Exercises Lecture 6

Exercise 1:

Give five sentences using adjectives as subject complements.

Exercise 2:

Rewrite these sentences, placing the adverbs or adverbial phrase at the beginning of the sentence, and making the necessary inversions.

1-      I little realized that I was wrong.

2-      I didn’t know that he had been ill until I visited him.

3-      He had no sooner come home and it began to rain.

4-      He should on no account tell her thank you.

5-      I wouldn’t doubt his honesty for one moment.

6-      He has rarely helped in sweeping the dusty furnishing.

7-      You should never drink water directly after running.

8-      He feels relief only when he  tells the truth.

9-      His waste of money was such that he resorted to ruining.

10-  He has proved his know-how in very few cases.

Exercise 3:

Write each of these sentences twice, placing the adverbs in two different positions so as to differ in meaning.

1-      He stays some days in Egypt on his way to London. (also)

2-      My father managed to take us on holidays before the restart working. (just)

3-      He likes eating ice-cream in winter. (only)

4-      He has time to come if he wants. (still)

5-      He had the courage to apologize. (at least)

6-      I will go to ask him about that. (personally)

7-      I recognize her talent in writing poems. (well)

8-      He thinks that he works better when he gets up early. (really)