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Eng 110:Structure Of English August 2010 Question Paper

Eng 110:Structure Of English August 2010

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2009/20010 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
COURSE CODE: ENG 110

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer Question ONE and ANY TWO questions. Question ONE is Compulsory

1. a) How did the traditional grammarians differ from the structural linguists in their study
of language?
b) Explain the following terms/concept
• Grammar of a language
• Grammatical/functional words
• Lexical words (24 marks)

2. a) State the form of the underlined pronoun in each of the following sentences
• She is going home
• My head is aching
• She loves herself
• The house they lived in was hers
• I give them three hours to vacate the compound
• You will only have yourself to blame if you fail the exam
b) Supply the missing preposition in the following sentences
• They accused Mary……. A certain crime
• The police charged John ….. the murder
• I am confining you ….. certain limits
• We can compare this writer ….. a well known novelist
• Everyone blames the mistake ….. somebody (23 marks)

3. a) State the word category of the underlined elements in the following sentences
• The book is a must for students of literature
• Your guess is as good as mine
• He calls it the velvet-glove approach
• Coat the whole thing in chocolate
• The average age of marriage is 28

b) Identify and state the function of the gerund (verb-noun) in the following sentences
• Crying the whole day did not help
• Her favourite sport is dancing
• We started reading at 2 o’clock
• She annoyed everyone by refusing to heed advice
c) Construct two sentences using the present participle as a verb-adjective
(23 marks)

4. a) Using appropriate examples explain the three classes of adverbials in English
b) Construct sentences to illustrate the use of adverbs as
• modifiers of adjectives
• modifiers of adverbs
• premodifiers of prepositions
c) Identify the adjectives used in the following sentences and specify whether they are
subject complements, object complements or premodiffiers
• Your son is handsome
• She made him happy
• The tall building caught fire
• The news was good (23 marks)

5. Explain five ways of creating words and/or changing word classes in English. (23 marks)

Eng 110:Structure Of English August 2010 Question Paper

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