Your name: Julia Bednarska ……………………………..

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30 pts.

Descriptive Grammar : Simple Sentences – A Semester Test

Ex.1 [10 points/ 1 point per sentence]

Name particular elements (S,V, Od, Oi, Oprep, Adverbial) of the following sentences:

1. I borrowed him lots of money. I-subject/ borrowed –V/ him-Oi/ lots of money- Od
2. He was charged with murder. He- subject/ was charged –verb/ with murder-Oprep
3. She danced gracefully. She-S/ danced-v/ gracefully A dis
4. My mother promised me a new bike. My mother- S/ promised-V/ me-Oi/ a new bike-
Od
5. Tim brought Laura some pills. Tim-S/ brought-V / Laura-Oi/ some pills - Od
6. She tastes the soup carefully. She-S/ tastes-V/ the soup- Od/ carefully-Aadj
7. He sent us a postcard last week. He-S/ sent-V/ us-Oi/ a postcard-Od/ last week-Aadj
8. My dog brought a bone from the garden. My dog-S/ brought-V/ a bone-Od/ from the
garden-Aadj
9. I really hate watching soap operas. I-S/ really-Adis/ hate-V / watching soap operas-
Od
10. I read an interesting book two days ago. I-S/ read-V/ an interesting book-Od/ two
days ago- Aadj

Ex. 2. [5 points/ 1 point per sentence]

Name particular elements of the sentences and add the information about complementation
(subject complement, object complement or locative complement):

11. She is a student-friendly teacher. She-S/ is-V/ a student-friendly teacher-Cs

12. He lives on the same street. He-S/lives-V/ on the same street-Cloc
13. The the boss found his new secretary very helpful. The boss-S/ found-V/ his new
secretary-Od/ very helpful-Oc
14. I have become a very self-confident person. I-S/ have become-V/ a very-self-confident
person-Cs
15. He goes to school every morning. He-S/goes-V/to school-Cloc/ every morning-Aadj

Ex.3 [10 points/ 2 points per sentence]

Look at the highlighted phrases and name their particular elements.

16. I have been studying English since I was at primary school. [VP]
Have-Xperf/ been-Xprog studying-Ving
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17. The two identical twins turned out to be robbers. [NP]

The two-quantifier / identical-pre-modifier/ twins-head

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18. Our town has been hit by the earthquake last week. [VP]
Has-Xperf/been-X passive/ hit-Ven

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19. He went to bed late at night. [AdvP]

Late-head/ at night-Post-modifier

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20. They found a very small puppy in the forest. [AdjP]

………very-pre-mod/ small-head
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Ex. 4 [5 points]
Decide which type adverbial is given in a particular sentence: adjunct, disjunct or conjunct.
Write A, D or C next to each sentence :

21. Although she seems friendly, people say she’s a really strict teacher. Conjunct
22. I don’t get it – seriously, it’s a very stupid idea. Disjunct
23. Put the chairs and the tables over there. adjunct
24. Apparently, they have become very rich in such a short time. disjunct
25. Don’t come too close to the hot iron. adjunct
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