3 Part One. The Predicate

THE ADVERBIAL MODIFIER
Lesson 28

GRAMATIKA: Обстоятельство. Ot, наречие, герундий

и герундиальный оборот в функции обстоятельства.
Section I
Ex. 1. Practise your reading.

As long ago as 1833, it was concludcd that electrolysis took place through the transport of cicctricity by mobile charged particlcs.

Ex. 2. State what parts of speech the following words belong to:

electron, electronic, electricity, electric, electrical, electrify, electro- chemistry, electrolytc, electrolysis, electrolytic, electrolyzc, electrodc, electrostatic

Ex. 3. Define the meanings of the word numberin the following sentences:

1. There are a numberof difficulties in the analysis of such systems.2. My telephone numberis 2530744. 3. Since the atomic numberof hydrogen is 1, a single electron makes the atom electrically neutral. 4. An ion is regarded to have an electrovalence equal in numberand sign to its chaige. 5. The numberof different kinds of molecules is enormous. 6. There are a numberof steps which are common to all metallurgical processes involved in extracting a metal from its ores. 7. An idea able to explain or correlate a numbero f facts is called a hypothesis. 8. A great number of methods are now in use preparing silicon.

Ex. 4. Analyse the following sentence:

A good deal of succcss in the study of molecules in the gas phase prompted chemists to attempt to build up theories of solutions in an analogous way.

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