Unit 2 Verb Complementation
Exercises – 2.2[INSTRUCTIONS: COMPLETE & UPLOAD TO SWAD. DUE: FRIDAY 1/11/13, 23:59 H]
INTENSIVE AND COMPLEX-INTRANSITIVE PATTERNS
1. Determine which of the following verbs could fill the gap in each of the sentences below:
appear - be - become - feel - get - go - grow - look - make - remain - seem - smell - sound - taste - turn
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Unit 2 Verb Complementation
Exercises – 2.21. Marie Curie ______a famous scientist.
2. She ______devoted to her work.
3. The work ______more and more interesting.
4. This chair ______comfortable.
5. The milk ______sour.
6. My coffee ______rather sweet.
7. John ______a very good husband.
8. The weather ______much warmer.
9. The poor old woman ______mad.
10. She ______thin and wizened.
11. These four books ______for you.
12. The concert ______at six o'clock.
13. He ______rather a fool.
14. Everyone ______in the garden.
15. That he crossed the desert alone ______unbelievable.
16. Poor Peter is in hospital; he ______ill last month.
17. Oh! How is he? - Well, he ______better now, but it’s a slow business.
18. Watch out! That dog looks as if he may ______nasty.
19. Every one would like to ______old gracefully.
20. I’m afraid the meat ______bad; you should have put it in the refrigerator last night.
21. Dr Brandenburg ______sick and died.
22. After Hamlet rejected her, Ophelia ______mad.
23. Look at Mary; she ______terribly fat these days.
24. The leaves of decidious trees ______brown in autumn.
25. As it ______dark, lights began to twinkle in the valley below us.
26. John ______pleased with life; he's got a broad smile on his face.
27. I really like this pie; it ______the pies my mother used to make.
28. The weather ______worse all the time, I’m afraid; we shan’t be able to go out.
29. I can hear someone calling; it ______Brian.
30. This milk ______sour; let’s make some cottage cheese with it.
31. Hold your nose! This room ______a stable.
32. Litmus paper ______red when it is put in acid.
33. This material is very soft to the touch; it ______velvet.
34. Mrs Finch, who died last week, was born in the village and ______old here.
35. Many of the Borgia family's guests ______sick and died.
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Unit 2 Verb Complementation
Exercises – 2.22. Identifying copular patterns: Many copular verbs can also be used in other syntactic patterns. In the examples below, focus on the highlighted verbs and 1) identify the clause pattern, b) determine semantic type of process
SYNTACTIC PATTERN SEMANTIC PROCESS
Eg.: 1a. As the sun slanted lower in the afternoon sky, he grew restless. PURE INSTENSIVE RELATIONAL
1b. So I’m really not sure why we grow it.
1c. They burned her eyebrows off, and they didn’t ever grow back.
2a. It was the first time he had appeared in public since this incident.
2b. Gramm appeared relaxed and at peace with his decision.
3a. Well, he’ll probably stay warm in the winter time then.
3b. So, how much longer did she stay?
4a. The whole color scheme looked nice but it could have looked better
4b. If you look out the window, you can see the leaves are starting to change.
5. Your breath smells fine – I don’t smell your breath, so I don’t even know it smells.
6a. He had been in radio since he went to Everett High School in Lansin, Michigan.
6b. I think it’s the biggest concert any one act has played, and the audience went wild.
7a. Well, uh, I got hungry and wanted something to chew on.
7b. And I of course want to go and get the scrub brush and scrub those walls.
7c. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
7d. Either it gets through completely or it totally fails to do so.
7e. Why don’t you go and get us both a pie.
7f. The mug of coffee has not got any hotter.
7g. Her mother warned her not to get her clothes too dirty.
8a. Your hero is Dr Frankenstein, you’ve prove that tonight.
8b. Finding common ground often has proved difficult over the past two years.
9a. Homer felt a tap on the shoulder
9b. Homer felt a real idiot.
10a. His talks with the Russians constituted a breakthrough.
10b. We must constitute a new and more democratic committee of management
11a. Sue Brown provides an excellent example of a successful business woman.
11b. The government provides the necessary funds.
12a. Jill represents her school at tennis.
12b. This proposal represents a serious threat to our standard of living.
13a. His fear turned into unreasoning panic.
13b. Darwin’s fascination with monkeys turned into an obsession.
3. Rewrite the following sentences, changing the form of the complement from nominal to adjectival, or vice versa, as the case may be. Identify each linking verb as either current or resulting.
1. She seems lonely.
2. He became athletic.
3. He wound up immensely rich.
4. His hair turned grey.
5. The party turned out a success.
6. She makes him feel an idiot.
7. When I become middle-aged, I’ll grow a beard.
8. The day seems fine.
9. The arrangement proved a money-spinner.
10. They remained enemies all their lives.
4. Insert a suitable Atrribute in the complex-intransitive patterns below and say whether it is Current or Resulting:
1. After wandering around in circles for more than an hour, we ended up …………………... Curr. □ Res. □
2. Growing coffee proved to be ………………………….. than they had expected. Curr. □ Res. □
3. Stand …………………… while I bandage your hand. Curr. □ Res. □
4. Feel …………………. to do as you like. Curr. □ Res. □
5. The child fell …………………… on its face. Curr. □ Res. □
6. The label has come ………………………… Curr. □ Res. □
5. Complete each sentence by making a complement for the adjective out of the expression in parentheses.
Eg.: They are consciuous … (their responsibility) → They are conscious of their responsibility
1. They became aware … (a knocking on the door).
2. He was intent … (watch the car races).
3. She is familiar … (the rules of chess).
4. Harry was amazed … (his own success).
5. We were positive … (the car runs).
6. The judge was insistent … (the jury is informed).
7. The usher was good … (he helped the lost child).
8. Rich was quick … (he notices things quickly).
9. Zoe was pleased … (it pleased her to be Miss America).
10. Albert feels reluctant … (he doesn’t want to eat squid).
11. The puzzle is easy … (to solve the puzzle is easy).
12. A fur coat is hot … (to wear a fur coat in summer makes one hot).
6. Rewrite the following with (a) adjective + to-inf cl as Cs; (b) (wherever possible) alternative constructions : (extraposed) to-inf or that-cl as S
Eg.: Bob waited for us. That was kind: Bob was king to wait for us → It was kind of Bob to wait for us; (For Bob) to wait for us was kind.
1. Marie always pays her bills regularly. She’s careful that way.
a. She is always ……………………………………………………………………………….
b. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. She always spots a mistake quickly.
a. She is always ………………………………………………………………………………
b. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. When we finally heard that David had arrived, we were very relieved.
a. We were ……………………………………………………………………………………
b. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Why have you thrown up your job? You’re mad.
a. You are ……………………………………………………………………………………..
b. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. What I want to do is start my own business. I’m keen.
a. I am …………………………………………………………………………………………
b. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. We haven’t heard from Molly. That disappoints us.
a. We are ……………………………………………………………………………………..
b. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. We thought she would telephone. But perhaps she couldn’t.
a. Perhaps she was ………………………………………………………………………….
b. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. You can contact her at works. It is usually quite easy.
a. She is usually ………………………………………………………………………………
b. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. Well, I tried to get hold of her yesterday. But it was impossible.
a. She was ……………………………………………………………………………………
b. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. Can you sign the papers please? They are ready now.
a. The papers are ……………………………………………………………………………
b. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
11. Don’t lend Tom any money. That would be most unwise.
a. You’d be ……………………………………………………………………………………
b. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
12. We were able to help. That pleased us.
a. We were ……………………………………………………………………………………
b. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. Using the British National Corpus (http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/)
i. collect examples of each of the following verbs in at least 3 different clause patterns, one of which must be INTENSIVE or COMPLEX INTRANSITIVE:
make – get – turn – grow – die – appear – sound - feel
Eg.: (a) I do believe [he would make a good manager]. S P CS: Intensive
(b) The relatively low cost of long distance inter-city bus services has made them a highly competitive force. P OD Co: Complex Transitive
(c) When we first met my fiancé and I used [to make love every day and often in really unusual places — in fields, on the beach, in the car and so on]. P OD: Monotransitive
(d) When the ambulance men came we made them a cup of tea. S P OI OD: Ditransitive
ii. Collect the FIRST 3 examples that the corpus provides of each of the adjectives below in an [A + to inf] pattern and assign the examples to any of the “seven kinds of constructions in which an adjective is followed by a to-infinitive clause” (Quirk et al. (1985: 16.75-82) or to any of the four types we have seen in class. Try to determine which examples are NOT cases of ADJECTIVE COMPLEMENTATION but of EXTRAPOSITION
easy – hard – impossible – possible – reluctant – silly
Eg.: (a) It's silly to let a baby rule your life. Extraposed subject: To let a baby rule your life is silly
(b) She's pretty silly to come and sit out there in the rain. Adjective complementation: Quirk’s group #1 (p.1227). Features: (i) Subject of be is the same as subject of to come and sit; alternative constructions with to inf- clause as subject or extraposed subject: (For her) to come and sit out there in the rain was pretty silly; It was pretty silly (of her) to come and sit out there in the rain.
8. Full syntactic analysis & commentary:
Sefton Hamilton was eager to convince us that he had little time to read and no time to attend the theatre or opera, but we were uncertain whether he was really telling the truth.
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