Quiz #2 with Solution - English Grammar: Key Concepts and Terms | ENGL 201, Exams of English Language

Download Quiz #2 with Solution - English Grammar: Key Concepts and Terms | ENGL 201 and more Exams English Language in PDF only on Docsity! I. Underline adverbials in the following sentences and identify their type: adverbs (adv), prepositional phrases (PP), noun phrases (NP), verb phrases (VP), or clauses (C). Because a phrase or clause may contain another adverbial, some words may be underlined more than once. The numbers in parentheses after each sentence show the number of adverbials you should be able to find in each sentence (total of 15 points): [Note: you will not have questions about adverbials on the upcoming exam. However, you will see this kind of question on the final.] 1. When I saw you yesterday, I hid in the woods. (2) 2. To write well, you usually need to rewrite. (3) 3. Later that day, we drove from Chicago to Milwaukee. (4) 4. When the doorbell rings, both dogs started barking ferociously. (2) 5. To get in shape for the fall season, he worked out for three hours on Saturday. (4) II. Punctuate the following sentences correctly. If the sentence requires no additional punctuation, just write “correct” next to it. (4 points total) 1. The teenager who lives across the street said that she would rake our yard for a reasonable price. 2. Our music teacher who is a veteran of the Vietnam War visited the Vietnam Memorial in Washington during spring break. 3. On the day when they announced the winners of the ice-sculpture contest our sorority which won first prize skipped classes to celebrate. 4. As the old saying goes you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. III. 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). 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 21 points): 1. Marcus knows that man who is waving to us. (1) 2. The man driving that car over there works at the fish market on Broadway. (3) 3. The students lining up in the gym are hoping to get tickets for the big gymnastics meet on Friday, the eastern finals. (7) 4. The town where I was born is known for its beautiful iris gardens. (3) 5. On the day that they recovered the bodies from the airplane crash, the Atlanta police, who had first investigated the crime, began their stake-out of the notorious criminals. (4) 6. My father, who hates to work outdoors, paid the man mowing the lawn an extra bonus. (3) IV. Underline the nominals in the following sentences. Then identify the slot that the nominal occupies in the sentence (direct object, subject, subjective complement, objective complement, indirect object, etc.). (7 points total): 1. My little brother enjoys playing computer games. 2. Winng computer games give him great satisfaction. 3. What he does with his time is his own business. English 201 – English Grammar: Key Concepts and Terms Quiz 2 – Spring 2002 correct These instructions should have also said to identify the kind of nominal (gerund, clause, verb phrase). Also one of the sentences has two nominals (besides ordinary nouns). This sentence really has only 6 adjectivals unless you count “the eastern finals” as one of them, but that is an appositive, which is a kind of nominal.