ENG1D Previous Exams

By:Kevin, Anis, and Jasmine

Part C: Grammar 

1.      Provide complete sentence trees for the first two sentences shown in the passage below (those sentences that are underlined).

2.      Provide appropriate editorial symbols for each error in the passage. Provide these symbols directly on the passage as shown below. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, provide a corrected version of the passage. 

 

The sentences in this passages body are real simple and short. It has a number of errors, the occasional major faux pas, and a bit of waz-happinin’ grammar. The ridiculous parts were developed by the teacher. Hes good at this stuff. I, on the other hand, slam the words down well. But don’t tell the Mr. Jones that cause he thinks I’m needin’ t’improve my style, and, like, he’s like that with the other students in the class and I think that this is unfair . Grade nine is like that though you got to be tough. Tough like a rubber chicken!!

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Example: 1.      The word” Shakespeare’s” should include an apostrophe, because it is a possessive. 

Part C: Grammar

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Style - /5 The following passage contains a number of grammatical problems. Circle the location of each problem you find, number it, and, on a separate sheet of paper use the number to describe the nature of the problem. Finally, after having identified and described all problems provide a corrected version of this passage. 

Shakespeares 1 play Twelfth night is real funny. And I liked it a lot. The best part was where, like, Toby gets sir Andrew and Viola to duke it out with swards. I thought it was funny, he was also always getting drunk to.

    

Part C: Grammar The following passage contains a number of grammatical problems.  The boy and his big, tough brother’s friend went to the store. He was angry about the store guys attitude. All the time. So when I saw them I asked him why he even bothered going there and he said he didn’t know so I said he was an idiot and then we started a fight that went on all afternoon but I didn’t care because I didn’t have anything else to do and then I went home. I watched some television, my mom phoned later to see what I was doing. I said nothing and went to bed it wasn’t a very good day.

           

The boy and his big, tough brother’s friend went to the store.

1.      Before correcting errors in these sentences provide sentence trees for the first three sentences in the appropriate space below: 

              

               

             He was angry about the store guys attitude.

          

           

           

           

 

All the time.

Having diagrammed these first sentences read through the passage again. Find five instances of sentences with errors, indicate the sentence in the appropriate space below, provide an editorial mark indicating the error that is present in the sentence, and then provide a corrected version of the sentence in the space provided below.

Example

Error: 

frag All the time.  

Correction:

He was angry about the way he was treated all the time. 

Error:   

Correction:   

Problem 2

Error:   

Correction:   

Problem 1

Error:   

Correction:   

Problem 4:

Error:   

Correction:   

Problem 3:

Error:   

Correction:   

 

Problem 5:

Answers to Exam Questions

The sentences in this passage’s body are very simple and short. It has a number of errors, the occasional faux pas, and a bit of what's happening grammar. The ridiculous parts were developed by the teacher. He's good at this stuff. I, on the other hand, slam the words down well. But don’t tell Mr. Jones that because he thinks I need to improve my style, he’s also like that with the other students in the class and I think that this is unfair . Grade 9 is like that so you’ve got to be tough. Tough like a rubber chicken!!