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 = ___________________________________________

                 ___________________________________________


2.      break = __________________________________________

                   __________________________________________


3.      move = __________________________________________

                   __________________________________________


4.      shut = ___________________________________________

                       __________________________________________




Summary of terminology


True or false?


 1. Verbs which require an object are called transitive.
 2. The verb “become” belongs to the so-called copular verbs.
 3. Adverbials aren’t part of the predicate.
 4. The predicate doesn’t include the subject.
 5. A verb phrase may consist of more than one verb.