Ex. 98, p. 489 1. He is clever enough to understand it. 2. The current was too strong for him to
swim around the beacon. 3. The story was too gripping/absorbing not to read it to the
end. 4. Her pronunciation was too correct to be natural. 5. He was so furious that one
word would have been enough to drive him mad. 6. I've looked through two chapters
to find only five suitable examples. 7. The next morning she woke up to find herself
alone in the house. 8. After a long travel he returned to realize that there is no place
like home. 9. He walked around/round/about all the rooms to find only the cat in the
kitchen. The flat was empty. 10. She opened the door of the study to see her father
walking up and down/to and fro/back and forth in a rage. 11. From time to time he
would wake up only to go back to sleep at once. 12. After a long absence she came
back home to find that nothing had changed: they had not forgiven her. 13. He
thought over the situation for the umpteenth time only to realize that there was no
way out. 14. She opened the door to find that everybody had already gathered and
was waiting for her.
Ex. 99, p. 489 1. Adverbial modifier of purpose. 2.
to know is part of a compound verbal
predicate of double orientation and
to worry about is an attribute. 3. Part of a
Complex Object. 4. Attribute. 5.
to let is an object, and
come is part of a Complex
Object. 6.
come and
get are parts of compound verbal modal predicates. 7. Part of a
Complex Object. 8. Subject. 9. An adverbial modifier of result. 10.
to take is an
object and
to help is an adverbial modifier of result. 11. Subject. 12. An adverbial
modifier of result. 13. Part of a compound verbal aspect predicate. 14. Attribute. 15.
to get is an attribute, and
to study is a predicative. 16.
get is part of a compound
verbal modal predicate and
to do is an attribute. 17. Part of a compound verbal modal
predicate. 18.
to stare is an attribute, and
to concentrate is an object. 19. Subject. 20.
Attributes. 21.
water and
talk are parts of Complex Objects, and
to hear is a subject.