Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Continua y Técnica “Félix Atilio Cabrera”

Profesorado de Inglés

Ciclo Lectivo 2020

Worksheet – Lesson 2

1. Identify the following phrases; underline the head and recognize modifiers in

case they are present.

a. [the roads clear of snow]

b. [out of the house]

c. [should have told]

d. [the teacher carrying a grey suitcase]

e. [the weather bulletin]

f. [would have been listening]

g. [all the necessary arrangements]

h. [might come]

i. [tomorrow early in the morning]

j. [from around the world]

2. Complete the following structure with suitable words.

a. [head + post-modifier (PP)] NP

Man at the cinema.

b. [prenominal modifier (determiner + adjective) + head] NP

A new notebook.

c. [auxiliary verb (negative form) + main verb]

Haven’t lived

d. [pre modifier + head] AdvP

So quickly.

e. [preposition + NP with post modifier] PP

Behind my bed in the corner.

f. [premodifier + head] AdjP

Very pretty.

g. [prenominal modifier (possessive determiner + ordinal number) + head] NP

Her third place.

 Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Continua y Técnica “Félix Atilio Cabrera”

Profesorado de Inglés

Ciclo Lectivo 2020

h. [Prenominal modifier (quantifier + of + demonstrative determiner) + head +

post-modifier (past participle]

A great number of those girls in the office had been worked in New York.

3. Read the following text and identify different phrases, close them between
square brackets […]

KOMODO DRAGONS

[(The komodo dragon,) NP or to give its scientific name Varanus komodoensis (is a

giant lizard)NP that (grows)VP (to a length of 3 metres)PP and (has)VP (an average

weight of 136 kilograms.)PP] [(They)NP (are found)VP (on the Indonesian island of

Komodo)AdvP, (after which they are named,)AdvP and (a few neighbouring

islands.)AdvP] [(Komodo dragons)NP (feed)NP (on deer and other mammals.)AdvP]

[(The young)NP (can climb)VP (trees)NP (although fully-grown dragons)AdjP (do not

have this ability.)VP] [(All dragons)NP (are good)VP swimmers.] [Because of their

size and speed, (they)NP (can be)VP (dangerous)AdjP (to human beings.)NP] [Despite

this, (they)NP (are)VP (a popular tourist attraction)AdjP (because of their resemblance

to dinosaurs.)Adv] [However, (they)NP (are not relations)VP (of dinosaurs.)NP]

[(Dragons)NP (are now protected species)VP (because their numbers are quite

small.)AdjP]