UNIVERSIDAD YACAMBU

LIC. INFORACIÒN Y DOCUMENTACIÒN

 

LUISA OCHOA

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WORK 8
Basic languages ENGLISH

 

El participante debe investigar what’s The Noun Phrase give examples, The Verb Phrase with examples and The Phrasal verbs, with examples (In English)?

Next do the following exercises.

Noun phrases:

A Noun phrase is a phrase constructed around a Noun. In this sense, we will say that the Noun 'heads' its phrase. Noun phrases in Euskara have a very fixed word order, in contrast to the sentences, where phrases can be arranged in many different ways. Let us consider a few examples:

a. gure haur txiki-a
we-gen baby small-the
'our small baby'

b. neska gazte hau
girl young this
'this young girl'

verb phrase:

 In traditional terminology, a verb phrase is a phrase that  has the syntactic role of a simple verb, and  is composed of a main verb and auxiliary verbs or verbal particles related syntactically to the verb.

In generative grammar, a verb phrase is a syntactic unit that corresponds to the predicate. In addition to the verb, this includes auxiliaries, objects, object complements, and other constituents apart from the subject.

Examples:

We really must be going now

PHRASAL VERBS:

A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and preposition, a verb and adverb, or a verb with both an adverb and preposition, any of which are part of the syntax (of the sentence), and so are a complete semantic unit. Its sentences may, however, contain direct and indirect objects in addition to the phrasal verb.[1] Phrasal verbs are particularly frequent in the English language. A phrasal verb often has a meaning which is different from the original verb.

According to Tom McArthur:

...the term ‘phrasal verb’ was first used by Logan Pearsall Smith, in “Words and Idioms” (1925), in which he states that the OED Editor Henry Bradley suggested the term to him.

Alternative terms for phrasal verb are ‘compound verb’, ‘verb-adverb combination’, ‘verb-particle construction (VPC)’, AmE “two-part word/verb’ and ‘three-part word/verb’ (depending on the number of particles), and multi-word verb (MWV).[2]

'Preposition' and 'adverb' as used in a phrasal verb are also called 'particle' in that they do not alter their form through inflections (are therefore uninflected, they do not accept affixes, etc.).

We often use these words (particles) with verbs of movements. For example:

get on The bus was full. We couldn't get on. 

drive off She got into the car and drove off. 

came back Tom is leaving tomorrow and coming back on Saturday. 

turn round When I touched him on the shoulder, he turned round. 

But often these words (on / off / up / down etc.) give a special (an idiomatic) meaning to a verb. For example:

Sorry I'm late. The car broke down.

Look out! There's car coming.

It was my first flight. I was very nervous as the plane took off.

It was so tired this morning that I couldn't get up.

How did you get on in your examination yesterday?

Exercises
Identify the Head in each of the following bracketed noun phrases:
1. [Cats] make very affectionate pets
2. [The editor] rejected the manuscript.
3. We drove through [an enormous forest] in Germany
4. [People who cycle] get very wet
5. We really enjoy [the funny stories he tells]
6. I like [the title of your book]
7. I enjoy eating [in Indian restaurants]
8. [The roads from Paris] were blocked.
9. [The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons] is the Prime Minister.
10. [The Canadian House of Commons] was abolished in 1801.
11. [The Coat of Arms] was introduced by King Richard I.
12. We saw [the boy running down the street].

Verbs Phrases
Review Verb Tense
I. In the following sentences, identify whether the highlighted verb or compound verb is formed correctly:

1. Beryl had wringed all of water out of the clothes before she hung them on the line.  

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

2. Last night the wind shooked the house so much that I could not sleep.

1. This verb is correctly formed.
2. This verb is not correctly formed.

 

3. Once he had written a letter or two, he went upstairs and listened to his short-wave radio.

 

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

4. The planes have flew over this neighbour for twenty years.

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

5. The child who had been caught stealing bread was hanged at noon.

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

6. I betted my entire salary on a nag named Mephibosheth.

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

7. After Lilith defied Adam, God cast her out of Paradise.

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

8. The bells of the tower have rang for three hours in honour of the passing a generous soul.

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

9. The walls of the trenches that had been digged yesterday collapsed in the torrential downpour.

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

10. Marilla has forbade us to play in the hayloft while she is away.

1. This compound verb is correctly formed.
2. This compound verb is not correctly formed.

 

II. Identify all the verbs in the following extract.
Her pace slowed and an ache spread from between her shoulders. Vapours swirled and banked; the light of on-coming headlights drained out of the car. [...] Sodium street lamps burned phosphorescent holes in the fog, but as she turned off Main Street to the cottage she noticed the one which illuminated the alley was out.

Phrasal verbs

I. Fill in the following verbs (believe, fill, get, look, put, switch, take, throw, turn, try) with the correct prepositions (away, down, for, in, off, on, out).

1. Quick! Get on the bus. It's ready to leave.
2. I don't know where my book is. I have to look for it.
3. Its dark inside. Can you turn out the light, please?
4. fill in the form, please.
5. I need some new clothes. Why don't you  throw out the jeans?
6. It’s warm inside put on.  Your coat.
7. This pencil is really old. You can take it out.
8. It’s so loud here. Can you  turn off the radio, please?
9. The firemen were able to turn out the fire in Church Street.
10. Does your little brother believe in ghosts?

II. Instructions: Complete each sentence with a  suitable word. In text boxes, type just ONE word.

Teacher to students:

"I'm afraid I haven't got enough copies of this exercise. now

I tried to have more run over but the photocopier

had broken down and the repairman

didn't turn over when he was supposed to.

He did ring up to say he'd been

held  out unexpectedly, but that's the second

time that company has let us down recently.

Well, there's nothing else for it: you're just going to have less

to look  for with your neighbour. While you're doing

that, I'll just give  out the test you did last week.

Some of you slipped  off in a few places,

but, on the whole, the results were good. If you like

carry oround as you've been doing, you should do fine!"