INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE FORMACIÓN
WRITTEN
DOCENTE “MERCEDES”
Test 2 - MAKE-UP TEST
June 2024
Grammar II Time 1.20 hour
Written test
Student’s name: ……………………………………………… ID number: ……………………………
Instructions (Test 2 - Make-up Test) FINAL MARK
Read the tasks carefully and do the activities.
Write all your answers with a black or blue PEN only.
Part 1
Read the following sentences / patters / questions and choose the correct option.
1. I know when he will arrive.
A Subject complement
B Extraposed subject
C Direct Object
D Adjectival complement
2. An example of extraposed subject is…
A It is impossible to enter that program
B It is for the program impossible to enter
C It is that program impossible to enter
D It is impossible for the program to enter
3. She laughed, but she wanted to cry.
A Complex sentence
B Simple sentence
C Subordinate sentence
D Compound sentence
4. Subject, Verb, Object, Object Complement
A Mary looked at the audience happily
B Mary talked happily to the audience
C Mary and the audience were happy
D Mary kept the audience happy
5. In which kind sentence the prepositional phrase is acting as an adjective?
A The girl gave the blue dress to my sister
B The girl with the blue dress is my sister
C The girl an my sister got away with the blue dress
D The girl sat next to my sister and looked at a blue dress
6. [It’s a pity they didn’t arrive on time]. The main clause consists of…
A Preparatory ‘it’, Verb, Subject complement
B Subject, Verb, Object complement
C Subject, Verb, Adverb
D Obligatory Adverb, Subject, Verb
7. We are concerned about who will do the work.
A Syntactic function: adjectival complementation
B Syntactic function: prepositional complement
C Syntactic function: subject complement
D Syntactic function: direct object
8. Which sentence has a concessive use of ‘and’?
A We tried hard and yet we failed
B We tried hard and then we failed
C We tried hard and failed
D We tried hard and our failure didn’t surprise me.
Part 2
Read the following extract. Then decide if the sentences are simple (S), compound (CPD) or
complex (CPX).
I don’t know what to do. (10) I neither like studying nor working. (11) Sleep and eat is all I
(9)
do every day. (12) Going back to university is not my cup of tea. (13) Although my parents talked to
me seriously, I keep on doing nothing. (14) I’m really sad that I can’t get out of this depressing
moment. (15) I can’t tell my problems to anyone. (16) I may either see a psychologist or make an
appointment with a psychiatrist. (17) I think about it, but I don’t like the idea. (18) It is weird how
complicated making a decision could be. (19) It seems an easy thing. (20) In view of this, I’ll have to
do something at once.
Part 3
Considering the extract above identify the following constructions / syntactic functions (SF) and
provide the number(s) of the sentence(s) they correspond to. Options can be repeated and there
may be more than one possibility in some cases.
21. Subject (SF)
22. Verbless clause
23. Adjectival complementation (SF)
24. Ellipsis
25. Ditransitive sentence
Part 4
Read the following sentences and mark the right alternative.
26. [It seems an easy thing, but it isn’t.] What is the use of ‘but’?
A Contrast
B Concessive
C Corrective
D Condition
27. [I can’t tell my problems to anyone.] What kind patter does the sentence have?
A Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Object Complement
B Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Subject Complement
C Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object
D Subject, Verb, Subject Complement, Adverbial
28. [Sleep and eat is all I do every day.] The syntactic function of the bear infinitive clause is…
A Object
B Subject complement
C Subject
D Object complement
29. [1] Dave understood [2] it was illegal [3] to buy a pet in Brazil.
A [3] superordinate to 2; [2] main clause; [1] superordinate to 3
B [1] main clause; [3] superordinate to 2; [2] superordinate to 1
C [2] superordinate to 3; [3] main clause; [1] subordinate clause
D [1] subordinate clause; [2] matrix; [3] superordinate to 2
30. You can do [whatever you want]. What type of subordination is it?
A Yes-no interrogative clause
B Interrogative clause
C Exclamative clause
D Relative clause
MARKING SCHEME
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Below standard Passed Passed with Passed with
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INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE “MERCEDES”
GRAMMAR II - Examination 2 (Make-up Test) ANSWER SHEET
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MARKING SCHEME
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