English syntactic structures: workbook
17. Which ofthe relative pronouns canbe used wit sentental reference?
18, Inwhat wayscan the word one be used?
19. Mention some quantifiers tht can function both asthe head of a noun
phase and asa determiner
20. Whats te major diferencebeweeninterjetons andthe oer word
Exercises
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cized words to classes, onthe basis oftheir morphological and
‘The transparency of you lie is embarrassing
ive up so easily — life has
ups and downs
get me wrong; Uhad no intention of effending you
‘You know thet you lok lovely in that dress
‘Asa doctor, he coud tell whih ofthe two drinks had been doctored
‘One bullet went clean through his shoulder
‘The stately homes in Kent have lately been neglected
Teseems io me tobe impossible to rationalize such behaviour
of defeat
The car skidded on the iy surface, slewed heavily around to the right and
crashed into awall of snow banked up along the side ofthe road
‘one ofthe commonest and most objectionable mistakes made
by foreigners in pronouncing English,
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Put the following nou
nero
=
fu
Spoon
onerup
toyed
propecia
fe Soman doctor drama
is imate Synopsis
free wife Matehdum
sis smoseum phenomenon
cratim ctteon
parents Sone
boyy
tooth
fowse
embryo
finges vires as
manhole formula onanbater
as
Form the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives
hot
personal
thy
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economical
ashamed
sick
old
2s
‘Are the italicized words inthe following sentences adjectives or adverbs?
1. Why did you arrive so
‘You'd better do
Please go sa
6, Hewasdeadly pale
1. That kind of
smi absolutely deadly
8. Shei very dearto me
9, This wll cost you dear
10. I thought tht eats were regarded a
past tense; (d)
The word 18
cut prefer
ie ezncel
differ oy
a)
ied verbsin the sentences below to which ofthe fl
1. think that
“The security ards gave whoever entered the bank a penetrating look
in office
“The public conside
proper that he i
‘This reminds me of my schooldays
‘Acapulco isthe best place there is tospend a holiday
‘That remark must have escaped him
‘Who has been appointed?
He showed his friends his stamp-collection
Do yousakeme for afoo!?
1. Youcan't compare this.
“That proposal sounds quite
12, The policeman affected not
13, Last night they evealed who had done it
14, We shows tomorrow
et Timmy a new
15, We found the headmaster ina good mood
Doris convinced the policeman that he was
How did you getto know him?
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. The Electricity Board should have warned the public that power cuts might
os)
Say whic of he allowing sentences contain mli-word verb and whether they
Jey ma prepositional or phrasal prepstonl verbs:
1, He looked into the room
thi
2. The police ae lookit
3. Tis better not tocall on him
4. They have called up all the applicants for an interview
5. Next week's meeting has been called off
6 Why don't you give in?
7. Don’t come down too har on him forhis mistake
8, Letmeintroduce you tomy wie
9. Doyou goin tor squash?
10. Did youmake up thisstory?
11. Letsgoin
12, Why didn't you listen this advice?
13, How do you account for ths phenomenon?
14, Igeton with him per
15. . Way did you send forthe doctor?
16, ‘Thieves got away wit he safe
17. Why dia’the follow up he hints you gave him?
18, Ourdogwillhave tobe put away
19. He got uptosskea question
20. Her pleas tobe careful were laughed at
The word 17
pasive
1, Thewindows were dark
1 was surpited to see him
1am convince that he wa killed
is decision wa fet to bea mistake
Leahe being a nuisance?
A
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5.
6. Tobeornotto be, tha isthe question
7. The theatre has been being built for three years now
8, Lam sure itis being denied that she was drunk, but she was
9. The problem s doing the ight thing
10. My advice sto wait and see
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Say whether the occurrences of do in the following sentences illustrate its use a: (a)
aan auxiliary of periphras ‘aslary of emphasis; (e) lexical verb; (d) a
proverb:
Hee does not realize what hes doing
‘Who broke that vase? I think Mary did that
Perhaps you don'rbelieve me, but I did know the answer
(Only then did he realize his postion
Don'tbe so careful, John
1
2
3
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5. Dobe careful, Joba
‘
1, he dida'tcontat Coto
8. If Colonel Jones didn
9. Does Sennife do the household?
10, Whatdo you think you're doing?
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