Use introductory: a) there b) it

1. …must be something wrong.

2. Is … any more soup?

3. … seems that everything is all right.

4. … was by train that we reached Istambul.

5. … might he asked at this point.

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, purpose etc.)

1. What meeting did you attend yesterday?

2. The secretary handed the necessary documents out to the manager.

3. The rich sweet smell rose to me out off window.

4. We expected him to come by the night train.

5. Dick sold John his bicycle.

6. They went a walk.

7. He often came here to see me.

8. He sleeps with the window open.

9. I came to see you off.

10. «The American Tragedy» was written by M. Twain, the great American writer.

The Compound and Complex Sentences

Find if the sentence is joined: a) syndetically

B) asyndetically

1. He knew there were important ideas working in the other man’s mind.

2. He was very poorly, he had had a lot of trouble with the chimney sweep, in his bedroom.

3. Now she is in my college, two years ago she was my student.

4. And she bent forward, and her fine light hair fell over her cheek.

5. The trouble is that she can’t help you.

Mark the types of the subordinate clauses: a) subject

B) predicative

C) object

D) attributive

E) adverbial

1. He is as quick in answering as his sister is.

2. The question is whether he is able to do alone.

3. That he will come is certain.

4. No matter where you go, you can’t escape from yourself.

5. This fish is cooked as I like it.

6. The idea that it could be done in a very simple way didn’t occur to me.

7. These books which are only a small part of my collection I picked up at the Book Exhibition.

8. Tell me when you’ll come back.

9. She knew nothing except that the people now shopped at Cambridge.

10. It is strange that he didn’t come at all.

11. It has been ever since I came home.

12. However much I try, I cannot pronounce that word properly.

13. He forgot everything but that he was in the mountains again.

14. That is why he is so happy.

15. No sooner had I reached home than a violent thunderstorm broke out.

Variant 2.

Word Order (WO)

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