Morphology 3

Asist. dr. Imola-Ágnes FARKAS Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Letters Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca [email protected], [email protected] Morphology Spring 2015, English Majors Revision 1: Choose the correct form: 1. Hanger-ons/hangers-on are people who try to be friendly with a famous person in order to get some advantage. 2. Fortunately, I have never met man-eaters/men-eaters. 3. We gathered two basketsful/basketfuls of apples. 4. The clergy were/was opposed to the plan. 5. The poultry is/are eating in the yard. 6. The committee decide/decides to reject the proposal by a vote of five to two. 7. The group gave its/their first concert in June and it is/they are now planning a tour. 8. Her hysterics does/do not move anybody who knows her. 9. Ballistics is/are the study of the motion of projectiles. 10. Tactics is/are very short term strategy, but his tactics is/are deplorable. Revision 2: Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets: 1. The wounded __________ (be) all evacuated. 2. The rich never ______________ (understand) the poor. 3. The French __________ (be) a Latin people. 4. The beautiful ___________ (be) always rendered in poetry. 5. The very best __________ (be) yet to come. 6. The English __________ (like) tea with milk, but the Chinese _______ (eat) Jiu. 7. The beautiful always ________ (stand) out in a crowd. Practice 1: Rephrase the following sentences using the possessive: 1. The stories Steve told and the stories Jane told were completely different. 2. The plays of Mozart and Puccini are very seldom staged nowadays. 3. A photo belonging to my grandfather disappeared last week. 4. A photo portraying my grandfather disappeared last week. 5. I have a bicycle and John has a bicycle. Mine is better than his. 6. Did you read the newspaper that appeared yesterday? 7. My brother’s wife has a car. The car is red. 8. Walter Scott wrote many novels. You can buy his Collected Works for 35$. 9. My son has a wife. She is an English teacher. 10. He took the hat of somebody else. Practice 2: Decide whether the following sentences/phrases are correct or not. Motivate your answer: 1. Good news make everybody happy. 2. Are those sheep or goats in that field over there? 3. He has a few grey hairs. 4. Diabetes are very common these days. 5. ‘Books’ is the plural of ‘book’. 6. the sands of the desert 7. Defense of peace is the cause of all peoples of the world. 8. There are many different wines on the list. 9. a bicycle of Mary 10. the Queen’s of England throne 11. She’s been put in charge of childrens’ activities at the camp.

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Asist. dr. Imola-gnes FARKAS Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Letters Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca [email protected], [email protected]

Morphology Spring 2015, English Majors

Revision 1: Choose the correct form: 1. Hanger-ons/hangers-on are people who try to be friendly with a famous person in order to get some advantage. 2. Fortunately, I have never met man-eaters/men-eaters. 3. We gathered two basketsful/basketfuls of apples. 4. The clergy were/was opposed to the plan. 5. The poultry is/are eating in the yard. 6. The committee decide/decides to reject the proposal by a vote of five to two. 7. The group gave its/their first concert in June and it is/they are now planning a tour. 8. Her hysterics does/do not move anybody who knows her. 9. Ballistics is/are the study of the motion of projectiles. 10. Tactics is/are very short term strategy, but his tactics is/are deplorable.

Revision 2: Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets: 1. The wounded __________ (be) all evacuated. 2. The rich never ______________ (understand) the poor. 3. The French __________ (be) a Latin people. 4. The beautiful ___________ (be) always rendered in poetry. 5. The very best __________ (be) yet to come. 6. The English __________ (like) tea with milk, but the Chinese _______ (eat) Jiu. 7. The beautiful always ________ (stand) out in a crowd.

Practice 1: Rephrase the following sentences using the possessive: 1. The stories Steve told and the stories Jane told were completely different. 2. The plays of Mozart and Puccini are very seldom staged nowadays. 3. A photo belonging to my grandfather disappeared last week. 4. A photo portraying my grandfather disappeared last week. 5. I have a bicycle and John has a bicycle. Mine is better than his. 6. Did you read the newspaper that appeared yesterday? 7. My brothers wife has a car. The car is red. 8. Walter Scott wrote many novels. You can buy his Collected Works for 35$. 9. My son has a wife. She is an English teacher. 10. He took the hat of somebody else.

Practice 2: Decide whether the following sentences/phrases are correct or not. Motivate your answer: 1. Good news make everybody happy. 2. Are those sheep or goats in that field over there? 3. He has a few grey hairs. 4. Diabetes are very common these days. 5. Books is the plural of book. 6. the sands of the desert 7. Defense of peace is the cause of all peoples of the world. 8. There are many different wines on the list. 9. a bicycle of Mary 10. the Queens of England throne 11. Shes been put in charge of childrens activities at the camp.