ENGL 302 Take-Home Test 2 Answers

Take-Home Test 2 Answers A. In the sentences below, underline the noun phrases, adverb phrases, and prepositional phrases. Label each one by placing the abbreviations NP, AdvP, and PP above the headword of the phrase. For prepositional phrases, treat the preposition as the head word and do not label the object of the preposition. NP PP PP 1. A steep, boulder-sprinkled hill lay upon the right which had in bygone days been PP cut into a granite quarry. NP PP AdvP PP PP 2. The shafts of sunlight fell more obliquely across the eastern end of the gallery. NP NP PP PP PP PP 3. Two men left the town of St. Helena at the first glimmer of dawn, and walked along AdvP PP PP the road northward up the valley toward Calistoga. PP PP NP AdvP 4. In the fine rain that came at dawn to hide the crests, the company rode wearily AdvP PP homeward through the notches. B. State the tense and aspect of the verb phrases in the following sentences 1. He will have been waiting for three hours by that time. Future Perfect Progressive 2. She is feeling fine today. Present Progressive 3. The haven’t been working at the restaurant long. Present Perfect Progressive 4. There had not been much interest in the new product. Past Progressive C. Underline the nonfinite verb phrases and state their type in the blank space and circle their function in the sentence. 1. The lawyer said that the will filed in the safe was not the most recent version. Past-Participle Phrase nominal adjectival adverbial adjectival adverbial 2. To win the match was his greatest ambition. Infinitive Phrase nominal 3. I had been feeling too unwell in the mornings to get out of bed. Infinitive Phrase nominal adjectival adverbial nominal adjectival adverbial 4. Petty gossiping makes one unpopular. Gerund D. Indicate the voice of each sentence below by circling A for active voice or P for passive voice. Then change the active sentences to passive, and vice versa in the space given. 1. Such energy, once it exists, can easily be forced into new channels. A P Someone can force such energy, once it exists, into new channels. 2. The secret agents are working the room. A P The room is being worked by the secret agents. 3. The customers will not have seen the newest products on the market. A P The newest products on the market will not have been seen by the customers. 4. The products were tested in the lab by the scientists. The scientists tested the products in the lab. A P E. In the following sentences, use only the designated abbreviations to identify subjects (S), direct objects (DO), indirect objects (IO), and subjective complements (SC), where present. Label adverbial complements and modifiers AdvP. Write the abbreviation above the headword of the phrase. S SC AdvP 1. Jameson stood loyal to his firm. S AdvP AdvP 2. He looked sharply to the right. S DO 3. The tourists were burning wood in the fireplace. You may also treat “in the fireplace” as a separate AdvP modifying “were burning”. S IO DO 4. The librarian found me a pamphlet on political philosophy. Some things to think about for studying: 1. On question A, did you accurately indicate where phrases being and end with your underlining? Did you label all the prepositional phrases as prepositional phrases, or did you try to label them according to their functions? Did you underline any verbs? If so, why? Did you correctly identify the headwords? 2. On question C, did you underline the entire nonfinite verb phrase with all its modifiers and complements, or did you just underline the verb? On question 2, did you underline “feeling” without checking to see if it was part of a finite verb phrase (i.e. “had been feeling”). Did you identify a gerund phrase and then give it something other than a nominal function? 3. On question D1, did you identify the agentless passive? If you didn’t, you probably produced an “active” equivalent that was really another passive sentence. Check whether the sentence you produced as auxiliary “be” plus a past participle, which indicates passive form. In order to convert sentence 1, you needed to supply an agent like “someone”. When you changed the rest of the sentences from active to passive, or vice versa, did you keep the same tense and aspect? Did you produce ungrammatical sentences? 4. In question E, did you label non-noun phrases as DO or IO? Is this possible? Did you include DO and SC in the same sentence? Is this possible?