Basic English Syntax with Exercises

Exercise 13

Give the lexical entries of each predicate of the following sentences.

(1)aThe inspector realised that the key could not open the box.
bThe baby crawled from her mother to her father.
cJack thought that the storm broke the window.
dShannon travelled from Paris to Rome.
eLucy cut the bread with a knife.
fMy friend wrote to me that John loved Eve.
gJohn told a story to Peter.
hJohn told her that his mother was afraid of spiders.
iSarah is proud of her sons.
jYoung people are often keen on sciences.
kMrs Smith is always angry at her neighbours.
lSome astrologists have always held the belief that the Sun moves around the Earth.

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