Worksheet 1


1. Identify the subject and the predicate in the following
sentences>

 1.   The woman has gone away.
 2.   The woman who wanted to talk to you went away.
3.   The car stopped suddenly.
 4.   She seemed quite happy.
 5.   A young girl with long black hair walked confidentially
    across the room.
 6.   The taxi-driver shouted at me angrily.
 7.   We ate our meal in silence.
8.   John is a clever student.


2. In the sentences above /ex.1/ identify the following
sentence elements:

     [ O ] =
     [ A ] =
     [ V ] =
     [ C ] =

3. Identify the form of the following elements:

    our meal =
    confidentially =
    in silence =
    quite happy =
    has gone =

4. Which sentence pattern do the sentences follow? /e.g.
SVO/

 1.   He gave her beautiful flowers.
2.   The sun is shining.
 3.   Alice is like her father.
 4.   They made Carol redundant.
5.   I enjoy sitting in the sun.
 6.   A crowd of people came into the room.
 7.   I left the passport on the kitchen table.
 
5. Identify the type of the verbs as used in the given
sentence, i.e. transitive, intransitive,
    copular:

 1.   The train arrived early.
 2.   She wrapped the presents for her children.
 3.   Why did he lie<
4.   The dish contains three kinds of meat.
 5.   The girl seemed really unhappy.
 6.   That sounds absolutely impossible.
7.   I usually sleep well.


6. The following verbs can be both transitive and
intransitive. Make a sentence
     illustrating both uses, e.g. ring -- The phone rang.  /
I / ;   I rang the bell.  /  T /

  1.   hurt = ___________________________________________
  
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  2.   break = __________________________________________
  
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  3.   move = __________________________________________
  
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  4.   shut = ___________________________________________
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