Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”

Bachelor in Education
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Student: Nataly Sampayo
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on Parts of Speech and Syntax

PART A

Right below you are going to find an excerpt adapted from a story called “Eveline” written by
James Joyce. Your task is to identify the parts of speech we have studied so far. To do this, are
going to highlight the parts of speech with different colors in the following way:

Nouns and subject pronouns = Green

Verbs = Yellow

Determiners = Blue

Object, possessive and relative pronouns = Grey

She sat at the window watching the evening enter the avenue. Her head was leaning against the
window curtains, and in her nostrils was the odor of dusty cotton cloth. Eveline was tired.

Few people passed, the man out of the last house passed on his way home; she heard his
footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement. Once there used to be a field where they used
to play every evening with other people’s children. Then, a man from Belfast bought the field,
and he built houses on it. Those houses were not like their little brown houses; they were bright
brick houses with shining roofs. The children of the avenue used to play together in that field.

She looked round the room, reviewing all its familiar objects, which she had dusted once a week
for so many years. Eveline always wondered where on Earth all that dust came from. Perhaps
she would never see again those familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being
divided.

She was about to explore another life with Frank. Frank was very kind, manly and openhearted.
She was to go away with him by the night boat to be his wife and to live with him in Buenos
Aires, where he had a home waiting for them. How well she remembered the first time she had
seen him! He was lodging in a house on the main road where she used to visit. It seemed a few
weeks ago.

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz
 Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”
Bachelor in Education
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Student: Nataly Sampayo
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on Parts of Speech and Syntax

Part B

You are going to read a short excerpt adapted from a story called “HELP!” written by Phillip
Prowse. Your task is to identify the following parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs and
prepositions). To do this, you are going to highlight the parts of speech with different colors as
follows:

Adjectives = blue // Adverbs = green // Prepositions = yellow

Note: Prepositions that are part phrasal or two-word-verbs (e.g. “get up”) should not be
highlighted from.

I tried to change Chip’s changes, but I couldn’t do anything. If I

changed a word of the text, Chip would immediately notice. So I
started work again. I worked arduously all morning and I didn’t
have any breakfast. I wrote and wrote extensive lines, and Chip
came on the screen with more help from time to time.

I was very thirsty. Then, I heard something in the kitchen. It was a

loud noise. There was probably someone in the kitchen! I got up
and walked slowly to the kitchen door. I opened the heavy door
quickly. There was no one there, but in the microwave there was
a hot cup of coffee. Wow! I really wanted a cup of coffee but I was
afraid. Was there someone else in the flat? I looked in all the
rooms carefully; but I was alone there. I took the coffee and went
back to the computer… At two in the afternoon I heard another
strange noise in the kitchen. I got up and ran through the hall to
the kitchen. I opened the microwave door slowly and I found
provocative meal- spaghetti. I sat down and ate it. I wasn’t
nervous this time.

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz
 Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”
Bachelor in Education
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Student: Nataly Sampayo
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on Parts of Speech and Syntax

PART C

Complete the following table by providing a suitable example for each syntactic feature:

SYNTACTIC FEATURE EXAMPLE

1. Clausal sentence I like movies
2. Compound sentence I want sushi, but José wants Italian food
3. Canonical clause he missed the last train.
4. Non canonical clause Either he missed the last train or it was late
5. Declarative statement The city is big
6. Interrogative statement What time does the train arrive?
7. Verb phrase I might go to the birthday party this Saturday
8. Noun phrase The red dress is for Jenny
9. Adjective phrase The house after this one is my favourite!
10. Adverb phrase The dogs ran on the backyard.
11. Determinative phrase all my cats are absolutely adorable
12. Preposition phrase My keys are on the table
13. Preterite statement I have finished my work for today
14. 3rd Singular present statement she says she bought the food.
15. Plain present statement Plain present statement
16. Plain form statement my sister started dancing.
17. Gerund – participle statement He was driving in the highway
18. Past participle statement have come to talk to you
19. Prepositional phrase dependent on verb Starting to run depends on learning to walk
20. Prepositional phrase dependent on noun He says he did the homework.
21. Prepositional phrase dependent on Jules is good at playing tennis
adjective
22. Prepositional phrase dependent on adverb the wash machine is broken despite repair
23. Clausal negation Nobody could have done it better
24. Sub – clausal negation Anne rarely sees his mother lately
25. Declarative statement Barack Obama was the first African American
president of the United States
26. Closed interrogative statement Don't you like your food, Jules?
27. Open interrogative statement what do you think of Jules, Alex?
28. Exclamative statement I love dancing to this song!
29. Imperative statement Finish your homework, Alex
30. Active voice statement Cristopher Columbus discovered America in 1492
31. Passive voice statement America was discovered by Cristopher Columbus in
1942

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz