, ENG1514
January/February 2026
SECTION A AND B
The Rise of AI and the Fight Against Misinformation: Navigating the Digital
Landscape
Question 1 (5 marks)
a) What is the type of phrase that is underlined in the title above?
Answer:
It is a noun phrase. (1 mark)
b) Categorise the phrase “The Fight Against Misinformation” into its three
constituent parts.
Answer:
Determiner: The
Head noun: Fight
Post-modifier (prepositional phrase): Against misinformation
(3 marks)
c) What type of phrase is “of AI”?
Answer:
It is a prepositional phrase. (1 mark)
Question 2 (4 marks)
a) Explain why the prepositional phrase “In an era of readily accessible
information” is optional.
Answer:
The phrase is optional because the sentence remains grammatically complete
and meaningful without it. It adds contextual background but is not essential to
the core sentence structure. (2 marks)
b) Write out the word that “its” refers to in sentence two of paragraph 1.
Answer:
Artificial intelligence (AI) (1 mark)
c) What feature of human language best describes the word “deepfakes”?
Answer:
Creativity / productivity of language (1 mark)
Question 3 (3 marks)
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January/February 2026
SECTION A AND B
The Rise of AI and the Fight Against Misinformation: Navigating the Digital
Landscape
Question 1 (5 marks)
a) What is the type of phrase that is underlined in the title above?
Answer:
It is a noun phrase. (1 mark)
b) Categorise the phrase “The Fight Against Misinformation” into its three
constituent parts.
Answer:
Determiner: The
Head noun: Fight
Post-modifier (prepositional phrase): Against misinformation
(3 marks)
c) What type of phrase is “of AI”?
Answer:
It is a prepositional phrase. (1 mark)
Question 2 (4 marks)
a) Explain why the prepositional phrase “In an era of readily accessible
information” is optional.
Answer:
The phrase is optional because the sentence remains grammatically complete
and meaningful without it. It adds contextual background but is not essential to
the core sentence structure. (2 marks)
b) Write out the word that “its” refers to in sentence two of paragraph 1.
Answer:
Artificial intelligence (AI) (1 mark)
c) What feature of human language best describes the word “deepfakes”?
Answer:
Creativity / productivity of language (1 mark)
Question 3 (3 marks)
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