8/2/2019 SEJ III - Grammar Test WEEK 13pdf http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sej-iii-grammar-test-week-13pdf 1/10 17 The oun hrase Exercise 170 Noun phrases: dentifying he head ISGE 17'1-21 Identify thc headnouns in thc following passage.The noun phrascshave been picked out andnumberecl cxccpt fbr singlcpronounsancl ne-word nantes,which ar c ignorccl. tsBC weathermanMichae Fish'slrrilrrrz to givc a warning of the grcat stolnt tlf. Octoberl9lJ7(l) was a spcctacular xarnplcof how n r o c l c r nn t c t e o r o l o u y l ' a i l s 2) says; thc Consuntcrs'Associalion 3) in a rcport (;l) toclay. It claints hul thc Met Ol'licc's ncrlr tlotlopoly on trtctcorology 5) cilsts a cloucl 6) ovcf consurncrntcfcsls. 7) and argues irr an Ol'liccol'FlirTracling invcstigationnto hc wcathcr orccastirtqndustry. 8) The association'sW/rir'lr',)rtagazitrccport (9) strcsscs hilt firrecasting l0) is clcarly nrprovinlovcrall. but it tlrkcs the Met Ottcc ( I l ) to task 2) firr tiriling o cxpllin thc wcather l3) ln a user-fiicndly way. ( l4) It says thc languagc l'isobars and anticycloncs l 5) is lcss mportant hatt whcther Strtfolkshtlr.rlcl ut oul its washing' and calls or better rilnslations f whal firrccasts cluallv ncan. l6) Whiclt.' ll ) favours
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a new style of forecast ingbasedon probabi l i ty. ( l t3)
Closer to
the scienceofplacing a bet on a horse ( l9)
than
a tradit ional fbrecast, 20)th is wou ld inc lude
phrasessuch as'there
is a 70 per cent chance of rain in thc South' (2 I )
rather han thc morc usual' there
ntay be scattercdshowers'.
Exerc i se 171 Rela t i ve c lauses : whose [SGE 17.6 ]
Rewritc thc lbl lowing sentcnccswith n' l t rr .rcf possiblc.anclscewhat thc original
wri tcrs wlolc. But onc scntel lcccannot bc changecl why' l
E.runrplt ' ' . hey have given thousatrdsol ' pouncls t t var ious pressure groups,rn i sch ie f - rnak ing od ics hc rna in purposcol ' wh ich i s to st i r up ha t rcd anc l
cl isorclcr.
At rsu 'cr ' .. . rn i sch ic f - rnak ing od ies ,whosenta in pt r rposc s . . .
I I carnc o rcal izc his through the study. not of ccortt lnt ics that abstract cicncc
thc pro lcssors t f wh ich ncvcr scen) b l c o i l g rec bu l o f 'h i s to ry .wh ich i s thc
rccortl of causc ancle-ff'cct.
2 Bcrrnonclse turns t tut to havc bccn unique as hc f irst by-clcct ion ol 'which thc
rcsul l has bccn clair t tct lby al l party spokcslt tenas a victory.3 Whcn Dorscy dccidcs. l i r r plot rcasons ol ' which i t takcs an acconrpl ishcd
scriptwri tcr to convirrcc you. lo aucl i t ion l i rr that lernalc part in a clayt i lnc
te l cv i s ionso lp opcra ,hc becomcs vcrn igh ta cu l t succcss .
4 Th is i s a tour thc func t ionof wh ich i s l o i t t t roducehe Pr inccss i l Canat la .
5 When you havc l (X) rn i l l i on do l la rs hc va lue of wh ich you must t . t t t in t l in
against nf lat ion. therc arc l tot l -ni tny afc plact 's o P1l11.
6 The clccornt ion f Chinesc ncol i thic pottcry nearly always cottsistccl f abstract
anclgt:ornetr icclesigns.hc rneaningof which is n<ttuncle stt locl .
Exercise172Relat ive lauses SGE 17.5-11]
Cornpletc thc passagc by inscrt ing relat ive words as ncccssary. lncl icalc all
poss ib l ca l te rna t i vcs .nc luc l i ng cro( - ) .
Thc rnys tery 1 ' thcBe rnudaTr i rngle i s i n tac t .Arncr i candccp sead ivcrs I ) wr t r t
clairrrecl ast month lo havc f i rund the wrccks of f ive US Navy planes (2)
. . . . . . d i sappcarcd car Bcrmut la havc annt tunccd hat they arc not thc
fanrous ,ost Squadrttn.Thc wrccks l ) . . . . . . t hc c l i vc rs i rund as t t t t tn th n 750 t i ' c to l 'water 0
nri lesof l ' thc coastof Flclr iclawcre of an carlierr noclclof 'TB M Avcngcr than the
f ivc ( -1) . . . . . . van ished n t ra in ing l i gh t l9 on a hazy a l j c rn t to tr n 1945.
The squac l ron 's i s i tppearancc e lpcc lbui l t l the rcputat iono l ' t hc Bermuda' I ' r i ang lc .
in ( -5) . . . . . pcop le .p lanesant l bo i t tsarc sa i t l o van ishwi thout
trace.
When the wrecks wcrc lbund it sccrnccl s i f thc myth ha clbeen shattered.But
M r G r i r h a r n a w k c . 6 ) . . . . . . l e d t h es e a r c h . a n d t o ( 7 ) . . . . . . t ' e l l t h e
unenviable ask of i idr.r .r i t t ingmistake. saicl csterday:We arc now quitc ccrtain
tha t he f ivc a i rcraf t t i ) . . . . . . wc t i rundare not thoseof f l i gh t 19 .
H is ev identc l i sappo i r r tn rcn t .9) . . . . . . pc rhaps ef lec tcd hc los t o r tunc
( l0) . . . . . . h i s companyhac l tooc l o rnakc ' romsa lvag in-ehc d i scovcry ,
w i l l bc rna tchcc l y thc p leasure f othcrs l l ) . . . . . . en. joy hc myst t - r ioLrspower o t ' t he Tr iang le . thc th rcc po in ts o f ( 12) . . . . . . are t i r rmed by
Bcrnrut la . uc l to R ico and Miarn i .
Mr Tccl Darcy. an archleokrgical aclviscr o Thc Scicnt i f ic Scarch Prcr. jcct.aid
that hc arca n ( I 3 ) . . . . . . thc f vc wrccks wcrc t i ru l tdwas uscdhy thc l - lS
Navy as a prac t i cc ange i r r low- lcvc l torpcdo uns,ar t c lha l thc l ive p l i t ncs 1.1)
. . . . . .wcrc l i rund wcr -cpr -obab l l 'os t i n scpar - l t c cc idcntsovcr scvcra l
ycars .
SusanPorvcrs -Span l l c r .l -5 . . . . . l ' a thcr l i sappca lcd i th thc i t tnous
l -os tScluat l ronn l9 :1 -5 .a ic l : ' r r rsad hut hcy wercn ' t l i r L rnd . u t k ind o l 'g lad n
luu ' l y tha t t rv i tsn ' t hcnr .
So thc wrccks( l6) . . . . . . t l i scovcrvurouscd uch r r tcrcstas lnrontha lc
n o t r l u i l cw h a t h e y ' s e c r t t c r l .n c i d c n t a l l y .h c ' p l a c c l 7 ) . . . . . . t l t c v r c c k s
werc t i rurrt lhus also cluinrcr l nrarr l 'shi1.rs.t td i t was thc hopc of f inding Spunish
gul lcor rs hat or - ig i r ta l l y l rcu, l t c t l i vc rs o lhc spo l .
Exercise173Relat ive lauses SGE 17.5-121
. lo in up 1hc inf i r r - rnul ion ivcn , so tha t i n cuc l t cusc y( ) r . l avc or tc scntcncc
c o n t u i n i n g c l u l i v c l u u s c s .
l i . ru t t t l t l t :Sontc ; - rcoplc n t l c r tukc or tq . jour r t cys .fhcy
wi l l rc t t tc t t tbct - thcsc
. j o u r n c y s l l t h e i r i v c s .
; l r r . r ' r ' c r ' :onrepeop lcur r t l cr lakcong. jour -ncys/ r i t t tc t t / t r r . r r / - - thcyi l l rcr t tcr t tbcr -
a l l t h c i r i v e s .
I' I r avc l l e
rs on th c Tnrns-Si t rcr - i lna i lwav ukc 3d lvs .1 hour -s-5nr i t tu tcs t t hc
. jountc l ' .' l ' l r t -
l ' rans-Sibc l ' iun-a i lway l r c tchcs hrnr Moscr tw to thc l )ac i l i c
Occun. )Lu ' i ngh is . j ourncv hcre urc 97 sto l ' rs
I T h el n r ! i a n - P a c i l i c ' r a i l w a l c r o s s c s A u s l r a l i a l l ' o n r P c r t l t ( ) 1 1
t h e n d i a n O c c u r )
to Syc lncy n thc Pac i f i c . l s epu la l i on s pcrhu l . r scss cursonrc han hc ' r ' uns
S be i i t t t .
I l t cuv t ' r su tl i s tancc l ' 2 .710 nr i l cs . i . - l -51 nr ) . Ol ' thcsc.197 nr i l cs - l7 lJ rn tacn lss l . rc Lr l lurborP la inarc l car ls tn r igh t . h i s i s thc longcs t tn r igh t l re tc l t
o1 'nr i lw i tv n thc wol ld .
:1 J 'hcsc . jo r . r rnc tsP l ' r cu lou ccr to in t ' pc ( ) f ' t ravc l icr . ce ta in ypc o l t rave- l l e t
i s no l in a I i r . r r r r ' .-o h is t_vpc t t rave l c r thc . journcy . ot t l tc t r r iva l .nra l tcr \ .
Lrpruck lom UshuaiaArgent ina)o Prudhoc ay Alaska. SA) n l9f t7 rt
just unclcr ,: l lays. irn CahillwasGary Sowerby's tl-clrivcr rlcl avigator.
FnrrnUshuaiao Prudhoe ay s a d istancc f l :1.739 r i les 13.720 rn). usl
undcr2zldays s a recolcl imc lbr thc ourney.
6 They wcrc howcvcr surfacc l ' r 'eightcd vcl thc Daricn ( ia1l. Daricn Ciap is
bctwccp ColortrbiaanclPanarla. I Icre thc Trans-Atrtcr icanhighway t locs trol
c x l s t .
Exercise174Apposit iveclauses SGE 17.13]
Whcn tw0 ltounpl-rr i tscsrc n ap1-rosit ion.hcy lrothrclc'r lo thc sit t l lcpe sol l
t l r t h ing .s6 ha tonc g ivcsus norcdc t r i l sabout l tco thcr .Sot t tc t i t t l cs / / r {1I
clausc s irr apposi i ion t l i t r t abstracl loun l ikc./ i rcl . lL'u. i r t f t r-rr t t t l i r t t t .
Rcwr i tc hc nt i rnnt t i r lnso hu t n cachcasc oL lhavca si r tg lc ct l l c t lcc ol l t l l l l l l l l l l
a l lor. l l r arr apl 'rosi t ivc l i t t tsc.l i1ut t tp l t , ' . onrcpcop lchc l i cvc ha lwc canabo l i shwar .
fh i sscc t t t st ' . rpc l r r la thc t .
than r t :a l is t ic .
A2,rn,r ,r ' : l r t ' t t l ic. f t l r t t t 1 ' ( dtt ol tol isl t 11'( / / 'sccnlsopcl ir l ral l tcr tharl rcal isl ic.
I I )coplcsonte t in tcs usgcs t h i r twc l r c noI i t l l cc lu l r l . h i s r t t l tkcs t l t l l cpeop lc
vc fy angry .
A n y . . .
I Sornc1-rcoplcxplain thul uccidcntsarc tt f tct t tobotly's l ' l r r-r l t .Lrt tr l t l lvpcoplc
( lo I l o t cccpt l l l i s .l l lny pcoplc
J I w ls to ld tha t l tcrcarc rno lcsc icnt is ls l i vc o t lav l tar t tavccvcr l i vc t l bct i r rc .
ls that a f irct ' l
l s t a . .
: l Sc icn t i s l ssay tha t thcrc l t t .c t lo t o l ' b lack ho lcs in t l l c r - rn ivcrsc. t lo t t ' t
un( lcrstal tclhis thcorY.
I ckrn'tunclcr-stal tdl te
-5 Thc unive 'scslar lct l with a big birrrg.Thcrc is also that i t lca.
Thcrc sa lso hc . .
6 C)1'coursc c hopc t tt r icl thc w't l r lcl f povcrty. Bu1clt t l wc/
I s t l r c r en y . . . . . . . - - - - - - . !
7 Nc-i lArmstrong rcrnarke'clvhcn hc stcPpctlon to the rttOtln.J'hat 's
t t l le stt lal l
step itr a tnalt .onc gianl lcap t i r l ntrnkinr l ." Evcr) 'ot- tccntct- t lbcrshis.
Evervo t te ct t re tbcrsNci l Ar r r rs t r r l l l ! l . . .
f i S h i l k c s l t c a t ' r ( ) t - , s c r \ ' c ( i t h i r t ' u l l t i t c u o r l ( l ' \ r it i t ! c ' . 1 ' t l ' t t - t o t s t t t - c $ h c t l t c r ' l a g . r e c
I ' rn n i . r t u r i : v l te thc i r tgruc ' , lh . . . . .
E.runtpla'. ny coins that arc fbund on this si tc rnust be hanclcd o the pol icc.
Ar t .su, t ' t : , \Ny'o tNS:olNr ) N r r rssn ' t , rus f bc handcc l o thc po l i cc .
E.runt l t l t , : hc ncxt train that arr ivcd was l l 'orn York.
Attsv'ct" .'ntt NItxt 'TRAIN o ARRtvt. .as l 'ront York.
Mi l l i ons o f insomniacs ou ld bcnc f i l l ' o r l a new tcchn ique l ) r . r ' f i i ri n tu\ ' (ur (
slceltlt.s.ttrt,s.r.2) u'ltit h i,sbustd ot r 'thou,qltt-.juntnritr,q'.
Thc idca is that a simplc word l ike t lu' .(3)v'hi t 'h is rcpcutet l utr l t ' r t l tc l t reut l t
t l r t ' t 'c tr . f t tut ' t i rnt ' .sst, t ' t t t r t l ,an block st irnulat ing houghtsancl nclucc lccp.This
anti- i t rsorttniaechniquc 1) u' l t i t t is l tci trc cstcl l t . t 't .scurr ' l tcrs.f i 'onronrbri t l ,J(
offcrs pi l l - f iec hopc tirr nt i l l ions ("5)n' l rr , ,suft t ' t ' . f rontlccplc.sstr t ' .ss.t is basedon
a theory ha t hc bra in hasa kind o1' ' lnenl ory ra l ' l i c ont ro l ' , (6) u,h ich t t rs tu t
cu l lcd ' t l r tccr r t ru l t . rc t 'u l t l r " .anc l hat th isconl ro ls in t i r r rnat ion(7) t l ru t t t r tcr . ; t l r t '
l t t ' t r r
Thc Carnbr i t l gc car r rbe l i evcs hat wi th insornn iacs1hc ccnt ra l cxccut i vc 'i ns i s ts on f inc l i ng asks whcn noth ing (8) thut i .sl tur t icu lur l . t ' i t r t t , t ' t ' , t t i r r , :s
happcnirrg.Thc tcant clccicicclo look l i r r ways (91 itr u'hi t h thc.r 'cotr ld royidL'u
stt 'ud.t ' . f lou'oftr . forntut iotrrr tr t hc brrr i r i ,which woulcl prcvcrrt t f ront looking firr
ot l rer tasks(10) t l rut i t t otr ld do.
Thc agc-olcl cchniqucol 'counting shccpasa rne hocl l l ) t l tut nru.y-t t t luccslctp
rcc lu i r cs onccnt ra t ion ncls t i r lu la tcs l toushtsabout hc in rag inaryshcc-p12)
t l tut ut '( ln' i t re oturtcr l . Rcpcating a boring l i t t lc worcl l ike t / ic is so clul l that the
only thing\13)
t l rur r t to.stt t 'oplc
tr tr tht is to go to slccp.
Tests (11) thut huyt l tcctr . tpccit t l l . t ' tlcsigrtado tr_\ '()uthe thcort, wcrc carr iccl
or.r t ncicrcontrol lcclconcl i t ions.A third o1'those l-5) r ' l ro v,( t ' ( t (stcl haclquick
succcss.But othe peoplc staycclawake'Ihcy
wcrc ablc t<t .nouth inrple words
whi fc s t i l l t h ink ingo l l r c r houehts . ' l ' hc rcs s t i l l work (16) t l u t tn( ( (1. \ ( )be t lo t t t ' .
Exercise176Postmodif icat ion y preposit ional hrases[SGE17.19-231
Preposi t ionalhrascs rc icquent ly sed o 'postrnocl i fy 'nouns.hat s to
aclclnlirrnration fier hent.
Fi l l n hcgapswithsui tablereposi t ions.ndundcrl inehenounphraseshat hcprcpositional hrases repartof.
This is usual ly asy ( l ) u rt tu 'wn'n '111l ' funt i l t ' .o t icc,however,hat
sometimes prepositionalhrase ontains nolhcr. husat (9) there s no nounphrascrlicri lulvrell-bcingttpht'sit 'ul crrlr/r.nsteadhcprcpositionalhrase.,l
pltvsitalhealthbelongso thebiggernounphrase:the atest tudy . [ the l fet ts . . . mental c l l -being)nphvsi tu l eul th l
decay n the eethholes in a. lacket,h i r tetc) br one'
a brush or brushing ne'sclothes
an in te l lectualwhosc head s sa id o look l i kc an c Is =
a fami ly wi th two cars=
an ol. l iccwhcre you canpost cttcrs andbuy stanlpsetc =
a placcwhereyou canwait tbr buscs o stop=
sorneonewho si ts wi th (and looks a f ie r ) bab ies (and vouns ch i ld ren) =
15o
1
6u
l 0l lt 2I --)
t 4l-5
s arms=
l 6
l l
ilt
l 9
20
an ol ' f icc block of ' tcn storcys=
a hol iday arrangedas a packagc=
control of arrns(wcapons) =
a shop sc l l i ngdrcsses
l ixx l that s real ly unk =
Exercise181Noun phrases n general[SGE Chapter17]
Study thc f i l llowing passage. nd then altswcr thc cprcst ionshat f i r l low.
Itr Nove ntbe thc sportsrncn hangc hcir ckrthcs.Thc f ishing roclsarc pul lwly in
favour o l ' sho t guns at rdhunt ing boots .Eac l rycar - hcspor ts lnan s bci r ru r rorc
c losc ly rnarkcr lby an ant i - spor tsnran.f i cn thc s l radowol 'h i rnsc l f . The ant i -
spor ts lncn rc par l o l ' a l ooscco l l cc t i ono l 'ac t i v i s torg l r r iz l r t ions,o l tecrnedwi th
an i rna l wcl l l rc . and rang ing across hc who le skc in < l f re la t i onsh ips c twccn
Iturnankincl ancl he aninral w<lrkl .
Thc an t i - sp t l rt snrcncck o c l i rn ina lc unt ing , l roo t ing nc l i sh ingasa past in tc .
Thcy ac lop tmelhoc ls l ' bchav ioLr r h i ch apar t i 'onrbc ing unc iv i l , l ' no t i l l cgt l ,
rcvcal a wcakrtess irr thc chasc the r cluarry n this instanccbcing lhe sportsrnrrr
and h is ac t i v i t i es wh ich bcarsa s t r i k ing rcscrnb lancco thc wcakncsscs hcy
aflcct to deplorc in othcrs.
So l i r r thc carnpaign has prosperccl nore against tbx hunting than ugairrst
shooting or f i sh ng . Internt t tcnt harassmcnt f huntsancl he r supportcrsoccur
throughout thc winter sonrcwhereacross he country. Nevertheless bx hunting
s ince he war hasprospercc l. .
Opposit ion to f icld sports n Bri tain is alnrostas tradit ional as the f ielclsports
thcrrtselves. oth sidesof the argurnenthave i tcratureand a culturc which stretchback fbr centur ies.Hitherto the argurnenthas been conductecl nir ly; but therc is
eviclence hat a new war is now being waged with f-ewerholds barrcd by thosc
whose purpose s to el iminate f iclcl sports iom the Bri t ish scene
one disconce t ing aspectof the argument s thc extent to which it rcveals hat
country habitsand perspect ives rebecoming essand essunderstood r respected
by ci ty dwel lers; and i t is more often the ci ty dwel lers who command the money
and the acccss o the media which gives them a better opportunity to press heir