3. A) Underline the predicate and define what type it belongs:

Model: Ann went to the theatre yesterday. – “went” is a simple verbal predicate expressed by the verb “to go” in the Past Simple Tense.

1. She kept silence.

2. The weather got worse.

3. They don’t have to whitewash the trees in the garden.

4. The student is writing a test.

5. The leaves have fallen off the trees.

6. She became bitter and unapproachable.

7. It was growing twilight.

8. We ought to sit silent for a minute.

9. He tried to be friendly and firm.

10. There were a number of people outside.

11. On the first of November he was able to tell her to refurnish the house.

12. Harry was enjoying his dinner.

b) Point out the predicative and state what it is expressed by. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:

Model: The morning was warm. – “was warm” is a compound nominal predicate which consists of the link verb “to be” in the Past Simple and the predicative expressed by the adjective “warm”.

1. He looked puzzled and suspicious.

2. These warm days are finished.

3. It must be nice to have a garden

4. Those bags are not ours.

5. At my age I became nervous.

6. They were to sail to India on September.

7. Everything seemed new and clear.

8. You must not leave the old man alone

9. The project was carried out in successfully.

10. We have been translating the article since morning.

c) Point out the subject and the predicate. Define their types:

Model: There is a wardrobe in that room. – “There” is an impersonal formal subject expressed by the introductory word; “is a wardrobe” is a compound nominal predicate expressed by the link verb “to be” in the Present Simple Tense and the predicative expressed by the common noun “wardrobe”.

1. She may return in an hour.

2. Her address was forgotten by me at once.

3. We might prove our difference from those white men.

4. The wounded was transported to the hospital.

5. The potatoes are very cheap in autumn.

6. We have bought a vase for her birthday.

7. To learn English is very useful.

8. My favourite number is fifteen.

9. It’s my fault.

10. I am a friend of Mr. Smith.

4. A) Point out the object, underline it and define what it is expressed by:

Model: The teacher showed the pupils this wonderful book. – “the pupils” is an indirect object expressed by the common noun in the Objective Case and “this book” – is a direct object expressed by the common noun in the Common Case.

1. My parents presented me a nice dress.

2. Granny told her grandson a fairy tale.

3. She bought a delicious cake for Adam.

4. We reserved tickets for our friends in advance.

5. Vicky always gives some pieces of useful advice to us,

6. The teacher handed out cards with task to the pupils.

7. She received a postcard from his son.

8. Read it to everybody!

9. Send your uncle a telegram.

10. The singers sang a nice song to us.

b) Make up sentences using the following words and underline different types of the object:

1. the, picture-book, show, wonderful, children, this.

2. grandson, built, a, Mr Brown, house, his, new.

3. funny, somebody, this, tell, else, story.

4. stories, used, to, detective, me, she, read, to.

5. to, write, people, a, his, letter.

6. valuable, whom, does, this, to, belong, thing?

7. showed, a, us, nice, he, picture.

8. cup, order, me, please, a, coffee, for,

9. photos, he, brought, family, his, us.

10. a few, to, they, words, written, just, our, have, relatives.

c) Place the direct object before the indirect one. Use the prepositions to or for:

Model: Give me this book. – Give the book to me.

1. Pass me some napkins.

2. They always bring us some sweets.

3. Write her grandmother a letter.

4. She sold them her car.

5. They found me a vacant place.

6. Henry gave Clair beautiful flowers.

7. Sent your aunt this parcel.

8. We explained them this Grammar rule.

9. Bring him your photos.

10. They will send us a note as soon as they can.

d) Ask questions on the attributes in bold type. Words for use: what, which, whose, what kind of, what sort of, how much, how many etc.

1. We will go by train at 3 o’clock.

2. There will be twenty trees in our garden next spring.

3. Those are magazines on fashion.

4. This is my brother’s tennis racket.

5. There are plenty of angry dogs in the town of Oxford.

6. It was just one little sheet of glass between her and the great wet world outside.

7. The book he has read was the most interesting.

8. She likes her small and tidy kitchen.

9. You shouldn’t lift heavy suitcase.

10. We found a lot of useful things in the attic.