Variant 2. Word Order (wo)

1. Find in the sentences below: a) emphatic topic

b) contrastive topic

1. Willingly he will never do it.

2. His face I’m not fond of but his character.

3. Mary her name was.

2. State whether there is: a) an inversion

b) a direct WO

c) a partial inversion

1. Had he gone to her aid he would only have got himself caught.

2. Did you take your car in for a service?

3. Now was the moment to act.

4. Thus had she sinned in all things – in living and in dying.

5. Bet it so!

6. He didn’t see her yesterday. – Neither did I.

7. I hear them speak.

The Simple Sentence

3. Analyze the structure of the simple sentence: a) one-member

b) two-member complete

c) two-member; elliptical

1. Low tide, dusty water.

2. Not bad.

3. To think of that.

4. I haven’t seen them yet.

5. What a cold day.

6. If not today, then tomorrow he is sure to arrive.

7. The street noises died down at last.

8. Our friendship was forged in the fire of war.

9. A small but cozy room.

10. All settled.

d) extended e) unextended

1. The sea was stormy.

2. The children have come.

3. The wind drove the snow over the hills.

4. The sun rose.

5. She brought me a bunch of flowers.

4. Analyze the sentences according to its communicative type.

a) declarative b) interrogative c) imperative e) exclamatory

1. Let’s begin our exam.

2. What mistakes you make.

3. Don’t be late.

4. The book has been translated into English.

5. Will the meeting start at 5 or at 6?

The Principal Parts of the Sentence

5. Find the subject of the sentence and define what it is expressed by:

a) a noun (phrase)

b) a pronoun

c) a substantivized adj. (participle, complex)

d) a numeral (phrase)

e) an infinitive (complex)

f) a gerund (complex)

g) a word group

h) a clause

1. The wounded were taken care of.

2. The «No» was stronger than her crying.

3. For a woman to look at her best is a point of discipline.

4. «Don’t-touch-me» was her ordinary manner of behaviour.

5. How to do it is a difficult question.

6. Your having missed the train is no excuse.

7. There lived an old man in that house.

8. These three deemed themselves the queens of the school.

9. The noise kept him awake.

10. That he was doing something unusual was greatly strange.

6. Use introductory: a) there b) it

1. Is … any more soup?

2. … was pretty early when we left home.

3. … lived wild people.

4. … was he who discovered this place.

5. … aren’t many mistakes in your test.

The Secondary Parts of the Sentence

7. State what the underlined word is:

a) an object (direct, indirect, cognate, prepositional)

b) an attribute (loose, close apposition)

c) an adverbial modifier (of time, place, condition, concession, manner, reason, cause, attendant circumstances, degree, etc.)

1. What book have you chosen?

2. To which of these two persons did you give my message?

3. He slept a long sleep.

4. The grass was glittering with dew.

5. We enjoyed climbing up the mountains at noon.

6. The student said that he had missed his lessons because of a good reason – an excuse which the dean accepted.

7. He lay down to rest.

8. They went forward under a heavy rain.

9. I entirely agree with you.

10. He offered him their help.