‫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
Date: 6 / 4 / 2011
2nd
Module No:0120332
Day: Thursday
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:
PART II : Questions
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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.
Question ( 1 ) Define the following terms: ( 5 Marks )
1. Rankscale vs. Rankshift
The high rank includes lower rank is rankscale .
A certain rank includes a rank at the same level or at a higher level is rankshief .
2. Diachronic description vs. Synchronic description
- To describe a language through time , i.e. how language develops is diachronic.
- To describe a language at a certain period of the time is synchronic.
3. Morpheme
The smallest unit of the language that has a meaning and / or grammatical function
4. Root
The irreducible core of the word before any affix is added. It is present in all
realization of the same lexeme.
6. Multiple Membership.
Any content word may have more than one membership or word category or class.
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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)
Emphatic "do".
He does play well .
b)
The morpheme "-es " pronounced as /iz/
churches .
c)
The plural of "criterion".
criteria .
d)
The morpheme " - er " as derivational .
sing- singer .
e)
The word "round" as a verb.
The police car rounded the corner on two wheels.
f)
"- ist " as a noun marker.
specialist .
g)
"- est " as an adverb marker.
hardest .
h)
The morpheme "-ed" pronounced as / t / .
kicked .
i)
Perfective aspect
has finished .
j)
Phrasal verb
call up .
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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: adv . P
Function: adverbial
b) John told me so.
Category: pronoun
Function: DO
c) He asked who did that.
Category: interrogative clause
Function: DO
d) My sister who lives in Amman is a nurse.
Category: relative clause
Function: post- mod to HN
e) I watched myself in the mirror.
Category: self pronoun
Function: DO
f) Forty passengers were killed.
Category: NP
Function: subject
g) That she failed the exam surprised me .
Category: finite clause ( that clause )
Function: subject
h)This truck weights 10 tons
Category: NP
Function: PC
i) I prefer my tea hot
Category: Adj . P
Function: OA (OC)
j) My father bought me a new car .
Category: NP ( personal pronoun )
Function: BO
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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
I need my tea hot .
b) Adverb phrase functioning as pre-mod to head adjective.
The lesson is fairly interesting .
c) NP functioning as adverbial
They visited us last week .
d) Structural ambiguity.
Visiting relatives can be boring .
e) Attributive adjective.
I like hot tea .
f) Complex transitive verb.
We found the story interesting
g) Non- transitive PC verb.
He resembles his father .
h) A subordinator joining two sentences.
Although he studied hard, he failed the exam .
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i) A complex sentence in which a finite / non-finite clause functioning as DO .
I know that she passed the exam .
j) A cardinal number functioning as an immediate constituent of sentence.
Forty is interesting age .
k) A self pronoun functioning as prepositional complement.
She is pleased with herself .
l) A demonstrative pronoun functioning as DO .
I don’t need this book . I need that .
m) A possessive pronoun functioning as determiner.
My novel is excellent .
n) Restrictive relative clause functioning as post-mod to the HN .
My brothers who who passed the exam is clever .
o) Interrogative pronoun functioning as subject.
Who did that .
p) "so " as DO.
I believe so .
q) a quantifier functioning as an immediate constituent of a sentence .
Both are absent .
GOOD LUCK!
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