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Assignment 3

The document contains an assignment by student Duong My Linh focusing on phrases and functions. It includes exercises identifying forms of modifying expressions in sentences and analyzing noun phrases using tree diagrams. The assignment is structured with examples and exercises for practice.

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Name: DUONG MY LINH

Student ID: 021H0050


ASSIGNMENT 3
CHAPTER 2: PHRASES AND FUNCTIONS
Exercise 17.14 p.290
The italicized expressions have the functions of modifying the headwords. Identify
their forms and write them in the blanks.
Sentences Forms
1. I want to rent the bicycle outside. NS

2. We watched the brown river, swollen with rain. AjP

3. It was a large outdoor swing, the property of our NP Aj-al

neighbor.

4. The fireworks were a sight to behold. InfP Aj-al

5. The hoe leaning against the house is dull. Present Part. P

6. The mountaintop, high and craggy, was hidden in Compounded Aj

the cloud.

7. The building which is near the library is new. Relative Cl Aj-al

8. The fan in the corner has only one speed. PP

9. I’ll see you the day before you go. AvCl

10. The skiing last winter was good. NP

11. The car that is in front is mine. Relative Cl Aj-al

12. There stood Jane, miserably tired. AjP

13. The seniors especially arrived early. Av

Exercise 2:
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Analyze the following noun phrases in terms of tree diagrams.

e.g. The old cupboard with the blue handles

Det Aj NH

Prep NP

Det Aj N-H PP

NP

All the coal stacked outside the back door


det Aj NH
lex.V prep NP

V PP

pre-det det N-H Past participle phrase

NP

1. The fourth place behind him

2
prep N

Det Post-det N-H PP

NP

2. The clearest instructions that anybody could have been given

N Mod.aux perf.aux pass.aux V

Rel. proN NP VP

Det Aj N-H Relative clause

NP

3. This sudden disaster approaching us

V N

Det Aj N-H Present participle phrase

NP

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4. All the eighty elderly passengers in the front coach

Det. Aj. N

Prep. NP

Pre-det Det Num Aj N-H PP

NP

5. Several irate gentleman farmers waiting for the Prime Minister

det. NP

lex. V prep. NP

V PP

Det. Aj. N NH Present participle phrase

NP

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6. A poor little boy who seems to be lost

Rel. proN VP

Det Aj Aj N-H Relative clause

NP

7. The major upset of the year

det N

prep NP

Det Aj N-H PP

NP

THE END

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