1_WORD_ORDER_part_III

Ex.9. Point out direct, indirect, and prepositional objects and say what they are expressed by.
Note. Remember that the indirect object cannot be used without the direct object.
M o d e l s : Give me (indirect) your address (direct).
I must read it (direct) to you (indirect).
He came with his friend (prepositional).
1. Give me a knife and a small spoon, please. 2. It is raining, you must give her your umbrella. 3. Tell us your story. 4. Tell it to him, too. 5. I know nothing about it. 6. Show me your room. 7. I want to buy a doll for my little sister. 8. I haven't seen the children today. 9. Help me, please. 10. See me tomorrow. 11. You'll forget him. 12. She writes letters to her cousins.
Ex.10. Point out the objects and say what kind they are:
1. Give me a match, please. 2. Put all possible questions to this sentence. 3. Will you pass me the sugar? 4. I addressed her twice before she answered me. 5. He handed the letter to his wife. 6. I need a book with pictures for my little daughter. 7. Everybody listened to him with interest. 8. Peggotty opened a little door and showed me my bedroom. 9. We are sorry for him. 10. He stopped and shook hands with me. 11. She put the kettle on the fire. 12. We looked for the boy everywhere.

Ex.11. Point out the attribute and say what it is expressed by.
Note. An attribute may stand before and after the noun. Remember that an attribute to a pronoun always follows it.
1. Ansell gave an angry sigh. 2. I hear Mary's voice in the next room. 3. I looked at her smiling face. 4. He is a walking grammar book. 5. Toby is a good clever boy. 6. The cover of this book is blue . 7. It was a cold winter night. 8. The streets of Moscow are wide. 9.1 like all Moscow theatres. 10. Tell me something interesting. 11. I don't see anything difficult in it. 12. Give me a better pencil, please.
Ex.12. Point out adverbial modifiers of time, place, and manner and say what they are expressed by.
Note. Adverbial modifiers are often expressed by adverbs and nouns with prepositions.
M o d e l s : Come to see me tomorrow.
We live in Moscow.
Don't speak so loudly.
Jim spoke in a whisper.
1. Ann can speak English well. 2. Father comes home at four o'clock. 3. You mustn't stay there late. 4. She looked at me with a smile. 5. John said it in a low voice. 6. Take these things upstairs. 7. She came into the room from the kitchen. 8. I will do it for you with pleasure. 9. Don't allow the children to play in the street. 10. We started early in the morning. 11. That day I was busy and didn't go out. 12. We stayed there for an hour.
Ex.13. Put the adverbial modifiers in their proper places.
Note. With verbs of movement or staying (движения или пребывания) the adverbial modifier of place comes immediately after the verb. If there are two or more adverbial modifiers, the usual order is "place", "manner", "time".
M o d e l s : Bill ran home quickly an hour ago.
They stayed there quietly all day.
1. He went (at seven o'clock, by taxi, to the theatre). 2. She stood (looking at the road, on the porch). 3. Felix lived (for a long time, in France). 4. We went (after dinner, to the village shop). 5. They left (in a hurry, at about 12 o'clock, for London). 6. We started (after dinner, there, immediately). 7. Don't forget that you must come (every morning, regularly, here). 8. I will meet you (tomorrow, at three o'clock, at the college gates). 9. Did you come (on your bicycle, to work, this morning) ? 10. I went (by air, last month, to St. Petersburg).