ENGLISH
ENG1514
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Semester 1
Assignment 1
Unique number: 536265
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Megan Swanepoel
Student number: 69313946
, Table of contents
Coverpage................................................................................................................pg1
Table of Contents.....................................................................................................pg2
Introduction...............................................................................................................pg3
PART 1:
1. a) What features of language enable people to raise their children
in a socially rich environment in which children can learn to interact with
people?..............................................................................................................pg4
1. c) Give one example of the feature in (a) and one example of the feature
in (b)..................................................................................................................pg4
1.b) What features of humans allow humans beings to speak or write
about events that took place in the past, that will take them in the future, that
are talking place now or that are taking place far away from
them?.................................................................................................................pg4
2. Give two examples of descriptive adjectives.
3.a) What is the difference between a transitive verb and intransitive
verbs? .................................................................................................................pg4
3.b) Give one example of a transitive verb and one example of an
intransitive verb..................................................................................................pg4
3.c)What is the difference between regular verbs and irregular verbs ? ..................pg5
3.d)Give one example of a transitive verb and one example of an
intransitive verb.................................................................................................pg5
3.e) What is the difference between finite verbs and non-finite verbs? .................pg5
3.f) Give one example of a transitive verb and one example of
an intransitive verb............................................................................................pg5
4. Give the plural of the following nouns..................................................................pg5
PART 2:
1.a) What tense is used in this passage?................................................................pg6
1.b) Give three reasons for your answer in (a)........................................................pg6
2. List three adjectives form the passage................................................................pg6
3. List three adverbs from the passage...................................................................pg6
4.a) List three verbs that are in the perfect tense....................................................pg6
4.b)List three proper nouns.....................................................................................pg6
4.c)List three common nouns..................................................................................pg6
5.Identify the kinds of sentences below and give a reason for your answer:
5.a)The man nodded his head and returned the paper to the astonished
young elder...................................................................................................... pg7
5.b)Elder Price did not have the required sum........................................................pg7
5.c)When he boat finally docked, the young elder decided that he would
board a train and go as far as he possibly could..............................................pg7
Conclusion..............................................................................................................pg8
Bibliography............................................................................................................pg9
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, Introduction
Beryl Bainbridge said that once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply on
paper and in time learning what not to say.Grammer have a lot of importance as it
shows us how to correctly express ourselves through talking, writing and even listing to
music. In this assignment we will learn the simple details in how to us e verbs, adverbs,
adjectives, nouns, etc correctly.
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ENG1514
_____________________________________________
Semester 1
Assignment 1
Unique number: 536265
_______________________________________________
Megan Swanepoel
Student number: 69313946
, Table of contents
Coverpage................................................................................................................pg1
Table of Contents.....................................................................................................pg2
Introduction...............................................................................................................pg3
PART 1:
1. a) What features of language enable people to raise their children
in a socially rich environment in which children can learn to interact with
people?..............................................................................................................pg4
1. c) Give one example of the feature in (a) and one example of the feature
in (b)..................................................................................................................pg4
1.b) What features of humans allow humans beings to speak or write
about events that took place in the past, that will take them in the future, that
are talking place now or that are taking place far away from
them?.................................................................................................................pg4
2. Give two examples of descriptive adjectives.
3.a) What is the difference between a transitive verb and intransitive
verbs? .................................................................................................................pg4
3.b) Give one example of a transitive verb and one example of an
intransitive verb..................................................................................................pg4
3.c)What is the difference between regular verbs and irregular verbs ? ..................pg5
3.d)Give one example of a transitive verb and one example of an
intransitive verb.................................................................................................pg5
3.e) What is the difference between finite verbs and non-finite verbs? .................pg5
3.f) Give one example of a transitive verb and one example of
an intransitive verb............................................................................................pg5
4. Give the plural of the following nouns..................................................................pg5
PART 2:
1.a) What tense is used in this passage?................................................................pg6
1.b) Give three reasons for your answer in (a)........................................................pg6
2. List three adjectives form the passage................................................................pg6
3. List three adverbs from the passage...................................................................pg6
4.a) List three verbs that are in the perfect tense....................................................pg6
4.b)List three proper nouns.....................................................................................pg6
4.c)List three common nouns..................................................................................pg6
5.Identify the kinds of sentences below and give a reason for your answer:
5.a)The man nodded his head and returned the paper to the astonished
young elder...................................................................................................... pg7
5.b)Elder Price did not have the required sum........................................................pg7
5.c)When he boat finally docked, the young elder decided that he would
board a train and go as far as he possibly could..............................................pg7
Conclusion..............................................................................................................pg8
Bibliography............................................................................................................pg9
2|Page
, Introduction
Beryl Bainbridge said that once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply on
paper and in time learning what not to say.Grammer have a lot of importance as it
shows us how to correctly express ourselves through talking, writing and even listing to
music. In this assignment we will learn the simple details in how to us e verbs, adverbs,
adjectives, nouns, etc correctly.
3|Page
