Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 24 стр.

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whitely, splitting the beard” (J.Dickey). 27. Lennie looked hopelessly at George,
and then he got up and tried to retreat (J.Steinbeck). 28. Mr. Smeeth took his pipe
out, stared at it, and then whistled softly (J.Priestley). 29. … and he yawned hugely
and kept his eyes closed even after the yawn was done (Bid). 30. And now this
chap comes along with his “You’ve forgotten to put your tie on,” Mr. Smeeth
began to chuckle softly (Bid). 31. A school of dolphins leapt cleanly through the
water, on their way south to the Gulf (J.Ballard). 32. Bobby lowered his hands
hesitantly (J.Dickey). 33. Curly stepped gingerly close to him (J.Updike). 34.
Candy joined the attack with joy. “Glove fulla vaseline,” he said disgustedly
(J.Steinbeck).
                                  Word-Composition

Exercise 1. Pick out compounds in the following jokes and extracts and sort them
out into: a) neutral compounds, b) morphological compounds, c) syntactic
compounds.
1. Pat and Jack were in London for the first time. During a tour of the shops in the
West End they came to an expensive-looking barber's. 'Razors!' exclaimed Pat.
'You want one, don't you?' There's a beauty there for twenty-five bob (= a shilling;
pl. bob), and there's another for thirty bob. Which would you sooner have?' 'A
beard,' said Jack, walking off.
2. The children were in the midst of a free-for-all (a fight without rules in which
any number of people join or become involved). 'Richard, who started this?' asked
the father as he came into the room. 'Well, it all started when David hit me back'.
3. That night, as they cold-suppered together, Barmy cleared his throat and looked
across at Pongo with a sad sweet smile. 'I mean to say, it's no good worrying and
trying to look ahead and plan and scheme and weigh your every action, because
you never can tell them when doing such-and-such won't make so-and-so happen -
while, on the other hand, if you do so-and-so it may just as easily lead to such-and-
such.'
4. When Conan Doyle arrived in Boston, he was at once recognised by the
cabman whose cab he engaged. When he was about to pay his fare, the cabman
said: 'If you please, sir, I should prefer a ticket to your lecture.' Conan Doyle
laughed. 'Tell, me,' he said, 'how you knew who I was and I'll give you tickets for
your whole family.' 'Thank you, sir,' was the answer. 'On the side of your
travelling-bag is your name.'
5. An old tramp sailed up to the back door of a little English tavern called ‘The
George and Dragon’ and beckoned to the landlady.
'I've had nothing to eat for three days,' he said. 'Would you spare an old man a bite
of dinner?'
'I should say not, you good-for-nothing loafer,' said the landlady and slammed the
door in his face.
The tramp's face reappeared at the kitchen window. 'I was just wonderin',' he said,
'if I could 'ave a word or two with George.'
6. 'Where are you living, Grumpy?' 'In the Park. The fresh-air treatment is all the
thing nowadays.'