EMLS 102R
Week Five
Homework 5 on Determiners and Nouns
Instructions
Choose 5 different determiners and 5 different nouns from the table below. Then, write formal sentences
whose content is related to Reading Week. Create the type of sentence given in each question. (Hint:
This is the type of question that you will see on Grammar Test 1.)
Determiners
hardly any
not enough
some
a large number of
much
every one of
a large amount of
little
plenty of
every one of the
a lot of
a few
Nouns
gaming
project
patience
advice
time
ideas
importance
students
feedback
equipment
research
information
Example Sentence
Some of the comments that will be given on EMLS 102R students’ drafts will be useful for the grammar
test that is set for the day before Reading Week begins. (complex = subordination with two adjective
clauses + one adverb clause)
1. Compound
Every one of the students in EMLS 102R is planning to eat well throughout Reading Week, and each one
of them intends to sleep well too. (IC; in fact, IC. = a compound sentence)
2. complex
Much gaming will be indulged in by University of Waterloo students because they will be relaxing every
single day of Reading Week. (IC + because DC. = a complex sentence)
3. simple
Little equipment at the Physical Activities Centre (PAC) will be used during Reading Week. (IC. = a simple
sentence)
4. compound-complex
A large amount of patience will have been exercised by University of Waterloo (UW) students by the end
of Reading Week as many of them will have been missing attending classes, and they will have been
bored by not following their busy university schedule. (IC + as DC, and IC. = a compound-complex
sentence)
EMLS 102R
Week Five
5. Your choice of sentence type and labeled
Not enough advice from professors to their students about relaxing during Reading Week will be followed.
(IC. = a simple sentence)