Does the sentence contain a subject?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 805.

PRACTICE WITH SUBJECTS

Choose the word or word combination that is incorrect.

1. Goods that have to be transshipped via Netherlands turn to come

A B

sooner than the otherones.

C D

2. When they go to college,young want to use their income

A B

effectively and learn to economise on everytwopence to keep

C D

the budget thoroughly.

3. Those consumers, who drink tea four times in a day usually buy

A B

not less than a half pound of tea and often of the best quality.

C D

4. Producers like these are one pencea dozen, you'd better look for

A B

some otherones.

C D

6. Germans,Italians as well as Dutch use English to communicate.

A B C D

7. Milk belongs to the category of perishable goods, the shoes do not,

A B C

as they can be stored for a long time without going bad.

D

8. The number of rich among the Italians does not vary much

A B C

from that among other nations.

D

9. Nakamurasan is a Japanese. Having studied his preliminary

A

desk research, the manager made a conclusion that Japaneseare

B C D

very hard-working people.

10. Mr. Denis Stocks, a Harvard alumnus, has just been given a B.Sc.

A B

for twelve years' research into an ancient Egyptian industrial

C D

methods.

Ask yourself these questions when checking nouns.

All complete sentences contain a subject. Exception: the command form, in which the subject is understood. (“Buy some tea”).

a. Various structures may be used for subjects.

ö Noun

The subject may consist of one or more nouns:

A producer makes goods or provides services.

People or businesses can produce goods.

ö Pronoun

You find that there are lots of things in the world you want.

ö Clause (contains noun + verb)

The first Persian carpet I bought was very expensive.

Several different clause structures can be used for subjects.

Wh-structures:

Where we go depends on the job opportunities.

Yes/no structures

Whether I develop a personal budget or not doesn't matter.

“The fact that” structures (“the fact” is frequently omitted in these structures):

The fact that he pays his expenses regularly is a miracle.

That he pays his expenses regularly is a miracle.

ö Gerund ( -ing forms) and Gerund phrase

Working became hard.

Working ten years on the mine was enough.

ö Infinitive and Infinitive phrase

To save is important.

To save on optional expenses is the only way out.