Prepared by: Bukhara State University Faculty of Philology and language teaching (English) student of 11-2ing 21 group Sharipova Maxsumabegim

Task

Task

Rewrite the following (pairs of) sentences, replacing the underlined part by the word or phrase in brackets. Pay attention to both structure and word order.

Example:	This food is not only delicious but also safe. (besides)
⇒	Besides being delicious this food is (also) safe.

1.In addition to being far too long, the play was badly acted. (also)

2.At the party, Bianca not only

4.Jane spoke English and Russian, and fluent Arabic as well. (besides)

5.Slaves not only built the South, but also created the wealth of the North. (in addition to)

6.Ms Moore was a frequent guest on NBC’s Weekend Today

7.Arkansas has hundreds of hotels and motels, and more than 170 bed and breakfast inns,

8.Getting a good guide in that area is an absolute necessity. It is

10.We have a tradition of sparkling wine and have just begun brewing beer

11.Prisoners of war received the same rations and supplies.

12.Healthy aging depends on social

Exception

Exception is the opposite of addition and can be expressed by

• prepositions: except (for), apart from, bar, but

• the conjunction except (that)

• adverbs of exception: otherwise, else; even (= negative adverb of exception)

None of us had any money except (for) James.

Apart from herself and the MacGregors, the house appeared to be empty.

In everything but title, he is deputy Premier.

All the heavy guns bar one were lost in the river crossing. (less common)

Exception is the opposite of addition: it indicates ‘subtraction’ from a general truth.

This meaning can be expressed by a number of prepositions:

- except,

- except for,

- apart from,

- bar

- but (but occurs only as part of a modifier):