A Concise English Grammar for Foreign Students

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CHAPTER I THE SENTENCES Page 2. Ex. I (1) Statement. (2) Command, Statement. (3) Question, Statement. 3. Ex. III (1) Subject: fish. Predicate: swim. (2) Subject: the boys. Predicate: swim in the river. (3) Subject: they. Predicate: are . . . current. (4) Subject: the man . . . garden. Predicate: is ... cigarette. (5) Subject: he. Predicate: what . . . shop. Ex. V (1) Phrase: of the football team. (2) Phrases: in . . . position, on the field, in every match. (3) Clause: that . . . team. (4) Phrase: in England. (5) Clause: who . . . strongest. Ex. VIII (1) Noun Clause: that . . . well. (2) Adjectival Clause: who . . . fastest. (3) Adverbial Clause: Because . . . tired. (4) Noun Clause: that . . . London. (5) Adjectival Clause: that. . . built. Ex. IX Oxford and Cambridge, which are the two oldest universities in England, are great rivals in all sports. Ex. X Question. (2) Exclamatory sentence. CHAPTER II THE NOUN Page 6. Ex. I John, Linton, Proper. Street, Common. village, Common. Forborough, Proper. weather, Common. crowds, Collective. people, Collective. gardens, Common. tranquillity, Abstract. Sunday, Proper. repose, Abstract. work, Common. looks, Common. direction, Common. glances, Common. signs, Common. recognition, Abstract. faces, Common. Ex. II length, kindness, shortness, height, comfort, pleasure, depth, joy, generosity, peace. Ex. III gander, heir, widower, bachelor, monk, fox, stepfather, actor, wizard. 7. Ex. I see page 16. 8. Ex. II railways, libraries, hoofs (hooves), sanatoria, passers-by, automata, spectators, people. 10. Ex. IV student, Nominative singular. eagerness, Objective after preposition Singular. progress, Objective Direct Singular. breakdown, Objective Direct Singular. parents', Possessive PluraL 3 Vissza