KỲ THI KẾT THÚC HỌC PHẦN HỌC KỲ I - 2021-2022

Học phần: NGỮ PHÁP Mã đề: NPTANC-HKI-21-22-001

TIẾNG ANH NÂNG CAO
KHOA TIẾNG ANH
Mã học phần: 4112782 Số TC: 4
Ngày thi: 22/12/2021 Thời gian: 60 phút

ĐÁP ÁN

I. Identify the structures of the following sentences by means of sentence

elements (S, V, Oi, Od, Cs, Co, A). [2 marks: 0.4 m/sentence]

Example: Computers/ are / fairly commonplace/ today.

S V Cs A
1. He/ is /the first to arrive at the destination.
S…V………………Cs………………………………………
2. She/ enjoys/listening to classical music.
S……V……………Od……………………………………
3. Inspired by her success story,/ we/ studied/ harder/ to obtain good results.
……………A…………………S……V……A………………A……………….
4. The chef/ showed/ us/ how he had made the delicious dish.
……S………V……Oi…………………Od………………………….
5. What matters/ is /how the food tastes,/ not /how it looks.
………S…… V…………Cs………………………Cs……………….

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II. For each of the following ambiguous sentences, identify its two different
structures by means of sentence elements (S, V, Oi, Od, Cs, Co, A). [1mark]
Example: What John disliked was being ignored by everyone.
Answers: What John disliked/ was being ignored/ by everyone.
S Vpassive A
What John disliked/ was /being ignored by everyone.
S V Cs

1. She found him a treasure.

Answers: She/ found/ him/ a treasure.

S V Od Co

She/ found/ him/ a treasure.

S V Oi Od

2. The old man chased the boy with a long stick.

Answers: The old man/ chased/ the boy with a long stick.
S V Od

The old man/ chased/ the boy/ with a long stick.

S V Od A

III. Write sentences as guided. [2 marks: 0.4 m/sentence]

Example: [non-finite clause] is very interesting.
Watching documentaries is very interesting.

1. S [finite clause] made his friends disappointed.

…………………………………………………………………
what he had done

2. Everybody hopes Od [finite clause].

…………………………………………………………………
that the weather will get better
3. S [non-finite clause] is my pastime.
listening to music
…………………………………………………………………
4. S [preparatory] is a great honour [real S]
…………………………………………………………………
it that i was chosen to represent my team in the competition
5. I watched them Co [non-finite clause].
…………………………………………………………………
playing football

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 IV. Analyze the following sentences by means of Descriptive Linguistics.
[3 marks: 1.5 ms/sentence]
Example: I’m glad that my mother made me take piano lessons when I was a child.
M 1: ‘I’m glad’
S1: ‘that my mother made me take piano lessons’
Noun clause, Complement of “glad”
S.1.1: ‘when I was a child’
Adverb clause, modifying “made”
1. It is probably easier for teachers than for students to explain the reasons why learning
English seems to become increasingly difficult once the basic structures and patterns
which underlie the mechanism of the language have been understood.
Answers:
M1: ‘It is probably easier for teachers than for students to explain the reasons’
S1: ‘why learning English seems to become increasingly difficult’
Adjective clause, modifying “reasons” postmodifying
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S1.1: ‘once the basic structures and patterns have been understood’
Adverbial clause; Adverb clause functioning as an adverbial in (the whole) S1.
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adverbial of time
S1.1.1: ‘which underlie the mechanism of the language’

postmodifying Adjective clause, modifying “structures and patterns”

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2. We do not have direct evidence that climate change which we are already
experiencing influences the spread of COVID-19, but we do know that climate
change alters how we relate to other species on Earth and that it matters to our health
and our risk for infections.
Answers:
M1: ‘We do not have direct evidence’
S1: ‘that climate change influences the spread of COVID-19’
Apposition to “evidence” /appositive to 'evidence'
S1.1: ‘which we are already experiencing’
Adjective clause, -------------
modifying “change” postmodifying
M2: ‘but we do know’
S2: ‘that climate change alters’
Noun clause, Direct Object of “know”

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 S2.1: ‘how we relate to other species on Earth
Noun clause, Direct Object of “alters”
S3: ‘(and) that it matters to our health and our risk for infections’
Noun clause, Direct Object of “know”

V. Combine sets of simple sentences into complex/compound complex

sentences. [2 marks: 1m/sentence]

1. The book fell to the floor. A letter came out from the pages. I had never read the
letter before. My close friend had given me the book as a special gift.

Answers:

When/As soon as the book (which/that) my close friend had given me as a special
gift fell to the floor, a letter (which/that) I had never read the before came out from
the pages.

2. Many married adults have to balance between multiple work and family demands.
This causes stress for them. Priority decision-making can be very difficult.

Answers:

Many married adults have to balance between multiple work and family demands,
which causes stress for them because/, for priority decision-making can be very
difficult.

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