Test 2 - Make-Up Test
Test 2 - Make-Up Test
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DOCENTE “MERCEDES”
Test 2 - MAKE-UP TEST
June 2024
Part 1
Read the following sentences / patters / questions and choose the correct option.
6. [It’s a pity they didn’t arrive on time]. The main clause consists of…
A Preparatory ‘it’, Verb, Subject complement
B Subject, Verb, Object complement
C Subject, Verb, Adverb
D Obligatory Adverb, Subject, Verb
Part 2
Read the following extract. Then decide if the sentences are simple (S), compound (CPD) or
complex (CPX).
(9)
I don’t know what to do. (10) I neither like studying nor working. (11) Sleep and eat is all I do
every day. (12) Going back to university is not my cup of tea. (13) Although my parents talked to me
seriously, I keep on doing nothing. (14) I’m really sad that I can’t get out of this depressing moment.
(15)
I can’t tell my problems to anyone. (16) I may either see a psychologist or make an appointment
with a psychiatrist. (17) I think about it, but I don’t like the idea. (18) It is weird how complicated making
a decision could be. (19) It seems an easy thing. (20) In view of this, I’ll have to do something at once.
Part 3
Considering the extract above identify the following constructions / syntactic functions (SF) and
provide the number(s) of the sentence(s) they correspond to. Options can be repeated and there
may be more than one possibility in some cases.
26. [It seems an easy thing, but it isn’t.] What is the use of ‘but’?
A Contrast
B Concessive
C Corrective
D Condition
27. [I can’t tell my problems to anyone.] What kind patter does the sentence have?
A Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Object Complement
B Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Subject Complement
C Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object
D Subject, Verb, Subject Complement, Adverbial
28. [Sleep and eat is all I do every day.] The syntactic function of the bear infinitive clause is…
A Object
B Subject complement
C Subject
D Object complement
29. [1] Dave understood [2] it was illegal [3] to buy a pet in Brazil.
A [3] superordinate to 2; [2] main clause; [1] superordinate to 3
B [1] main clause; [3] superordinate to 2; [2] superordinate to 1
C [2] superordinate to 3; [3] main clause; [1] subordinate clause
D [1] subordinate clause; [2] matrix; [3] superordinate to 2
30. You can do [whatever you want]. What type of subordination is it?
A Yes-no interrogative clause
B Interrogative clause
C Exclamative clause
D Relative clause
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