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6. Find out adjective phrases and adverb phrases in the following sentences
and analyse their constituents:
1. That is a bit premature, isn't it?
2. I found it rather tight.
3. I'd be quite keen to try anything like that really.
4. What you have been doing then has been so wild.
5. I expect you are glad you're not a vegetarian.
6. I am sure it isn't much difficult than you say.
7. She was uncertain what to do.
8. He gave me a very earnest look.
9. He sounds very interested in our proposal.
10. Unfortunately, he is very busy now.
11. It was a quite ridiculously worded statement.
12. Is he certain of our support?
13. I am quite sure that he is certain to win.
14. He was rather concerned that no-one should know immediately.
15. He runs very fast.
16. It is a surprisingly high price.
17. He intentionally took the calculator.
18. They excitedly welcomed the music band.
7. Underline verb phrases in the following sentences and decide whether they
are finite or nonfinite:
1. At the station, we were met by a man carrying a copy of the Times.
2. He was accompanied by a porter weighing at least 150 kilos.
3. A car, coming unexpectedly out of a side street, crashed into us.
4. We collided with a car driven by a young man without a license.
5. Any diver not having a license ought to be sent to jail right away.
6. The train standing at platform six is for Brussels and Ostend.
7. Any articles left in this bus were taken at once to the Lost property Office.
8. Any dutiable articles not declared to the custom will be liable to
confiscation.
9. Presents costing less than ten pounds in all may be imported duty free.
10. Anyone not hearing that noise must have been stone deaf.
8. Find out verb phrases in the following sentences and analyse them;
1. We were waiting for hours.
2. Yee Ling has never been to Scotland.
3. Those people are really lucky.
4. We will not give you that information.
5. They appointed him the chairman of the committee.
6. Ali must have spent a fortune last week.
7. They could help you.
8. They will arrive tomorrow morning.
9. The thieves may have left by now.
10. When did you see Mr. Lim?
9. A part of each of the sentences below is marked. Indicate by which of the

following linguistic structures the bold part is being realized:
a. finite verb phrase
b. non - finite verb phrase
c. prepositional phrase
d. noun phrase
e. adjective phrase
f. adverb phrase
g. non-finite clause
h. finite clause
1. Fire can cause great damage to any city.
2. The Great Fire of London started in a bakery.
3. It burnt furiously for four days.
4. Pepys has given us a vivid account of it.
5. Who has given a vivid account of it?
6. The man who has just spoken is Benjamin Hall.
7.They suddenly decided to christen the bell Big Ben.
8.The man who won the contract was Dent
9. The next day we were sitting in the car
10. Leaving us at the gate, they disappeared.
11. Leaving us at the gate like that was very thoughtless.
12. Hand the man at the gate your ticket.
13. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting June again.
14. Meeting her again has left me very happy.
15. We doubts whether peace will last.
10. Identify types of phrases in the following sentences and indicate their
functions.
1. They found her presentation on global warming quite persuasive.
2. What colour is she going to dye her hair?
3. Young people are now surprised at the belief that people should give the
company their unconditional loyalty.
4. The data used by the “green” groups were collected decades earlier.
5. Stocks of fish are declining at a much faster rate.
6. I considered him the best art critic to have emerged in London.
7. He is in a good mood.
8. They are painted in a variety of methods.
9. She has written me a very nice letter.
10. I shall never forget the immense sensation of space the first moment we
entered that room.
11. A full moon was rising over the mountain.
12. The surprisingly increasing price of petrol is one of the reasons for the city’s
economic crisis.

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