Section 4: Practice Answers - Complex Exercises

Below are answers for the three more complex exercises:

Exercise 1

Identify all inflectional morphemes in Sentence 1, Sentence 2, and Sentence 3

Sentence 1

  1. lives - noun plural
  2. related - verb past participle
  3. been - verb past participle
  4. remarked - verb past participle
  5. years - noun plural

Sentence 2

  1. Distinguished - verb past participle
  2. points - noun plural
  3. journalists - noun plural
  4. based - verb past participle
  5. writing - verb present participle
  6. subjects - noun plural
  7. written - verb past participle
  8. journalists - noun plural

Sentence 3

  1. norms - noun plural
  2. pressures - noun plural

 

Identify all structure-class words in Sentence 1 and Sentence 2:

Sentence 1

  1. The - definite article
  2. of - preposition
  3. our - possessive determiner
  4. is - auxiliary
  5. to - preposition
  6. a - indefinite article
  7. that - relative
  8. has - auxiliary
  9. been - auxiliary
  10. upon - verb particle
  11. in - preposition
  12. the - definite article
  13. of - preposition
  14. a - indefinite article
  15. of - preposition

Sentence 2

  1. out - verb particle
  2. that - nominal THAT
  3. in - preposition
  4. his - possessive determiner
  5. their - possessive determiner
  6. on - preposition
  7. a - indefinite article
  8. of - preposition
  9. to - preposition
  10. their - possessive determiner
  11. and - coordinating conjunction
  12. that - nominal THAT
  13. this - demonstrative determiner
  14. of - preposition
  15. is - auxiliary
  16. from - preposition
  17. much - pronoun
  18. that - relative
  19. is - auxiliary
  20. by - preposition

 

Exercise 2

List and identify all structure-class words in the passage:

Line 1

  1. over – preposition
  2. the – definite article
  3. that – demonstrative determiner
  4. and – coordinating conjunction
  5. it – pronoun
  6. out – verb particle
  7. a – indefinite article
  8. of – preposition

Line 2

  1. his – possessive determiner
  2. to – preposition
  3. a – indefinite article
  4. when – relative
  5. on – preposition
  6. the – definite article
  7. He – pronoun
  8. was – auxiliary
  9. so – qualifier
  10. that – subordintor
  11. a – indefinite article

Line 3

  1. in – preposition
  2. the – definite article
  3. with – preposition
  4. he – pronoun
  5. would – auxiliary
  6. have – auxiliary
  7. to – infinitive marker
  8. out – verb particle
  9. the – definite article
  10. to – infinitive marker

Line 4

  1. every – indefinite determiner
  2. his – possessive determiner
  3. After – preposition
  4. and – coordinating conjunction
  5. the – definite article
  6. that – subordinator
  7. the – definite article

Line 5

  1. that – relative
  2. be – auxiliary
  3. in – preposition
  4. the – definite article
  5. that – relative
  6. his – possessive determiner
  7. would – auxiliary
  8. really – qualifier

Line 6

  1. against – preposition
  2. an – indefinite article
  3. in – preposition
  4. the – definite article
  5. Nevertheless – conjunctive adverb
  6. he – pronoun
  7. he – pronoun
  8. was – auxiliary
  9. to – infinitive marker
  10. with – preposition
  11. a – indefinite article

Line 7

  1. up – verb particle
  2. the – definite article
  3. at – preposition
  4. his – possessive determiner
  5. and – coordinating conjunctions
  6. his – possessive determiner

Line 8

  1. The – definite article
  2. out – verb particle
  3. The – definite article
  4. over – preposition /verb particle (ARGUE)
  5. the – definite article
  6. The – definite article

Line 9

  1. to – infinitive marker
  2. the – definite article
  3. in – preposition
  4. the – definite article
  5. sport’s – possessive determiner

 

Exercise 3

Identify each word in the sentence by its form-class or structure-class designation.

Identify each form-class word’s function if it differs from the form.

  1. There – pronoun
  2. is – main verb
  3. thus – conjunctive adverb
  4. ample – adjective
  5. and – coordinator
  6. mounting – verb (present participle) functioning adjectivally
  7. evidence – noun
  8. for – preposition
  9. preserved – verb (past participle) functioning adjectivally
  1. representations – noun
  2. of – preposition
  3. rather – qualifier
  4. more – indefinite determiner
  5. information – noun
  6. than – preposition
  7. the – definite article
  8. work – noun
  9. on – preposition
  1. change – noun functioning adjectivally
  2. blindness – noun
  3. might – auxiliary (modal)
  4. initially – adverb
  5. have – auxiliary
  6. seemed – main verb
  7. to – infinitive marker
  8. suggest – verb (infinitive)

 

If you have questions about these sample analyses, please contact your instructor or start a conversation in your work group.