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6. How are voice distinctions expressed in English? How many voices are
there in English?
7. What does the category of mood express? What moods are differentiated in
modern English?
8. Comment on reduction (neutralization and transposition) of oppositions of
verbal forms.
9. Characterize non-finite forms of the verb: infinitive, gerund and participle.
What verbal and non-verbal features do they combine? Do they express
tense and aspect distinctions?
10. Comment on the use of non-finite forms of the verb in semi-predicative
constructions.
Practice Assignment
I. Identify the verb-forms in the following sentences. Decide whether the verb-form
has its paradigmatic meaning or the meaning is shifted.
1. As the motor drove away, Mrs. Cavendish suddenly detached herself from
the group, and moved across the drive to the lawn to meet a tall bearded man
who had been evidently making for the house. (A. Christie)
2. As they entered the deserted park, the agent reached under the dash and
turned off the blaring siren. (D. Brown)
3. The thousand and one stories are being told every day by hundreds of
thousands of viziers’ daughters to their respective sultans. (O’Henry)
4. Last night on the train, there are two mysterious strangers. (A. Christie)
5. Julia hummed in an undertone as she went into her dressing room.
(W.S.Maugham)
6. Your family is dead, Sophie. They are not coming home. (D. Brown)
7. It was true that I did not quite gather its purport, but I flattered myself that
by Lawrence's reply, and perhaps a little skillful cross-examination on my
part, I should soon perceive its significance. (A. Christie)
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