University of Antwerp, 20082009

Mockup Test: Examples

English Grammar I

1. Turn the following sentences into corresponding sentences containing adverbial

constructions.

- The sports committee has monthly meetings.

- Your argument isnt logical.
- Did he just give me a friendly look?

2. Write out meaningful sentences with the adverbials in suitable positions (use all
adverbials together in one sentence!), and, where applicable, choose the correct
adverbial form. For each adverbial, indicate which type it is. Always try to be as
specific as you can

- Fishermen, he says, are people who spend their spare time. (wisely) His wife
does not agree, but says nothing. (always, wisely)
- We had arrived; it began to rain. (no sooner X)
- I speak of this affair, since it concerns me. (hard/hardly, light/lightly)

3. Complete the underlined noun phrases, if necessary. Use only adnominal elements.
Each time, specify exactly which kind of adnominal is involved, including zero
elements, and whether it modifies or determines. Obviously, the resulting sentence has
to make sense.

- Im going to bakers. I still have to buy bread for dinner tonight. You cannot
imagine food I need to feed mouths.
- Socrates death is interesting book. Though you need good glasses to read
small print.
- He studied years at Oxford University and eventually became professor there.

4. Fill in the appropriate pronoun or adnominal (but no articles), say which type it is,
and if its used pronominally or adnominally.

- Ive got two types of cheese. _____ do you want?

- I dont want ____ one, I want that.
- ________ hell wind up marrying, ___ must be blind as a bat.
- ____ of the parents hated __________ for leaving _____ own child
unattended.

5. Analyze the underlined phrases and give their function within the sentence. In
addition, for each phrase, identify the form and function of all the elements that make
up the phrase.

- In my opinion, my friend was a talented tennis player.

- He took some close-ups of a number of passers-by.

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- Every week she would go to market to buy eggs.

- My aunt and uncles ten-year-old car has failed the MOT test.
- Food production must proceed on an economically and environmentally
sustainable basis.