ENG1514 EXAMINATION PORTFOLIO

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QUESTION 1




1 Write out in full the example of a verb phrase in the present participle /present
perfect in the first sentence in Paragraph 1


Present perfect- KwaZulu-Natal has been warned to brace for more heavy rain and
possible mudslides on Thursday.


In the second sentence of paragraph 1, after analysing the phrase “the severe
storm” as a Noun Phrase answer the following questions:


2a Identify the premodifier

, ‘The’ and ‘storm’ are the premodifier.


2b What is the head noun?


The head noun is ‘severe’.


2c Write out the definite article in the phrase


‘The’ is the definite article.


2d Which word is an adjective in the phrase?


‘Severe’.


3a What type of phrase is “with mop-up operations” in the third sentence of
paragraph1?


Adjective phrase.

3b Write out the noun phrase within the type of phrase identified in 3a
Mop-up operations is a noun phrase.
Explain why the word “mop-up” is used as an adjective in this
phrase?
The adjective mopped-up describes the noun ‘operations’ in this sentence, the word has
been formed by the hyphen- and by using the verb ‘mopped up’.


4 Explain what part of speech the word “faster” is in the last sentence of
paragraph 3?
Faster can be a noun, an adverb or an adjective. But in this case the word faster is an
adverb.