1. The first day's journey from Gaza to Ascalon was intolerably tedious. (Douglas) 2. What do you say to a stroll through the garden, Mr. Cockane? (Shaw) 3. It was such a cruel thing to have happened to that gentle, helpless creature. (Prichard) 4. He was always the first to enter the dining-room and the last to leave. (Mansfield) 5. Sally hated the idea of borrowing and living on credit. (Prichard) 6. The two men faced each other silently. (Douglas) 7. It was an easy go-as-you-please existence. (Prichard) 8. I am not in the habit of reading other people's letters. (Shaw) 9. He thrust his hands deep into his overcoat pockets. (Galsworthy) 10. It was not a matter to be discussed even with a guide, philosopher and friend so near and trusted as the Professor. (Kahler) 11. Ethel, the youngest, married a good-for-nothing little waiter. (Mansfield) 12 He pointed to a house on a near-by shady knoll. (Douglas) 13. It was just one little sheet of glass between her and the great wet world outside. (Mansfield) 14. She had a pair of immense bare arms to match, and a quantity of mottled hair 'arranged in a sort of bow. (Mansfield) 15. Dicky heard right enough. A clear, ringing little laugh was his only reply. (Mansfield) 16. To think that a man of his abilities would stoop to such a horrible trick as that. (Dreiser) 17. There was a blackbird perched on the cherry-tree, sleek and glistening. (Braine) 18. A middle-aged man carrying a sheaf of cards walked into the room. (Braine) 19. Daniel Quilp began to comprehend the possibility of there being somebody at the door. (Dickens) 20. Still, Pett's happiness or unhappiness is quite a life and death question with us. (Dickens)
Exercise 21. Point out the apposition and say whether it is close or loose.
1. Maria, the mother, had not taken off her shawl. (Croniri) 2. One of our number, a round-faced, curly-haired little man of about forty, glared at him aggressively. (Braddon) 3. There are plenty of dogs in the town of Oxford. (Jerome K. Jerome) 4. You look all right, Uncle Soames. (Galsworthy) 5. James, a slow and thorough eater, stopped the process of mastication. (Galsworthy) 6. He felt lost, alone there in the room with that pale spirit of a woman. (London) 7. But the doctor a family physician well past middle age was not impressed. (Carter) 8. They, the professors, were right in their literary judgement... (London) 9. In consequence neither Oscar nor his sister Martha had had any too much education or decent social experience of any kind. (Dreiser) 10. But now he had seen that world, possible and real, with a flower of a woman... (London)
Exercise 22. Point out the kind of adverbial modifier, and state by what it is expressed. Translate into Russian.
l.Gallio slowly nodded his head. (Douglas) 2. He's coming Saturday at one o'clock. (Cronin) 3. Lucia stopped them in their tracks with a stern command. (Douglas) 4. Sally was sitting on the front seat of the buggy, dumb and unhappy at being ignored. (Prichard) 5. I feel my own deficiencies too keenly to presume so far. (Shaw) 6. A few miners hung on, hoping the mines would reopen. (Prichard) 7. The first bar of gold raised hopes sky high. (Prichard) 8. She had to talk because of her desire to laugh. (Mansfield) 9. Gallic pushed back his huge chair and rose to his full height as if preparing to deliver an address. (Douglas) 10. He takes a glass and holds it to Essie to be filled. (Shaw) 11. Morris was walking too quickly for Sally to keep up with him. (Prichard) 12. The poor woman was annoyed with Morris for dumping his wife on her. (Prichard) 13. It was quite a long narrative. (Douglas) 14. Of course Laura and Jose were far too grown-up to really care about such things. (Mansfield) 15. Now and then Gavin would stop to point out silently some rarity. (Cronin) 16. And for all her quiet manner, and her quiet smile, she was full of trouble. (Dickens) 17. The young schoolteacher's spirits rose to a decided height. (Dreiser) 18. Evil report, with time and chance to help it, travels patiently, and travels far. (Collins)
