Eksamensoppgave høsten 2010 Ordinær og ny/utsatt eksamen Bokmål. Engelsk grammatikk og fonetikk. Eksamensdato: 8. desember 2010

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1 Eksamensoppgave høsten 2010 Ordinær og ny/utsatt eksamen Bokmål Fag: Engelsk grammatikk og fonetikk Eksamensdato: 8. desember 2010 Studium/klasse: Engelsk grammatikk og fonetikk Emnekode: ENG115 Eksamensform: Skriftlig Antall sider: Eksamenstid: Fagansvarlig: 14 (inkludert denne) Kl (4 timer) Patrick Murphy, Joe Marshall Sensurfrist: Hjelpemidler: Ingen Ved avlegging av eksamen lokalt: faglærer Patrick Murphy kan nås på ved spørsmål til oppgavens ordlyd.

2 Del 1: Grammatikk Put the following singular nouns into their plural form. 1. Dish 2. Toy 3. Wife 4. Species 5. Video 6. Passerby 7. Analysis 8. Curriculum 9. Ox 10. Index Fill in the blanks with the correct quantifier (many, much, few, little). When a big group of my friends and I got to the beach, (11.) people were already there, and we couldn't find (12.) room to sit down. There were (13.) empty spaces on the beach except at the far end, but these spots were too far from the water. There was (14.) doubt as to why these spots were free. We walked along the beach for a (15.) while, but we didn't have (16.) fun because we kept bumping into people. Finally, we decided to get back in our cars and go down the coast to the next beach. This was much better; there were

3 only a (17.) families on this beach, so there were (18.) places to spread out our things. Because we had eaten so (19.) food in the car, all we wanted to do was lie down, and after a (20.) minutes we were all dozing happily in the sun. I must admit, (21.) effort was made by any of us for the rest of the afternoon. There were (22.) interruptions and (23.) to disturb us as we enjoyed a lazy afternoon. It would be (24.) years before I d get another chance to see that (25.) of my friends all together in one spot. Fill in the blanks with the correct word given in parenthesis. Diabetes can cause serious (26.) (damage, damages) to nearly all body (27.) (system, systems) so people should be careful about what (28.) (step, steps) they take when diagnosed with this disease. There has been a lot of (29.) (research, researches) done concerning diabetes, although our (30.) (knowledge, knowledges) about why it occurs in certain (31.) (persons, people) and how to cure it are still imperfect. There are a number of things one can do to avoid unnecessary (32.) (pain, pains) and further (33.) (illness, illnesses). For example, (34.) (love, loves), shared with other human beings and even pets, can have tremendous therapeutic (35.) (effect, effects) on the body. There is a great deal of (36.) (advice, advices) that you can find on the internet. Although some of these websites wouldn t hurt the (37.) (hair, hairs) on your head, many cannot be trusted and will try to sell you some fancy but completely useless (38.) (equipment, equipments) of questionable

4 (39.) (quality, qualities). A lot of (40.) (money, monies) can be wasted accumulating this kind of junk. Be sure to carefully consider all of the different (41.) (information, informations) you receive from the internet. Don t let all your hard (42.) (work, works) go down the drain through (43.) (scam, scams) like this. Conjugate the verb in parenthesis correctly. Don t forget to consider any relevant contextual clues. We (44.) (to fight) together 3 months ago. I (45.) (to raise) the window blinds when a huge, angry wasp (46.) (to fly) in and almost (47.) (to stick) me with his stinger. John and Mary (48.) (to eat/never) succotash before they (49.) (to travel) to New Orleans in In 2012, we (50.) (to be) at war in Afghanistan for 11 years if you consider the start of the war to be the year Peter (51.) (to shine) a light on the staircase then (52.) (to leap) to the bottom step. Linda (53.) (to go) to her mom s place when she is feeling under the weather. I rarely (54.) (to read) the newspaper in the morning. I m pretty confident that someone (55.) (to break) the world record in that event by the time the Summer Olympics comes around again. Last week, Wendy (56.) (to choose) the most expensive item on the list.

5 Leroy (57.) (to run) over 10 miles a day before his injury. Have you ever (58.) (to shoot) a sniper rifle? Hold on a second. I (59.) (to call) her right now. Missy (60.) (to struggle) with drug addiction throughout her life. Women s suffrage (61.) (to be) a legal right in the U.S. since the 20s. Jimbo (62.) (to left/already) when the teacher (63.) (to get) there. While the baby (64.) (to cry), her mom (65.) (to ring) the doorbell repeatedly. Well, right now I (66.) (to hear) a strange noise coming out of his room. What the heck! You (67.) (to leave/always) your dirty clothes on the floor! Larry and Moe (68.) (to receive) free TV for almost a year when the cable company (69.) (to discover) its error. The best part of all exams (70.) (to be) reaching the last question. Merry Xmas!

6 Del 2: Fonetikk 1 List in order from largest to smallest linguistic unit: a) sentence, phrase, clause, morpheme, allophone, phoneme b) text, sentence, clause, word, phoneme, morpheme c) sentence, word, morpheme, phoneme, allophone d) text, clause, phrase, word, phoneme, morpheme 2 Which of the below alternative(s) if any best describe(s) the articulatory system? a) upper and lower articulators b) lungs, larynx, pharynx, mouth, nose c) nose, pharynx, mouth d) larynx, pharynx, mouth, nose 3 Which of the below if any may describe the following phoneme: a) voiced fortis dental fricative b) fortis dental fricative c) unvoiced labio-dental fricative d) lenis dental continuant 4 Which of the below if any describe(s) the following phoneme: a) lenis alveolar fricative b) fortis post-alveolar fricative c) lenis frictionless continuant d) fortis palato-alveolar fricative 5 Which of the below best describes the following phoneme: a) long half-open back monophthong b) long half-open back vowel c) long half-open back d) half-open back monophthong 6 Which of the below if any describe(s) the following phoneme: a) lenis post-alveolar stop b) fortis alveolar plosive c) lenis alveolar stop d) voiced alveolar stop

7 7 Which of the below if any describe(s) the following phoneme: a) a closing diphthong b) diphthong moving from open front to half-close front position c) open front to half-close position d) diphthong moving from open front to half-open front position 8 Which of the below if any of the phonemes below is a fortis palato-alveolar fricative? a) b) c) d) 9 Which of the below if any describe(s) a group of diphthongs called closing diphthongs? a) b) c) d) 10 Which of the below alternatives is the most accurate phonemic realisation of the following text: Finally they arrived at a harbour at the edge of the mountains. a) b) c) d)

8 11 Which of the below alternative(s) is/are a satisfactory phonemic realisation of the following text: There is no alternative to the government s proposal. b) c) d) 12 Which if any of the alternatives below is/are an orthographical representation of a) bare b) bar c) bear d) beer 13 Which if any of the alternatives below is/are an orthographical representation of a) ben b) bean c) bin d) been

9 14 Which if any of the alternatives below is/are an orthographical representation of a) torch b) touch c) tortoise d) tosh 15 Which if any of the alternatives below is/are an orthographical representation of a) reed all over b) read all our c) read all over d) red all over 16 Which of the phenomena if any is/are found in the following: a) intrusive r b) linking r c) exclusion d) assimilation

10 17 Which of the phenomena if any is/are found in the phonemic realisation of the following: Faster and faster they went, and began to catch up. a) assimilation, elision, linking r b) intrusive r, elision, assimilation c) linking r, assimilation d) regressive assimilation, elision, linking r 18 Which of the below statements best describes the concept of strong and weak forms? a) Strong and weak forms is a concept where some words may be pronounced in more than one way. These words are the grammatical words, which are normally unstressed and pronounced in their weak form. However, these thirty or some words may be stressed, and then the strong form is used. The grammatical words in the following sentence (It has been raining for ages, according to the grey weather-mans usual cheery forecast) are: it, has, been, for, ages, to, the, grey. b) Strong and weak forms is a concept where some words may be pronounced in more than one way. These words are the monosyllabic grammatical words, which are normally unstressed and pronounced in their weak form. However, these thirty or some words may be stressed, and then the strong form is used. The monosyllabic grammatical words in the following sentence (It has been raining for ages, according to the grey weather-mans usual cheery forecast) are: it, has, been, for, to, the. c) Strong and weak forms is a concept where some words may be pronounced in more than one way. These words are the monosyllabic words, which are normally unstressed and pronounced in their weak form. They also may occur in the strong form, and when pronounced differently, the focus on content will shift. The grammatical words in the following sentence (It has been raining for ages, according to the grey weather-mans usual cheery forecast) are: it, has, been, for, according, to, the. d) Strong and weak forms is a concept where some words may be pronounced in more than one way. The placement of stress on a syllable decides whether the strong or the weak form is to be used. The words that would normally be stressed in the following sentence (It has been raining for ages, according to the grey weather-mans usual cheery forecast) are: raining, ages, according, grey, weather, man, usual, cheery, forecast).

11 19 Which one of the following statements best describes the concept of intonation? a) the aspect of a language which covers tonal phenomena such as pitch level, pitch range, and pitch variation b) intonation is a rhythmic phenomena c) intonation deals with the speaker s average pitch range d) the glide/change of pitch level based on the nucleus 20 In terms of intonation, what is a tone group? a) a group of words that together give a semantic coherence b) words that are grouped together in a clause c) words that form a unit of uninterrupted pronunciation d) words that form a complete sentence 21 Which statement(s) if any is/are true of the nucleus? a) the nucleus has a change/glide in pitch b) the nucleus is usually a stressed syllable c) the nucleus is the only required element in a d) the nucleus is the most prominent word in a 22 In the following statement taken out of context which placement of the nucleus would most regularly be expected? (words including nucleus are in bold) a) Leisure time has become increasingly more important b) Leisure time has become increasingly more important c) Leisure time has become increasingly more important d) Leisure time has become increasingly more important

12 23 Which of the following elements if any make up the following word group: Once upon a time? a) head, nucleus, tail b) pre-determiner, determiner, nucleus, tail c) head, nucleus, tail d) pre-head, head 24 Which statement(s) if any is/are true? a) the head may include numerous stressed syllables b) the relative position of the head is determined by the pre-head c) the head is a modifier (says something about) the following nucleus d) the head always starts high 25 Which of the following pattern(s) if any is/are regarded as normal in RP? a) PH-N-T b) PH-H-N c) PH-N d) N-T 26 Which change(s) if any in pitch on the nucleus would be normal (taken out of context) for the following word group: Why are you thirsty? a) rise b) fall c) fall-rise d) high fall

13 27 Which change(s) if any in pitch on the nucleus in the tag question would be normal (taken out of context) for the following word group: You wouldn t do it, would? a) fall b) high rise c) low rise d) fall-rise 28 Which change(s) if any in pitch on the nucleus in the tag question would be normal (taken out of context) for the following word group: You will love me for ever, won t you? a) fall b) high rise c) low rise d) fall-rise 29 Which change(s) if any in pitch on the nucleus would be normal (taken out of context) for the following word group: Is it correct that you are thirsty? a) fall b) high rise c) low rise d) fall-rise 30 Place the correct intonation pattern if any to the following piece of text: Yes, I believe you are nice, so bring me a beer. a) PH-H-N-T b) H-N-PH-H-N-T c) N-PH-H-N-T d) N-PH-H-N-PH-H-N

14 EKSAMEN ENGELSK FONETIKK & GRAMATIKK 2010 Ordinær og ny/utsatt eksamen SVARARK Del 2: fonetikk (only this sheet to be handed in for Del 2: fonetikk ) Candidate number: Place X for the correct alternatives. question # a) b) c) d) question # a) b) c) d)