Ex.7. Complete the sentences using the information given. Add suitable prepositions, and make any other grammatical changes necessary.

Example: The hotel gives you everything except a toothbrush!

Answer: It provides you with everything except a toothbrush!

1. She looks like my cousin. – She reminds me ……………

2. “Well done. I’m so glad you’ve passed your exam”. – I congratulated her ………….

3. They said I’d borrowed the car without asking. – They accused …..

4. My aunt sent me a wonderful present. – I must write and thank ….

5. Some people ruin their own lives. – But you can’t prevent ….

6. I’d like to meet your parents. – Please introduce …..

7. £100 sounds reasonable for that camera. Have you looked at prices in other shops? – Have you compared ………

OBJECTIVE PREDICATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS

Ex.8. Paraphrase the following using complex objects with the Infinitive

1. He heard how one of the girls in the shop addressed Jane. 2. He felt that the eyes of his fellow students rested on him. 3. Janet sat and waited till they went away. 4. What I want is that your uncle shouldn’t be left alone. 5. He waited till she spoke. 6. What she wanted was that he would come and see her. 7. I have never heard him how he spoke of his life in Canada. 8. Sandy stood at the kitchen door waiting till Miss Brodie came for a walk by the sea. 9. She saw that the door of the sitting room opened and her mother entered. 10. She smiled when she heard how she locked the door loudly.

Ex.9. Point out the complex object with Participle II. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. I am not accustomed to having my word doubted. 2. I want my head examined for making this dangerous journey. 3. “I want to get the grass cut,” he said. 4. “Do people have their own photographs taken?” said Paul. 5. Your sister would like a bottle opened. 6. At last she heard her name called. 7. He also kept his hair dyed black. 8. If you insult me I shall have you turned out of here. 9. Shall we have Nevill brought down to say good night?

Ex.10.State the type of the predicative construction used as a complex object

1.She always had tea brought in rather early. 2. I can’t bear you shutting yourself up like this. 3. Miss Dove was waiting for the sixth grade to file in for its geography lesson. 4. He had had a novel published that had caused some stir among the public. 5. They never forgot Miss Dove. Years afterwards they would see her lifting her long stick to point out the location of mountains and valleys. 6. I will insist on his doing it. 7. I like a story to have a beginning, a middle and an end. 8. I remember Harry speaking about it. 9. We shall have the house painted. 10. He watched the buses filling up and starting out. 11. She wanted the picture removed to the other wall. 12. Everybody knows her to be a kind-hearted woman. 13. I don’t like your husband smoking indoors.