Exercise 6. State the type of the objects in the following sentences.

1. She turned to smile at him.

2. Give me all our particulars.

3. I know how to handle this.

4. I suggest putting a price of twelve million on it.

5. Sondra handed her a business card.

6. He saw her walking toward him.

7.I don't want the money for myself.

8. I am sorry for not telling you of my decision.

9. I expect you to call me.

10. I rescued him from that.

11. He introduced her to the slim man at his side.

12. He obviously bitterly regretted confiding in her.

13. You think about her a lot, don't you?

14. They lived a long happy life.

15. "Of course you'd never heard me sing," he said.

Exercise 7. State the types of the adverbial modifiers in the following sentences.

1. A reporter is coming in the morning to interview me.

2. She regarded him critically for a moment.

3. After drinking only one cup of coffee, John pleaded fatigue.

4.I could do and say what I pleased without being scrutinised or criticised.

5. Rising swiftly, she stepped away from him.

6. She smiled, trying to shake off her mood.

7. An hour later they all stood in the ranch yard.

8. You were making too much noise to hear me.

9. He headed toward the helicopter.

10. She moved again, slowly, deliberately, like a cat.

11. Having spent a sleepless night, he was unable to concentrate.

12. The nurse opened the door and motioned with her finger for me to come.

13. It is not the story that excited you enough to buy it.

14. The porch light was burning, throwing its bright track past the steps.

15. It being August there would be crowds at all the popular places.

16. In case of any emergency, press the knob on your right.

Exercise 8. Point out the attributes in the following sentences and state what they are expressed by.

1. She felt again the strong undercurrent of things long ago said and done.

2. How she hated the thought of parting with it.

3. It was the most logical, practical, sensible thing to do.

4. For a man like you an old-lavender-and-lace memory is wrong.

5. She stepped out into the night's sharp cold.

6. She walked in bearing a tray laden with coffee and cups.

7. Snow fell with no wind to stir it.

8. There was a note on the window for me to fill the cars with the material piled in the hall.

9. He had a man's thoughts and a man's desires.

10.I have a shower to take, calls to make, and work to do.

11. I've brought some writing paper for you.

12. A few minutes later a muslin blouse and a white petticoat were waving gently in the evening breeze.

Exercise 9. Distinguish between the predicative constructions and subordinate clauses in the following sentences. State the syntactic functions of the predicative constructions and the types of the subordinate clauses.

1. It's a pity you aren't shooting your movie now instead of waiting for winter.

2. It's not easy for me to crouch down for long. 3.1 felt his breath come toward me.

4. He said he felt he was advancing in the Army.

5. It being Saturday, Arabella was at home, the strings of her record player coming from the drawing room.

6. That evening, Sarah being on hospital duty, I persuaded Virginia to go with me to the cinema.

7. But that thought recalled other memories that still hurt.

8. It was a role she'd ultimately won.

9. Kit realised she was lying on the sofa, a pillow propping her head up.

10. I've given Leith a pill for you to take.

11. It makes you forget all the bad.

12. He told me he never expected a theatre to be run on such business-like lines.

13. In fact, it'll be a good time for us to go over some paperwork.

14. Looking at him, she was struck again by the illusory feeling that she'd known John all her life.

15.1 felt something dripping.

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