Exercise 30. Comment upon the position of the objects

1. Titus fetches Judith her things from the rack. (Shaw) 2. What did you say to him? (Douglas) 3. I hope, contrary to your prediction, that we may meet again: though I shall certainly not offer you my company in the forceable future, nor of course will I expect any answer to this communication. (Murdoch) 4. Beppe told him of some sculpture and then gave it to him. (Stone) 5. He tore a leaf from his pocket-book, wrote a few words and gave it to me. (Ch. Bronte) 6. She pitied the poor young gentleman for having no one to look after him. (Mansfield) 7. The other candle I gave to Mr. Bruff... (Collins) 8. She gave him her hand. (Dickens) 9. To them it was the most enduring material in the world. (Stone) 10. Blanche, I can smell the sea air. The rest of my time I'm going to spend on the sea. (Murdoch) 11. He bought with his wife's money, a fairly large house in the new redbrick part of Beldover. (Lawrence) 12. A word about Palmer is necessary; and this I find difficult. (Murdoch) 13. With the wet weather Lorenzo had forbidden Contessina to leave the palace. To Michelangelo she did not seem frail. (Stone) 14. For me, the watches of that long night passed in ghastly wakefulness. (Ch. Bronte") 15. Curious joy she had of her lectures. (Lawrence) 16. Helen she held a little longer than me. (Ch. Bronte) 17. With one hand Bodkin preferred the picture to the foreign market, with the other he formed a list of private British collectors. (Galsworthy) 18. To him perpetual thought of death was a sin. (Priestley) 19. Of Mrs. Bretton I had long lost sight. (Ch. Bronte) 20. To kicks and curses, to hurry and dislike, it closed a hard stone veil around its soft inner nature. (Stone) 21. Why he had selected that as an excuse, he had no idea. (Caldwell)

Exercise 31. Comment upon the position and the order of the attributes and say where it can be changed.

1. In the rich brown atmosphere peculiar to back rooms in the mansion of a Forsyte the Rembrandtesque effect... was spoiled by the moustache-. (Galsworthy) 2. In front of her on a low mosaic table was the tray of drinks and three glasses. (Murdoch) 3. We simply couldn't conduct our business, my dear young man, without scrupulous honesty in everybody. (Galsworthy) 4. When her cry was over Dulcie got up and took off her best dress, and put on her old blue kimono. (0. Henry) 5. On the third finger, set in a gold ring, was the great white sapphire. (Murdoch) 6. Henry Ogden wore finger-rings and a big gold watch and careful neckties. (0. Henry) 7. He looked in at a place on the way. "H'ml in perfect order of the eighties, with a sort of yellow oilskin paper on the walls." (Galsworthy) 8. Ting-a-ling gave it a slight lick with his curly blackish tongue. (Galsworthy) 9. Now and then Liz hummed bars of foolish little songs. (0. Henry) 10. Sensitive, imaginative, affectionate boys get a bad time at school... (Galsworthy) It. A little unsteadily but with watchful and brilliant eyes Liz walked up the avenue. (0. Henry) 12. Her mother was speaking in her low, pleasing, slightly metallic voice —one word she caught: „Demain". (Galsworthy) 13. He put his packet of easy vegetables very deliberately on the new violet tablecloth, removed his hat carefully, and dabbled his brow, and wiped out his hat brim with an abundant crimson and yellow pocket handkerchief. (Wells) 14. Then there was a moment of absolute silence. (Douglas) 15. Antonia stood on the thick black rug by the fire. (Murdoch)

Exercise 32. Arrange the attributes in their proper order.

1. Alongside, in the... water, weeds, like yellow snakes were writhing and nosing with the __ current, (green, deep) (Galsworthy) 2. The marqueterie cabinet was lined with __ plush, full of family relics, (red, dim) (Galsworthy) 3. In __ slippers and an — coat Keith Darrant sits asleep, (red, Turkish; old, velvet, brown) (Galsworthy) 4. He, alone, perhaps, of painters would have done justice to Annette in her __ dress, (lacy, black) (Galsworthy) 5. Ting-a-ling did not stir. "You take me for a __ dog, sir!" his silence seemed to say. (English, common) (Galsworthy) 6. This letter, with a __ border and seal, was accordingly dispatched by Sir Pitt Crawley to his brother the Colonel in London, (huge, black) (Thackeray) 7. Behrman in his __ shirt, took his seat as the hermit miner on an upturned kettle for a rock, (blue, old) (0. Henry) 8. The next day came the __ bull, drawing the cart to the office door, (red, little) (0. Henry) 9. He was naked and painted blue and yellow in stripes a __ chap, (jolly, little) (Galsworthy) 10. "You and I," the little dog seemed saying with his __ stare "object." (little, Chinese) (Galsworthy)

Exercise 33. Analyse the syntactical relations within the attributive complexes. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. A “let’s unite for election” spirit prevailed in the meeting. 2. Her eyes smiled, an intimate something-w-have-in-common smile. 3. “I expect that Miss Pym is taking the first train back to London,” said Beau in a now-look-what-you’ve done tone. 4. The Ministry of Education has launched “Come back and teach” campaign to lure married women. 5. I don’t believe a word of this “sunrise tells all” nonsense. What can you conceivably see at sunrise that you don’t see better right now in a strong light? 6. Writers who turned to the theatre usually did so with get-rich-quick motives and catchpenny ideas aimed at equally catchpenny audience.