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II. Underline all verb phrases (finite and non-finite) in
the conversation below. Identify the voice of each transitive
verb phrase: active or passive. If a verb is not transitive,
identify it as intransitive or copular.
1. They said the Lincoln bedroom was used only
sporadically for family members and close friends (newspaper
writing).
2. In Burma these days, wild elephants are captured and
used for forced labor (newspaper writing).
3. As is shown in Figure 15, a considerable amount of
waste crosses State lines (academic writing).
4. I flew from New York to Uganda, where I settled among
black people with the same assumptions of welcome and kindness
I had taken for granted in Georgia. I was taken on rides down the
Nile as a matter of course, and accepted all invitations to dinner,
where the best local dishes were superbly prepared in my honor. I
became, in fact, a lost relative of the people, whose ancestors had
foolishly strayed, long ago, to America (fiction writing).
5. Currently, assistance can only be resumed when the
president certifies that the country has returned to a democratically
elected government (newspaper writing).
III. Create from the given infinities a)
“дієприкметник” (participles), b) “дієприслівник”. Identify
the types of created verbals (e.g., контрольований – passive
participle of the imperfective aspect). Think of the ways of
rendering them into the English language.
а) лежати, засохнути, застосовувати, одягати,
посміхатися, змарніти, опасти, мерзнути, промокнути,
квітнути, співати, зітхати, писати, посіяти, розпиляти,
загоювати, роздрукувати, сформулювати, узгодити, змусити,
заспокоювати, вловити, купити, зробити, пороти, колоти,
стиснути, замкнути, розчервонітися, зажуритися;
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