Language Description was another subject that I
really enjoyed teaching. The followings are
the answers to the testpaper for my tutees.
January Semester 2007
HBEL 1203 Language
Description
1. (a) [Tomorrow] is Monday.
Tomorrow
is a noun and it functions as a subject of the sentence. It answers
the question ‘what’. (What day is tomorrow?)
(b) I’ll see you tomorrow.
Tomorrow is an adverb of time as it tells the time and it answers the
question
‘when’. (When will you see me?) (word classes)
2. I am
looking forward to meeting you again.
(Topic 6 prepositions )
3. (a) [The design of the house itself] is very unique.
The reflexive pronoun ‘itself’ here is used to emphasise and is optional
as you
may omit it without changing the meaning of the sentence.
(b) [The cat] hurt itself when it fell from the tree.
It refers back to the subject and is
obligatory. Without it, it is not
grammatical.
(Topic 1 Pronouns p. 11)
4. (a) [The dishes served in the restaurant] really taste delicious.
The
word ‘taste’ is a linking verb (an
intensive verb) and it is followed by an
adjective
which is the attribute of the subject of the sentence.
(b) [You] can
taste the cake first before placing your order. (Topic 2
p. 30 - 32)
The word ‘taste’ in this sentence is an extensive verb as it indicates
the doing of
an
action.
5. (a) [The letter of appeal] should be written by the villagers by next week.
(b)
The company has offered
me a new post.
6. The verb group phrase ‘have established’ is in the present perfect tense and so it
is
a finite verb because it indicate tense.
The to-infinitive ‘to look’ is a
non-finite verb because it does not indicate tense.
You may
give answers like this.
have established ---- a finite verb
to look ----
non-finite verb
(Topic
2 p. 35)
7. The word ‘Japanese’ is singular in form but
may be singular or plural in meaning.
For example:
He is a Japanese. They are Japanese. (Topic 1
p.7)
8. Topic 3
p. 60
A static verb is not used in the
continuous tense whereas a dynamic verb is used in
a continuous tense.
For examples:
[John] dislikes
hamburger.
The verb ‘dislike’ is a static verb. The verb that expresses one’s liking, state
of
being, sensory perception is not used in
the continuous tense.
He is
running now.
The verb ‘is running’ indicates the doing of an action is a dynamic
verb.
9. Topic 3,
p. 50 - 52
The verb group phrase ‘have known’ is in
the Present Perfect Tense and the verb
‘went’ is in the Simple Past Tense.
The present perfect tense indicates an
action that takes place in the past and
continues up to the moment of speaking
at present. The simple past tense, on
the other hand, expresses an action in
the past.
10. Topic 4
p. 86
[The
number of eggs] -------are not limited ---- It should be a singular verb
‘is’,
‘not are’ because the number means a
definite number and thus is considered
singular in meaning. Another error is ‘The rest is guarded’ should
be ‘are’ because
the rest refers to ‘the eggs’ which is
plural countable and so take the plural verb
‘are’ instead of ‘is’.
Note:
1. If ‘to’ is used a preposition, it is followed
by a noun or a gerund (F2). The
following
verbs are used with the ‘to’ preposition.
(1)
ascribe to
(2)
commit to
(3) dedicate to
(4)
devote to
(5) confess to
(6) look forward to noun / F2
(7) object to
(8)
be used to
(9) *
prefer (noun / F2) to (noun / F2)
2. Is the word ‘after’ a preposition or
conjunction? Explain the differences in
function.
(a)
He went home straight away after school.
(b)
He went home straight away after he had cleaned up the classroom.
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3. Identify the word class of the following
words ‘despite, in spite of, although and
though’.
Explain by examples of their differences in function.
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