Some Practice:

1. Single out the themes and the rhemes in the following senences: WILL BE GIVEN LATER

2. Define the cases in:

   1. A very nice dog will be sleeping in this kennel one day.

   2. The composition was written by the boy.

   3. Do, please, buy this bag for me!

   4. My friend is playing the guitar in the hall.

   5. I’m trying to paint a picture.

   6. At last I’ve done it.

   7. Look at me!

   8. The computer is on the table.

SEMINAR 4. The Simple Sentence in Structural Grammar. Revision: Formal Parts of Speech.

1. Comment on sentence patterns singled out by Roberts. How many are they, what symbols are used in the patterns, what patterns would you add and why?

2. “Chinese boxes” -model. What are its drawbacks? Give 5 examples of the “Chinese boxes” schemes (your notes).

3. What are the drawbacks of the method of Bracketing? Be ready with 5 examples/

4. Draw the candelabra scheme of the following sentence:

Many happy students were going to take an exam in English Grammar.

5. Name the key points of the IC-model of the sentence. What are its drawbacks?

6. What are the main constituents of the tagmemic model of the sentence?

7. Revision: Formal Parts of Speech (types, examples).

Some Practice:

1.Put down the tagmemic models of the following sentences:

1. The natives around here are handsome

2. Something is rotten is the state of Denmark

3. The asparagus in our garden grows really fast during June

4. Down the hill, John ran very fast

5. The children are in the garden

6. My friends were out

7. I can’t believe that he’s gone

8. The children grew very tired

9. They seemed clever

10. The cake was in the oven for half an hour.

2. Draw the IC-models of the following phrases and sentences:

1. our oil supply from the Middle East;

2. an unforgettable impression of the day;

3. has been reading it for three hours;

4. touchy and pleasant days;

5. across the field and the river;

6. Evelin came and stopped it;

7. If you like, take this;

8. What is more, he’s a raven;

9. Give it to me whenever you find it;

10. A man who hates cats usually likes dogs;

11. since the first night;

12. the essential difficulty of their relationship;

13. now their lives were woven together;

14. was a trembling bell of fate;

15. Bart stood looking at the crowd seeing them all;

16. They were his people and he was coming home with massive support and considerable extra investments;

17. The speaker of the New South Wales State Legislative Assembly.

SEMINAR 5 .The Composite Sentence. Revision: the Verb

1. The definition of the composite sentence.

2. The Compound sentence – Blokh: Ch.XXVIII: commentary and 10 questions.

3. The Complex sentence – Blokh: Ch. XXVII: commentary and 10 questions.

4. Types of Sub-sentences: definitions and YOUR OWN EXAMPLES of all the types.

5. Revision: the Verb as a Part of Speech, its Categories (with different points of view).