‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
Philadelphia University
Faculty of Arts
Department of English
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Examination Sheet
PART 1 :
A : Information
Student's Name:
Semester: 2nd Semester
Tutor's Name: Dr.Khalil Nofal
Time: 12:00-1:00
Examination:
( 1st )
Student's No. :
Academic year :2010/2011
Module Title : Syntax
Module No:0120332
Date: 6 / 4 / 2011
Day: Thursday
2nd
Final
B -Guidelines
-The exam consists of four categories and the total mark is (50).
- Each question has its own mark.
-The answer must be written clearly.
C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question:
Question
Minutes
Total point
1.
10
5
2.
10
5
3.
20
10
4.
20
10
60
30 / 2 = 15
Total
Points Earned
D- Student Comments on the Questions ( If any )
E- Tutor's Remarks:
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FIRST Category :Knowledge and Understanding
The aim of these questions is to asses the basic knowledge and skills the student acquired.
PART II : Questions
Question ( 1 ) Define the following terms: ( 5 Marks )
1. Rankscale vs. Rankshift
2. Diachronic description vs. Synchronic description
3. Morpheme
4. Root
6. Multiple Membership.
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Intellectual Skills
Second Category : (Cognitive and Analytical)
The aim of these questions is to asses the students ability to recognize and analyze information.
Question ( 2 )
Give examples: ( 5 Marks )
a)
b)
Emphatic "do".
The morpheme "-es " pronounced as /iz/
c)
The plural of "criterion".
d)
The morpheme " - er " as derivational .
e)
The word "round" as a verb.
f)
"- ist " as a noun marker .
g)
"- est " as an adverb marker .
h)
The morpheme "-ed" pronounced as / t / .
i)
Perfective aspect
j)
Phrasal verb
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THIRD Category :Practical Skills
Students should be able to apply their knowledge in solving unfamiliar problems.
Question (3) Analyze the underlined words / phrases / clauses in terms of categories
and functions: (10 points )
a) Peter works hard.
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
b) John told me so.
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
c) He asked who did that.
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
d) My sister who lives in Amman is a nurse.
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
e) I watched myself in the mirror.
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
f) Forty passenger were killed.
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
g) That she failed the exam surprised me .
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
h)This truck weights 10 tons
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
i) I prefer my tea hot
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
j) My father bought me a new car .
Category: ______________________________________________
Function: ______________________________________________
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FOURTH Category :Practical Skills
Students should be able to apply their knowledge in solving unfamiliar problems.
Question (4) Give examples in complete sentences: (10 points )
a) Predicative Adjective
b) Adverb phrase functioning as pre-mod to head adjective.
c) NP functioning as adverbial
d) Structural ambiguity.
e) Attributive adjective.
f) Complex transitive verb.
g) Non- transitive PC verb.
h) A subordinator joining two sentences.
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i) A complex sentence in which a finite / non-finite clause functioning as DO .
j) A cardinal number functioning as an immediate constituent of sentence.
k) A self pronoun functioning as prepositional complement.
l) A demonstrative pronoun functioning as DO .
m) A possessive pronoun functioning as determiner.
n) Restrictive relative clause functioning as post-mod to the HN .
o) Interrogative pronoun functioning as subject.
p) "so " as DO.
q) a quantifier functioning as an immediate constituent of a sentence .
GOOD LUCK!
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