Download Take-Home Test 2 Answers A. In the sentences below, underline the

Take-Home Test 2 Answers
A. In the sentences below, underline the noun phrases, adverb phrases, and prepositional
phrases. Label each one by placing the abbreviations NP, AdvP, and PP above the headword
of the phrase. For prepositional phrases, treat the preposition as the head word and do not
label the object of the preposition.
NP
PP
PP
1. A steep, boulder-sprinkled hill lay upon the right which had in bygone days been
PP
cut into a granite quarry.
NP PP
AdvP
PP
PP
2. The shafts of sunlight fell more obliquely across the eastern end of the gallery.
NP
NP PP
PP
PP
PP
3. Two men left the town of St. Helena at the first glimmer of dawn, and walked along
AdvP
PP
PP
the road northward up the valley toward Calistoga.
PP
PP
NP
AdvP
4. In the fine rain that came at dawn to hide the crests, the company rode wearily
AdvP
PP
homeward through the notches.
B. State the tense and aspect of the verb phrases in the following sentences
1. He will have been waiting for three hours by that time.
Future Perfect Progressive
2. She is feeling fine today.
Present Progressive
3. The haven’t been working at the restaurant long.
Present Perfect Progressive
4. There had not been much interest in the new product.
Past Progressive
C. Underline the nonfinite verb phrases and state their type in the blank space and circle their
function in the sentence.
1. The lawyer said that the will filed in the safe was not the most recent version.
Past-Participle Phrase
nominal
adjectival
adverbial
adjectival
adverbial
2. To win the match was his greatest ambition.
Infinitive Phrase
nominal
3. I had been feeling too unwell in the mornings to get out of bed.
Infinitive Phrase
nominal
adjectival
adverbial
nominal
adjectival
adverbial
4. Petty gossiping makes one unpopular.
Gerund
D. Indicate the voice of each sentence below by circling A for active voice or P for passive
voice. Then change the active sentences to passive, and vice versa in the space given.
1. Such energy, once it exists, can easily be forced into new channels.
A P
Someone can force such energy, once it exists, into new channels.
2. The secret agents are working the room.
A P
The room is being worked by the secret agents.
3. The customers will not have seen the newest products on the market.
A P
The newest products on the market will not have been seen by the customers.
4. The products were tested in the lab by the scientists.
The scientists tested the products in the lab.
A P
E. In the following sentences, use only the designated abbreviations to identify subjects (S),
direct objects (DO), indirect objects (IO), and subjective complements (SC), where present.
Label adverbial complements and modifiers AdvP. Write the abbreviation above the
headword of the phrase.
S
SC
AdvP
1. Jameson stood loyal to his firm.
S
AdvP
AdvP
2. He looked sharply to the right.
S
DO
3. The tourists were burning wood in the fireplace.
You may also treat “in the fireplace” as a separate AdvP modifying “were burning”.
S
IO
DO
4. The librarian found me a pamphlet on political philosophy.
Some things to think about for studying:
1. On question A, did you accurately indicate where phrases being and end with your
underlining? Did you label all the prepositional phrases as prepositional phrases, or did you try to
label them according to their functions? Did you underline any verbs? If so, why? Did you
correctly identify the headwords?
2. On question C, did you underline the entire nonfinite verb phrase with all its modifiers and
complements, or did you just underline the verb? On question 2, did you underline “feeling”
without checking to see if it was part of a finite verb phrase (i.e. “had been feeling”). Did you
identify a gerund phrase and then give it something other than a nominal function?
3. On question D1, did you identify the agentless passive? If you didn’t, you probably produced
an “active” equivalent that was really another passive sentence. Check whether the sentence you
produced as auxiliary “be” plus a past participle, which indicates passive form. In order to
convert sentence 1, you needed to supply an agent like “someone”. When you changed the rest of
the sentences from active to passive, or vice versa, did you keep the same tense and aspect? Did
you produce ungrammatical sentences?
4. In question E, did you label non-noun phrases as DO or IO? Is this possible? Did you include
DO and SC in the same sentence? Is this possible?