14. The Verb.

The verb is a part of speech which denotes a process. Notional verbs always have a lexical meaning of their own and can have an independent function in the sentence.

e.g. We live in Moscow and love our city.

Structural verbs are always connected with some other words, forming a compound predicate verbal or nominal.(Modal verbs, link verbs, and auxiliary verbs)

A modal verb is always accompanied by an infinitive. E.g. I can do it. A link-verb is followed by a predicative thus forming a nominal predicate. e.g..She became famous.

Аll English verb fall into two groups: regular and irregular verbs. The Simple Past and Participle II of The regular verbs are formed by means of the suffix-ed

added to the stem of the verb. e.g. live-lived-lived;

The irregular verbs form their Simple Past and Participle II according to some fixed traditional patterns. Analytical forms consist of two or more components. e.g. He has done his duty.

The first component is an auxiliary verb . The second component is a notional verb

The English verb has finite and non-finite forms.

The verb in the its finite form possesses the morphological categories of person, number, tense, voice and mood. The non- finite forms are the Infinitive, the Gerund, Participle I and Participle II.

Tense is the form of the verb which indicates the time of the action. Aspect is the form of the verb which serves to express the manner in which the action is performed. Voice is the form of the verb which shows the relation between the action and its subject. There are two voices in English: the active voice and the passive voice. Mood is the form of the verb which shows in what relation to reality is the action expressed by the speaker.

14.The dinner party.

The message of the story is it doesn’t matter if a person or everybody has his own problems.

The story is written by the first person warrantor in the form of description with some elements of dialogue. As the author shows us people’s feelings through his own speech that helps us to feel the atmosphere of the situation.

From the beginning the author describes us Mr Octavian old friends and it helps us to understand their characters.

The writers using the words with positive connotation in the (beautiful villa, remarkable company), negative connotation (awfull).

There are epithets (old friends, charming host, close company), also you can find gradation (then there was a pause. Than there was a silence). Repetition (all of them were old friends). There are some example of alliterations (still smiling). Antithesis (no one servant had entered – no one had left).

I suppose the author uses this antithesis to show us the defiantly of the situation and also it helps us to understand people’s feelings in this room.

13.The escape.

The extract I’m going to look at is from the text ‘’The escape’’ written by W.S.Maugham. the extract is about relations between Ruth who wanted to get marry and Roger, who was an opponent of marriage.

The main idea of the text is: if the woman wants to get marry she’ll do it.

The text is colored by stylistic devices:

-metonymy: ‘’Ruth was exhausted and often lost her temper’’.

-hyperbole: ‘’They looked at hundreds of houses’’/

-repetition: ’’If she married the…’’, ‘’Sometimes’’, ‘’of’’.

-similar: ‘’As hard as nails’’.

-allegory: ‘’If a woman made up her mind to marry a man nothing could save him’’