DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION

ENG 208: Morphosyntax

SECTION A: Answer the TWO questions

Ql) A postmodifier in a noun phrase can function as: a finite relative clause, a participle relative clause (-ing

participle or -ed participle), an infinitival relative clause, a prepositional phrase, spatial particle or an

adjective (especial y when coordinated and appositive). Underline the postmodifier in each of the folio

wing phrases and state the kind of modifier

(7) The next train to arrive was from Ngaonndere.

Q2) Grammatical relations indicate the syntactic function of a phrase in a sentence:

Write down two sentences to indicate the syntactic functions of the following in a sentence: (State the

function, e.g. actor or agent, patient or undergoer, recipient or benefactor, indicate time, place, cause,

manner etc, modifiers of a noun)

Subject

Direct object

Indirect object