English Grammar Test #2 - take home

Name                       : Rezki Firdaus

Students Number   : 1407335

Class                        : A (13.00 – 14.40)

Subject                    : English Grammar

Lecturer                  : Iwa Lukmana, M.A., Phd

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Progress test #2

Take-home

Note:

*  Work on your own

*  Any indication of cheating/cooperation will result in TOTAL disqualification

Find one (or several) text(s) – to be attached. Make sure they are different from the texts chosen by the other students.

1.     Choose an exclamative sentence, and write its declarative equivalence.

2.    Choose an declarative sentence, and write its exclamative equivalence.

3.    Find a non-standard expression and write its standard equivalence.

4.    Choose a sentence whose VP contains lexical and auxiliary verbs. Analyse the VP.

5.    Choose a sentence, and mention the type of its lexical verb.

6.    Choose a sentence containing a ‘complete’ NP (containing pre- and post-modification). Analyse the NP.

Answer:

1.    What a noble heart that good man has! (Exclamative)

     That good man has a noble heart. (Declarative)

2.   Kelingking was an obedient kid. (Declarative)

     How an obidient kid Klingking was! (Exclamative)

3.   I didn't wanna do the tour. (Non – standard expression)

     I didn't want to do the tour. (Standard expression)

4.   He thought the tour might be preceived as a cash grab.

     Might (Modal Auxiliary) be (Verb Aux. Passive) preceived (Verb PP ART)

                                             

5.   Hans told him what had happened.

     Told (ditransitive verb) takes two objects. They are him and what happened.

6.   Those upstairs waited for the drink, but Clever Elsie still in her strange act.

       Clever (pre-modification) Elsie (head) in her strange act (post-modification)