Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 22 стр.

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13. Not only are the adults unable to relax there, but their conflicting interests
create even more tension among them (St.Martin). 14. Performance – boosting
drugs must be banned if we are to retain the social value of sport (fr. ‘Advanced
Masterclass’, CAE Student’s Book, Oxford University Press, 1996). 15. … of other
frightening things were taken to her (R.Dahl). 16. … knowledge should lead to
wisdom, and if it doesn’t, it’s just a disgusting waste of time! (J.D.Salinger). 17.
My experience was exasperating (Bid). 18. The human brain is an amazing thing
(R.Dahl). 19. Sometimes my grief is overwhelming (N.Sparks). 20. He’s quite a
keen racing man (Bid).

Exercise 3. In the sentences below the ing-form is used metaphorically. Translate
the sentences and say what stylistic effect is achieved.

1. You always find out that one’s most glaring fault is one’s most important virtue
(O.Wilde). 2. The snow fell silently, with an insulting grace (F.Fitzgerald). 3. I
often wish I’d gone on the regular stage myself. Must be a topping life, if one has
talent, like you (J.Galsworthy). 4. I spent my Saturday nights in New York,
because those gleaming, dazzling parties of his were with me so vividly, that I
could still hear the music and the laughter, faint and incessant, from his garden,
and the cars going up and down his drive (F.Fitsgerald). 5. Little John replied in a
calculating manner: “I don’t want to grow up, much. I don’t want to go to school.”
A sudden overwhelming desire to say something more, to say what he really felt,
turned him red” (J.Galsworthy). 6. His eyes was caught by a flaming red-and-gold
Christmas-carol book (R.Kipling). 7. They delivered their views on the burning
questions of the dog. 8. Arthur gave a creaking laugh. 9. We strolled out into the
gathering darkness. 10. He cocked an inquiring eye at him. 11. He watched it with
despairing incredulity. 12. He was advancing on me with a damp and welcoming
hand.
                                   Suffix - ed.
Exercise. Say whether the forms with – ed are participle II or adjectives?

1.     Lennie’s face broke into a delighted smile (J.Steinbeck). 2. He is
distinguished for his good knowledge of economics (Bid). 3. He is a man of
settled opinions (Bid). 4. The first open attempt, as distinguished from the
nocturnal tries at stealing it, came from the same, dark, inarticulate Irishman
(J.Jones). 5. The distinguished panel judges will include (included) a famous TV
presenter and an acclaimed international photographer. 6. By the end of the day
they felt completely drained (R.Coles). 7. The workers felt “cornered, trapped,
lonely, pushed around” (Bid). 8. Australians are deeply rooted in Europe through
their “Englishness” , their way of life and mentality. 9. Is a return to a simpler way
of life possible with our increased population? 10. The author’s of the article tries
to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of our “ advanced” civilization?
11. Trudy thought him more disgusted and at the same time more unattainable
than ever (M.Spark). 12. She felt a keen pleasure at the dashed look on his face
(J.Galsworthy). 13. … the dashed look on her face pleased her (Bid). 14. Edward