The task: distinguish the nouns in the sentences given under and characterize them as for:
1) their types (classifications: the criterion of form and the one of meaning);
2) grammatical forms in which they are presented in the given sentences;
3) grammatical categories that are revealed by that form;
4) grammatical functions they serve in the given sentences;
5) the role of articles used with the nouns.
1. Not one man, but two or three had appeared from behind the rocks of the hills, and the heart of Wee Willie Winkie sank within him, for just in this manner was the Goblins’ wont to steal out and vex Curdie’s soul (Wee Willie Winkie by R.Kipling).
2. Bit by bit, like a doom came the necessity to know (England, my England by D.H.Lawrence).
3. The man laughed, and laughter from natives was the one thing Wee Willie Winkie could not tolerate (Wee Willie Winkie by R.Kipling).
4. They lay very quiet and motionless together, watching and listening, the girl so close to him that her long hair touched his face… (Harvest in the Moon by H.E.Bates).
