Exercise 1. Point out the homogeneous parts in the following sentences.

State their structure and function. Translate into Russian.

The ascent was long and tiring. 2. The smoke curled up over the chimneys and melted in the morning air. 3. Your objection is interesting, but not convincing. 4. They can, and do get their small supplies from Calcutta. 5. The man looked worldly, and elegant, and confident of himself. 6. Poor Dicky had no word of cheer either from his stepmother, or from his stepsister, or from the nurse. 7. Both the coach and the boys will be delighted to see you in our team again. 8. He felt neither defeated, nor discouraged in any way. 9. Have a sandwich and a cup of tea with jam and biscuit and join us down in the hall. 10. Once or twice the two envoys met on a neutral ground, but neither of them was going to make or willing to accept a suggestion for an early resumption of talks on the disputed matters. 11. He has made a down­right blunder and won’t admit it. 12. The dancer returned to the stage, made a curtsey, then kissed her hand to the audience and left amid a stormy applause. 13. Her noble, spiritual features expressed content and gratitude. 14. Two oval white clouds, silvery and golden at the edges, floated like twin fairy swans over the crystal blue of the southern sky. 15. The proverbial, infinite, all-embracing erudition of the professor Ьаз won him profound estimation not only of his friends and colleagues, but also of his scientific oppo­nents.

Exercise 2. Join each of the following pairs and groups of sentences into one with homogeneous parts. Use the conjunctions and, but, or, nor, then, as well as the asyndetic type of connec­tion, Give different versions of connection where possible.

1. A quiet walk in the garden before going to bed is useful. It is pleasant. 2. Jim was disappointed. Nellie was disappointed. 3, I spoke to Aunt Polly. I didn’t speak to Ned. 4. She didn't write to us. She didn’t send us a telegram.

The tank wag hit by a shell. The tank continued to move forward, firing at the enemy fortifications. 6. The man stopped. The man hesitated. The man turned to the left.

Children grow. Children become unruly. Children gradu­ally improve. 8. Granny is in the living room. Granny is in the kitchen. Granny is in the garden. 9. He was not sur­prised. He was not offended. 10. He won’t do it. I won’t do it. 11. You could fix the batteries. I could fix the batteries. Even little Hugh could fix the batteries. 12. They were hun­gry. They were thirsty. They were excited. They were happy.

Our vacation was over. It was short. It was joyful. 14. He stood by the window. He was smoking a cigar. He was look­ing out at the darkening sky. 15. The young man gave us a sudden look. The look was wondering. It was strangely frightened, too. 16. We didn’t expect any praise from the teacher. We didn’t expect it from our classmates. We didn’t expect it from our parents, either.