TASK
Task 1.
a)Look at the following sentences, locate the noun phrases and underline them.
E:g. My sister Katy is waiting you in your house.
- Daniel´s car is really comfortable.
- Tom become a famous swimmer.
- Our neighbour was a pharmacist.
- The teacher wanted to lock the door.
b) Find in these sentences the head nouns and circle them.
- Government web activity was frozen during the general election campaign.
- We drove through an enormous forest in Germany.
- We really enjoy the funny stories he tells.
- She swallowed the dog which ate the cat which ate the bird which chased the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
- I want to buy the mountain bike.
Task 2.
a) Look the following sentences and circle the preposition, then classify them according to the different types.
- By the end of the day all of the exercises will be done in due time.
- The people from the nearest town brought donation throughout the year for the victims of the tsunami.
- They left for the olympic village.
- The inspectors visited the shop round the corner.
- The child disappeared among the crowd.
b) A Prepositional Phrase has different functions for example, function like an adjective and function like an adverb. In the following sentences, indicate what function is: adverb (adv) or adjective (adj)
- The present inside the big box is mine.
- Put the fresh flowers upon a high shelf.
- The clues within the first few chapters will lead to the murderer.
- The tiger crept slowly over the grass.
- Our boss put out a memo regarding the new rule.
- The extra blanket is in the box under the bed.