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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HO CHI MINH CITY Student Name: ...................................

UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Student ID: ........................................


FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE Class: ...............................................
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS

FINAL EXAM IN SYNTAX


Time allowed: 90 minutes Test date: ___________

Approved Lecturer(s) Proctor 1 Proctor 2 Examiner Final exam Total score


by Dept. (name) (CBCT 1) (CBCT 2) (name & 100% (in words)
Chair (name & (name & signature)
(name & signature) signature)
signature)

Notes: No materials or dictionaries are allowed.


Students write their answers in the space provided in this test paper.

1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true statements and F for
false statements. (5m)
a. ______ A degree adverb cannot be modified by another adverb.
b. ______ A complement can be omitted without making a sentence ungrammatical.
c. ______ A non-finite clause does not have an overt subject.
d. ______ Non-restrictive clauses are modifiers of NOM.
e. ______ Only constituents of the same category can be co-ordinated.

2. Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word. (5m)

a. A _______________ verb is a verb that has been inflected for tense.


b. A sequence of words that can function as a constituent in the structure of sentences is a
_______________
c. Verbs are sub-categorised in terms of their _______________ types.
d. In a phrase containing a modifier, it is the _______________ that determines the category of the
phrase.
e. Adverbial clauses take subordinating conjunctions as _______________.

3. Identify the type of verb (group) and the function of the underlined constituent in each of the
following sentences. (10m)

e.g. Old Sam sunbathed beside a stream.  Intransitive, adjunct (adverbial)


a. They found him dead in a pool of blood. ________________________________________

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b. She placed the vase on the desk. ________________________________________
c. He saw Jane in the parking lot. ________________________________________
d. Leaves turn yellow in the fall. ________________________________________
e. She made me a cup of coffee. ________________________________________

4. Draw phrase-markers for the following apparently similar sentences. Do not draw complete
phrase-markers, but the diagrams should be detailed enough to show that the sentences differ
in their internal structure. Use triangles where possible.
a. (i) They bought her a bike.
(ii) They considered her a friend.
b. (i) The old man died naturally.
(ii)The old man died, naturally.

5. Draw COMPLETE phrase-markers for the following sentences.


a. Did he tell them what his current job was?
b. Unfortunately he was injured in the car accident.
c. Nobody expected him to turn down the offer.
d. My wish is for you to be happy.

END OF TEST

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