Exercises in English Patterns and Usage 2. [antikvár]

PREFACE This workbook deals, like the first in the series, mainly with the verb and problems of sentence structure associated with it. The exercises on Phrasal Verbs and Stress are similar to those of the first book except that in the former the student himself is required to give the correct form of the verb, and in the latter a number of nouns are included which are different in form from the contrasted verbs. There are some exercises on adverbials, with special emphasis on problems of word-order; two exercises on the inversion of subject and verb after certain adverbials; and what is thought to be a novel exercise in ways of expressing repetition and prolongation of actions in English. But the main body of the book is devoted to clauses of various kinds. There is always the danger, when trying to pin-point a particular problem, of causing the student to work on sentences which are unlikely if not far-fetched; or of setting a problem in such a way that the answer itself will sound stilted and artificial. I have tried to avoid these two pitfalls as far as possible. Some of the exercises in this book are difficult, and for this reason it is recommended that if possible they should always be worked over orally in class before they are written out. Where this is not possible they should be done in pencil so that if mistakes are made, the correct version can later be substituted. By proceeding in this way the student should later find the book useful for revision. As in the first book in the series some of the exercises were composed by Mr A. S. Hornby, and my thanks are again due to him for permitting them to be included. First published 1961 Reprinted 1962, 1964, 1965 and 1966 © Oxford University Press, 1961 Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frame and London