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Philadelphia University

Faculty of Arts

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Form D

PART 1 :

A : Information

B -Guidelines

C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question:

D- Student Comments on the Questions ( If any )

E- Tutor's Remarks:

Syntax (1)

Final Exam

Form D

Directions: On the ANSWER SHEET, mark (×) in the square that stands for the most appropriate choice of the four choices given after each of the following sentences (5Opts) .

1. The suffix (-ed) in the verb (parted) is pronounced as:
a. [d] b. [t]
c.[id] d. [it]

2. In the sentence “My father built me a beautiful house.’ The verb built is:
a. monotransitive b. ditransitive
c. complex transitive d. transitive P.C.

3. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. I bought an expensive round Swiss watch.
b. I bought a Swiss expensive round watch.
c. I bought a round expensive Swiss watch.
d. I bought an expensive Swiss round watch.

4. In the sentence “Eliot’s poetry is interesting.”, the underlined unit is a
a. classifying genitive functioning as a premod. of”poetry”.
b. specifying genitive functioning as a premod, of ‘poetry”.
c. specifying genitive functioning as a determiner.
d. classifying genitive functioning as a determiner.

5. In the sentence” Students found guilty should be punished.”, the underlined unit is a/an:
a. nonfinited participle clause functioning as a postmodier of “students.”
b. nonfinite clause functioning as a S.A.
c. immediate constituent of the N.P.
d.a & c

6. In the sentence “That is a difficult lesson to explain.”, the underlined words function as a:
a. premodifier of “lesson” b. postmodifier of “lesson”
c. discontinuous modifier of “lesson” d. classifying modifier of “lesson”

7. In the sentence “I saw him two weeks before his death.”, the underlined N.P. functions as a/an:
a. O.A. b. premodifier of the prep. “before”
c. prep. comp. d. postmodifier of the prep. “before”

8. In the sentence “It is surprising that he failed the exam.”, the function subject is realized by:
a. anticipatory it.
b. the finite clause “that he failed the exam”
c. anticipatory it and the finite clause “that he failed the exam.”
d. the adj. phrase “surprising”.

9. In the sentence “After five o’clock is the best time to study.”, the underlined prep. phrase functions as a/an:
a. subject b. adverbial adjunct
c. S.A d. P.C.

10. The suffix (es) in the noun (churches) is pronounced as:
a. [s] b. [z]
c. [is] d. [iz]

11. The root of the word “unexceptionable’ is:
a. except b. exception
d. unexcept d. exceptional

12. Which of the following suffixes characterizes only nouns?
a. —ism b. —ish
c.—en d.—ly

13. The adjective that is used predicatively only is:
a. alive b. main
c. old d. right

14. The —ing form of the verb hoe is:
a. hoing b. hoeing
c. howing d. houing

15. In the sentence “I like milk, and so does my sister.” The verb does is used for:
a. code b. emphasis
c. periphrasis d. interrogative

16. Which of the following is a common noun?
a. New York b. Jane
c. France d. teacher

17. Predicative adjectives function as:
a. S.A. b. O.A.
c. pre-mod. of the head noun d. a & b

18. The plural form that involves mutation only is:
a. mice b. boys
c. children d. wives

19. In the cleft sentence “It was Jack that won the prize.”, the emphasized constituent is the
a. subject b. predicate
c. predicator d. D.O

20. The underlined clause in the sentence “The lesson finished, students left the classroom.” is:
a. finite b. nonfinite
c. superordinate d. independent

21. In the sentence “Our teacher admitted that he was wrong.”, the underlined clause is

a. finite clause functioning as a D.O. b. non- finite clause functioning as a D.O.

c. finite clause functioning as a P.C. d. non- finite clause functioning as a P.C.

22. The underlined clause in the sentence “His desire is to pass the exam.” functions as a/an:
a. P.C. b. S.A.
c. subject d. adv. adjunct.

23. The plural of the word crisis is:
a. crisi b. crisis
c. crises d. crisises

24. The sentence “The police believe that the car was stolen.” is:
a. simple b. complex
c. compound d. complex compound

25. In the phrase “the hard hours before help arrived”, the head is: V
a. hard b. help V
c. arrived d. hours

26. In the phrase “too old to be her husband”, the head is:
a. too b. old
c. husband d. her

27. In the sentence “My wife knitted me a sweater.” , the underlined N.P. functions as alan:
a. D.0. b. 1.0.
c. P.C. d. B.0.

28. In the sentence “Her assumption seems entirely wrong.”, the underlined unit is a/an:
a. adj. phrase functioning as a S.A. b. adj. phrase functioning as a D.0.
c. adv. phrase functioning as a S.A. d. adv. phrase functioning as an adverbial adjunct

29. In the sentence “That tin contains tobacco.” , the underlined N.P. functions as a/an:
a. S.A. b. D.0.
c. P.C. d. B.0.

30. In the sentence : Why did you make up the story’?”, the underlined unit is a
a. phrasal verb b. prepositional verb.
c. phrasal prepositional verb d. verb + noun + preposition idiom.

31. In the sentence “What did they call their son?”, the underlined interrogative pronouns functions as a/an:
a. P.C. b. S.A.
c. 0.A. d. D.0.

32. In the sentence “The lesson is difficult to explain.”, the underlined nonfinite clause functions as a/an:
a. S.A. b. P.C.
c. premod. of the H/adj. d. postmod. of the H/adj.

33.The problem was ______hard that I couldn’t solve it.
a.as b.so
c. that d. too

34. The boy who lives next door is clever. This sentence is:
a. simple b. compound
c. complex d. complex compound

35. Did Ali pass the exam? I hope ______
a. it b. then
c. one d. so

36. In the sentence” We found him speaking in the library.” ,the underlined nonfinite clause functions as a/an:
a. 1.0. b. D.0.
c.0.A. d.P.C.

37. In the sentence standing here all day, I see some strange people.”, the underlined nonfinite clause functions as a/an:
a. subject b. P.C.
c. adverbial disjunct d. adverbial adjunct

38. In the word “unsystematically” the morpheme "system" is a/an:
a. root b. affix
c.base d.a&b

39. The underlined unit in the sentence “Our guide showed them the way to Petra.”, functions as a/an:
a. D.O. b. 1.0.
c. S.A. d. O.A.

40. The underlined unit in the sentence, “George is glad to see us.’ is a/an:
a. adj. P. functioning as a P.C. b. nonfinite clause functioning as a postmodifier.
c. adj. P. functioning as a S.A. d. adj. P. functioning as a D.O.

41. In the sentence “That small boy helped the student to do the exercise.”, the underlined nonfinite clause functions as a/an:
a. D.O b. O.A.
c. P.C. d. 1.0

42. In the sentence “That the teacher had left early was considered a mistake.”, the underlined unit is a/an:
a. NP. functioning as a subject. b. Finite clause functioning as a subject.
c. Finite clause functioning as a P.C. d. Finite clause functioning as a DO.

43. In the sentence “This poem reminded me of T.S. Eliot.” The underlined prep. phrase functions as a/an:
a. D. 0. b. 1.0.
c. O.A. d. P.C.

44. In the sentence “To tell the truth, I don’t like phonetics.” , the underlined nonfinite clause functions as a/an:
a. subject b. Adv. conjunct
c. Adv. disjunct d. O.A.

45- In the sentence “The students were surprised at what had happened.” , the underlined prep. phrase functions as a/an:
a. S. A. b. postmodifier of the head adjective.
c. P.C. d. adverbial adjunct.

46. In the sentence “You can paint your house whatever colour you like.” the underlined finite clause functions as a/an:
a. O.A. b. S.A
c. P.C. d. D.O.

47. In the sentence “This exam is extremely easy.” , the underlined adverb phrase functions as a/an:
a. S.A. b. premodifier of the H/adj.
c. post-mod. of the Hladj d. adverbial adjunct

48. In the sentence “Our teacher is satisfied with what we did.” , the underlined unit is a/an:
a. finite clause functioning as a prepositional complement.
b. finite clause functioning as a postmodifier of the H/adj.
c. prep. phrase functioning as a postmodifier of the H/adj
d. finite clause functioning as a S.A

49. In the sentence “We do not see each other very often.” , the underlined adverb phrase functions as a/an:
a. adverbial conjunct b. adverbial adjunct
c. adverbial disjunct d. adverbial postmodifier.

50. In the sentence “We found her easy to convince.” , the underlined adj. phrase functions as a/an:
a. S.A. b. postmodifier of the head noun “her”
c. O.A d. P.C.

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