2ND YEAR ENGLISH MINOR FINAL TEST IN ENGLISH SYNTAX

COURSE INSTRUCTOR: PROFESSOR ROXANA-CRISTINA PETCU, PhD

I.Enlarge upon the following: a) properties of transitive verbs; b)there-insertion as a test for
unaccusativity; c) properties of unaccusatives; d) middle formation; (28 points)
II. Choose the correct answer: (5 points)
1. She was not sure of the news. a) indirect object; b)reflexive object; c)prepositional object; d)direct object
2. She was living a dreadful life. a) direct object; b)cognate object; c)indirect object; d)non-contrastive direct object
3. He bought the children some sweets.
a)preposition deletion; b)passivization; c)Dative movement; d)Benefective Alternation
4. He brought the book back to me.
a) insertion of a particle; b) particle movement; c)dative movement; d)the causative alternation
5. He was told to come later.
a) Dative movement; b)passivization; c)particle movement; d)topicalization
III. Explain the differences between the alternates in the pairs of sentences below (10 points)
1. The soldiers marched into town./ The general marched his soldiers into town.2. They put the books on the shelf./
They shelved the books. 3 The shirt was ironed very rapidly./ This shirt irons well. 4.She shouted./ She shouted herself
hoarse1.5.Grandma will grow flowers for her grandsons./ Grandma will grow mad with worry.
IV. Identify the objects in the sentences below (5 points)
1. He explained to me why he had been late.2. She was not sure of the news. 3. She was living a dreadful life.4. He broke
his leg last week.5. He carved a statue when he was young.
V. Indentify and analyze the predicates in the sentences below (10 points)
1. Yesterday they fished a lot of carp. 2. The bottle was fished from the sea. 3. He fished a gold water from his pocket. 4.
The beach is a south-west-facing venue that fishes well when there is a strong breeze blowing directly onto the beach.5.
Dont mind her, shes just fishing for compliments.
VI. Passivize the sentences below if possible; if passivization is not possible, specify why: (10 points)
1. We had to talk to Mr. Fairchild about the new project. 2. They appealed to the Grand Jury. 3. He parted from Mary. 4.
They owe me a lot of money. 5. You can send for the doctor. 6. A great misfortune befell the old man. 7. He offered
flowers to Mary. 8. These guys own the new house down the street. 9. He repaired the chair. 10. She can rely on him.
VIIGive two examples of verbs that allow the Induced Action Alternation; illustrate in sentences of
your own. (2 points)
VIII. Give two examples of Resultative Constructions (2 points)
IX.Analyse syntactically (10 points)
1.He knows the answer, but he would not tell it to me whatever I might do to persuade him.2.She cut the bread with the
knife which was on the table and she put the slices in the basket for mother to find them in the morning.3.Describe
carefully what you saw without omitting any detail.4.That he should be late is quite odd, but that he should do his duty
is even more curious, as we all know him to be lazy and unwilling to work.5.I owe Mary a big sum of money, and I dont
have any idea how to earn it and give it back to her.
X. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (20 points)
A. 1.nc nu s-a admis official c situaia dramatic a nvmntului superior romnesc este cauzat n mare parte se
subfinanarea cronic.2Actualmente exist opinia c informaiile sunt transmise la creier de ctre diverse substane
chimice.3.Se crede c mai exist nc multe obstacole n calea procesului de pace din Orientul Apropiat.4.n 1981 se
cunotea doar existena a doi specialiti n acea boal extrem de rar n toat lumea.5.S-a formulat acuzaia c prtul ar
fi fost implicat ntr-un jaf armat.
B. Minitrii afacerilor externe ai celor opt ri ale Amazoniei, reunii n localitatea peruan Iquitos, au lansat un apel
internaional pentru nlturarea ameninrilor care provoac schimbarea climei n regiunea considerat un adevrat
plmn al plantei. n Declaraia de la Iquitos, rile membre ale Organizaiei Tratatului de Cooperare a Amazoniei
cer s se ia msuri la nivel naional, regional i internaional, subliniind necesitatea de a ntreprinde aciuni
indispensabile conservrii ecosistemului amazonian, inclusiv pentru stoparea periculoas a dezgherii progresive a
ghearilor andini.
Total = 28+5+10+5+10+10+2+2+10+20 =102