II. MAJOR SENTENCE ELEMENTS
1. THE SUBJECT
PART I. Test Your Knowledge
Answer the questions.
1. What do subjects denote?
2. Where does the subject occur in a sentence?
3. What are the ways of expressing the subject?
4. What are the structural types of the subject?
5. What are the types of an “it” subject in an English sentence?
6. What does the notional “it” subject refer to?
7. What does the notional “it” subject correspond to in Russian?
8. How can we distinguish between the formal introductory “it” subject and other types?
9. What does the formal introductory “it” subject correspond to in Russian?
10. In what type of sentences is the demonstrative “it” subject used?
11. What does the demonstrative “it” subject correspond to in Russian?
12. In what type of sentences is the formal impersonal “it” subject used?
13. What does the formal impersonal “it” subject correspond to in Russian?
14. In what type of sentences is the emphatic “it” subject used?
15. What does it correspond to in Russian?
16. What do sentences with the introductory subject there express?