INTRO 1 FINAL TEST DOUBLE-DEGREE STUDENTS

Time allowance: 50 minutes

The test has 35 questions. Please write your answers in the provided space.
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1. Transcribe the highlighted sentence phonemically and mark the word stress (5 points)

He had a presentation in London next week.

/hi hæd ə ,prezn’teɪʃn ɪn ‘lʌndən nekst wi:k/

2. Give the symbols and describe the following underlined sounds. (5 points)

a. Advertisement: /ə/ short mid central neutral vowel

b. Manage: /m/ voiceless bilabial nasal
c. Vision: /z/ voiced alveolar fricative
d. Televise: /v/ voiced labio-dental fricative
e. Homeward: /əʊ/ mid central to high back diphthongs

2. Identify the structure and function of the underlined parts. (5 points)

E.g.: She didn’t like the gift that I gave her: Finite clause, Modifier of Noun
She didn’t like the gift that I gave her: NP, Od

a. I am terribly sorry for being late.: Non-finite, Complement of Adj.

b. Someone has bought the house at the end of the street.: NP, Od
c. She reacted extremely fast to save the child.: AdvP, A
d. We caught them kissing each other in the classroom: Ing participle, Co
e. The fact that she disappeared has been torturing him: Finite, S

3. Identify the clause pattern of following sentences. (5 points)

E.g.: I couldn’t believe my eyes: SVOd

a. After school, the children/ played/ football/ in the school yard. SVOd.
b. We/ found/ him /a good doctor. SVOiOd, OR SVOdCo.
c. They/ saw/ her/ enter the bank. SVOdCo
d. She /carefully placed/ the flower vase/ on the table. SVOdA.
e. It/ remains/ true that sport is about competing well. SVOd.

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4. State if the following sentences are simple (S), complex (Cx), compound (Cp) or
compound complex (CC) by writing the appropriate symbol at the beginning of each.(5
points)
a. The pirate captain lost the treasure map, but he still found the buried treasure.Cp
b. I forgot her birthday, so I sent her a card when I finally remembered. CC
c. Down the lane, past the house, and into the field ran the runaway horse. S
d. What I need now is a wife.Cx
e. Please show me what you bought at the book fair.Cx

5. Identify the types of figurative language (oxymoron, personification, metonymy,

tautology, metaphor, synecdoche, synesthesia) in the following sentences. (5 points)

E.g.: Her voice is so sweet: Metaphor

a. The flowers are begging for water. PERSONIFICATION

b. The cloud sailed across the sky. METAPHOR
c. 4G cell phones are new innovations. TAUTOLOGY
d. England has decided to keep check on immigration. METONYMY
e. The girl looks hot. SYNESTHESIA

6. Identify the meaning relationship (contradiction, presupposition, anomaly,

homonymy lexical ambiguity, entailment, paraphrase) in the following sentences.(5
points)

a. John bought a new house. and John bought something. ENTAILMENT

b. The film came to an end. and The film was over. PARAPHRASE

c. My uncle was an only child. CONTRADICTION

d. John began smoking again.

and John smoked before. PRESUPPOSITION

e. Flying planes can be dangerous. LEXICAL AMBIGUITY

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