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FINAL TEST
Time allowance: 60 minutes
The test has 50 questions. Please write your answers in your answer sheet.
Name:
Group:
Total score:

Score:

__________________________________________________________________
______
Questions 1-5. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false
(F).
1. Theoretically, the number of words in a noun phrase is not limited.
2. Tense is a universal, non-linguistic concept with three divisions: past, present
and future.
3. Conjuncts are connective, therefore, they are integrated in clause structure.
4. A non-finite clause acting as post modification is in fact a reduced form of a
relative clause.
5. Clauses beginning with a coordinator or a conjunct can be moved in front of the
preceding clause without producing unacceptable sentences or changing the
relationship of the clauses.
Questions 6-10. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.
6. One kind of embedding that occurs when one clause is made of a constituent of
another clause is described as ________________.
7. ________________refers to the function of a part of a phrase or clause which
follows a word, and completes the specification of a meaning relationship which
that word implies. E.g.: a, We considered him our leader, or b, All sales are subject
to tax.
8. The kind of reference (i.e. linguistics or situational) a particular noun phrase has
is typically realized by a set of closed-class items, or ________________, which

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occur before the noun action as head of the noun phrase. E.g.: a bicycle vs. the
bicycle
9. A simple positive sentence is negated by inserting the clause negator ‘not’
between the operator and the ________________.
10. The sentence “Either the strikers or the boss misunderstood the claim.” shows
that the ________________concord is applied to this case.
Questions 11-20:
The New Year is the day that marks the beginning of a new calendar year, and the
year count increment of a specific calendar (a). The New Year of the Gregorian
calendar, today in worldwide use, falls on 1 January (b). With the expansion of
Western culture to the rest of the world during the twentieth century, the 1 January
date became global, even in countries with their own New Year celebrations on
other days (e.g., China and India) (c). Many people even consider 1 January a
national holiday (d).
Many cities across the world celebrate the New Year (e). The celebrations usually
include a firework's display, and other festivities (f). London, for example,
organizes a major fireworks display along the River Thames, followed by a parade
on New Year's Day (g).
(Adapted from Wikipedia)
For questions 11-16, read the article and identify the clause type of each
sentence in the article. Write your answers in the numbered blanks in the
answer sheet. The first sentence has been done for you as an example.
Example: Sentence (a)  SVC
11. Sentence b 

13. Sentence d 

15. Sentence f 

…………
12. Sentence c 

…………
14. Sentence e 

…………
16. Sentence g 

…………
…………
…………
For questions 17-20: Read the article again and state the semantic role of the
following sentence elements. Write your answers in the numbered blanks in
the answer sheet. The first has been done for you as an example.
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Example: The New Year

Temporal subject



17. global (sentence c)

_______________

18. many people (sentence d)

_______________

19. The celebrations (sentence f)

_______________

20. a major fireworks display (sentence g)

_______________

Questions 21-24: State these following sentences are Simple (S), Complex
(CX), Compound
(CP), or Complex Compound (CC).
21. Angry bloggers and tweeters complained that they had been late for work, and
were risking missing planes and trains due to iPhone’s malfunctioned built-in
alarm clock.
22. “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” – these famous words have immortalized the
iconic meeting between the young ambitious journalist Henry Stanley and the
great Irish explorer David Livingstone – probably the first global celebrity ever.
23. Although Johnson was one of the richest people in the world, she counted
every cent
and spent as little as possible.
24. A successful telecommuting program requires a management style which is
based on
results and not on close scrutiny of individual employees.

21.

22.

23.

24.

……………
……………
……………
……………
Questions 25-26. Negate the following sentence. Then interpret it in two ways
by indicating the scope and focus of negation.
“He came into the room because of the lion.”
Negated

sentence:….……………...

……………………………………………………….
Interpretations:

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25……………………………………………………………………………………
………
26.………..….
………………………………………………………………………………
Questions 27 - 31. Read the text below, and then write in each corresponding
blank in the

answer sheet the reference type expressed by each noun phrase: Generic (G),
Specific (S),
Unique (U). Question ZERO has been done for you as an example.
Example:(0)  G
The chemistry of 0the world's oceans is changing at (27) a rate not seen for 65
million years, with far-reaching implications for (28) marine biodiversity and food
security, according to 29 a new United Nations study released Thursday. "(30)
Environmental Consequences of Ocean Acidification," published by the U.N.
Environmental Program UNEP)," warns that (31) some sea organisms including
coral and shellfish will find it increasingly difficult to survive, as acidification
shrinks the minerals needed to form their skeletons. (Adapted from www.cnn.com)
27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Questions 32-33. State whether the underlined is Restrictive (R) or
Nonrestrictive (N).
32. It was a bleak period of present privation and threatening disaster - the period
of soya beans and Basic English.
33. My friend Alice is the most honest people you could ever see in this country.
Questions 34-40. Identify whether the underlined are Adjunct (A), Conjunct
(C), Style Disjunct (SD), or Attitudinal Disjunct (AD).
34. Obviously, she is not the smartest in the class.
35. You can tell from their line that they are totally exhausted, however.

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36. The principal understandably got furious when he was informed of the
incident.
37. Could you please tell me what is that thing you’ve saved me from?
38. This will certainly lead to assumptions that he was the one behind all this
mess.
39. I have almost completely forgotten the incident.
40. Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions
is a disease in them.
Questions 41-42: Identify whether the underlined is Segregatory (S) or
Combinatory (C) coordination.
41. Margaret and I won the best performance in the Pair Skater Championship.
__________
42. She wore a black and white jacket.
__________
Questions 43-45: Underline the focus of the following sentences
43. You may not go home early tonight. (You are allowed to stay out late.)
44. All cats don’t like water. (Some do)
45. I didn’t leave home because I was afraid of my father. (I was afraid of my
mother.)
Questions 46-47: Interpret this ambiguous sentence in TWO different ways.
“Please, ask Mr. Jack to take Mr. Tom around the city on Monday, Ms. Janie on
Friday.”
46……………………………………………………………………………………
……………
47……………………………………………………………………………………
……………

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Questions 48-49. Put all the items given to make a grammatically meaningful
complex noun phrase.
48. a wide and small man stout shifty frog-mouth a with eyes
49. shock a little gasp of shrill
Question 50: The ellipsis in the sentence below is faulty. Rewrite it correctly.
An example has been done for you.
Example:
Tonight’s stories show that children are still exposed to poverty, malnutrition,
poor education and healthcare.

 Tonight’s stories show that children are still exposed to poverty, malnutrition,
poor education and poor healthcare/ and poor education and healthcare.
While one does not exclude the possibility a given speaker may choose to speak in
a national standard at one moment and in a regional dialect the next – and possibly
even switch from one national standard to another – the presumption has been that
an individual adopts one of the varieties so far discussed as his permanent form of
English.

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ANSWER KEY
1. T

2. F

6. subordination

3. F

4. T

7. complementation

5. F
8. determiners

9.

predication

10. proximity
11. SVA

12. SVC

13. SVOC 14. SVO

15. SVO

16. SVO

17. Resulting Attribute
18. Agentive Subject
19. Eventive Subject
20. Effected Object
21. CC

22. CP

23. CC

24. S

Negated sentence: He didn't come into the room because of the lion.
Interpretations:
25. Because there was a lion, he didn't dare to come into the room.
26. He came into the room not because of the lion but because of another reason.
27. S

28. G

32. N

33. R

34. AD

35. C

29. S
36. AD

30. U

31. S
37. A

38. A

39. A

40. AD
41. C

42. C

43. early

44. All

45. father

46. Please, ask Mr. Jack to take Mr. Tom around the city on Monday, and ask Ms.
Janie to take Mr. Tom around the city on Friday.
47. Please, ask Mr. Jack to take Mr. Tom around the city on Monday, and ask Mr.
Jack to take Ms. Janie around the city on Friday.
48. a stout and small man with a wide frog-mouth and shifty eyes
49. a little shrill gasp of shock
50. While one does not exclude the possibility THAT a given speaker may choose
to speak in a national standard at one moment and in a regional dialect the next –
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and possibly even switch from one national standard to another – the presumption
has been that an individual adopts one of the varieties so far discussed as his
permanent form of English.

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FINAL TEST
Time allowance: 60 minutes
The test has 45 questions. Please write your answers in your answer sheet.
Name:
Group:
Total score:

Score:

_______________________________________________________________________
_
Questions 1-5. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Inflectional morphemes are randomly distributed and only occur with some members
of a word class.
2. Closed system comprises a limited number of members.
3. The word “option” is formed by adding the suffix “ion” to the base “opt.”
4. All transitive verbs allow a passive transformation of the sentence.
5. In most cases, adverbials are optional in clause structure, except when they stand after
an intransitive verb or complex transitive verb.
Questions 6-8. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.
6. “Break it on, get away with, look up to” are called____________verbs.
7. ____________is the manner in which a verbal action is experienced or regarded with
respect to time.
8. ____________and aspect are intermingled. We cannot speak about one without
mentioning the other.
9. Unlike Russian or French, English does not have any morphological feature that helps

distinguish____________.
10. The sentence “The audience are raising their hands to signify their approval now.”
shows that the notional____________ is applied to this case.
Questions 11-23. Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.
(a) Like brainstorming, freewriting is done nonstop. (b) It occurs intensely for a short
period of time. (c) We do freewriting without worrying about audience. (d) Although
freewriting will produce much that is unusable, it can also produce much that will be

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surprisingly important, attesting to the notion that our subconscious minds have
enormous amounts of valuable information. (e) We can get some use out of this
information, and (f) it may very well give us a focus for the rest of our work on the
subject. (g) Sometimes when we find an approach to a subject through brainstorming,
freewriting unlocks a wealth of ideas to pursue.
A. Identify the clause patterns of the following sentences by writing: SVC, SV, SVO,
etc.
11. Sentence a:
12. Sentence b:
13. Sentence c:
14. Sentence d:
15. Sentence e:
16. Sentence f:
17. Sentence g:
B. Identify the semantic roles of the underlined words in the reading passage.
18. It:
19. freewriting:
20. our subconscious minds:
21. us:

22. we:
23. an approach:
Questions 24-28. Read the text below, and then write in each corresponding blank
in the answer sheet the reference type expressed by each noun phrase: Generic (G),
Specific (S), Unique (U). Question ZERO has been done for you as an example.
Example:(0)  S (Specific reference)
Some cultures (0) have clashed with less powerful neighbours (24) only to find that
over time their culture became heavily influenced by these subordinates (25), like the
Romans (26) by the Greeks (27). In this way, the original meaning (28) of an aspect of
cultural behavior may be lost in history and may originally have been part of a belief
system very different from that which prevails in the culture today.
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24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

Questions 29-33. State these following sentences are Simple (S), Complex (CX),
Compound (CP), or Complex Compound (CC).
29. Open word classes which consist of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs allow new
members but closed word classes like prepositions, conjunctions and determiners seldom
do.
30. In English, words in one class can sometimes be derived from those in another and

new words be created.
31. A verb is said to be regular if its base form does not change when inflections are
added to create new forms.
32. An adjective phrase can consist of an adjective followed by a complement, usually a
prepositional phrase, or by a "that" clause.
33. In English, when both clauses of the sentence are offered as new information, they
are usually equal syntactically and semantically.
Questions 34-35. Negate the following sentence. Then interpret it in two ways by
indicating the scope and focus of negation.
“I find one present useful.”
Negated

sentence:….……………...

……………………………………………………….
Interpretations:
34…………………………………………………………………………………………
…35.………..….
………………………………………………………………………………
Questions 36-37. State whether the underlined is Restrictive (R) or Nonrestrictive
(N).
36. All the tickets for the 3-D movie Avartar were sold out a month ago.
37. He has an idea that the earth is warming.
Questions 38-42. Identify whether the underlined are Adjunct (A), Conjunct (C),
Style Disjunct (SD), or Attitudinal Disjunct (AD).

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38. If necessary, repeat the procedure.

39. No one seriously questions the need for language students to develop a good control
of grammar.
40. Seriously, sometimes you have to put grammar aside
41. Fortunately, grammar- and spell-checkers can help you enormously in your writing.
42. Adverbs, on the other hand, usually modify verbs.
Questions 43. Put all the items given to make a grammatically meaningful complex
noun phrase.
good neglected several old the square houses two first stone red houses or plantation of
Jamaican big
……………………………………………………………………………………………
…
Questions 44-45. Identify whether the underlined is a Combinatory (C) or
Segregatory (S) coordination?
44. Jim and Carter met for lunch.
45. Jim and Carter are a pair of crooks.

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ASWER KEYS

1. F

2. T

3. F

4. F

5.F

6. prepositional phrasal

11. SVC

16. SVOO

7. aspect

12. SV

17. SVO

8. tense

13. SVO

9. gender

14. SVO

10. concord

15. SVOA

18. It: Empty It

21. us: Oi recipient

19. freewriting: Od effected

22. we: S agentive

20. our subconscious minds: S recipient

23. an approach: Od affected

24. G

25. S

26. G

27. G

28. S

29. CP

30. CP

31. CX

32. S

33. CC

Negated sentence: I do not find one present useful.
34. I find none of the presents useful.
35. I find all presents useful, except one.

36. N

37. R

38. A

39. A

40. SD

41. AD

42. C

43. Several of the first two good big old square red neglected Jamaican stone houses or
plantation houses

44. C

45. C

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FINAL TEST
Time allowance: 60 minutes
The test has 40 questions. Please write your answers in your answer sheet.
Name:
Group:
Total score:

Score:

_____________________________________________________________________________
_
Questions 1-5: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Basically, a lexical item and its meaning have no arbitrary relationship.
2. The order of morphemes in a word is that a derivational morpheme is closer to the root than
an inflectional one.
3. Broadly speaking, nouns and adjectives can be characterized as stative in the sense that they
refer to entities or characteristics which are regarded as ‘stable’.
4. Ellipsis is the omission of elements which are precisely recoverable only from the linguistic,
but not from situational context.
5. In the sentence “The capital outlay may not be justified by the area which may be expected to
benefit by the improvement.”, the relative clause provides unimportantly descriptive and
elaborating characteristics of the area.
Questions 6-12: Fill in each blank with just ONE suitable word.
a. Subordination is a non-symetrical relations, holding between two clauses in such a way that
one is a (6)……………of the other.
b. Adjunct is, to some extent, integrated in the clause structure whereas disjunct and conjunct
(7)……………
d. A special feature of primary auxiliaries is that they can function as both (8)……………and
(9)……………verbs.
e. Clausal (10)……………is used to deny or reject proposition.
f. Of all the sentence elements, only (11)……………and (12)……………appear once in each
sentence/clause.
Questions 13-17: Read the text below, and then write in each corresponding blank in the
answer sheet the reference type expressed by each noun phrase: Generic (G), Specific (S),
Unique (U). Question ZERO has been done for you as an example.

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Garlic , a member (0) of the lily family with its distinctive odor and taste, has been used
throughout recorded history because it was considered to have beneficial properties. The
earliest known record (13) of its use is in Sanskrit records from 3,000 B.C.
It was used as a medicine (14) in Ancient Egypt, where it was used to cure 22 different
ailments (15). It was also fed to the slaves (16) who were building the pyramids (17) because
the Egyptians believed that, in addition to keeping the slaves healthy so that they could continue
to work, garlic would make the slaves stronger so that they could work harder.
Example:
(0)  S (Specific reference)
13. ……………

14. ……………

15. ……………

16. ……………

17. ……………

Questions 18-27:
ZIMBABWE FACES NEW CHOLERA CRISIS
(Adapted from CNN)

(a) The worst cholera outbreak in Africa in 15 years has killed more than 4,000 Zimbabweans.
(b) The crisis threatens to worsen when the rainy season hits, the U.N. Children's Fund said
Thursday. (c) The preventable disease has spread through the southern African country in the
past 10 months. (d) UNICEF said this is because of faulty sewage systems, uncollected refuse

and a lack of clean water. (e) Nearly 100,000 people have been infected since the current
epidemic broke out, according to a new Red Cross report. (f) The cholera crisis comes as
Zimbabwe is struggling with an economic meltdown. (g) In May, Zimbabwe announced that it
would receive a $22 million grant from the World Bank to help the country's battered economy.
For questions 18-23, read the article and identify the clause type of each sentence in the
article. Write your answers in the numbered blanks in the answer sheet. The first sentence
has been done for you as an example.
Example: Sentence (a)  SVO
18. Sentence b 

20. Sentence d 

22. Sentence f  ……………

……………
……………
19. Sentence c  …………… 21. Sentence e  …………… 23. Sentence g 
……………

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For questions 24-27: Read the article again and state the semantic role of the following
sentence elements. Write your answers in the numbered blanks in the answer sheet. The
first has been done for you as an example.
Example:
0. The worst cholera outbreak in Africa in 15 years (sentence a)  Instrumental subject
24. 4000 Zimbabweans (sentence a)

_______________

25. the rainy season (sentence b)

_______________

26. The cholera crisis (sentence f)

_______________

27. $22 million grant (sentence g)

_______________

Questions 28-29: Paraphrase sentence 28 & 29 to show the difference in meaning between
these two sentences.
28. A child didn’t like the new M&M product.
 ___________________________________________________________________________
29. Not a child liked the new M& M product.
 ___________________________________________________________________________
Questions 30-33: State these following sentences are Simple (S), Complex (CX), Compound
(CP), or Complex Compound (CC).
30. Now he saw that both the man and woman were moving slowly and irregularly, staggering,
as if they found it a struggle to remain on their feet.
31. The construction was reasonably solid not like the cracker-box construction of so many of
the motel units that have stucco all over the outside but walls that are thin enough so that so you
can hear every movement of the people in the adjoining apartment.
32. The maturity in this point of view, that only the strong look squarely at weakness, lies in its
recognition that no basic problem is ever solved without being clearly understood.
33. TIME PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL PART IN OUR MORTALITY, AND SUDDENLY FOR NO
REASON DAVID COULD IMAGINE FILLED HIS MIND THE IMAGE OF HIS OLD

MOTHER SITTING IN HER ARMCHAIR WITH SUNSET LIGHT FLOODING IN.
30. ……………
31. ……………

32. ……………
33. ……………

Questions 34-37: Identify whether the underlined are Adjunct (A), Conjunct (C), Style
Disjunct (SD), or Attitudinal Disjunct (AD).
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34. However, she is not obviously beautiful one may think.
35. Geographically, England is a diverse land of great sceneries.
36. Understandably, the disappearance of the plane was alleged to result from terrorism.
37. As a matter of fact, we couldn’t carry on this project without the fund he ran away with.
Questions 38-39: Identify whether the underlined is Segregatory (S) or Combinatory (C)
coordination.
38. John and Peter have different tastes.

_______________

39. Bob and Mary separated.

_______________

Question 40: The ellipsis in the sentence below is faulty. Rewrite it correctly. An example
has been done for you.
Example:
Tonight’s stories show that children are still exposed to poverty, malnutrition, poor education

and healthcare.

 Tonight’s stories show that children are still exposed to poverty, malnutrition, poor education
and poor healthcare/ and poor education and healthcare.
A shooting campaign is under way to wipe out Tasmanian masked owls introduced in the 1920s
to eradicated the rats, but instead developed a taste for the Lord Howe island wood-hen, one of
the word’s rarest birds, found only on the island. (The Daily Telegraph 27.7.89)
THE END

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Số phách

Họ và tên:................................................................................................
Ngày sinh:.....................................................................Lớp:……………
Phòng thi số: ……………...STT:………….. Giám thị 1….……….……………... Giám thị 2…….……………..

………

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ASWER SHEET

Questions 1-5
1. F

2. T

3. T

4. F

5. F

Questions 6-12
6. constituent/ part
7. peripheral
8. lexical
9. auxiliary

10. negation
11. subjects
12. verbs

(Note: 8+9 and 11+12 can be in any order)

Questions 13-17

13. S

14. G

15. S

16. G

17. U

Questions 18-23
Example: Sentence (a)  SVO
18. Sentence b  SVO
19. Sentence c  SV
20. Sentence d  SVO

21. Sentence e  SVC
22. Sentence f  SV
23. Sentence g  SVO

Questions 24-27
Example:
0. The worst cholera outbreak in Africa in 15 years (sentence a)  Instrumental subject
24. Affected Object
25. Temporal Subject
26. Eventive Subject
27. Affected Object

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Questions 28-29:
28. One child did not like the new M&M product, while the others did.
29. No child/ None of the children liked the new M&M product.
Questions 30-33:
30. CX

31. S

32. CX

33. CC

35. A

36. AD

37. SD

Questions 34-37:
34. C
Questions 38-39:
38. C

39. C

Question 40:
A shooting campaign is under way to wipe out Tasmanian masked owls introduced in the 1920s

to eradicated the rats, but WHICH instead developed a taste for the Lord Howe island woodhen, one of the word’s rarest birds, found only on the island. (The Daily Telegraph 27.7.89)

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