ENG1502 Exam Prep Questions & Memo 2021.

ENG1502 Exam Prep Questions & Memo 2021. Foundations In English Language Studies. The underlined words in each of the sentences are often confused during pronunciation. Read each sentence and write out the full sentence using the word which best fits. Underline the word. a) We were wondering/wandering where she was? We were wondering where she was? b) Which county/country did you say he is a president of? Which country did you say he is a president of? c) She has a heart/hut of gold. She has a heart of gold. d) Did you say you were parking/packing in my garage? Did you say you were parking in my garage? e) He tripped over the stump/stamp on the ground. He tripped over the stump on the ground. Question 2: Which five of the following words contain the /dƷ/ sound? Give five only. Gin Injury Soldier Judge Yam Question 3: Where would you place the primary stress in the following words? 1. Psychology Psychology 2. Psychological Psychological 3. Psycholinguistic Psycholinguistic 4. Psychometrics Psychometrics Question 4: Which five of the following words contain the /s/ sound? Please give five only. Song Science Face City Houses Question 5: Write down the one word from the set of four words which contains either vowels or consonants sound which makes the pronunciation of the word different from the other. 1. Accommodate 2. People 3. Spring 4. Mould 5. Machine Question 6: Write the sound /s/, /z/ or /ız/ next to the following words. 1. Judges - /ız/ 2. Lives - /z/ 3. Plates - /s/ 4. Classes - /ız/ 5. Breathes - /z/ Section B: Grammar, syntax and meaning Question 7: Study the sentences in column A. Complete the same sentences as shown in column B. Your revised sentences must include a compound adjective. Column A Column B The letter was written by hand The letter was handwritten We grew the vegetables at home The vegetables are home-grown We went on holiday at the last minute It was a last-minute holiday Jane works very hard Jane is hardworking Tom looks really good Tom is good-looking Question 8: Each of the following sentences can carry more than one meaning, making them ambiguous. Read these sentences carefully and clearly explain the ambiguity in each. 1. You should take a look at this dog with one eye. The person should look at the dogs' eye, he only has one eye. Someone is telling the person he should look at the dog with one eye open. 2. The man shot the thief with a knife. The man shot the thief for his own protection, as he was caring a knife. The man who was defending himself shot the thief with a knife. 3. The killer was sentence to die for the second time in 15 years. The murder was sentenced for 15 years to prison as he killed some the second time around. The murder was sentenced for life/death for killing two times in the period of 15 years. 4. James promised that he would give Bella a ring tomorrow. James will give Bella a ring, which she can wear, tomorrow. James will call Bella tomorrow. 5. Be careful, flying planes can be dangerous. Someone is warning a person that flying planes, being a pilot, is dangerous. It is a warning that you should be on the lookout for planes flying. Question 9: Read the following passage entitles “Bake Off contestant complains of editing ‘Stitch-up” 1. Is “BBC” an example of initialism or an acronym? Initialism 2. What does “stitched-up” mean? Please provide the connotative and denotative meaning of the phrase. Connotative - To mend on join Margeaux Vorster ENG1502: Exam Prep 2016 Denotative - To be betrayed 3. Identify the verb tense of passage. Quote at least 2 different sentences from the passage to support your answer. Past continues tense: “Watters exited the shoe after throwing his melted Baked Alaska in a bin.” “”This has made it look like some cutthroat competition,” she continued “I think someone’s culpable for the editing, really.”” 4. Identify two pronouns in this passage and state the noun to which they refer. She - Diana Beard His - Watters 5. Identify one compound words in the passage. Scapegoat Question 10: Identify the morphemes in the following word list. Then classify the words into the following groups to illustrate the different morphemes. Free/independent, bound/dependent, grammatical, creative/derivational. Hero Tall Pay Hardship Pigs Taller Payee Heroes Free/Independent Bound/Dependent Derivational/Creative Grammatical Tall Taller Payee Pigs Pay Hardship Hero Heroes Section C: Discourse and language in action Question 11: Analyse the following text. Comment critically on the argument presented by pointing out: What can we infer about the writer, the audience, the purpose and the message of the text? Refer closely to the text to support your observations. You answer should be in essay form and not more than one page in length. Feminism, where women take over the world? No it is not that at all, that is what we have learned from some Hollywood stars that feminism is about women should be put in power. Well that is not the deal. They want to be equal, handle equal. No man can survive a women’s world. (A world be run by women, we will have a new law every few seconds.) The writer is writing about feminism on the ‘bright’ side of things. He/she is talking about how this help men with their daily life struggle of being the “ideal man”. He is saying that no matter what, you need to express your emotion, even if it is crying or just being sad. He/she wants to be able to change the matter of how we see men and feminism. As for the audience, I think is more referred to men. The writer also include women of being more respectful towards men that are showing their emotion and that they are beautiful as well. A man is also a human being that have emotions and needs attention. The purpose of the text is to show that feminism is an advantage for both men and women. It should not be seen as just only “Women in Power”. It also focuses on the advantages that men and women work together not against each other. The messages, or messages is that “All men have been hurt by the traditional system.” No matter what gender “be yourself.” Feminism helps men and women. Question 12: Read the following poem carefully. Comment critically on the use of language. Focus specifically on punctuations, choice of words, sentence structure, meaning and tone. The poem is very interesting as in my opinion it refers to the bad and good, in every situation if it is your dream or something that’s bothering you. It is only your perspective that changes when you change between good and bad. As for the question marks, which is almost at the end of each stanza, it emphasise the rhyme of the words on the ending. The words are representing the good and bad, or evil. The hyphen adds emphasis to the word, sore and over. The full stop at the end of “load” describes the load as one thing and not being continuous. The choice of words are forming the idea of good and evil, or bad. How do you react to a dream, the one you have for your life that is being postponed? Is the dream you have disappearing like the juices of a grape? Do you build up resentment towards yourself? Do you just leave your dream life or do you peruse it and have the time of your life? Or you leave your dream pondering till you can’t handle it anymore? These words are referring to something good and something bad. It is almost like a ying yang. Sentence structure is something that is short and not getting to the point it is continuous, as it is asking the questions, and want you to think about the dream that you have left for years. It makes you think about the dream in stages. 1. What happen to your dream? 2. Where is your creative juices to make it happen? 3. Is it still in your mind and keep coming up often? 4. Is it worth pursuing? 5. Why did you not let it go? It will be with you till the end, if you do not do something about it. The tone is very emotional, a bit sombre and somewhat caring. Section A: Sound and word formation Question 1: The five words listed below have been extracted from this short passage. These words have been transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Study the transcriptions and then identify the words they represent from the passage. 1. | kəmˈpleɪn | - Complain 2. | prəˈsiːdʒə | - Procedure 3. | kəˈrekt | - Correct 4. | ˈpiːnəlaɪz | - Penalise 5. | ˈtʃænl|̩ – Channel Question 2: Which five of the following words contain the /dƷ/ sound? 1. Jet 2. Just 3. Damage 4. Juggle 5. Collage Question 3: Where would the stress take place in the following words? a) Consequence - CONsequence b) Abomination - AbomiNAtion c) Dangerous - DANgerous d) Exactly - EXACTly e) Interpret - InTERper Question 4: Which of the following words contain the /s/ sound. 1. Issue 2. Psychology 3. Castle 4. Discipline 5. Mix Question 5: Write down the one word that is pronounced differently from the other three words. 1. Tongue 2. Biscuit 3. Though 4. Flood 5. Caught Question 6: Write down the sound /s/, /z/ or /ız/ next to the following words. 1. Tapes - /s/ 2. Books - /s/ 3. Wives - /z/ 4. Blaze - /iz/ 5. Goes - /z/ Section B: Grammar, syntax and meaning Question 7: Modify the following English words into different form by adding either a prefix or suffix. Greed - Greedy Scientific - Scientifically Noble - Nobler Adapt - Adaptor Alter - Alteration