- •Seminar 5
- •Verb and its non-finite forms (verbids)
- •Get ready to answer the questions below.
- •2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
- •4. State the difference between the marked verbs in the following sentences and identify the subclasses the verbs belong to.
- •5. Group the verbs below into actional and statal. Explain your decisions.
- •6. Give contexts to illustrate their complementive and uncomplimentive usage.
- •7. А) Compare the usage of gerunds and infinitives in the sentences below and explain their semantic differences.
- •Seminar 6
- •Verbal categories
- •8. A) Read the poems below and say what parts of speech the words in bold belong to.
- •Кобрина, н.А. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка: учебное пособие / н.А. Кобрина, н.Н. Болдырев, а.А. Худяков. – м.: Высшая школа, 2007. – с. 75-91, 91-107, 107-119.
- •1. Get ready to answer the questions below.
- •2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
- •3. А) Define the person and number of the verbs in the sentences below, explain their usage.
- •4. Define if the verbs shall (should) and will (would) are used 1) as modal verbs, 2) as auxiliaries rendering the future, and 3) cases when their modal or future meanings are implicit
- •5. Comment on the meanings of the tense verbal forms. Name the cases with oppositional reduction
- •6. А) Define the type of ‘medial’ voice types of the verbs in the sentences below, use transformations to prove your words.
- •8. Define the verbal mood in the sentences below.
- •Seminar 7 adjective and adverb
- •Кобрина, н.А. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка: учебное пособие / н.А. Кобрина, н.Н. Болдырев, а.А. Худяков. – м.: Высшая школа, 2007. – с. 121-131, 153-164. Tasks
- •1. Get ready to answer the questions below.
- •2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
- •3. Determine if the degrees of comparison of the adjectives in the sentences below render absolute or elative superiority.
- •4. Translate the category of state words below into Russian and give their synonyms (they can be not very close ones). Illustrate their semantic similarity in word combinations.
- •6. А) Are the words below adjectives, adverbs or both (I.E. Fluctuant conversives)? Illustrate your opinion with contexts.
- •7. А) Split the adverbs below into qualitative, quantitative and circumstantial.
4. State the difference between the marked verbs in the following sentences and identify the subclasses the verbs belong to.
1) She entered the room and started to discuss the acute problems. 2) She entered the room and started the discussion of the acute problems. 3) She failed to pass the exams successfully. 4) She failed her exams to the University. 5) I began to feel better. 6) You try to look cleverer than you are. 7) The moon rose red. 8) I began to feel better. 9) You try to look cleverer than you are. 10) She grew pale.
5. Group the verbs below into actional and statal. Explain your decisions.
to bring, to consist, to feel, to enjoy, to move, to belong, to discover, to escape, to talk, to exist, to lie, to lay, to finish
6. Give contexts to illustrate their complementive and uncomplimentive usage.
For example: he smokes a cigar - he smokes; to grow corn – the corn grows
to ring the bell - ...; he began the lesson - ...; he opened the door - ...; he gathered a crowd - ...; he broke the glass - ...; they sank a ship - ...; he fired a gun - ...; he stopped the car - ...; he hung the lamp - ...; we dried our clothes in the sun - ...
7. А) Compare the usage of gerunds and infinitives in the sentences below and explain their semantic differences.
1) Don’t forget shutting the windows when you leave home. – Don’t forget to shut the windows when you leave home. It is very windy today. 2) I don’t like interrupting people. - I do not want to interrupt them; they seem to be very busy. 3) I remember seeing this book in many bookshops. - Remember to buy this book. 4) They stopped talking when they came in. - They stopped to exchange a few words with him.
b) Compare the usage of gerunds and participles in the sentences below and explain their semantic differences.
1) Fancy his courting Emily! - Fancy him courting Emily! 2) I don’t like Jane’s nagging her husband. - I can’t listen to Jane nagging her husband. 3) She had to take sleeping pills every night. - A sleeping child is such a charming sight. 4) They sat there without talking for several minutes not knowing what to say to each other.
c) Compare the usage of participles and infinitives in the sentences below and explain their semantic differences.
1) We saw the girl approach the people standing at the gateway. - We saw the girl slowly approaching them. 2) He heard the woman fumbling at the wall. - He heard the woman fumble at the wall. 3) There are things desired by all people. - There are things to be desired by all people.
d) Compare the usage of participles I and II in the sentences below and explain their semantic differences.
1) We often talked about those happy days spent in the country. - Children spending their summer vacations in the country are usually much stronger. 2) The burning leaves looked so sad. - There was a smell of burnt leaves in the garden. 3) She always blushed when asking for something. - She always blushed when asked.