UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA

INSTITUTO DE LETRAS – IL
DEPARTAMENTO DE LÍNGUAS ESTRANGEIRAS E TRADUÇÃO – LET
LET 0312 – Introdução à Morfossintaxe do Inglês
2º Semestre 2021
Professora: Rachel Lourenço

ASSESSMENT 3 – 10 points
1. Classify the underlined expressions below as ‘complement’ or ‘adjunct’. (1 point – 0.1 point each)
Examples: We all enjoyed that summer. (complement)
We all worked that summer. (adjunct)

a) They suddenly ran to the gate.

b) They suddenly ran to the gate.
c) I wonder if he’ll be safe all the time.
d) I’m keeping the dog, whatever you say.
e) I’m keeping the dog, whatever you say.
f) You’d better put the cat out now.
g) You’d better put the cat out now.
h) It’s always been easy for you, hasn’t it?
i) They swam in the sea even though it was raining.
j) They swam in the sea even though it was raining.

2. Highlight the subject in the examples below. (1 point – 0.2 point each)
Example: She fasted a very long time.

a) Tomorrow Pat will be back from skiing.

b) Is today some kind of holiday?
c) Down the road ran the crazy dog.
d) At this time of year, you are likely to get violent thunderstorms.
e) Dan got bitten on the neck by a bat.

3. Classify the underlined expressions below as ‘object’ or ‘predicative complement’. (1 point – 0.2 point each)
Examples: He seemed an amazingly bad film-maker. (predicative complement)
He screened an amazingly bad film. (object)

a) They arrested a member of the party.

b) She remained a member of the party.
c) It looks a bargain to me.
d) He proposed a bargain to me.
e) They continued the investigation.

4. Classify the canonical clauses below as ‘ordinary intransitive’, ‘complex-intransitive’, ‘monotransitive’, ‘complex-
transitive’, ‘ditransitive’. (1 point – 0.2 point each)
Examples: We hesitated. (ordinary intransitive)
We felt happy. (complex-intransitive)
We sold our house. (monotransitive)
We made them happy. (complex-transitive)
We gave them some food. (ditransitive)

a) He considered them useless.

b) He saved a lot of money last year.
c) He seemed sad.
d) He sent me an email yesterday.
e) He slept well last night.

5. What are the possible meanings of the sentences below? (1 point)

Example: I thought he was a friend of mine. (He was not a real friend and let me down. / I mistook him for a
stranger who looked like him.)

a) I found her a good lawyer.

b) He called me a nurse.
6. In the passage below, underline the nouns and enclose the NPs between square brackets [ ]. (2 points)
Example: I met the father of the bride. I met [the father of [the bride]].

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7. Say whether the nouns underlined in the examples have a count [C] or a non-count [NC] interpretation for each
sentence. (2 points – 0.1 point each)
Examples: a) Andrea’s native language is Italian. [C]
b) I speak English, but I cannot understand the text because it is full of medical language. [NC]

a) The frame is made of metal. [NC]

b) Hydrogen behaves like a metal only at very high pressures. [C]

1. a) She rubbed at the stain with a damp cloth.

b) This is the best cotton cloth you can get in town.

2. a) We moved here ten years ago because there was very little crime.
b) A woman was charged with the crime after the murder weapon was found in her home.

3. a) Ronnie caught three huge fish this afternoon.

b) White wine is traditionally drunk with fish.

4. a) Polly cut herself on a piece of broken glass.

b) This is not appropriate: I need a wine glass.

5. a) Try not to make a noise when you go upstairs.

b) Stop making so much noise.

6. a) The gift was wrapped in brown paper.

b) The history paper was really easy.

7. a) The theme was the relationship between religion and literature.

b) Islam has become a widespread religion among athletes.

8. a) There is space for a table and two chairs.

b) There was just an empty space where my bicycle had been.

9. a) Our house is built of stone.

b) There’s a stone in my shoe.

10. a) Put some more wood on the fire.

b) Pine is a soft wood.

8. Classify the genitives in the following sentences as subject-determiner, subject, fused-head, oblique, or
attributive. (1 point – 0.2 point each)
Examples: She didn’t approve of his being given a second chance. (subject)
They accepted Kim’s proposal but not Pat’s. (fused head)
The argument was sparked by a casual remark of Kim’s. (oblique)
They’ve just moved to an old people’s home. (attributive)
The teacher’s car was stolen. (subject-determiner)

a) A friend of mine told me you’re leaving the country.

b) Your application has been approved but Jill’s is still being considered.
c) Your application has been approved but Jill’s is still being considered.
d) Do you know if there’s a men’s toilet around here?
e) He objects to your being paid more than everybody else.