Types of Syntactic Connection

Define the types of syntactic connection in the syntactic units:

1. Is everything all right up there? — Yes, fine (E. Gutcheon).

2. A bed and a chair (D. Francis).

3. Aunt Augusta (O. Wilde).

4. He didn't answer (G. Jones).

5. Go and close the door. — Yes, sir (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).

6. suppose he's late again (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Eng­lish).

7. I only asked you about your husband's leaving the house after supper (T.Williams).

8. This is the woman's second husband (A. Paredes).

9. Mrs. Markham was walking by the house, her baby in her arms (E. Garland).

10. On a dark night about a week later, I watched a moving light from my upstairs window (J. Stuart).

11. Erik, how about staying home today? (St. Minot).

12. There were these two Irishmen called Pat and Mike (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).

13. I brought you some sweets (P. S. Curry).

14. You wouldn't like a cup of coffee or something? — No, thanks (B. Gutcheon).

15. Apart from the terminological changes (which admittedly do have the potential to confuse) the annual accounting requirements are essen­tially unchanged (B.J. Epstein, A. A. Mirza).

16. She has been with her all her life (A. C. Doyle).

17. Your house is, I suppose, very old (J. O. Urmson).

18. I don't want you to touch him (A. Maltz).

19. You're not angry? - No, no (G.Jones).

20. The gardener, the last one of Gatsby's former servants, came to the foot of the stairs (F.S.Fitzgerald).

21. It's not a very nice flat. On the other hand, it's cheap (M. Swan).

22. Is there anything you need? — Yes, there is (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).

23. I'm not sure what time I'll arrive... Anyway, I'll certainly be there before eight o'clock (M. Swan).

24. This man came up to me in the street and started making rude sug­gestions (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).

25. As we have already pointed out, monopoly redistributes income in favor of the monopolists (E. Mansfield).

Word Combination

Classify the word combinations in accordance with the following princi­ples: the morphological nature of the head, the number of components, the syntactic relations between the components, the predetermined or free na­ture of the adjunct, the obligatory or optional use of the adjunct:

1. Told me (M. Brand).

2. A rude question (J.Galsworthy).

3. Charming old gentleman (H.Adams).

4. Insist on an explanation (P. G.Wodehouse).

5. These boys (C. E. Eckersley).

6. To write a computer program (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).

7. Hard work (Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English).

8. Wait on somebody (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).

9. Those pigeons (V.Evans).

10. A high brick wall (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).

Essence of Predication

Comment on the grammatical categories that predication in the sentences finds its expression in:

1. She nodded (H. Fielding).

2. I have some very profitable connections (S.Sheldon).

3. Enjoy your holiday (M. Swan).

4. I'll pick you up at seven (L.Levine).

5. She worked as a journalist on the New York Times (Longman Language Activator).

6. Karen will start work some time next week (M. Swan).

7. Sing me one last song (O.Wilde).

8. I've found my homeland (S. Kinsella).

9. What would you have done? - I don't know (L. Hellman).