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Midterm—LIN 205S Advanced English Grammar February 17, 2013 NAME: ___________________________________ STUDENT # ___________________ TUTORIAL (please circle): 10-11 12-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 Andreea 3-4 Safi 4-5 Andreea 4-5 Safi VERSION 1 NO AIDS Part A. Short Answer—Writing Sentence construction. Write sentences using the following elements with the verbs provided—order the elements in the way that is grammatically appropriate for the sentence. (14) smell spill study sing be write disappear i) intransitive verb, cognate direct object, PP beneficiary, NP time _______sing (1 pt), cognate object (song, type of song, ? pt), for “someone” (1/2 pt), NP time (last night, last Tuesday, this morning, etc, ? pt) TOTAL: 2.5 pts EXAMPLE: I sang a song for my mother last night. ii) linking verb, NP predicate be (1 pt), NP pred (1 pt) TOTAL: 2 pts EXAMPLE: My sister is a teacher. iii) transitive verb with NP object, PP location, PP time (active voice) verb (1 pt, smell), NP direct obj (1/2 pt), PP location (1/2 pt), PP time (1/2 pt) TOTAL: 2.5 pts FOR EXAMPLE: The girl smelled the flowers in the park at noon.____ iv) intransitive verb, AdvP time _disappear (1 pt), AdvP time (1/2 pt)_ TOTAL: 1.5 pts_ FOR EXAMPLE: The frog disappeared yesterday. v) transitive verb, NP direct object, NP indirect object, PP purpose __verb (1 pt, write), NP indirect obj (1/2 pt), NP direct obj (1/2 point), PP purpose (1/2 pt) TOTAL: 2.5 pts. FOR EXAMPLE: I wrote my mother a letter for her birthday. vi) transitive verb with NP patient subject (transitivity alternation) NP patient subj (1 pt), spill (1 pt), TOTAL 2 pts FOR EXAMPLE: The milk spilled. ____________ NOTE: “smell” does not work here: “the food smells”—“smells” here is a sensory verb “the food smells bad” (linking NOT transitivity alternation) vii) t