Practical work no.19

Classifying phraseological units according to Academician Vinogradov’s classification system for phraseological units.

Objectives: to distinguish between phraseological combinations, unities and fusions

Ex.1. Explain whether the semantic changes in the following phraseological units are complete or partial. Paraphrase them.

To wear one's heart on one's sleeve; a wolf in a sheep's clothing; to fly into a temper; to stick to one's word; bosom friend; small talk; to cast pearls before swine; to beat about the bush; to add fuel to the fire; to fall ill; to fall in love; to-sail under false culours; to be at sea.

Theme 6.2. Proverbs. Principles of classification.

Practical work no.20

Identification of the proverbs from which the following phraseological units have developed.

Objectives: to re-construct the proverbs from phraseological units.

Ex.1. Give the proverbs from which the following phraseological units have developed.

Birds of a feather; to catch at a straw; to put all one's eggs in one basket; to cast pearls before swine; a bird in the bush; to cry over spilt milk; the last straw.

Ex.2. Match each word or phrase in the first column with the word or phrase in the second column to complete a proverb or idiom.

1. A barking dog A. the dogs

2. Never look a gift horse B. out of the bag

3. Curiosity killed C. but you can't make him drink

4. Dog eat D. He

5. You can't teach an old dog E. never bites

6. Let sleeping dogs F. new tricks

7. When the cat's away G. of a different color

8. Let the cat H. horses

9. There's more than one way I. hog

10. It's raining J. dog

11. You may lead a horse to water K. to skin a cat

12. Go to L. in the mouth

13. Go whole M. the mice will play

14. Hold your N. cats and dogs

15. That's a horse O. the cat

ЛИТЕРАТУРА

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