Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 35 стр.

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caption beneath the photo read simply “Garret Blake of Iceland Diving, readying
his class for its first ocean dive” (N.Sparks). 9. He gave him twenty-five grains of
quinine and lit a fire so close to the hammock that by morning it was singed and
blacked with smoke (E.Waugh). 10. On first sight it looked distressingly forlorn,
huddled there in the laps of the great Olympics, the buildings greyed with weather,
the orchard overgrown with second-growth firs, the fences collapsing, the windows
gaping (B.MacDonald). 11. He filled and emptied the wash tubs and carried the
clothes basket out to the clothes line for me (Bid). 12. By day, she exacted an equal
privacy (E.Bowen). 13. This ought to steady him (Bid). 14. … they have picked
locks, turned on electric appliances, set off burglar alarms, and loosed the local
constabulary on endless hunts (E.Gurney). 15. I narrowed my eyes, and in the
thick air against the dark prominence of the cooling towers, saw the slim oval
shape (D.Storey).

Exercise 4. Recast the following sentences substituting the parts of speech
indicated in brackets for the italicized words. Make necessary changes.

1. Morris was still chuckling to himself as the mini-skirted secretary, looking, he
thought, rather nervously over her shoulder from time to time, led him down the
corridor to his office (D.Lodge). (noun). 2. He took a notebook from his inside
pocket and leafed through it with a wetted finger till he reached a certain page.
“It’s your 22 EX machine, right?” “Correct” (Ibid.). (adjective) 3. He sunned
himself in their new respect and felt, that hunting was good after all (W.Golding).
(noun). 4. As much modern as the moderns, as you are more ancient
(J.Galsworthy). (adjective) 5. After a second his connection was made; a sleepy
voice hello’d from somewhere above (F.S.Fitzgerald). (noun) 6. The late
afternoon sky bloomed in the window for a moment like the blue honey of the
Mediterranean – then the shrill voice of Mr. McKee called me back into the room
(Ibid.). (noun) 7. The creature asked Jonah who he was and how he was enjoying
his swim (E.Gurney). (verb) 8. “Carrots, please,” my grandmother said. “But no
potatoes. I heard the carrots being dished out (R.Dahl). (noun) 9. He takes it for a
walk – such walks have long been a ritual activity of the poor, the dog more
expensively jacketed than the owner (J.Steinbeck). (noun) 10. … because I’m
slowing down now for Gunthorpe to catch me up… (A.Sillitoe). (adjective) 11. It
was a dark night, not cold, with low cloud cover (C.P.Snow). (verb) 12. … but I am
not in the least prepared to give tacit support to degrading superstitions (Bid).
(verb) 13. A chairwoman, Mrs. Wayes, now came in to clean and polish,
ostensibly leaving Matchet freer to maid Anna and valet Thomas (E.Bowen).
(adjective, noun, noun) 14. His courage is worthy of great praise (verb). 15. The
baby gave a terrible scream (verb). 16. The storm caused many wrecks to the trees
in our park (verb).