WORKSHEET 1

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION
A. Indicate in which of the following sentences/clauses a grammatical unit is
contained within another grammatical unit of the same type i!e! a clause within a
clause" a phrase within another phrase" a word inside another word" and so on#" or
contained within a unit of a lower ran$ thus" e!g! a clause within a phrase#!
1. Peter has sold the flat he had in London.
2. I need gloves this size.
. To invite !a"# $o%ld &e i'(ossi&le.
). Wh* $ere *o% so late+
,. I "arried the &o- $ith the &oo#s.
.. The* $ill &e visiting all the '%se%'s ne-t 'onth.
/. Her &est friend0s father has died.
1. 2o% don0t reall* love that girl.
Wor#sheet 1 3SI4
1
5. She gave 'e that don0t6to%"h6'e loo#.
17. To leave earl* $o%ld &e ver* sensi&le.
8. %ay which of the underlined parts of the sentences &elow constitute phrases and"
if they do" what $ind of phrase:
9T*(es of (hrases: ;P< Ad=P< Pre(P< >P< AdvP?
1. 2o% $ere driving faster than 177 '.(.h.
2. It is s%r(rising that he sho%ld have given %( so easil*.
. His a""o%nt $as 'ore tr%thf%l than $e e-(e"ted.
). She is not satisfied no$ and never $ill &e.
,. Have *o% (i"#ed %( *o%r "redit "ard *et+
.. When in Ro'e< do as the Ro'ans do.
/. I 'et her for the first ti'e in Paris *ears ago.
1. The 'eeting $ill ta#e (la"e t$o da*s later.
5. In ter's of 'one* it0s the &est $e "an do.
Wor#sheet 1 3SI4
2
17. St%dents interested in this "o%rse sho%ld register as soon as (ossi&le.
@. 'nalyse the following sentences into their immediate constituents! Identify the
functions of these constituents and their realisations" as in the following
e(ample:
The policeman suddenly recognised the thief
%u:N) ':'d*) ):+) DO:N)
9Aor "la%se f%n"tions "hoose a'ong the follo$ing: S%< P< BO< IO< @s 3S%&=e"t @o'(le'ent4<
@o 3O&=e"t @o'(le'ent4?
1. He hesitated for a 'o'ent.
2. C* %n"le has &een selling "ars for nine *ears.
. He left his da%ghter 'ost of his fort%ne.
). The girl *o% $ere tal#ing to is '* se"retar*.

,. That he is the &est "andidate is self6evident.
.. The (orter "alled '* father a fas"ist.
/. Within t$o 'iles of the air(ort $o%ld &e too nois*.
1. The &est (la* Sha#es(eare $rote is (ro&a&l* ,ing -ear.
B. 'nalyse the following words into morphemes:
1. earlier
2. %n(ro&le'ati"
Wor#sheet 1 3SI4

. (ro'ising
). ine-"%sa&le
,. (la*ers
.. disa((earan"e
/. ti'eta&le
E. Identify the ad.ecti*e" noun and prepositional phrases at any le*el" not only as
immediate constituents# in the following sentences:
1. He hit his o((onent $ith his tennis ra"#et.
2. The da* &efore he left $as a Sat%rda*.
. He is &e"o'ing too &ig for his &oots.
). Sin"e last $ee# I have a roo' near the offi"e.
,. The ne$s that England had $on $as a s%r(rise.
A. Assign the %nderlined $ords to "lasses:
1. The trans(aren"* of *o%r lies is e'&arrassing.
2. 2o% #no$ that *o% loo# lovel* in that dress.
Wor#sheet 1 3SI4
)
. The statel* ho'es in Kent have latel* &een negle"ted.
). This is one of the "o''onest 'ista#es 'ade &* foreigners in (rono%n"ing English.
,. 2o% sho%ldn0t give %( so easil* 66 life has its %(s and do$ns.
Wor#sheet 1 3SI4
,