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    The document contains a series of revision exercises that involve analyzing parts of speech, identifying noun phrases and clause structures, determining word classes, and classifying sentence types. The exercises require examining grammatical form and function within sentences. Some key tasks include distinguishing adjectives from nouns, labeling phrase and clause constituents, accounting for different uses of verbs, and identifying the internal structure of noun phrases.

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    REVISION EXERCISES

    Exercise No. 1

    Compare the relationship between the adjective and the noun in NPs such as personal style and
    personal computer; a red house and a red herring.

    Exercise No. 2

    Identify the underlined structures in the sentences below according to both form and function.
    Form refers to the word class, names of phrases and clauses. Function refers to the specific role
    that the structure plays in the sentence (e.g., S, V, O, A, premodifier or postmodifier of H-noun,
    etc.):

    i. She found the students very disciplined.


    ii. Research has shown that stem cells could treat incurable diseases.
    iii. To err is human.
    iv. Did you hear what she said?
    v. Nobody knows who had tampered with the car breaks.
    vi. To pass Mrs. Tan’s test with flying colors is Jonathan’s goal right now.
    vii. I will meet you at the playground after I have completed my homework.
    viii. I offered the young lady beside me a magazine.
    ix. Even though the ball is made of rubber, it still hurts.
    x. The planner will give you expert advice on planning your wedding.

    Exercise No. 3

    For each sentence below, identify the clausal structure (e.g., SVOCA) of each main clause,
    labelling each constituent and indicating ellipted elements (if any) clearly. Indicate what type of
    sentence it is.

    Example to guide your way:

    The book that Jonathan read (S) is (V) on the shelf (aC). => complex sentence

    i. I wanted the Nintendo but Mom got me a writing set.


    ii. Some students can remember the coordinating conjunctions but others can only remember
    their favorite pizza toppings.
    iii. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided on the guest list.
    iv. I did not see them at the station because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station
    before noon.
    v. John went to school, but James remained at home because he had a fever.
    vi. Jimmy headed for home quickly and quietly.
    vii. Was she ever in a storm that was full of lightning, or doesn’t she recall?
    viii. Seeing how much you dislike cats makes me sad.
    ix. Solving equations is useful, but studying grammar is fun.
    x. The worksheet is where you have put it.
    xi. When the play ended, the curtain closed, and the audience applauded.
    xii. Sylvia hit the dirty old man in the face with her purse.

    Exercise No. 4

    Can you turn this Christmas tree-like arrangement of words into a complete sentence and
    explain the underlying thinking pattern you used to move from morphemes to larger units
    such as clauses and sentences?
    S
    Me
    Some Pan Make
    Fluffy Really Cake
    !

    Exercise No. 5

    Take a quick look at the sentence listed below and assign a word-class label to each word:

    That young but experienced chef cooked a really superb pizza for me yesterday.

    Exercise No. 6
    As you’ve already seen, the word-class of a word is determined not just by its meaning, but also
    its form (what it looks like) and its function (what it is doing in the phrase, clause or sentence).
    For each word in ‘When you have decided where to go during the holidays, contact my friend,
    who works as a travel agent and is able to give you good discounts.’, give reasons for your
    choice in the table below.

    Word Word Class Reason (Meaning, Form,


    Function)

    Exercise No. 7

    Account for the different uses and meanings of the italicized words, considering the way in which
    they pattern with other clause elements:

    1 The bus turned right along that road.

    2 The nation is turning conservative.

    3 Rather than go bankrupt, he turned his firm over to a bank.

    4 She turned and walked towards him.

    5 He had turned his ankle slightly.

    6 Mark turned off the TV.

    Exercise No. 8 Match the parts of speech below with the corresponding word in all capitals
    embedded in a sentence:

    a) Adverb g) Verb
    b) Adjective
    c) Conjunction 1) RIGHT the wrong.
    d) Pronoun 2) He kept the FAST for a week.
    e) Noun 3) He has no command OVER himself.
    f) Preposition 4) A BETTER man than he never lived.
    5) He knows BETTER than to quarrel. 7) ALL is fair in love and war.
    6) He went AFTER I came.
    Exercise No. 9

    What is the internal structure of the NP ‘the analogy troubling many loyal Tory voters’?
    Disregard noun phrases embedded inside the noun phrases.

    • determiner + premodifier + H + postmodifier 1 + postmodifier 2


    • determiner + H + postmodifier 1 + postmodifier 2
    • determiner + premodifier 1 + premodifier 2 + H
    • determiner + H + postmodifier

    Exercise No. 10

    How many noun phrases can you identify in the sentence ‘She has got the best deal possible
    from a Congress that might otherwise have appointed a city manager’? Remember that a noun
    phrase may occur inside another noun phrase.

    • two NPs
    • three NPs
    • four NPs
    • five NPs

    Exercise No. 11

    Consider the following sentences: a) Can you help with these dishes? b) All I’ve got is a couple
    of cans of soup. c) We need to can the meat immediately. What word classes do the italicized
    items belong to? Specify whether the items fit into the class of lexical words or function words.
    Be mindful of the fact that English words can jump word class boundaries very easily.

    Exercise No. 12

    Identify the sentence ‘Even though scientists have had to fight for funding, they have persisted
    in their research’ as simple, compound, complex or compound-complex:

    • simple
    • compound
    • complex
    • compound-complex

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