Exercise I

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 509.

Read and translate the following sentences. Find the predicate; define its person and number. Explain the use ofthe Present Continuous Tensein each sentence.

1. He is a legal professional. He is working with legal resources.

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2. I am looking through a form book to find some necessary information.

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3. The investigator is gathering primary materials about crimes involving young offenders.

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4. The police are investigating a serious case now. They are still collecting evidence against some young offenders.

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5. Listen! The judge is instructing the jury on the laws relevant to the case.

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6. We are worried because crime among young people is increasing.

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7. Who is looking up this legal term in the dictionary?

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8. We are just discussing what research skills legal professionals need.

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9. Look! The librarians are carrying around legal encyclopedias, digests and journals.

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10. At the moment she is locating primary materials in the computerized database.

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11. The attorney is explaining some difficult points to the paralegal.

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12. Now the law students are using a legal encyclopedia to find out the meaning of the difficult term.

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13. They are writing a summary of the statutes on young defendants.

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14. I'm writing some official papers, that's why I'm using form books.

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15. They are printing this annotation in a law journal.

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