Tutorial Exercises for Week 7

4. Indicate wherter each sentence contains phrasal verb, a prepositional verb, a verb plus a prepositional phrase or phrasal verb.

He ran into the street.

He ran into an old friend.

She will stand by her former statement.

She will stand by the front door.

They went through a lot of countries.

They went through a lot of trouble.

The applicant filled out the form.

The commitee talked about their next meeting.

The doctor went into pediatrics.

The judge put off a decision.

The lawer is runing for public office.

They tured on the television.

The mad dog turned on his master.

She put up with the minor inconvenience.

I will puy you up.

He finally came to.

They are finally coming to Chicago.

She rundown the hill.

She ran down her neighbour.

The clock ran down.

They went through the corridor.

They went through the newspaper.

They went through wiht their plans.

He turned in early.

He turned in his report.

He turned in to his favourite program.

They looked into every nook and cranny.

They looked into the problem.

She goes in for water sports.

She goes for mystery novels.

5. Rewrite the following sentences with introductory it before the adjective (which may need to be altered slightly)

They were annoyed that every arrved so late.

We were very lucky that the weather held.

I was surprised that he refused my offer.

She was unfortunate that her aunt had seen the same programme.

He was worried that his cello was uninsured.

8. Complete each sentence by making the material in parentheses into a nonfinite clause, functioning as direct object.

I like ...............( i live in the mountains)

Dave supposed...............(his bother was at home)

Murray expected..............(the theatre would give free passes)

Polly waited for.............(the telephone reng three times)

High places make................(that mountain climber feels dizzy)

No one saw ..............(the boiled over)

We risked................(the might find out)

He liked................(the band would end wiht a Sousa march)

They caught ................(Zoe violated curfeww again)

The doorman head...........(someone asked for a cab)

The photographer wanted ...............(his film should be developed)

They saw ...............(the city bombed)

The drill left.............(the team exhausted)

9.Indicate whether the underlined part is an object or a complement.

Please don't use the air conditioner during peak afternoon hours.

The leading man directed himself in the play.

She wore an old pair of faded dungarees.

They have decided when to hold the match.

The handicappers agree that the horse has no chance.

They plan to see a double feature.

he finally stopped hiccupping.

We expected you to like this book.

I hear the shutter bang once.

They admire his defending the underdog.

Taxi driver want partitions installed between the seats.

She tie-dyed the shirt purple and yellow.

They crowned him King of the Sedes.

He grew more tomatoes in his garden this year.

He grew more curious as the day went on.

She made a really excellent nurse.

She made a really excellent suffle.

He felt ( like) a stranger even in his own home.

He felt a stranger (was) somewhere in the room.

He weighed 150 pounds.

He weighed 150 packages.

10. Underline the verb in each sentence and indi cate whether it is an intransitive, current copula or resulting copula.

The tomatoes are growing well.

He is growing tomatoes.

John was a doctor.

trollope's novels read easily.

Nell read al of Trollope's novels last year.

the kite flew well in the breeze.

Burt flew the kite without a tail.

mortimer seems an unlikely candidate for major.

Louella remain the only woman astraunt in the program.

The burglar alarm sounded.

The piano sounds out tune.

The watchman sounded the alarm.

Tutorial Exercises for Week 11

2. Indentify the sentence forms underlined and say whether their reference is to past, resent or future time.

We are going on the river this afternoon. You can come too if you fell like it.

She would never come into the Golden Pheasant again as long as she lived.

If you find me alive, for God's sake wait before calling help.

He had been told that he had cancer and coudn't face the treatment.

I hear you've had the police round.

He 'd been losing weight for the past year and he had that grey look to him.

Suppose you make yourself a cup of tea while I wait for the police.

you must have had an interesting childhood.

Trere's a small pantry on this floor which we share with the otheer tenants.

She hasn't done any word since I arrived and I doubt whether she will now.

3. Which of the three types of oresent time ( timeless, limited, instantaneous) is expressed by each of the italicized verb phrases?

They play the national anthem at every game.

Sylvia is studing Trascendentsl Meditation now.

Now, Lenski breaks awy and tries for the down.

Watch: We brown the onions and add garlic.

The cats are forever scratching the furniture.

Rose is busily making soup for supper.

Spring follows winter every year.

I now pronounce you man and wife.

Herman is reading " The Circus Animals' Desertation"

4. Complete the passage by filling each blank with a suitable phrase.

An action on past tme can be expressed by several tense-aspect combinations: (1).............the "historic present", used to create a sense of immediacy;(2).............,used for an event that took place in the past and is regarded as completed; (3)..............,used for a past event that has some relevane for the present and may still be in progess; (4).............,used for a past event that had some relevance for a particular time in the past and may have continued until that time;(5).................,used for incompleted of limited duration in the past;(6)...............,used for a past event of incomplete or limited duration with relevance for the present;and (7)................,used for the past event of incomplete os limited duration with relevance for a particular time in the past.

5. Write out the sentence, using the most logical tense or form of the verb in brackets.

Hello! I try telephone you all week. Where you (be)?

I don't think we (meet) before?'Well, I (see)you once at a party, but we (not be) introduced then.

It (look) as if this light (burn) all night, I must (forget) (switch) it off before I (go) to bed last night.

Come in now. I'm sorry (keep) you (wait) so long.

I (buy) the book, but when I (hear) the opinion of the critics, I (change) my mind.

At last you're her! I (wait) here for more than half an hour. I might (know) you (be) late!

Tutorial Exercises for Week 12

2. Rewrite following sentences, suing a single-word verb for the multi-word verb.

He lifted up his glass to the light.

She went back to the same chair.

His parents looked at him with a new interest.

Not one idea came into his head.

I can't put up with such rudeness.

To stay out of trouble, Maurice refused to reply.

We took three books out from both libraries.

We took three of his teeth out.

The government will have to put out a statement.

She put her shoulder out failing sownstairs.

the implementation of computer -intrgrates-manufacturing(CIM) has bought about some serious proplems.

The process should be done over until the desired results are achieved.

Plans are being made to come up with a database contaning detialed environment information for the region.

Subtle changes in the earth's crust were picked up by these new devices.

Proposals to construct new nuclear reactors have met with great resistance from environmentalists.

Expert Systems can help out the user in the diagnosis of problems.

This program was set up to improve acess to medical care.

Research expenditures have gone up to nearly $350 milliom.

The use of optical chatacter reader (OCRs) should cut down the number of problems with the U.S mail service.

Researchers have found out that this drug has serious side efffects.

Building a nuclear power plant will not get rid of the energy procplems completely.

Researchers have been looking into this problem for 15 years now.

This issue was brought up during the ivestigation.

Engineers can come up with better designs using CAD.

THe emission levels have been going up and down.

3. Replace each occurrence of the verb to be +adjective+preposition with a simple verb of the same meaning.

She was very fond of her Aunt Lucy.

Cast-iron articles are liable to fracture.

Obviously he was a ware of the consequences.