Of connection

1.A quiet walk in the garden before going to bed is useful. It is pleasant. 2. Jim was disappointed. Nelly was disappointed. 3. I spoke to Aunt Polly.I didn’t speak to Ned.4 She didn’t write to us. She didn’t sent a telegram. 5. The tank was hit by a shell. The tank continued to move forward, firing at the enemy fortifications. 6. The man stopped, The man hesitated. The man turned to the left. 7. Children grow. Children become unruly. Children gradually improve. 8. Granny is in the living room. Granny is in the kitchen. Granny is in the garden. 9. He was not surprised. He was not offended. 10. He won’t do it. I won’t do it. 11. You could fix the batteries. I could fix the batteries. Even little Hugh could fix the batteries. 12.They were hungry. They were thirsty. They were excited. They were happy. 13. Our vacation was over. It was short. It was joyful. 14. He stood by the window. He was smoking a cigar. He was looking out by the darkening sky. 15. The young man gave us a sudden look. The look was wondering. It was strangely frightened, too. 16. We didn’t expect any praise from the teacher. We didn’t expect it from our classmates. We didn’t expect it from our parents, either.

Exercise 6.Analyse the following sentences according to the given form.

Model:

Clarice was waiting for me in my bedroom. (Du Maurier). It is a simple extended sentence. "Clarice" is the subject expressed by a proper noun, "was waiting" is a simple predicate expressed by the verb "to wait" in the Past Continuous Tense, singular.

"for me" is a prepositional object expressed by a personal pronoun, first person, singular, in the objective case, preceded by the pre­position "for", "in my bedroom" is an adverbial modifier of place expressed by a prepositional phrase.

1. Mary shook off her mantle with a shrug of her shoulders. (Cronin).

2. Passengers getting out of the open doors were bowfed along the platform. (Cronin).

3. Trasker had been watching her with an inexplicable flush on his face... (Wilson). 4. Dinner at the Traskers' had become by this time almost a family routine for the Gorins. (Wilson). 5. Several shutters were put up in the windows of the shop to indicate a death. (Bennett). 6. The customer sent up by Constance had occupied the surface of her life for ten minutes, trying on hats. (Bennett). 7. She saw him put a piece of folded white paper on the top edge of the screening box and flick it down to her. (Bennett). 8. This was a disagreeable way of putting the business. (Dickens). 9. The two women stood side by side looking at the slender, flowering tree. (Mansfield). 10. She had to talk because of her desire to laugh. (Mansfield). 11. One win­ter afternoon she had been buying something in a little antique shop in Curzon Street. (Mansfield). 12. I opened the knife, and cut a length of twine, and came back into the room again. (Du Mau-rier). 13.... this time he allowed me to touch him and pull hold of his collar. (Du Maurier). 14. Most of the western rivers flow down a steep slope near the sea and are short and rapid. {Wide World Reader). 15. The southern rivers also rise near the coast and have short and rapid courses. (Wide World Reader). 16. The valley of the Tweed is remarkable for its magnificent trees. 17. The ebb and flow to and from the great shallow of the North Sea produces an alternating tidal race, running with a speed of from six to ten knots an hour. 18. The contrast between the south-east and the north-west of Brit­ain depends on a fundamental distinction in rock structure. 19. The well known cyclone on the 28 of December in 1879 was a real storm, the wind amounting in some places to a severe gale. 20. From the Pennine Chain good building stone, marble, and lime are obtained in large quantities. 21. Birmingham, England's "Second City", has the reputation of being able to make anything from an ancient relic to the automobile. 22. Stratford-upon-Avon is an irresistibly attractive country town.