ATTRIBUTE (Cont'd)

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 572.

Exercise 10.1. Define whether the attribute is restrictive (particularizing) or nonrestrictive (descriptive) and add commas where necessary.

1. 1. Ed's country house which is located on thirteen acres was completely furnished with mice.

2. 2. One corner of the attic was filled with newspapers dating from the turn of the century.

3. 3. They had to face the truth that they had spent all their money.

4. 4. She knew the only truth that they had spent all their money.

5. 5. Cars parked illegally will be removed.

6. 6. The castle burnt down in 1485 was never rebuilt.

7. 7. Fred Long who is a neighbor of yours will be visiting us this evening.

8. 8. Employees who have government contracts are supposed to extend them.

9. 9. Then again he met the girl who invited him to a party.

10. 10. Then again he met the girl who had invited him to the party.

11. 11. Here's the man whom I mentioned the other day.

12. 12. Here's John Smithson whom I mentioned the other day.

13. 13. Monday was the day on which he left.

14. 14. I found at my elbow a pretty girl who was begging for a penny.

15. 15. They will do for a man who was in the war what they will never do for any other man.

Exercise 10.2. Underline the apposition, say whether it is restrictive (close) or nonrestrictive (loose) and add commas where necessary.

1. 1. Norman Mailer's first novel The Naked and the Dead was a best-seller.

2. 2. The song “Fire It Up” was blasted out of amplifiers ten feet tall.

3. 3. Tommy Trott a man of law sold his bed and lay upon straw.

4. 4. She was greatly concerned about Juliana her youngest and prettiest daughter.

5. 5. A letter from uncle Samuel cheered him no end.

6. 6. Here was I Lucy Waring being asked into the water for a play.

7. 7. There was the dolphin Jack who saw the ships through Cook Strait for twenty years.

8. 8. George Lamb your friend has just telephoned.

9. 9. Your friend George Lamb has just telephoned.

10. 10. Your best friend George Lamb has just telephoned.

Exercise 10.3. Supply necessary articles for nouns modified by other nouns.

1. 1. ... Frank Sinatra Show

2. 2. ... Frank Sinatra's Show

3. 3. ... Pskov Museum

4. 4. ... Tretyakov Gallery

5. 5. ... women's college

6. 6. ... summer's day

7. 7. ... girls' school

8. 8. ... fifteen minutes' break

9. 9. ... doctor's words

10. 10. ... doctor's degree

11. 11. ... Europe's future

12. 12. ... three weeks' holiday

13. 13. ... week's holidays

14. 14. ... theater season's first big event

15. 15. ... Verdi's opera

16. 16. ... Chaikovsky Hall

17. 17. ... Chaikovsky's symphony

18. 18. ... someone's raincoat

19. 19. ... father-in-law's office

20. 20. ... students' cafeteria

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