Key Trial Test Advgr 2018

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TRIAL TEST – ADVANCED GRAMMAR - 2018

(KEYS)
I. Identify the sentence patterns of the superordinate clauses of the following sentences and state the name
and function of each finite subordinating clause.
E.g. The fishermen / think/ that the company polluted the bay.
S V O (noun clause – object of “think”)
1. Although French, German, America and British pioneers have all been credited with the invention of cinema,(a)/
the British and the Germans /played/ a small role /in its world-wide exploitation.
ASVOA
(a) adv cl, A of concession
2. The rest of the world /survived /partly because audiences continued to exist for a product which corresponded to
needs (a) which Hollywood could not supply(b)
SVA
(a) adj cl, postmodifying “product”
(b) adj cl, postmodifying „needs‟
2. Long before people travelled to America or anywhere else(a),/ they/ knew/ what other places looked like (b).
ASVO
(a) Adv cl, A of time
(b) Noun cl, O
3. Another hypothesis/ suggests /that decreased processing of glucose could indicate to cells
that food is scarce (b) and induce them to shift into an anti-aging mode.(a)
SVO
(a) noun cl, O of suggests
(b) noun cl, O of indicate
4. There/ is/ scientific evidence that eating fewer calories may extend human life.
Sintro/V/ Sreal
Noun cl, appositive to “scientific evidence”
5. In experiments/, rats who ate (a) what they wanted (b) / led/ shorter lives than rats on a low-calorie diet.
ASVO
(a) adj cl, postmodifying „rats‟
(b) noun cl, O of ate
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6. However difficult you find it to arrange your time (a)/, it/ will pay off /in the long run /if you set aside a certain
part of the day for studying and stick to it (b)
ASVAA
(a) adv cl, A of concession
(b) adv cl, A of condition
7. If you always study in the same place, preferably a room of your own,(a) /you/ will find/ it/ easier/ to adjust
mentally to the activity/ when you enter that area (b).
ASVOCA
(a) adv cl, A of condition
(b) adv cl, A of time
8. It /may help/ to discuss a topic with other people, /especially if you feel (a) that you have insufficient ideas or
too many disorganized ideas (b).
SVO A
(a) adv cl, A of condition
(b) noun cl, O of feel
II. Analyse the following sentences by Descriptive Linguistic
E.g. I’m glad that my mother made me take piano lessons when I was a child.
M 1 : I’m glad
S 1 : that my mother made me take piano lessons: noun clause, complement of “glad”
S.1.1 : when I was a child: adverbial clause, Adjunct.
1. Don‟t hesitate to bring your topic up in a conversation with other students and see what they say, though you
don‟t want to copy their ideas, listening to what they think may well help you develop or refine your own thoughts.
M1. Don‟t hesitate to bring your topic up in a conversation with other students and see
S1.what they say Noun cl, O of see
S2. though you don‟t want to copy their ideas: Adv cl, A of concession
M2. listening to …may well help you develop or refine your own thoughts.
S3.what they think: Noun cl, O of listening to
2. Von Frisch knew from experiments by an early researcher that if he put out a bowl of sweet sugar syrup, bees
might at first take some time to find it but, once they had done so, within the hour, hundreds of other bees would
be eagerly taking the syrup.
M1. Von Frisch knew from experiments by an early researcher
S1: that bees might at first take some time to find it : Noun clause, O of “knew”
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S2: (that) but within the hour, hundreds of other bees would be eagerly taking the syrup
Noun clause, O of “knew”.
S1.1. if he put out a bowl of sweet sugar syrup - ADV cl, A of condition
S2.1. once they had done so- ADV cl, A of time
III. Combine the set of simple sentences into complex/compound complex sentence
You are doing a long essay or research paper. It involves the use of library books or other articles. Keeping
details of the tittles and authors on small cards in a card box may help.
When you are doing a long essay or research paper which involves/ involving the use of library books or other
articles, keeping details of the tittles and authors on small cards in a card box may help.
IV. Draw a tree diagram for the following sentence (you can use a triangle when necessary)
S= NP (You) + VP
VP= VP+ Np+ PP ( VP consists of 3 branches)
can mark/ the article/ by making any comments that you have in the margin
(1) (2) (3)
VP = can (aux) + mark (v)
NP = the (det) + article (n)
PP = by (prep) + making any comments that you have in the margin (NF.cl)
NF.cl = making (NFV) + any comments that you have (NP) + in the margin (PP)
NP = any (det) + comments + that you have (S‟ – a triangle)
PP= in (prep) + NP (the margin)
NP= the (det) + margin (N)
You //can mark/ the article/ by making any comments that you have in the margin.
V. The following sentence is structurally ambiguous; analyze the two different sentence structures (SVOCA)
to show both possible meanings.
John /saw/ the man on the mountain with a telescope. SVO
John/ saw/ the man on the mountain/ with a telescope. SVOA

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M1. Von Frisch knew from experiments by an early researcher

S2.1. once they had done so- ADV cl, A of time

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