longer happy. (Reade)