ENG1502 ASSIGNMIGNMENT 1
2024
1.1 The English language follows certain grammatical rules that determine the
grammatical correctness of sentences. Taking this point into consideration, read the
following text and answer the questions that follow.
The lines in the text have been numbered for convenience.
1.1.1 Identify three words that make the above text grammatically incorrect. (3 marks)
- "is" (line 2)
- "Me" (line 3)
- "supporting" (line 4)
1.1.2 Briefly explain why each word is grammatically incorrect in the text. (6 marks)
- "is" should be "are" to agree with the subject "children" (line 2).
UNISA
ENG1512
, 1.1 The English language follows certain grammatical rules that determine the grammatical
correctness of sentences. Taking this point into consideration, read the following text and
answer the questions that follow.
The lines in the text have been numbered for convenience.
1.1.1 Identify three words that make the above text grammatically incorrect. (3 marks)
- "is" (line 2)
- "Me" (line 3)
- "supporting" (line 4)
1.1.2 Briefly explain why each word is grammatically incorrect in the text. (6 marks)
- "is" should be "are" to agree with the subject "children" (line 2).
- "Me" is incorrect; it should be "I" as the subject of the sentence (line 3).
- "supporting" should be "support" to correspond with the verb "have to" (line 4).
1.1.3 Provide a grammatically correct word for each word you identified in 1.1.1. Do NOT
rewrite the text. Simply list the words. (3 marks)
- "are" (line 2)
- "I" (line 3)
- "Support" (line 4)
1.2 Every word in a sentence must have a meaning for the sentence to make sense. Taking
this comment into account, read the following sentence and answer the questions that
follow.
Excitedly, my cousin called me to share the news that she won a holiday prize to the beautiful
Zanzibar and promised to bring me a stizz as a souvenir.
1.2.1 What word makes this sentence somewhat meaningless? (1 mark)
- The word "stizz" makes this sentence somewhat meaningless.
1.2.2 Briefly explain why the word you identified in 1.2.1 makes the above sentence
somewhat meaningless. (2 marks)
2024
1.1 The English language follows certain grammatical rules that determine the
grammatical correctness of sentences. Taking this point into consideration, read the
following text and answer the questions that follow.
The lines in the text have been numbered for convenience.
1.1.1 Identify three words that make the above text grammatically incorrect. (3 marks)
- "is" (line 2)
- "Me" (line 3)
- "supporting" (line 4)
1.1.2 Briefly explain why each word is grammatically incorrect in the text. (6 marks)
- "is" should be "are" to agree with the subject "children" (line 2).
UNISA
ENG1512
, 1.1 The English language follows certain grammatical rules that determine the grammatical
correctness of sentences. Taking this point into consideration, read the following text and
answer the questions that follow.
The lines in the text have been numbered for convenience.
1.1.1 Identify three words that make the above text grammatically incorrect. (3 marks)
- "is" (line 2)
- "Me" (line 3)
- "supporting" (line 4)
1.1.2 Briefly explain why each word is grammatically incorrect in the text. (6 marks)
- "is" should be "are" to agree with the subject "children" (line 2).
- "Me" is incorrect; it should be "I" as the subject of the sentence (line 3).
- "supporting" should be "support" to correspond with the verb "have to" (line 4).
1.1.3 Provide a grammatically correct word for each word you identified in 1.1.1. Do NOT
rewrite the text. Simply list the words. (3 marks)
- "are" (line 2)
- "I" (line 3)
- "Support" (line 4)
1.2 Every word in a sentence must have a meaning for the sentence to make sense. Taking
this comment into account, read the following sentence and answer the questions that
follow.
Excitedly, my cousin called me to share the news that she won a holiday prize to the beautiful
Zanzibar and promised to bring me a stizz as a souvenir.
1.2.1 What word makes this sentence somewhat meaningless? (1 mark)
- The word "stizz" makes this sentence somewhat meaningless.
1.2.2 Briefly explain why the word you identified in 1.2.1 makes the above sentence
somewhat meaningless. (2 marks)
