II. Practical task. Task I. Point out the coordinate clauses and comment on the way they are joined:

Task I. Point out the coordinate clauses and comment on the way they are joined:

1. It was high summer, and the hay harvest was almost over. 2. All the rooms were brightly lighted, but there seemed to be complete silence in the house. 3. One small group was playing cards, another sat around the table and drank, or, tiring of that, adjourned to a large room to dance to music of the victrola or player piano. 4. His eyes were blood-shot and heavy, his face a deadly white, and his body bent as if with age. 5. He only smiled, however, and there was comfort in his hearty rejoinder, for there seemed to be a whole sensible world behind it. 6. You’ll either sail this boat correctly or you’ll never go out with me again. 7. Time passed, and she came to no conclusion, nor did any opportunities come her way for making a closer study of Mischa. 8. She often enjoyed Annette’s company, yet the child made her nervous. 9. She ran through another set of rooms, breathless, her feet scarcely touching the surface of the soft carpets; then a final doorway suddenly and unexpectedly let her out into the street. 10. It was early afternoon, but very dark outside, and the lamps had already turned on.

Task II. Define the types of subordinate clauses. Translate them into Ukrainian:

1. “Everybody who makes the kind of blunder I did should apologize,” he remarked with a pronounced nodding of his head. 2. Rachel had become aware of the fact that she was talking loudly. 3. He took after his blond father, who had been a painter. Rosa took after her dark-haired mother, who had been a Fabian. 4. What we are interested in, as author and reader, is the fact that publishing in England is now an integral part of big business. 5. The invalid whose strength was now sufficiently restored, threw off his coat, and rushed towards the sea, with the intention of plunging in, and dragging the drowning man ashore. 6. He was suddenly reminded of the crumpled money he had snatched from the table and burned in the sink. 7. Georgie, who is now twenty-six, had been an undergraduate at Cambridge, where she had taken a degree in economics. 8. He would speak for hours about them to Harry Esmond; and, indeed, he could have chosen few subjects more likely to interest the unhappy young man, whose heart was now as always devoted to these ladies; and who was thankful to all who loved them, or praised them, or wished them well. 9. I hardly know why I came to the conclusion that you don’t consider it an altogether fortunate attachment.

Task III. Say where the predicate is simple and where it is compound (nominal or verbal):

1. Two young girls in red came by. 2. Demetrius came alive and pressed a flock of inquiries. 3. He tried to be both firm and friendly. I’ve felt dependent on him. 4. No one was here to meet Dick. He felt a twinge of disappointment. 5. He was vaguely aware of his father standing by the kitchen-range with his coat off. 6. The day of our wedding came. He was to call for me to choose the furniture. 7. Michelangelo remained silent. 8. I gave up the attempt and went upstairs to unpack. 9. I looked at the photograph above the mantelpiece and saw my own face for the first time.

Task IV. Point out the predicative and say what it is expressed by:

1. Annette was completely dazed. 2. Their highest concept of right conduct, in his case, was to get a job. 3. Sally, herself, was quite content for a while to enjoy becoming acquainted with her son, washing and feeding him, taking him for walks in the bush, singing him to sleep. 4. Your resemblance to your mother is very striking. 5. Their interests were hers as well as the interests of everybody. 6. Either course seemed unthinkable, without any connection with himself. 7. The best thing for you is to move in with me and let the young lady stay with your mother. 8. How do you feel physically? 9. Who are you? 10. The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race. Their first and strongest impulse is to make the best of a bad situation.

Task V. Point out all the objects and state of what type they are:

1. Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face. 2. She will be glad of your company. 3. He presently took from the drawer a carefully tied bundle of letters... 4. Anthony looked forward eagerly to his mother’s letters. 5. And then Peggotty opened a little door and showed me my bedroom. 6. You must forgive me for coming at such an hour. 7. I was awakened by hearing my own name spoken in a whisper. 8. Soames smiled a sneering smile and said, “I wish you a good luck!” 9. The old couple has lived a long and happy life.

Task VI. Point out simple, compound, and complex sentences in the following text:

Paula told the taxi to stop at the comer of Smith Street and the King’s Road. She paused beside the grocer's shop on the comer and the grocer, who recognized her, bowed and smiled. She smiled a quick constricted smile and began to walk down the street... What she was going to do now was to look again at the house in Chelsea where she and Richard had lived. She knew, from something she had overheard Octavian saying that he lived there still. (I. Murdoch)

Task VII. Determine parts of sentences in the following sentences and fill in the chart:

1. John and Mary don’t live in Liverpool. 2. Twice a week I have my tennis class. 3. I have a coffee break at my office in the afternoon. 4. Sarah and her friends were talking loudly in the school hall. 5. Yesterday we sunbathed and swam in the ocean the whole day long. 6. They’ll get no help from Tanya.

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Task VIII. Underline the attributes and state what they are expressed by:

1. When he returned, he was still standing there like a man of stone. 2. Amongst the last of the departing guests the fourth and the fifth brothers, Nicholas and Roger, walked away together, directing their steps alongside Hyde Park. 3. The thought of the night, nearly two years ago, when she came back by this train with the news of Hubert’s release and found her father sitting up, grey and worn, in his study, made her upset. 4. Through Aunt Ann’s compressed lips a tender smile forced its way. 5. Old Jolyon has got nobody else to leave his money to. 6. Recalling that never-to-be-forgotten day, they always exchange understanding smiles. 7. Tall, straight-shouldered, neither lean nor stout, he was an imposing figure. 8. Furious, he didn’t answer, feeling himself in an utterly false position. 9. And on Monday morning, weary, he began the new week’s day. 10. Then, low voiced, he replied and everybody looked at him. Of age which refused to declare itself, short and square, with a deep soft voice, he had an appearance of complete detachment.

Task IX. Point out adverbial modifiers in the following sentences. State their type and translate into Ukrainian.

1. A secretary came running with a frightened expression. 2. The people in the bus remained silent till the end of the ride. 3. The lady lived in a large gloomy house in one of the London’s higher-class squares. 4. The fire that was merrily burning in the grate attracted the newcomers as a magnet. 5. Caroline, not knowing what to say, looked questioningly at her companion. 6. The village is large enough to organize a drama society for the young people. 7. The motorcycle rushed past like a lightning leaving a cloud of smoke and a few passers-by behind. 8. He walked rapidly, his head bent, looking neither to the right nor left. 9. I sat at work in the schoolroom with the window open. 10. After a few more minutes, he drove up to the house and stopped the car in the yard. 11. Fleur rose from her chair swiftly, restlessly, and flung herself down at a writing table.

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