Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”

Bachelor in Education
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on Parts of Speech and Syntax
PART A

Right below you are going to find an excerpt adapted from a story called “Eveline” written by
James Joyce. Your task is to identify the parts of speech we have studied so far. To do this, are
going to highlight the parts of speech with different colors in the following way:

Nouns and subject pronouns = Green

Verbs = Yellow

Determiners = Blue

Object, possessive and relative pronouns = Grey

She sat at the window watching the evening enter the avenue. Her head was leaning against the
window curtains, and in her nostrils was the odor of dusty cotton cloth. Eveline was tired.

Few people passed, the man out of the last house passed on his way home; she heard his
footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement. Once there used to be a field where they used
to play every evening with other people’s children. Then, a man from Belfast bought the field,
and he built houses on it. Those houses were not like their little brown houses; they were bright
brick houses with shining roofs. The children of the avenue used to play together in that field.

She looked round the room, reviewing all its familiar objects, which she had dusted once a week
for so many years. Eveline always wondered where on Earth all that dust came from. Perhaps
she would never see again those familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being
divided.

She was about to explore another life with Frank. Frank was very kind, manly and openhearted.
She was to go away with him by the night boat to be his wife and to live with him in Buenos
Aires, where he had a home waiting for them. How well she remembered the first time she had
seen him! He was lodging in a house on the main road where she used to visit. It seemed a few
weeks ago.

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz
 Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”
Bachelor in Education
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on Parts of Speech and Syntax
Part B

You are going to read a short excerpt adapted from a story called “HELP!” written by Phillip
Prowse. Your task is to identify the following parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs and
prepositions). To do this, you are going to highlight the parts of speech with different colors as
follows:

Adjectives = blue // Adverbs = green // Prepositions = yellow

Note: Prepositions that are part phrasal or two-word-verbs (e.g. “get up”) should not be
highlighted from.

I tried to change Chip’s changes, but I couldn’t do anything. If I

changed a word of the text, Chip would immediately notice. So I
started work again. I worked arduously all morning and I didn’t
have any breakfast. I wrote and wrote extensive lines, and Chip
came on the screen with more help from time to time.

I was very thirsty. Then, I heard something in the kitchen. It was a

loud noise. There was probably someone in the kitchen! I got up
and walked slowly to the kitchen door. I opened the heavy door
quickly. There was no one there, but in the microwave there was
a hot cup of coffee. Wow! I really wanted a cup of coffee but I was
afraid. Was there someone else in the flat? I looked in all the
rooms carefully; but I was alone there. I took the coffee and went
back to the computer… At two in the afternoon I heard another
strange noise in the kitchen. I got up and ran through the hall to
the kitchen. I opened the microwave door slowly and I found
provocative meal- spaghetti. I sat down and ate it. I wasn’t
nervous this time.

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz
 Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”
Bachelor in Education
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on Parts of Speech and Syntax
PART C

Complete the following table by providing a suitable example for each syntactic feature:

SYNTACTIC FEATURE EXAMPLE

1. Clausal sentence I like avocados
2. Compound sentence I want pizza, but edward wants hotdog
3. Canonical clause he missed her last train.
4. Non canonical clause Either he missed her last train or it was late
5. Declarative statement The car is red
6. Interrogative statement What's the route to the fair?
7. Verb phrase All the sheep have gone out together
8. Noun phrase The blue car is for sale
9. Adjective phrase The show after this one is my favorite!
10. Adverb phrase The children ran on the playground.
11. Determinative phrase all my brothers are absolutely asleep.
12. Preposition phrase my gloves are under the chair
13. Preterite statement I have finished my activities and after I bathe
14. 3rd Singular present statement he says he did the job.
15. Plain present statement Plain present statement
16. Plain form statement my brother started drawing.
17. Gerund – participle statement He was running in the morning
18. Past participle statement have come to walk
19. Prepositional phrase dependent on verb Starting to run depends on learning to walk
20. Prepositional phrase dependent on noun He says he did the job.
21. Prepositional phrase dependent on Edward is good at helping fellow students with
adjective mathematical projects.
22. Prepositional phrase dependent on adverb the car is damaged despite repair
23. Clausal negation He didn't have any relevant income.
24. Sub – clausal negation He had an income irrelevant
25. Declarative statement George Washington was the first president of the
United States
26. Closed interrogative statement Don't you like your food, edward?
27. Open interrogative statement what do you think of your food, edward?
28. Exclamative statement I love watching you eat, Edward!
29. Imperative statement commits the vegetables, Edward
30. Active voice statement we're having dinner tonight.
31. Passive voice statement we're going to dinner tonight.

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz