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10.Over most of England the average peasant had to stay where he was, do what he was told, and work for others as well as for himself, since otherwise the feudal contract could not be fulfilled by his social superiors.
11.It was during the reign of Theodosios I, the Great, 379 - 395, that the Olympic games were held at Constantinople (393), a number of antique monuments being brought to adorn the capital in honour of the occasion.
12.And it is precisely here that the comedies of Johnson and Shakespeare differ most profoundly.
Ex. 7. (C) Fill in the spaces with an attributive clause referring to the noun in italics. First read the story.
N.B. Remember that attributive clauses are introduced by the connectives who, that, which.
A cobbler (башмачник) lived in an attic at the top of a high building,
and made just enough money every day to keep him alive. But he was perfectly happy and
was always singing with joy, and when the day |
came to an end, he slept soundly. |
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A rich banker |
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, lived in a large house |
opposite, |
and was so far from being happy |
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that when the day |
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, ended, he would not sleep for thinking of all the money |
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, and was disturbed |
early in the morning by the cobbler |
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. One day he |
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sent over to the cobbler a present of a hundred pounds |
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. At first the |
cobbler was |
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overjoyed, but he soon began to lose his cheerfulness. He began to be afraid that someone
would steel his gold |
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, and began to lose his sleep through the fear that someone |
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might come into his |
room |
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. His songs |
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ceased, and at last he felt he |
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could bear it no longer, |
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so seizing |
the bag of |
gold |
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, he went to the banker |
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and throwing down the money exclaimed, |
"Take back the hundred pounds |
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and leave me my happiness |
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, for my happiness is all |
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." |
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A suggestion for the beginning of your first sentence:
A cobbler, who was young and cheerful, lived