Ex. 8. Point out the objects and say what kind they are.
1. She gives Charlie a glass of milk every day. 2. I see a picture over there. 3. He has a lot of free time. 4. I saw Mike yesterday. 5. He was afraid of the dark. 6. Tell me this story, please. 7. The teacher explained a new rule to his students. 8. You always make careless mistakes. 9. I sent my father a telegram yesterday. 10. He showed us his library. 11. He offered me a lift. 12. Stop laughing at me. 13. Jean bought me a copy of the book on Windows 2000. 14. They ate everything on the table. 15. She is proud of her son's paintings.
Ex. 9. Point out the attributes in the following sentences and say what they are expressed by.
1. He got a long letter from his school friend. 2. Richard's library is very good. 3. It was a cold day. 4. There are two broken chairs in the room. 5. The second chapter is very interesting. 6. He picked up the letter lying on the floor. 7. The roof of the house is shingled. 8. He has a great desire to travel around the world. 9. There is no hope of seeing him soon. 10. It was the only thing to do. 11. The girl in a white dress is my cousin. 12. We took a late train to Riga. 13. There were flowers in every other room. 14. It is not somebody else's problem. It is yours. 15. Laughing children is a nice thing to
Ex. 10. Point out the adverbial modifiers in the following sentences. State their type and say what they are expressed by.
1. We reached the town in the morning. 2. I called on Bob to ask him about our exams. 3. He has greatly changed. 4. We couldn't see the river from the hill top. 5. We sat on the sofa reading. 6. He was in the British Army during the war. 7. He likes to walk fast. 8. They went for a long walk on Piccadilly. 9. The best food is always cooked at home. 10. He looked at me strangely. 11. Brian always comes home for Thanksgiving. 12. The tent was carefully placed under a huge oak tree. 13. I haven't finished my recommended reading-list yet. 14. I met Nancy on my first day at the University. 15. The beautiful stream tumbled loudly over the sharp stones.
Ex. 11. Change the following sentences into as many questions as you can beginning with when, where, and what.
1. In spring they planted corn on the new land. 2. At the age of fifteen he published his first poem in a youth magazine. 3. Yesterday Dick played tennis with Bob at the country club. 4. Joy took her younger brother to the cinema on Sunday. 5. In the morning she went to the bakery for bread. 6. She went to the post office yesterday to buy some stamps. 7. When she was young she used to type fifty words a minute. 8. Last month they hold a captured lion in a log trap for several hours. 9. Kevin had to leave his car at the gas station the other day. 10. He gave me a great present for my birthday last year. 11. The Dickinsons bought a nice cottage on the lake last summer. 12. Mike and his friends went hiking in the mountains last summer. 13. She left several messages on my voice mail. 14. Steven made lots of money playing on the stock market last year. 15. Mom made a delicious cake for my birthday party on Saturday.