Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Ouargla

Department of Foreign Languages

English Division

TD N°01 Lecture: A review about sentence and its components

Level: 1 st year Module: Grammar Scholar year: 2020/2021

Exercise N°01:
Decide whether the underlined words in the following sentences are : direct object (Do) or
indirect object ( Io) complement subject ( Cs) or complement object ( Co)

1- After he gave her a rowing lesson, he felt tired.

2- We consider them sisters.
3- The students seemed tired after the long lecture.
4- We finished our homework before dinner.
5- The salad tasted better after you added the horseradish.
6- Ron gave me some paints, a few brushes, and a large pad to practice with.
7- The soup that my grandmother made smells spicy.
8- They made her very happy.
9- When will Trevor become a performer?
10- The lions Club awarded Mrs. Rosa a silver try for community service.
11- They named their group great winners.

Exercise N°02:
Decide whether the underlined verbs are stative or dynamic at the first step the extensive or
intensive:

1- English and German are separated languages

2- His mother- in –law was driving his mad
3- I didn’t tell anybody anything
4- He appeared rather worried
5- I love football
6- I can’t get my hand warm
7- The weather is turning warmer
8- Show me your passport
9- I see what you mean.
10- They understand the matter wrongly.

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Exercise N°03:
Indicate by Od,Oi, Cs or Co whether the underlined elements are direct Object, indirect O,
subject C, or object complement and whether verbs are mono transitive, ditransitive ,
complex transitive or intransitive.

1. Tomorrow will be a holiday.

2. They had found him a charming young wife.
3. We all read too many books.
4. He grew his hair long.
5. The hot weather turned the milk sour.
6. They had made him their son-in –law despite his objection.
7. Keep those children quiet.
8. Do you call yourself a doctor
9. He offered her his hard hesitatingly.