TRIAL TEST – ADVANCED GRAMMAR

I. Identify the sentence elements of the superordinate clauses of the following sentences and
state the name and function of each finite subordinating clause. (2pts)
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, the British and the Germans played a small role in its world-wide
exploitation.
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2. The rest of the world survived partly because audiences continued to exist for a product
Adverbial clause – modifying survived
which corresponded to needs ( adjective clause – modifying “ a product “
which Hollywood could not supply ( adjective clause -modifying “ needs”

.SVAC

3. Another hypothesis /suggests/ that decreased processing of glucose could indicate to cells .
Noun clause : O of “ suggests”

that food is scarce and induce them to shift into an anti-aging mode.. (

- SVO
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4. However difficult you find it to arrange your time, it will pay off in the long run if you set
aside a certain part of the day for studying and stick to it.
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II. Analyse the following sentences by Descriptive Linguistic: (3pts)
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 of time, modifying “made”.
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 clause , modifying “say”
S2 though you don’t want to copy their ideas, listening to : adverbial : modifying “ see”
S2.1 what they think adjective clause : modifying “ ideas”
S2.2 may help you develop or refine your own thoughts. Adjective clause “ modifying “ ideas”

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 if he put out a bowl of sweet sugar syrup : adverbial modifying “ knew”

S2 bees might at first take some time to find it : adverbial “ syrup”

M2 but, once they had done so

S3 hundreds of other bees would be eagerly taking the syrup. : adjective clause modifying “ has
done”
III. Combine the set of simple sentences into complex/compound complex sentence (1pt)
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.

IV. Draw a tree diagram for the following sentence (1pt)

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. (1pt)
John saw the man on the mountain with a telescope.
VI. Construct the incomplete phrases as guided to complete the following sentences: (2pts)

E.g. [Noun clause] means he knew nothing about the task.

1. [Finite clause] proved [finite clause]

Whether the thing he talked proved he was not guilty

2. S [preparatory] is very important [real S].

The idea that we wrote has not been approved yet.

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