Basic English Grammar (ENGA2105)
English - ENG
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2016
DEPAPARTMENT: ENGLISH
UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
FACULTY OF ARTS
END-OF-SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
COURSE INSTRUCTORS: NDONGMANJI/ WANJI
MONTH: APRIL
COURSE CODE: ENG 205
YEAR:
2016
COURSE TITLE: BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
CREDIT VALUE: 6
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.
SECTION A
NB Marks will be awarded for orderly presentation of material
Qla) With the help of a diagram classify verbs in English and give examples.
Q1b) In a single line only state why verbs are regular and irregular.
Q1c) Give a comprehensive list of tense markers or indicators as they appear in the drill chart.
Q2. State the moods of a verb and give one example each. NB state each mood and give an example below it.
Q3. Study the underlined words in these sentences and state the type of pronoun or adjective in each case.
Example: He came here. Answer: He= personal pronoun.
1) The book on the table is his and not mine.
2) My father told me a story
3) Half-baked intellectuals are good to our society.
4) We spoke to one another when we met in Nsimalen airport.
5) Which is the book that he gave the third boy in this class?
6) Snakes are dangerous and John, the hunter, kills them very often
7) Many women help themselves in our canteen
8) Paul told us that one is not allowed to see him
9) Which food did you sell to these children?
Q4) Rewrite the following sentences in your answer booklets and correct what you feel is wrong. Write what should
be corrected on a new line and correct it. Example: I have rang the bell very early today
Answer: Have rang = have rung
1) If Paul came home I would have known.
2) Paul asked the driver of the bus to drop him at Nkwen
3) It is necessary that Paul goes on tour
4) He told Mercy about Susan and we who visit her often.
5) The man makes me to believe what he says.
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6) We plead that he forgives and forgets his misleads.
7) Why did you, as Paul said, lost my phone?
8) The rich farmer bought severed reindeers last years.
9) Beside English grammar we do many other subjects.
10) lt is important that she spends time with the children, Paul and I.
11) Paul spoke to Simon, Henry and she, Sheila.
12) 1 have not, as Michael has made you believe, drank two beers.
SECTION B: Answer question ONE and any other
Q1) Paying attention to syntactic structure, construct sentences each with the following structures:
i) A sentence with a noun phrase as subject.
ii) A sentence with a noun phrase as direct object.
iii) A sentence with an infinitive phrase as subject.
iv) A sentence with an obligatory adjunct.
v) A sentence with an object complement
Q2) Although affixes appear as unnecessary appendages to root words, they are pregnant with meaning. Discuss.
Q3) How can you prove grammatically that the word ‘man’ is a noun?
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