Use the appropriate form of the verb.

Point out the subject and say by what it is expressed.

1. The European Union and Russia resolved their long-running and acrimonious dispute yesterday.

2. Some of the sharpest cultural minds have also been susceptible.

3. Seventy-five percent of those surveyed in Jordan had an unfavorable opinion of America.

4. The beloved can also be of any description.

5. There's a very important mechanism in the World Heritage Convention.

6. It is impossible to say that someone will make a better parent because she fancies other girls.

7. There are many things I need to know that I do not.

8. Having two mums, whether you like it or not, is going to cause a spot of bother in the playground.

9. Beyond the reach of the last tendrils of sunlight, far beneath the waves, lies the planet’s largest — and strangest — habitat.

10. Those surveyed expect inflation will remain low and the dollar to remain weak

2. State the nature of it.

1. It’s Friday the Thirteenth.

2. It’s all nonsense, isn’t it?

3. The most common criticisms of the United States are that it acts by itself, it pushes policies that widen the gap between rich and poor nations.

4. Then it was called democratic centralism.

5. It is for this reason that most of us would rather love than be loved.

Point out the predicate and say to what type it belongs.

1. Universities are playing an important role in transferring their newly discovered knowledge and expertise into new start-up ventures.

2. First of all, love is a joint experience between two persons.

3. Relatively little science has been done on the highest mountains.

4. Has the Government's language-teaching strategy got lost in translation?

5. The baby, named only as C, was taken into care after tests revealed his DNA did not match that of either "parent".

6. Often, it merely meant not using labels that people resented being pinned on them.

Point out the predicative and say by what it is expressed.

1. This discovery has had a big impact on our understanding of antique cultures.

2. Such behaviour may be symptomatic of the stress we feel but it also becomes the cause of someone else's stress.

3. Too much stress, however, can be harmful.

4. Time Management is a set of related practical skills that help you to use your time in the most effective and productive way possible.

5. The dislike was especially striking in Muslim countries.

Point out subordinate clauses and state their type.

1. Another invitation proving to be controversial is that of King Mswati III of Swaziland, who is accused of living a lavish lifestyle while his people go hungry.
2. As we embarked on the three-hour drive south-west to Norcia in Umbria, we were struck how the landscape quickly changed from flat pastures to verdant hills.
3. She also pleaded guilty to leaving them at night while she worked as a barmaid.
4. My husband declared that his ravioli was the best thing he'd ever tasted, which troubled the girls on the grounds that (a) it wasn't ice cream and (b) their mother hadn't cooked it.
5. It is strange that he has made a mistake.
6. The trouble is that I have lost his address.

Use the appropriate form of the verb.

1. The Russian Interior Ministry has announced that up to 90% of all goods sold on the Russian consumer market …. fake.

2. There …. a number of measures to protect witnesses when giving evidence in court.

3. The number of school-age children … declining.

4. The governor, as well as his press secretary, …. shot.

5. None of these trades (require) a college education.

6. Our ability to use language is one of the things that (set) us apart from animals.

7. A major force in today’s economy (be) women – as earners, consumers, and investors.

7. Analyze the sentences.

1. The result is that the definition of luxury as something of exceptional quality and value, made to the highest standards from the finest materials, does not seem appropriate for most of the high-end stuff items on sale.

2. Children aren’t happy with nothing to ignore, and that’s what parents were created for.

3. Life would be a terribly dreary assault course if every fact had to be precise, but, that said, generalisations have no place in serious scientific research, which is why I was a bit startled to read last week that a government adviser from the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners said lesbians made better parents than what we can no longer call “normal couples”.

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1177