English Sentence Analysis: Patterns, Tenses, Aspects, Voices, Moods & Modifiers, Exams of English Language

Download English Sentence Analysis: Patterns, Tenses, Aspects, Voices, Moods & Modifiers and more Exams English Language in PDF only on Docsity! I. Identify the pattern of the following sentences (Pattern I, II, III, etc., 1 point each, 7 points total): _____ 1. That train always runs on time. _____ 2. Thinking about the Holocaust produces disturbing feelings in most people. _____ 3. Christmas is a stressful time for many people. _____ 4. Not everyone considers Christmas a time of joy and thanksgiving.. _____ 5. The crowds at the mall are just awful. _____ 6. Family members sometimes argue. _____ 7. Christmas is the biggest shopping season of the year. _____ 8. Even for Jews, the season of Hanukah has become a major, instead of a minor, holiday. _____ 9. Psychologists are discovering alarming levels of stress among some groups. _____ 10. On the other hand, the Christmas season gives some people a feeling of peace and happiness. II. Identify the verb tense, the aspect, and the voice for each verb underlined in the following sentences. Each sentence is worth from 1½ to 4½ points, depending on how many verbs are underlined. (½ point each, 27 points total) 1. A few years ago, I gave my nephew Kyle a book for Christmas. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ 2. This book was called The Polar Express, and it was written by Chris Van Allyn. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ 3. Kyle, who was 5, has an older sister named Megan, who is 8. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: 4. In this book, a little boy was taken by train to the North Pole. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ 5. The train was filled only with children, but they were served delicious food of the type that children really like. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ 6. The train went further and further north until it arrives at the North Pole, a huge city, full of bright lights and elves, who have just finished making all the toys. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ 7. Thousands of elves had gathered in the city to for the last ceremony before Santa left in his sleigh. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ 8. The little boy asked for one of the sleigh bells from the harness for Santa’s reindeer. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ 9. He was given this bell in a little ceremony, but back aboard the train, he discovered that the bell had fallen through a hole in his pocket. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ Final Exam for English 201 – Key Concepts and Terms - Fall 1999 Page 2 10. The book is beautifully illustrated with drawings that will really capture the imagination of both adults and children. Tense: ______________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________ III. Identify the mood of the verbs that have been underlined in the following sentences (6 points): 1. The professor insisted that Jim revise his paper one more time. __________________________________________________ 2. If Jim had gotten started on the assignment sooner, he would not have had to revise his paper once again. ___________________________________________________ 3. The conductor on the train recommends that he fix the hole in his pocket. ___________________________________________________ IV. Underline and label the modifiers indicated in parentheses after each item. Do not underline other modifiers—only the ones in parentheses after each question. This excerpt is from an essay by Tracy Kidder, entitled “Mrs. Zajac.” (½ point each, 26 points total) 1. She was thirty-four. She wore a white skirt and yellow sweater and a thin gold necklace, which she held in her fingers, as if holding her own reins, while waiting for children to answer. (Adjectivals: 5 adjectives. 1 relative clause.) 2. Her hair was black with a hint of Irish red. It was cut short to the tops of her ears, and swept back like a pair of folded wings. She had a delicately cleft chin, and she was short—the children’s chairs would have fit her. (Adverbials: 2 prepositional phrases. Adjectivals: 5 adjectives, 2 prepositional phrases) 3. Although her voice sounded conversational, it had projection. She had never acted. She had found this voice in classrooms. (Adverbials: 1 clause, 1 prepositional phrase) 4. Mrs. Zajac seemed to have a frightening amount of energy. She strode across the room, her arms swinging high, her hands in small fists. Taking her stand in front of the green chalkboard, discussing the rules with her new class, she repeated sentences, and her lips held the shapes of certain words, such as “homework,” after she had said them. (Adjectivals: 5 adjectives, 2 participials, 4 prepositional phrases. Sentence modifiers: 2 absolute phrases) 5. Her hands kept very busy. They sliced the air and made karate chops to mark off boundaries. They extended straight out like a traffic cop’s, halting illegal maneuvers yet to be perpetrated. When they rested momentarily on her hips, her hands looked as if they were in holsters. (Adverbials: 2 verb phrases [1 infinitive and 1 participial], 2 prepositional phrases, 1 clause) 6. At home on late summer days like these, Chris Zajac wore shorts or blue jeans. Although there was no dress code for teachers here at Kelly School, she always went to work in skirts or dresses. She dressed as if she were applying for a job, and hoped in the back of her mind that someday, heading for job interviews, her students would remember her example. (Adverbials: 5 prepositional phrases, 1 clause, 1 participial. Nominals: 1 clause. 7. Outside school, she wept easily over small and large catastrophes and at sentimental movies, but she never cried in front of students, except once a few years ago when the news came over the intercom that the space Shuttle had exploded and Christa McAufliffe had died—and then she saw in her students’ faces that the sight of Mrs. Zajac crying had frightened them, and she made herself stop and then explained. (Adverbials: 6 prepositional phrases, 2 adverbs. Nominals: 1 clause.) V. Diagram the following sentences (10 points each, 30 points total): 1. The hikers climbed steadily all morning, but took a long break at lunch.