- •Seminar 5 noun: the categories of number, case and article determination
- •Get ready to answer the questions below.
- •2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
- •3. Use a dictionary to split the nouns into 1) countable; 2) singularia tantum nouns; 3) pluralia tantum nouns. Illustrate their use in context (sentences):
- •7. Arrange the phrases into two columns according to the type of their casal semantics (on the principle of differentiating between possession and qualification) and use the proper articles with them:
- •8. Study the poem below and explain the use of genitive case in it.
- •9. Use the appropriate article, define its meaning and explain your choice with the help of substitution or replacement test like in the model.
- •10. Is the non-use of article meaningful in the examples below? What does the zero article mean in each case?
- •Seminar 6
- •Verb and its non-finite forms (verbids)
- •Кобрина, н.А. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка: учебное пособие / н.А. Кобрина, н.Н. Болдырев, а.А. Худяков. – м.: Высшая школа, 2007. – с. 61-75.
- •Get ready to answer the questions below.
- •2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
- •4. State the difference between the marked verbs in the following sentences and identify the subclasses the verbs belong to.
- •5. Group the verbs below into actional and statal. Explain your decisions.
- •6. Give contexts to illustrate their complementive and uncomplimentive usage.
- •7. А) Compare the usage of gerunds and infinitives in the sentences below and explain their semantic differences.
- •8. A) Read the poems below and say what parts of speech the words in bold belong to.
8. A) Read the poems below and say what parts of speech the words in bold belong to.
• • • It was Easter as I walked in the public gardens Hearing the frogs exhaling from the роnd, Watching traffic of magnificent cloud Moving without anxiety on ореn sky Season when lovers and writers find An altering speech for altering things, An emphasis оn new names, оn the arm А fresh hand with fresh power. But thinking so I came at оnсе Where solitary mаn sat weeping on а bench, Hanging his head down, with his mouth distorted Helpless and ugly as an embryo chicken. Wystan Н. Auden
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MR. RAВBIТ'S TAIL It's too small for wagging When you are feeling gay. It's too short keeping Biting insects away. It's too short for curling Around you at night, Тоо small for helping То keep you upright. Laura Аrlоn
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ТНЕ FALLING STAR I saw а star slide down the sky, Blinding the north as it went bу, Тоо burning and too quick to hold, Тоо lovely to bе bought or sold, Good оnlу to make wishes оn Аnd then forever to bе gоnе. Sara Teasdale
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А DREAM …Troubled, wildered, аnd forlorn, Dark, benighted, travel-worn, Over mаnу а tangled spray, All heart-broke I heard her [Angel] say: 'Oh my children! do they cry, Do they hear their father sigh? Now they look abroad to see, Now return and weep for me.' William Вlake
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b) Say if the ‘–ing constructions’ below are participles, gerunds, half-gerunds or verbal nouns. Explain your decision.
1) Curtis Hartman came near dying from the effects of that night of waiting in the church … (Anderson). 2) They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. 3) Our likings are regulated by circumstances. 4) Did you ever hear of a child not crying at all? 5) The stewardess announced that they were going to make an emergency landing. 6) All but the child saw in their minds the spreading wings of the Angel of Death. 7) The pilot could be heard singing faintly … (Cheever). 8) There were many easy ways of doing this (O. Henry). 9) Cutting the last of the roses in her garden, Julia heard old Mr. Nixon shouting at the squirrels in his bird-feeding station (Cheever). 10) You’ll achieve a lot by telling the truth. 11) Did you ever hear of a man of sense rejecting such an offer? 12) I am in a strong position to know of her doings.