Exam #2 Questions - English Grammar: Key Concepts and Terms | ENGL 201, Exams of English Language

Download Exam #2 Questions - English Grammar: Key Concepts and Terms | ENGL 201 and more Exams English Language in PDF only on Docsity! I. Underline the adjectivals in the following sentences and identify their type: adjectives (adj), prepositional phrases (PP), participial phrases (part), noun phrases (NP), or relative clauses (RC). Do not include determiners (articles or possessives) in your underlining. Because a phrase or clause may contain another adjectival, some words may be underlined more than once. The numbers in parentheses after each sentence show the number of adjectivals you should be able to find in each sentence (total of 25 points): 1. The cats prowling around our back yard are the males who previously showed considerable interest in our female cat, who had been in heat. (7) 2. Expecting to find a number of new playmates, our puppy ran out through her dog door to greet her new- found feline friends, who had assembled for an entirely different purpose. (7) 3. Hissing ferociously, the tomcats retreated to the nearby trees, lining the back yard near the fence. (4) 4. Surprised by this unexpected behavior, the puppy, who thought that cats were her playmates, trotted around the perimeter of the yard. (4) 5. Our female cat, who has since been spayed, does not seem to realize that she is the cause of the puppy’s misunderstanding. (3) II. Punctuate the following sentences correctly. If the sentence requires no additional punctuation, just write “correct” next to it. (10 points total) 1. Moscow which is home to the University of Idaho is also known as the pea and lentil capital of Idaho. 2. Moscow is not as old a city as Lewiston which grew up to accommodate the trade on the Snake and Clearwater Rivers. 3. Lewiston is one of a series of towns and cities that came into being as a result of gold mining activities. 4. Seattle a city which supplied the gold miners in Alaska in the 1890s experienced a growth spurt that was similar to Lewiston’s. 5. The difference was that Lewiston’s growth spurt which resulted from the discovery of gold near what is now Pierce was much earlier than that of Seattle. 7. The town of Pierce was named after Captain E.D. Pierce who led an expedition in 1860 into the Nez Perce Reservation in search of mineral wealth. 8. The population of Lewiston which itself was located inside the Nez Perce Reservation grew to be larger than that of Seattle and Portland combined. 9. It is important to remember that Seattle and Portland which were both port cities were relatively small at this time of their history. 10. The discovery of mineral wealth at different times throughout the Northwest created cycles of boom and bust which fueled the development and even decline of many cities and towns in this region. III. Underline the nominals in the following sentences; don’t include nominals that are simply noun phrases. Then identify what type of nominal it is (appositive, gerund, infinitive, clause). Then identify the slot that the nominal occupies in the sentence (subject, direct object, subject complement, object complement, indirect object, object of preposition, etc.). Some sentences may have more than one nominal; you can get extra credit for finding the additional ones (3 points for each nominal): 1. Running around the house with her new toy snake is one of the favorite occupations of Bonnie, our puppy. 2. She loves biting the end of this snake toy to make a squeaking sound. 3. Another passion she has developed is hiding special treats somewhere in the house or the yard. 4. She seems to have a system for remembering where she keeps things. 5. She can remember where she has hidden something for as long as a week after putting the object in its hiding place. English 201 – English Grammar: Key Concepts and Terms Exam 2 – Spring 2005 Name:__________________________ , , , , , , , , , , , correct correct