- •1. Point out the main and the secondary parts of the sentence and name them:
- •2. Underline verbal predicates with one line and nominal predicates with two lines.
- •3. Point out direct, indirect, and prepositional objects and say what they are expressed by.
- •4. Point out the objects and say what kind they are:
- •5. Copy the following sentences putting the direct and the indirect objects in their proper place; insert to or for wherever necessary:
- •6. Point out the attribute and say what it is expressed by.
- •10. Put the adverbs of indefinite time in their proper places.
- •7. Point out adverbial modifiers of time, place, and manner and say what they are expressed by.
- •8. Put the adverbial modifiers in their proper places.
- •9. Put the adverbs given in brackets in their proper places.
- •11. Put the adverbs given in brackets in their proper places.
- •12. Put the adverbs in brackets in their proper places:
- •13. Put the adverbs given in brackets in their proper place:
- •14. Put very much in its proper place.
- •15. Paraphrase the sentences using too or enough:
- •16. Make up sentences using the following words:
- •17. Choose an adjective to form a nominal predicate and an adverb to modify a verbal predicate.
- •18. Choose the proper word from brackets and say in which of the sentences look is a link-verb:
- •19. Put general questions to the following statements:
- •20. Put disjunctive questions to the following statements:
- •21. Change the following sentences into disjunctive questions:
- •22. Change the following general questions into disjunctive ones:
- •23. Put general and alternative questions to the following statements:
- •24. Make up imperative sentences.
- •25. Make up negative imperative sentences:
- •26. Make up questions to which the words in bold type are answers:
- •27. Form all possible questions to the following sentences:
- •28. Complete the following sentences translating what is given in brackets:
- •29. Use an indefinite article in the following exclamatory sentences where necessary:
- •30. Fill in the blanks with it is or there is:
- •31. Fill in the blanks with there is or it is:
- •32. Fill in the blanks with there or it:
15. Paraphrase the sentences using too or enough:
M o d e l s : It was so cold (that) we couldn't go out.
It was too cold (for us) to go out.
She is clever, and can understand everything.
She is clever enough to understand everything.
1. She knows English well and can talk to a foreigner. 2. The passage is so difficult that you can't translate it without a dictionary. 3. He has grown so fat he can't tie up his own shoes. 4. He was so thirsty he could drink a well dry. 5. You're so young that you don't know such things yet. 6. I know him well and I trust him. 7. The work is so difficult we can't fulfil it in a fortnight. 8. It's very late, you can't go for a walk. 9. He is not clever, and he won't understand your joke. 10. She is so kind, she can't be angry with anybody.
16. Make up sentences using the following words:
1. Give, paper, a piece, of, me, a pencil, and. 2. Week, Mr. Barnett, new, brings, Mary, and, books, magazines, every. 3. Tall, General Henderson, with, hair, a man, white, was. 4. Was putting on, gloves, her, in, Nancy, a way, slow. 5. Show, can, I, something, you, interesting. 6. Good, English, some, have, I, books. 7. Them, can, I, bring, to, the Institute, you, to. 8. Cold, a night, January, was, it. 9. Long, can't, we, stay, here. 10. In, coffee, the morning, I, like. 11. at once, can, all, we, questions, your, answer. 12. autumn, prefer, I, in, holiday, to have, a. 13. comes, late, my, often, elder, home, brother. 14. is, lawn, there, a, house, our, in front of. 15. telegram, her, to, a, send, he, must. 16. advice, always, she, very, good, gives, me. 17. they, mistakes, a lot of, make, spelling. 18. pronunciation, has, she, got, not, mistakes, any, in. 19. every, day, first-year, must, students, work, laboratory, at, the. 20. our, great, is, a, in, country, holiday, May, of, ninth, the.
17. Choose an adjective to form a nominal predicate and an adverb to modify a verbal predicate.
M o d e l s : It is clear.
I see it clearly.
1. It is (correct, correctly). 2. Spell the word (correct, correctly). 3. You know it (good, well). 4. Of course it is (good, well). 5. It is (cold, coldly) in the room. 6. Don't look so (cold, coldly) at me. 7. It is (easy, easily). 8. I can do it (easy, easily). 9. It is (warm, warmly) today. 10. He always greets us (warm, warmly).
18. Choose the proper word from brackets and say in which of the sentences look is a link-verb:
1. She looks (nice, nicely) in her new hat. 2. She looked (pleasant, pleasantly) and made everybody feel at ease. 3. She looked (pleasant, pleasantly) at the little boy. 4. Father looked (stern, sternly) at me and I felt unhappy. 5. The girl looked (happy, happily) at her father, but the father looked (angry, angrily). 6. The woman looked (helpless, helplessly). 7. The woman looked (helpless, helplessly) about. 8. What's the matter with you? You look so (sad, sadly). 9. She looked (sad, sadly) at me and turned away. 10. Everything is all right with the little girl; she looks (gay, gaily) and (cheerful, cheerfully) again.