2015-2016 F4S/C Grammar Practice 5 Answer Key Third Term

Part A: Parts of Speech: 4% @0.5%

1. adverb 3. conjunction 5. adjective 7. adverb
2. determiner 4. verb 6. adjective 8. adverb

Part B: Multiple-choice Questions: 7% @1%

1. D
(Not A is because the verb to be is after the subject after a noun clause.)
(Not B is because ‘affects’ takes object.)
(Not C is because this means the light is affected on human circadian rhythms.)
2. C
(Not A, B or D is because there is no verb in the sentence if they are chosen
respectively.)
3. B
(Collocation: opt for)
4. C
(Not A is because ‘single living thing’ takes ‘the’.)
(Not B is because there is no ‘the’ before plural nouns if there are no
antecedents.)
(Not D is because there should be no inversion after a preposition phrase and
the structure is not parallel.)
5. B
(Not A is because it is not a prepositional phrase.)
(Not C is because an ‘s’ is missing after the word ‘term’.)
(Not D is because the subject after the prepositional phrase should be a person
holding the point of view.)
6. A
(Not B is because only a prepositional phrase or a clause should be followed.)
(Not C is because ‘with a view to’ means ‘for a reason’.)
(Not D is because ‘with regard to’ is a fixed phrase. We should omit the ‘a’.)
7. A
(Not B, C or D is because this is a fixed usage.)
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Part C: Error Spotting: 7% @1%

Letters with errors: Correct answers: Remarks:
1. D will attend  would Past tense was used in front. (Tenses
attend agreement)
2. D so I am  so am I Fixed usage; unexplainable
3. B him  his There is a participle phrase followed by.
Structure ‘possessive adjectives +
participle phrase’ is a fixed usage.
4. D between  among We can only use ‘between’ when there
are only two people. Obviously, there
are more than two people.
5. A such beautiful day  Article ‘a’ should be included. Structure
such a beautiful day ‘such + a + noun (phrase)’ is fixed.
6. C their  its Aluminium is uncountable; therefore,
we should use ‘it’.
Though common has two syllables,
‘more common’ is rather formal than
using ‘commoner’. So, A is correct.
7. C in  on We use ‘on’ instead of ‘in’ before the
name of a street

Part D: Articles: 10% @0.5%

1. the 5. X 9. the 13. the 17. the
2. the 6. a 10. X 14. X 18. the
3. X 7. the 11. the 15. X 19. the
4. X 8. the 12. the 16. the 20. the

Part E: Prepositions or Adverbs: 13% 1-6 @0.5%, 7-32 @0.25%, 33-39 @0.5%
1. Throughout 11. up 21. up 31. round
2. With 12. to 22. for 32. to
3. on 13. up 23. up 33. for
4. into 14. against/with 24. for 34. after
5. with 15. in 25. up 35. over
6. for 16. on 26. with 36. for
7. away 17. up 27. on 37. into
8. with 18. with 28. with 38. on
9. out 19. down 29. out 39. over
10. of 20. on 30. of
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Part F: Tenses: 25% @1% *better choice

1. realises/*realised 8. was 17. frightening
2. am looking/*was 9. seeing 18. will not allow
looking 10. is/*has been 19. to join
3. go/*went 11. surrounding 20. have
4. had been developed 12. *swear/has sworn 21. says
5. would not have 13. *knew/had known 22. have passed
gone 14. has suffered 23. torn
6. to see 15. *killed/has killed 24. was discovered
7. had known 16. is/has been 25. caused

Part G: Clauses Analyses/Identifications: 7%

Subordinate Types of subordinate Locations of Mark Scheme:
clauses: (a) clauses: (b) subordinate clauses:
that…time R Line 3-4 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
that…songs R Line 4 (front) (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
that…composed R Line 4 (behind) (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
that/jazz…music N Line 5-6 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
but…believed A Line 7 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
that...works N Line 7-8 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
when…else A Line 11-12 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
that…chicle N Line 13-14 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
which…tree R Line 14 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
that…rubber N Line 14-15 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
While…it A Line 15-16 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
that…it N Line 17 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
until…on A Line 19-20 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%
Though…rubber A Line 20 (a) 0.25% (b) 0.25%

Part H: Reconstructing sentences: 27%

Inversion: (3%)
1. No sooner had the words been spoken than he should have remained silent. (1%)
2. Not only did my uncle buy a car for my cousin, but he also paid for her wedding
reception. (1%)
3. Had I been in the meeting and learnt the problem, I would not have approved your
project. (1%)

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Relative clauses: (4%) (No mark for reduced relative clauses.)
4. Alfred Hitchcock, who was born in Britain, worked for many years in Hollywood.
(1%) (No mark for defining relative clause.)
5. The criminal, the car of whom the police found near the library, has finally been
arrested. (1%) (No mark for no commas.)
6. Tours which are recorded on audio devices are offered to visitors who want to
learn about nature on the island. (2%)

Cleft sentences: (3.5%)

7. It is because of the promotion of competition of privatization that it is thought to
be beneficial. (1%) (not ‘why’)
(No ‘its promotion of competition’ or even privatization’s promotion of
competition)
8. It is by cleaning my room every day that I manage to keep my room so tidy. (1%)
9. The Twin Towers were destroyed by terrorists, who thought they could tear the US
apart, but instead, it was this tragedy that brought the US people together. (1.5%)

Passive voice, Active causative or Passive causative: (3%)

10. The message was allowed to be delivered. (1%)
11. After being late for work every day for two weeks, Harrison had his pay
reduced./the boss had Harrison’s pay reduce. (1%)
12. The administrator commanded the officer to have his final work submit tomorrow.
(1%)

Participle clauses: (13%)

13. Being lazy, Ryan couldn’t pass it. (1%)
14. After having dropped him at the station, I drove straight to the supermarket. (1%)
15. While talking on the phone, they forgot everything around them. (1%)
16. The woman, giving away the prizes, is the wife of the mayor.
OR Being the wife of the mayor, the woman is giving away the prizes. (1%)
17. Taking up cheating, I failed my engineering exams. (1)
OR I took up cheating, failing my engineering exams. (2) (1%)
(The participle phrase in (1) acts as a reason; the one in (2) acts as a result.)
18. Most of the people invited to the party didn’t turn up. (1%)
19. I accidentally stepped into a hole having been dug/dug for the purpose of planting
a young tree. (1%)
20. Abused by the rogues, the woman called the police arresting the rogues several
days later. (2%)

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21. Finding his cage door open and seeing no sign of his keeper, the lion left the cage
and walked slowly towards the zoo entrance.
OR The lion, finding his cage door open and seeing no sign of his keeper, left the
cage and walked slowly towards the zoo entrance. (2%)
22. Having been fired, the chicken was served with mushrooms and peas having been
canned/canned. (2%)

BONUS (+22%)
(a) Relative clauses are found. (1%) The subjects are missing. (1%)
(b) It means the one with commas (the relative clause in the first sentence) is a
non-defining (relative) clause (0.5%) while the one without commas (the relative
clause in the second sentence) is a defining (relative) clause (0.5%).
In the first sentence, the relative clause affects the meaning of the sentence which
now means that all elderly have no relatives. (1%)
In the second sentence, the relative clause affects the meaning of the sentence
which now means that only the elderly living in the nursing home have no
relatives. (1%)
(c) The second sentence does sound more logical. (0.5%)
(d) (i) The elderly living in the nursing home have no relatives. (1%)
(ii) It is called a present participle phrase/clause. (0.5%)
Not only can it function as reasons, conditions or results, (1.5%, @0.5%)
but it can only show two actions happening at the same time, background
and an action happening before another action. (2%) (Total: 4%)
(iii)ii No, he isn’t correct. (1%) We can only reduce the relative clause when it
appears to be a defining one. (1%)
(e) (i) They are ‘live in’. (0.5%)
(ii) To ‘live on’ means to ‘have something as income’. (1%)
(iii)ii Yes, it is. (0.5%)
The meaning of the phrase itself does not share any meaning with the
original verb ‘live’. (1%)
(iv) The word ‘in’ in ‘live in’ is a preposition. (0.5%)
The word ‘on’ in ‘live on’ is an adverb. (0.5%)
(v) It is termed ‘particle. (1%)
(f) No, it isn’t. (0.5%) A semicolon should be used in the middle. (1%) A semicolon
connects two dependent clauses. (1%) A comma only connects an independent
(subordinate) clause and a dependent clause or an independent (subordinate)
clause. (0.5%)

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