Name : Muhammad Sayyid Ridha

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Grammar and Communication

Assignment 2 – Ergative Verbs

EXERCISES

The technician boiled the water → The water boiled.

The subject rang the bell. ... → The bell rang
The pilot flew the plane. ... → The plane flew
The student broke the machine. ... → The machine broke
The technician varies the volume. ... → The volume varied
The government closed the factory. ... → The factory closed

Fill in the blanks in the second sentence in each group, keeping the same meaning as the
first sentence.

1. Humans accelerated tropical deforestation markedly during the 1980s.

Tropical deforestation accelerated markedly during the 1980s.

2. The 34 per cent overall increase in Wimbledon was a clear indication that people were
broadening their interest in tennis.
The 34 per cent overall increase in Wimbledon was a clear indication that tennis was
broadening its interest.

3. Sport offers spontaneity which, when journalists combines it with more sophisticated
technology, allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles.
Sport offers spontaneity which, when it combines with more sophisticated technology,
allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles.

4. A trust is where a man legally transfers land to another, with an understanding that the
transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former.
A trust is where land legally transfers from one man to another, with an understanding
that the transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former.

5. Similarly, the muscles will not grow in length unless they are attached to tendons and
bones so that as the body lengthens the bones, it stretches them.
Similarly, the muscles will not grow in length unless they are attached to tendons and
bones so that as the bones lengthen, they stretch

6. The crystallization of enzymes occurs by a method called electrophoresis in which

scientists separate molecules according to their size and their electric charge.
The crystallization of enzymes occurs by a method called electrophoresis which
separates molecules according to their size and their electric charge.
 7. The body multiplies the cells multiply by dividing them and this usually requires cell
growth, the cells doubling in size before dividing in two.
Cells multiply by dividing and this usually requires cell growth, the cells doubling in
size before dividing in two.

8. The government increased road tax in June. 

Road tax incrased in June.

Identify the ergative verbs in this text.

Water, in its different forms, cycles continuously through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere,
and biosphere. Water evaporates into the atmosphere from the land and the sea. Plants and animals
use and reuse water and release water vapor into the air. Once in the air, water vapor circulates and
cools and can condense to form clouds and precipitation, which fall back to earth. At one time or
another, all of the water molecules on earth have been in an ocean, a river, a plant, an animal, a
cloud, a raindrop, a snowflake, or a glacier.