UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMON

FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION

CARRERA LINGÜÍSTICA APLICADA A LA ENSENANZA DE LENGUAS

Name: Carolina Felipes

Date: March 17, 2011
1. Provide an original example sentence illustrating each
of the following concepts. Underline the pertinent
word(s) in your example.

Adverbial of Reason

I do not want to go out BECAUSE I am sick.

Adverbial of Frequency

Sara goes to “la Cancha” EVERY Wednesday.

Adverbial of Manner

Miguel types VERY FAST.

Adverbial of Direction

Sasha and Eric went TO La Paz last weekend.

Adverbial of Position

I will wait for you AT the corner.

Sentence Modifier

MAYBE the bus will be on time today.

Adverbial clause of time

I saw your sister WHEN I went to the store.

Intensifier

Sara eats VERY SLOWLY .

2. Draw partially specified tree diagrams for the
following sentences

a) The girls talked after the teachers left.

 S

NUC

NP VP
Advl

det N V PP
The girls talked P S
after

NUC

NP VP

det N V
the teachers left
 S

SM NUC

Surely
NP VP
Advl P

N V PP
John exercises P S
on Sunday.

Surely John exercises on Sunday.

 S

NUC

NP VP
Advl P

det N V PP
The baby cried P S
because

NUC

NP VP
The baby cried because she was hungry.

Pron V Adj.
she was hungry
 S

SM NUC

Fortunately NP VP
Advl

det N V Advl P
his brothers work

intens
adv

very quietly
3. The following sentences contain errors that are
commonly made by ESL/Efl learners. How would you
make the lerarners aware of these errors, and what
exercises or activities would you provide to help the
learners correct the errors or avoid them in the future?

a) He took his brother yesterday to the store.

He took his brother to the store yesterday.
b) Those woman are striking for peace.
Those women are striking for peace.
c) John ran for shelter because was raining.
John ran for shelter because it was raining.
4. What are the similarities and differences in the
structure of the time adverbials in these sentences?

a) We’ll eat at 10 o’clock.

b) I’ve studied English for then years/ I’ve
studied English ten years.
c) I’m going to Dallas next week.
5. A student asks you why it’s O.K. to say “I went to
school” “I went to church”, “I went to work”, etc. but not
O.K. to say “I went to home.” How will you answer this
question?

Locative nouns such as home, downtown, or

uptown is used with a verb of motion or
direction it is not used “to”
I ran home
We went home.