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Higher National Diploma inEnglish
Third Year, First Semester Examination – 2014
EN3105:Language Structure Usage & Linguistics V – Part Time
Instructions:
Answer five questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1.
a. Explain any five functions of preposition.
No. of questions : 06
No. of pages :03
Time
: Three hours
(Marks 05)
b. Identify the function of the prepositional phrase in each of the following
sentences.
i. The people were singing on the bus.
ii. The people on the bus were singing.
iii We depend on you.
iv. I am so sorry for his parents.
v. To my surprise, the doctor phoned.
( Marks 5)
c. Expand the following sentences with propositional phrases. An example has
been given.
Eg: The loud music blared.
The loud music on the car stereo blared through the open windows.
i. The deep blue lakes glimmers.
ii. No one told me.
iii. The two wild horses galloped.
iv. The dancers rehashed tirelessly.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii
ix.
x.
That old building is collapsed.
The workers piled up the bricks.
The engine stopped suddenly.
The geese were flying south.
The tennis club meets.
The heavy snow stopped.
(Marks 10)
2. a. How many subclasses of phrasal verbs are there? Explain them with relevant
examples.
( Marks 10)
b. Explain the verb in each of the following sentences with reference to the
following:
* phrasal prepositional verb,
* intransitive phrasal verb followed by a prepositional phrase,
* prepositional verb,
* construction simply looks like a prepositional verb.
An example has been given.
Eg: He came up with a great idea
came up with = phrasal prepositional verbs.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
I wasn’t aware of that.
She listened instantly to what the speaker was saying.
It took her over 15 minutes to scrub the pot clean.
The new boss said that he planned to do away with some procedures
that he felt were inefficient and costly.
She thinks that her boss looks down on her , but he doesn’t.
( Marks 2x5 = 10)
3. a. If clauses are independent clauses. Do you agree with this statement? Justify
with specific examples.
(Marks 10)
b. Describe the three types of conditionals with reference to tense pattern
and meaning.
( Marks 10)
4. a. Define comment clauses.
(Marks 05)
b. Explain different structures of comment clauses with appropriate examples.
( Marks 07)
c. Construct a dialogue with maximum eight lines (8) using comment clauses.
( Marks 08)
5. a. Describe relative clauses with examples.
( Marks 08)
b. Briefly explain restrictive and non-restrictive clauses with examples.
(Marks =04)
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c.
Label each relative restrictive clause in the following sentences as
subject, object, indirect object, object of a preposition, possessive,
object of comparison.
i..
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
The girl who Arun bought a car for never thanked him.
The girl to whom he sent the message does not speak to him.
The girl who lives in abroad is my sister.
There were many people that he did not know.
The girl with whom he went to the cinema is in London.
I met a girl whose brother is my friend.
The girl who Fred is smarter than won the poetry contest.
John went out with the girl who I loved very much.
( Marks 08)
6.
Write short notes on any two of the following topics.
a.
Zero conditionals
b.
Learner errors.
c.
Speech acts
d.
Turn taking
(Marks 2x10 = 20)
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