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Aen 201 Description Of Modern English Question Paper

Aen 201 Description Of Modern English

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts In English And Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011/2012
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
AEN 201: DESCRIPTION OF MODERN ENGLISH
DATE: 2011 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.
1.
a) Study the sentences given below and answer questions (i) –(v) that follow. (30 marks)
I. The large group of students saw the film.
II. The new teacher is tall and athletic.
III. You can tell me all the nasty gossip.
IV. If you like the, job take it.
V. The thief must have thought that the police might arrest him.
a. For each sentence identify and name the principal elements of clause structure.
b. Give a list of (a) all attributive objectives in sentence (i) –(v) (b) give a list of all predicative adjectives in sentences (i) –(v)
c. Explain the function of the prepositional phrase in sentence 1 a) (i) above.
b) Identify and classify the verbs in sentences (i),(ii) and (v)
2.
a) Explain the difference between open class of items and closed class of items. (8 marks)
b) Using nouns, explain briefly how some classes of words belong to both open and closed class of items. (12 marks)
3. Identify and list the adverbs in the following sentences. Briefly explain the type of adverb each is:-
a) You are quite right.
b) His room is quite at the end of the corridor.
c) We left home so early.
d) Shut that door quickly
e) I haven’t met him yet.
f) I didn’t say anything, naturally.
g) Suddenly, a thunderclap roared loudly and frightened all the pupils.
h) He marked all the scripts notwithstanding the loud noise.
i) The men here have been displaced.
j) He would lodge the cheque now. (20 marks)
4. What do you understand by
a. Copula or linking verbs
b. Headed constructions
c. Coordination
d. A tree diagram (20 marks)
5. Represent sentences given below in tree diagrams.
a. His father lives with other refugees
b. The new teacher presented a long English lesson
c. Peter will clean the compound and Mary will make all the meals
d. Twenty members of the club met the Singaporean delegation.
6. Clearly distinguish between a complement and an object as elements of clause structure. Illustrate your answer with at least four examples.

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