An Introduction To The Grammar Of English Question Paper

An Introduction To The Grammar Of English

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In English And Linguistics

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE
OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
AEN 101: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH

DATE: Tuesday 20th July, 2010
TIME: 8.00 a.m. ? 10.00 a.m.
________________________________________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.
1.
(a)
Analyse each of the following sentences by underlining and labeling their
respective constituents.

[15 marks]
(i)
When the citizens heard the news over the radio that the dictator
had been killed by renegade soldiers, they immediately poured out
in the streets in spontaneous shouts of joy.
(ii)
Thou shall not kill.
(iii)
Parents hardly tell lies to their children.
(iv)
My sister is the girl who was first in national examinations in the
whole country.
(v)
That the accused is guilty as charged has never been in doubt.

(b)
Add a noun-forming suffix to each of the following words:
[5 marks]

(i)
Heavy

(ii)
Innocent

(iii)
Humid

(iv)
Address

(v)
Weigh

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(c)
Construct sentences of your own to exemplify the following types of
pronouns:

[15 marks]

(i)
Relative pronoun

(ii)
Demonstrative pronoun

(iii)
Indefinite pronoun

(iv)
Interrogative pronoun

(v)
Reflex pronoun

(vi)
Personal pronouns

2.
(a)
By giving sentential examples, clearly distinguish between derivational
and inflectional morphemes.

[8 marks]

(b)
Briefly distinguish between:

(i)
Co-ordinating vs Correlative conjunction,

(ii)
Sub-ordinating conjunctions vs conjunctive address.

3.
(a)
What distinctive characteristics distinguish English adverbs from other
word classes? Provide sentential examples to illustrate your answer.

[8 marks]

(b)
Discuss the defining characteristics of English adjectives. [12 marks]

4.
(a)
Write two sentences each to exemplify the following sentence types.

[8 marks]

(i)
A simple sentence

(ii)
A compound sentence

(iii)
A complex sentence

(iv)
A compound-complex sentence.
(b)
Distinguish between each of the following types of English verbs. Give
examples to support your answer.

[12 marks]

(i)
Action verbs

(ii)
Linking verbs

(iii)
Auxilliary verbs
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