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Part A
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Language Related
Analysis of meaning, form and function Deadline: Friday, 5.00 PM
Tasks
Vocabulary Meaning/Connotation Form & Collocation Typical Student Error
1. unbeatable cannot be defeated, (adj) be learners may use
+ve connotation /become/remain inappropriate prefixes :
unbeatable (in)beatable ,
(im)beatable,
cannot be beated

2. rage extreme/ violent anger, -ve (n) fit of rage, blind Learners may err with
connotation rage, fly into rage incorrect preposition using
‘in’ instead of ‘with’
He was trembling in (with)
rage.

3. fall off Exaggerated complaint in
context to text)/ hyperbole –
ve connotation
(phrasal verb- a verb learners may use wrong
with an adverb or a preposition ‘of’ instead of
preposition, usually an ‘off’
intransitive verb but
here in this context its
figurative language) will
fall off, going to fall off

4. accented Spoken language style (adj) is accented/ Using incorrect spelling

stressed in a particular way. – heavily accented/ axented instead of accent]ed
ve connotation slightly accented.

5. hung Hanging something in the (past simple) hung on/ Usually students are
past/ previously done action. hung off confused about past tense of
+ve hang they use ‘hanged’.
Grammatical Structure Use/function Form Typical student Error
if I hit 2,500 balls each hypothesis If clause +
day, I’ll hit 17,500 balls
each week
At the end of one year predicting Future perfect
I’ll have hit nearly one
million balls
My arm feels like it’s exaggerated going to + phrasal
going to fall off complain verb (future)
This might be the only stating a fact (based pronoun + Students may not
thing I’ve ever seen my on experience up to contracted present know correct past
father do gently.
the present perfect + ever participle or use of
situation ) ‘till now’ at the end
of the sentence
He encouraged me to That one event Pronoun contracted
slap at them with a bat happened before + past perfect
he’d taped to my hands
another in the past.