V. Учебно-методический блок

1. Study the material above. Use the theoretical material and information given there.

2. Answer the questions:

a) What is the definition of the topic and the focus of the sentence?

b) What are the devices to displace a topic and a focus?

c) Are the topic and the focus fixed in all possible types of sentence?

d) What are the relations between the topic and the focus, the subject and the predicate of the sentence?

e) What are the means of changing the focus and the topic of the sentence?

VI. Контрольный блок

Find a story. Be ready to state the focus of the sentence, name the devices to displace a topic and a focus in the story.

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