- •Seminar 7
- •Verbal categories
- •1. Get ready to answer the questions below.
- •2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
- •3. А) Define the person and number of the verbs in the sentences below, explain their usage.
- •4. Define if the verbs shall (should) and will (would) are used 1) as modal verbs, 2) as auxiliaries rendering the future, and 3) cases when their modal or future meanings are implicit
- •5. Comment on the meanings of the tense verbal forms. Name the cases with oppositional reduction
- •6. А) Define the type of ‘medial’ voice types of the verbs in the sentences below, use transformations to prove your words.
- •8. Define the verbal mood in the sentences below.
- •Seminar 8 adjective and adverb
- •Кобрина, н.А. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка: учебное пособие / н.А. Кобрина, н.Н. Болдырев, а.А. Худяков. – м.: Высшая школа, 2007. – с. 121-131, 153-164. Tasks
- •1. Get ready to answer the questions below.
- •2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
- •3. Determine if the degrees of comparison of the adjectives in the sentences below render absolute or elative superiority.
- •4. Translate the category of state words below into Russian and give their synonyms (they can be not very close ones). Illustrate their semantic similarity in word combinations.
- •6. А) Are the words below adjectives, adverbs or both (I.E. Fluctuant conversives)? Illustrate your opinion with contexts.
- •7. А) Split the adverbs below into qualitative, quantitative and circumstantial.
Seminar 7
Verbal categories
Sources:
Блох, М.Я. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка / М.Я. Блох. - М.: Высшая школа, 2003. – С. 138-149, С. 150-168, 167-190, 191-200, 201-219
Блох, М.Я. Практикум по теоретической грамматике английского языка / М.Я. Блох, Т.Н. Семенова, С.В. Тимофеева. – М.: Высшая школа, 2004. – С. 166-167, С. 167-168, 169-170, 170-171
Additional:
Гуревич, В.В. Теоретическая грамматика английского языка. Сравнительная типология английского и русского языков / В.В. Гуревич. – М.: Флинта: Наука, 2003. – С. 30-39, 25-30, 41-45.
Иванова, И.П. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка / И.П. Иванова, В.В. Бурлакова, Г.Г. Почепцов. - М.: Высшая школа, 1981. – С. 50-51, С. 51-66, 74-80, 68-74.
Кобрина, Н.А. Теоретическая грамматика современного английского языка: учебное пособие / Н.А. Кобрина, Н.Н. Болдырев, А.А. Худяков. – М.: Высшая школа, 2007. – С. 75-91, 91-107, 107-119.
Хлебникова, И.Б. Основы английской морфологии: учебное пособие / И.Б. Хлебникова. – 3-е изд., испр. - М.: Высшая школа, 2004. – С. 72-78, 78-91, 121-127, 95-120.
TASKS
1. Get ready to answer the questions below.
Why is the category of number and person reflective?
What verbal groups are distinguished in respect of this category?
What opposition manifests this category?
What does the immanent character of the category of tense imply?
How many tenses are there in the English language according to different points of view?
What is the main point of difference between the two categories of tense: the category of primary time and the category of prospect?
How are these oppositions reduced?
Why is aspect a variable category?
What is the main point of difference between the two categories of aspect: the category of development and the category of retrospective coordination?
How can these categories be reduced?
What opposition expresses the category of voice?
What are the types of passive constructions?
What differentiates medial constructions from passive and active ones?
What does the category of mood express?
What opposition expresses the category of mood?
What forms represent Subjunctives I, II, III, IV?
What is the status of the so-called "imperative mood" in English?
Why are Subjunctives II and III in the core and Subjunctives I and IV on the periphery of the system of English oblique moods?
2. Find Russian equivalents for the following terms; give definitions.
category of number, category of person, tense, historic present, preterite of modesty, aspect, the category of development, the category of retrospective coordination, for the nonce, voice, medial voice types, reflexive construction, reciprocal construction, middle construction, semi-passive constructions, direct (indicative) mood forms, oblique (subjunctive) mood forms.
3. А) Define the person and number of the verbs in the sentences below, explain their usage.
1) There is a girl and two boys in the room. 2) Where’s those records I gave you? 3) Terrorists now enjoy peace that passeth all understanding (Moscow News). 4) The great majority is helpless. 5) The majority were determined to press their victory.
b) Use the correct person and number forms of the verbs given in brackets, explain your choice. Mind that in some cases both plural and singular forms can be used.
1) The police ... on his track (to be). 2) The fish ... plentiful there (to be). 3) There ... a lot of people in the hall (to be). 4) Thou ... not kill (shall). 5) The army … (to be retreating).