3 Part One. The Predicate

EMPHATIC CONSTRUCTIONS

Lesson 32
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Section I

Ex. 1. Practise your reading.

It was largely analytical chemistry that existed in the 18th and most of the 19th century.
Ex. 2. State what parts of speech the following words belong to:

analyse, analysis, analytic, analytical, analytically, analyser, analyst, analyte

Ex. 3. Define the meanings of the word placein the following sentences.

1. All the chemicals in the laboratory should be kept in their right places. 2. Please, place the burner on the asbestos support. 3. It would be out of place here to discuss these factors in detail. 4. If I were in your place, 1 would consult the laboratory assistant. 5. May I do it in place of you? 6. Lavoisier placed great emphasis on quantitative measurements in his experimental work. 7. Oxidation may take place in a process where no oxygen is involved.

Ex. 4. Analyse the following sentences.

1. The terms “oxide” and “oxidation” were derived from the name of the element “oxygen”.

2. It was from the name of the element oxygen that the terms “oxide" and “oxidation” were derived.
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