LELA10301 English Word and Sentence Structure

Tutorial 6

1. Give an example of each of the following.

endocentric compound, exocentric compound, verbal (or secondary) compound,

compound noun, compound verb, compound adjective, blend, acronym,
abbreviation

2. For each label in the left-hand column of the table below, find an example in
the right-hand corner

verbal compound these

inflectional affix it
bound root unless
exocentric compound chase
base form of verb cutest
personal pronoun sit-in
conjunction tautology
determiner bottle opener

3. Provide an example of a noun phrase with a pre-modifier and one with a post-
modifier.

4. Applying the relevant tests, ascertain whether each of the underlined strings
below is a constituent of its sentence

1) I saw the film that you had been talking about.

2) That book I did not like.
3) We met him at the office Christmas dinner.
4) I’ll do the washing-up.
5) He cleaned up the mess.
6) He cleaned up the kitchen and the bathroom
7) He tried to press his political views upon his students.

5. Provide phrases including each of the following

preposition, adverb, adjective, coordinator, verb.