First Year
TUTORIAL
week starting 28th November 2016
LINGUISTICS
Attempt all three tasks.
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Task One (5 marks)
Identify the WORD CLASS of the words in the following sentences. The first one
has been worked out for you as an example.
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Customers
will
be
satisfied
with
this
Noun
Verb
Verb
Verb
Preposition
Common
Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Main
Determiner
Demonstrative
Concrete
Modal
Primary
2
The
workers
3
His
sister
4
John
5
The
6
I
could
have
foreign
left
waiting
student
when
patiently
been
Common
this
2
bomb
him
best
our
finish
a
for
the
in
must
Noun
Concrete
had
was
product.
outside.
in
team
by
exploded.
class.
scored
tomorrow.
four.
Task Two
(7 marks)
Identify the CLAUSE ELEMENTS (S=subject; V=verb; O=object;
C=complement; A=adverbial) in the following sentences. The first one has been
worked out for you as an example.
1. Rain originates in the ocean.
Rain originates in the ocean
S
V
A
2. Every Saturday morning the young boy plays football at the local sports
centre.
3. The old professor signed the papers in green ink.
4. Jane is the most diligent student in class.
5. Mary and her friends were having lunch at the new restaurant in town.
6. Twenty years ago my paternal grandfather gave me his war medals.
7. She initially found the book boring
8. The woman who I had seen earlier in the day reappeared on the bus.
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Task Three
(8 marks)
Name the following sentences according to TYPE:
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX.
Underline the SUBORDINATE CLAUSE where it applies.
1.
The old man in the white suit was laughing out loudly.
2.
Sarah loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.
3.
The students ran out of the class when they heard the news.
4.
He goes jogging every morning so he is very fit.
5.
The dog which was up to its knees in water began to howl.
6.
The training rooms of these college athletes are so filthy.
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