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REVISION
The given manual was aimed at acquainting students with such grammatical
phenomenon as non-finite forms of the verb. To evaluate
the obtained knowledge
answer the questions given below in sections (A) and (B).
(A)
1.
What is a non-finite form of the verb?
2.
What other linguistic terms do you know to denote
the same notion as the term
‗non-finite forms of the verb‘?
3.
How many non-finite forms are there in the English language?
4.
What syntactic functions does Participle I perform?
5.
What syntactic functions does Participle II perform?
6.
What syntactic functions does the Gerund perform?
7.
What syntactic functions does the Infinitive perform?
8.
What is the difference between Participle I and the Gerund?
9.
What do we mean saying ‗a bare Infinitive‘?
10.
In what cases should we use bare-Infinitives?
11.
How is Complex Object with Participle I formed?
12.
When do we use Complex Object with Participle II?
13.
How is Complex Object with the Infinitive formed?
14.
How is Complex Subject formed? What types of Complex Subject do you know?
15.
How else do we call Complex Object?
16.
How else do we call Complex Subject?
17.
How many absolute constructions are there in the English language? What are
they?
18. What verbal is often used with the preposition ‗without‘?
19. What is the difference between the verbals ‗not doing smth.‘ And ‗without doing
smth.‘?
20. What syntactic function is performed by a verbal accompanied by such words as
‗in spite of‘, ‗despite‘ and ‗though‘?
21. What syntactic function is performed by a verbal accompanied by such words as
‗unless‘ and ‗if‘ ?
22. What syntactic function is performed by a verbal accompanied by such words as
‗when‘, ‗after‘ and ‗before‘?
23. Which non-finite form cannot perform the function
of the subject in the
sentence?
24. What is a predicative? What non-finite form(s) can be a predicative in the
sentence?
25. What is a parenthesis? Give examples of parentheses that contain verbals.