1. Why Is the Following Sentence Prescriptively Wrong'?

Exam # 2 -- 20 October 2010 -- ENG 314

Chapters 4-6

Name: ………………………………………….

1. Why is the following sentence prescriptively `wrong'?

a. Who did I want to meet?

2. Put the following verbs in a sentence and label them as transitive etc.

give:

eat:

run:

turn in:

3. Underline and identify the lexical verbs (transitive, intransitive, copula, complex transitive, ditransitive, prepositional and phrasal):

The play begins with Einstein and several other patrons discussing the probability that Picasso would venture into the bistro. Einstein is anticipating Picasso's arrival. The players discuss everything from physics to the letter `E'. The play abounds with Steve Martin's bizarre philosophies and even stranger sense of humor.

4. Underline and label the auxiliary verbs (modal, perfect, progressive, passive, and dummy) in:

Imagine if Steve Martin wrote a comedic concept play with the entirely possible idea that Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein could have met in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century in a small bistro. He has succeeded, and the Arizona Theatre Company's production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a brilliant success. A hilarious and thought provoking look at two geniuses has been created.

5. Draw a tree for (b).

b. They met in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century.

6. What is the function of the following phrases in the sentences in which they occur:

(c) Steve Martin (first paragraph)

(d) in Paris (first paragraph)

(e) a brilliant success (first paragraph).

(f) a hilarious and thought provoking look at two geniuses

(g) Picasso's arrival (second paragraph).

Imagine if Steve Martin wrote a comedic concept play with the entirely possible idea that Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein could have met in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century in a small bistro. He has succeeded, and the Arizona Theatre Company's production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a brilliant success. Martin has created a hilarious and thought provoking look at two geniuses.

The play begins with Einstein and several other patrons discussing the probability that Picasso would venture into the bistro. Einstein is anticipating Picasso's arrival. The players discuss everything from physics to the letter `E'. The play abounds with Steve Martin's bizarre philosophies and even stranger sense of humor.

7. Circle the finite verbs in the text of question 6.

8. Please provide an instance of a phrasal verb, and put it in a sentence. Explain why it is a phrasal verb.

Good luck!