UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR

Program: Urban and Regional Planning &

Disaster Management

Session: 2020-24

Paper: Functional English

Semester: Second

Status of Exam: Mid-term

Total marks: 30

Paper Setter: Miss. Bibi Zainab

Time Allowed:

Note:

Each answer should be demonstrated

through at least two examples.

Q1: Encircle and explain the types of

adverbial phrases in each sentence. Underline

the verb that the adverb phrase modifies. (10)

1. Alexandra practiced soccer frequently.

Here in this sentence practiced is a verb and frequently
in an adverb, frequently modifies practiced.
2. Jeffrey always wanted to be an astronaut.
Here in this sentence always wanted is an adverbial
phrase with modifies each other
3. Aaron’s father sang the song loudly.
Here in this sentence sang is a verb and loudly in an
adverb.
4. The small girl eagerly licked her ice cream cone.
Here in this sentence always wanted is an adverbial
phrase with modifies each other
5. My parents will arrive tomorrow.
In this sentence just given verb (arrive)
6. We skied on the tallest mountain.
In this sentence just given verb (skied)
7. Alice fell into the rabbit hole.
8. We expect rain all week.
9. The angry bear in the forest growled menacingly.
In this sentence (growled menacingly) shows the angry
bear.
10. The captain quickly boarded the boat anchored in
the harbor.
11. The show will begin soon.

12. The sneaky snake slithered swiftly and silently.

13. Jessica and Ashleigh are reading their books in the

yard.

14. My next-door neighbors often visit their

grandmother.

15. Janie and her friend play hopscotch on the sidewalk.

16. We expect our grandparents to arrive in about an

hour.

17. My cousin watches television almost as much as

you do.

18. The weatherman says it will rain all day.

19.. Your brother plays soccer better than my brother

does.

20. We raced our toy cars on the playground.

Q.2: Read the following paragraph then pick

out different kinds of structures in one of the

paragraphs then discuss. (5)

The fortune teller moved her dry, shriveled hands over

the glass ball that she had bought at a dollar store a long

time ago. She could hear the laughter and the

occasional shouts of the children as they ran outside

from ride to ride and from tent to tent. They never came

in to see her. Instead it was always the face of a laid-off

dock worker or a romantic teenager that peered through

the entrance way of her tent. The unemployed dock

workers wanted to hear about winning lottery tickets

and new job opportunities. The teenagers were eager to

hear stories about faraway places and dark, mysterious

strangers. And so the fortune teller always

told them what they wanted to hear. She liked

giving them something to dream about. She tried to

fill their minds with great expectations. Just then, a

young man appeared in the entrance way. She locked

herself in a room. He was nervous, and his smile was

timid. He shuffled into the dark tent, his head full of

dreams and yet, at the same time, innocently empty.

The fortune teller took his trembling hands into her own

hands and peered at the revealing lines etched

on his palms. Then, slowly, in her cracked, ancient

voice, she began to speak of new job opportunities,

faraway places, and dark, mysterious strangers

Q.3: What kinds of punctuations are used in different

functional types of sentences? Give at least three

examples for each type. (5)

Q: 4. Noun phrase, adverbial phrase and verb phrase are

building blocks of a sentence. Discuss. Give at least

three examples. (5)

Q: 5. How possessive adjectives and possessive

pronouns are different from each other. Demonstrate

their position in a sentence. (5)