English Grammar Final Exam Review
Subordinate clauses, nominal phrases, and noun clauses are identified within the context of adjectival, adverbial, or nominal functions. The exercise covers recognizing nominal clauses following prepositions as noun phrases, pronouns, gerunds, or nominal clauses. Additionally, combining sentences using coordinating conjunctions is practiced for grammatical correctness. An extra exercise for the final exam is provided to reinforce understanding.
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FINAL PREPARATION
A) Identify the underlined subordinate clauses as Adjectival, Adverbial, or A) Identify the underlined subordinate clauses as Adjectival, Adverbial, or Nominal. (4x1= 4pts) Nominal. (4x1= 4pts) 1. Beginning last fall, members of the parties recognized that these important areas needed strengthening. NOMINAL 2. He finds children are relieved when a grown person talks to them honestly. ADVERBIAL 3. There are lots of organizations where people decorate their offices in unconventional ways. ADJECTIVAL 4. Whether we bond at work is a personal decision, but it involves less effort than we realize. NOMINAL
C) The underlined words in the following sentences are C) The underlined words in the following sentences are nominals nominals following prepositions. Identify them as noun following prepositions. Identify them as noun phrases, pronouns, gerunds, or nominal clauses. phrases, pronouns, gerunds, or nominal clauses. (4X1= 4pts) (4X1= 4pts) 1. A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. 1. noun phrase 2. He is responsible for preparing all the food that appears on a set during the making of a TV drama series or a film. His job came about purely by chance. 2. gerund
3. I never really paid much attention to history lessons at school and now this is one of the aspects of the work that I enjoy the most. 3. noun phrase 4. The students listened carefully to what the teacher told them about the London Underground. The story of it was really astonishing. 4. noun clause
C) Combine the following sentences in only one sentence. You can use C) Combine the following sentences in only one sentence. You can use coordinating conjunctions (and, but, however, etc.) ONLY ONCE. Be careful! coordinating conjunctions (and, but, however, etc.) ONLY ONCE. Be careful! Your sentences must be grammatically and meaningfully correct and Your sentences must be grammatically and meaningfully correct and effective. (2 pts) effective. (2 pts) 1. Giant Pandas are chubby mammals. They have thick fur. Their fur keeps them warm and dry in cold weather. They live in a few remote mountainous regions in China. Living in a few remote mountainous regions in China, chubby mammals, Giant Pandas have thick fur which keeps them warm and dry in cold weather.
EXTRA EXERCISE FOR THE FINAL EXAM
Identify the underlined parts of the following sentences Identify the underlined parts of the following sentences as as ADJECTIVAL ADJECTIVAL, , ADVERBIAL ADVERBIAL, or , or NOMINAL NOMINAL. . 1. The State Trunkline Highway System in Michigan consists of all the state highways that include those designated as Interstate, United States, or State Trunkline highways1. 1. adjectival 2. All she assimilated were abstract ideas which did not teach her2 how to integrate them3with practical application. 2. adjectival 3. nominal
3. While skimming through the text4, try to note what information is given about the topic in each paragraph of the text5. 4. adverbial 5. nominal 4. The heir of the throne was supposed to have a supervisor in charge of his education once he achieved the age of seven6. 6. adverbial
5. You could never get a table to yourself there, and whoever sat with you7always wanted to complain about the shop, the customers, the management or the canteen food. 7. nominal 6. Her godparents, both of whom were represented by proxy8, were her uncle, King Ferdinand II of Portugal, and her maternal grandmother, Mar a Isabella of Spain. 8. adjectival
7. Hitler did not believe Britain or France would intervene in the conflict9. 9. nominal 8. The U.S. Highway System was created in 1926, and highways in Michigan were renumbered to account for the new designations10. 10. adverbial
E) Expand the following sentences by adding the modifiers E) Expand the following sentences by adding the modifiers mentioned. mentioned. 1. The salesperson glared at Sandra. (Add a relative clause that tells what Sandra was doing.) .at Sandra, who was walking around the shop. 2. Jane s new dress makes her look older. (Add an appositive to describe the dress) Jane s new dress, a model of 70s,
3. The sons of the salesperson had a fight in the school yard yesterday. (Add a pre-noun modifier to describe the salesperson) The sons of the kind salesperson 4. Since the start of this year, we have sold thousands of mobile phones to the people. (Add a who-clause that describe the people) the people who follow the most recent models.
B) The underlined parts of the following sentences are adverbials. (A) Identify the form B) The underlined parts of the following sentences are adverbials. (A) Identify the form of each adverbial as of each adverbial as adverb adverb, , noun phrase noun phrase, , prepositional prepositional phrase dependent dependent clause clause; (B) identify the kind of information it provides as ; (B) identify the kind of information it provides as time reason reason, , purpose purpose, , manner manner, , condition condition, or , or direction direction. . phrase, , verb verb phrase phrase, or time, , duration , or duration, , place place, , 1. I was speaking about the problems this morning with a casual acquaintance of mine. a) noun phrase b) time 2. Thankfully a weather front was moving past while we talked, and a pleasant, seasonally cool evening breeze started to blow. a) adverb b) manner
3. I sat in the shade thinking about all this as I pushed my little girl on her toddler swing. a) dependent clause b) time 4. With her curly nimbus of blonde hair, there is something a little unusual about Nancy Iris. a) prepositional phrase b) manner 5. Before her accident, Iris was living in Los Angeles, working as the chief financial officer for a family-owned apparel manufacturing company, while also operating a cooking business. a) prepositional phrase b) time
C) Rewrite the following sentences C) Rewrite the following sentences if they have dangling modifiers dangling modifiers. . BE CAREFUL! THREE of them are BE CAREFUL! THREE of them are CORRECT! CORRECT! if they have 1. When spent well, you can lead to improved educational outcomes. When you spend them well you can lead to 2. While sipping our tea in the dooryard, the argument started between the couple. While we were sipping our tea in the dooryard, the argument started ..
3. To enjoy the good weather, an outdoor activity is needed. To enjoy the good weather, you need an outdoor activity 4. Mr. Haynes laughed when asked what kind of conversation he would have wanted to have with the author. CORRECT 5. After seeing the man and his daughter, it was a nice decision to have some time with my child. After I saw the man and his daughter, it was a nice decision to .
