ENG1514 Assignment 1 2023 Answers, guidelines, workings and reference .................................................................... PART 1: Knowledge-based Questions 1 Explain, in your own words, why functional words, as opposed to content words, are limited in number. 2 Marks 2 Name three functions of language that are connected with the creative feature of human language. 3 Marks 3 Creativity as a feature of human language is also referred to as productivity or openness. List four words that have been created to describe interaction on social media because of this feature of language. 4 Marks Page | 3 4 Function is a grammatical concept that refers to the roles that a word or a phrase can perform based on the position the word, or the phrase occupies in a sentence. Read the following sentences carefully and indicate the function that the noun phrase in bold performs: The Zondo Commission submitted the final report last year. Pitso has bought the Ferrari. The students entertained the chairperson of the school board. Miss Loliwe loves apple juice. Floyd is a boxer. 5 Marks 5 Give one justification for why the following sentences can be identified as either a Simple, Compound, Complex or Compound Complex sentence: The talented singer who performed at the concert came to the party at the weekend. Although I am not very good, I really enjoy playing rugby. Serena struck a beautiful backhand shot, but the return was even of a better quality. Thabo could not travel and Thembi could not leave the house because they had to quarantine. I am writing my English examination today. 5 Marks Page | 4 6a The following sentences contain tense errors. Rewrite the sentences in the correct tense: We were waiting at the reception when the man suddenly emerging from the door. The Mercedes driver swerved to avoid the accident, otherwise it will be fatal. The professor explained the concepts methodically until it is going to be clear for everyone. 3 Marks 6b Explain why the tense you have corrected is incorrect in each of the three sentences.
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