Midterm Review
1. Circle the entire NP functioning as Subject and underline the Head of the Noun
Phrase. Make sure to circle all of the words in the constituent, but no other words.
(4 points)
a. Two cold pints of root beer were sitting on the table.
b. Because of Robin’s allergies, we can’t have cats as pets.
c. Her grandfather’s antique car was stolen from in front of their house.
d. Will Sam’s old girlfriend ever move to Colorado?
2. For each of the underlined phrases, circle the Head and identify the category of the
Phrase (NP, VP, AP or PP) in the space below. (4 points)
NEW YORK — The massive storm that (1) pummeled the East killed 10 people in
New York City and left the nation's largest city (2) eerily quiet Tuesday, (3) with
no running trains, a darkened business district and neighborhoods under water.
It was "a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced," said
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who gave no firm timeline on when (4) the city's
basic services would be restored. (5) Scenes of the damage from the overnight
havoc were everywhere after a wall of seawater and high winds (6) slammed the
city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. Between 80 and 100 flooded
homes in Queens (7) caught fire and were destroyed. A hospital removed patients
on stretchers and 20 babies from neonatal intensive care, some on respirators
operating on (8) battery power.
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3. For each of the underlined constituents identify the Function: Direct Object (DO),
Indirect Object (IO), Subject Complement (SC), Object Complement (OC), Object of
Preposition (OP) or Adverbial (ADV) (4 points)
a.
________
It left the nation's largest city eerily quiet
b.
_______ _
The earthquake has devastated most of the major cities.
c.
________
Her face turned beet red.
d.
________
Albert hasn’t showed his friend the new car.
4. In each of the examples, circle each member of the verb group and identify: Modal
(write in the modal), Aspect (simple, progressive, perfect, or perf/prog), Tense (Present
or Past) and Voice (Active or Passive). (4 points)
a. The protesters were being escorted out of the hall.
M:
A:
T:
V:
b. All of the really hard work has already been finished.
M:
A:
T:
V:
c. Ever since yesterday, I’ve had these weird pains in my big toe.
M:
A:
T:
V:
d. Should we be asking more questions about the midterm?
M:
A:
T:
V:
5. For each word, separate the word into graphemes using dashes between each
grapheme. Assume that syllabic consonants have two phonemes.
(13 points)
a) climb_____
j) slave_____
s) collapse___
b) plaque_____
k) dishes_____
t) spaghetti____
c) flower____
l) calm_____
u) trout____
d) toe_______
m) sprain_____
v) clock_____
e) table______
n) ice_____
w) rabbit_____
f) are_____
o) grasped___
x) throttle____
g) scratches__
p) button____
y) gauge_____
h) knight____
q) receive____
z) cereal______
i) taught_____
r) hoe____
6. For each word, separate the word into graphemes using dashes between each
grapheme. Then, for each group of underlined letters, identify whether the letters form
a blend or a type of grapheme (6 points)
shock
slipped
crawl
latch
wreath
traffic
splurt
choir
father
dreamy
hymnal
science
7. For each spelling attempt listed: identify the graphemes in the target word by using
dashes, and then write a clear and explicit description of the phonological motivation
for the mapping error (or errors) using the descriptive terms in Moats. (5 points)
PLAT (plant)
FRMR (farmer)
JRNK (drink)
BRID (bird)
HIDN (hidden)
CLMP
CHRY (try)
BUTIFL (beautiful)
MBY-MBY
STAP (stamp)
(bye-bye)
(clump)