1) Exercise 6 (p4) \

a. The Great Fire of London/occurred/in 1666.

S V A
It/started/in a bakery in Pudding Lane/, near London Bridge.
S V A A
It/burnt/furiously,/and/in four days/it/destroyed/four-fifths of the city.
S V A A S V Od
It/left/about 100,000
people/homeless. S V Od
Co
Samuel Pepys, the-diarist,/ saw/the fire/from his home/and/has given/us/a vivid
S V Od A V Oi Od
account of it.
b. London's Big Ben/,by the River Thames/, has become/famous/throughout the world.
S A V Cs A
It/is not/a clock/, as many people think/, but/a huge bell/inside the clock-tower.
S V Cs A Cs A
The Government/awarded/the contract for making it/to/Frederick Dent.
S V Oi Od
In 1858/, the bell/was finished, /and/members/suddenly/decided/[to christen it Big
A S V S A V Od
Ben after Sir Benjamin Hall, one of their colleagues who was growing very stout
and who had just made a long and witty speech.]

2) Exercise 7 (p5)
1. Fire/can cause/great damage/to any
city. S V Od Co
2. The Great Fire of London/started/in a bakery.
S V A
3. It/burnt/furiously/for four
days. S V A
A
4. Pepys/has given/us/a vivid account of it
S V Oi Od
5. Who/has given/a vivid account of
it? S V Od
6. The man who has just spoken/is/Benjamin Нall.
S V Cs
7. They/suddenly/decided/to christen the bell Big Ben.
S A V Od
8. The idea/occurred/to/them/while Hall was speaking.
S V Od A
9. The man who won the contract/was/Dent.
S V Cs
10. The next day/we/were sitting/in the
car. A S V A
11. Leaving us at the gate,/they/disappeared.
A S V

12. Leaving us at the gate like that/was/very thoughtless.

S V Cs
13. Hand/the man at the gate/your ticket.
V Oi Od
14. I/never/imagined/that such a thing could happen.
S A V Od
15. The strange thing/is/that we never heard of him again.
S V Od
16. I/thoroughly/enjoyed/meeting June again.
S A V Od
17. Meeting her again/has left/me/very happy.
S V Od Co
18. There/were/the cakes,/burnt/to/a cinder.
S V Cs V C
19. Grave/doubts/whether peace will last
S V Od
20. Graves/doubts/whether agreement can be reached.
S V Od

3) Give 5 examples of
a. Subordinate clause
1. Mr Greyson, [who was a well-known artist], started his career at age 20.
Cs
2. The girl [who has blonde hair] is the tallest girl in my class.
S
3. My sister can do [whatever she want].
Od
4. Lan likes listening to music [when she does housework.]
A
5. [When Mia was 9], she moved to California.
A
 b.
Finite verb phrase

1. She could not sleep well because she was worrying about her mother’s declining
health. V V
2. My parents came home while I was playing football.
V V
3. Will you attend my celebration tomorrow ?
V- -V
4. Although my parents have divorced for a long time, both of them still love me very
V V
much.
5. His dad drives him to school everyday even though he seems busy with
work. V
 Non-finite verb phrase
1. I couldn’t help falling asleep during literature lessons.
Od
2. Despite living in poverty, John still wants to continue his study at his favorite
Od Od
university.
3. They found him swimming at a nearby pool.
Co
4. The police caught the thief stealing from our house at midnight.
Co
5. Having been lost before, my sister becomes more frightened when she is alone.
A

Non-finite clause
1. [After drinking some tea], I began [feeling dizzy].
A Cs
2. [Having been delayed by the traffic jam], Michael couldn’t go to work on time.
A
3. The police officer saw the man [trying to escape] while being confronted about the
Co A
case.
4. [Leaving my baby girl at the orphanage] is the hardest decision I’ve ever made.
S
5. [Despite being blind], she still became a renowned chef.
A