Instituto De Educación Superio1 Final.docx

Instituto de Educación Superior Nuestra Señora de La Salette Servicio Provincial de Enseñanza Privada Incorporado a la Enseñanza Oficial Res. Min. Nº 180/16 Coronel Lugones y Libertad Teléfono 03858_421862 Las Termas de Río Hondo- Santiago del Estero

FINAL TEST – GRAMMAR I Name: Date: Theory section: Answer the following questions. 12345678-

What is “Grammar”? Also, explain Morphology, Syntax and Semantics. Explain the grammatical units. Provide examples. Define “Number”. Give examples when necessary. Explain the types of nouns. Exemplify What is a verb? In which senses can it be used? Define tense, time and aspect. Mention the different verb tenses. Explain the concept of modality. What is a determiner? Explain types of determiners.

Practice section 1- Classify the following nouns into countable nouns or uncountable (or both). Also, indicate if they are abstract or concrete.

1- Dust _____________ 2- Camping __________ 3- Chair ___________ 4- Courage ______________ 5- Paintings _______________ 6- Life ________________ 7- Engineer _______________ 8- Education ______________ 9- Cotton _________________ 10- Honesty ________________

2Write the regular or irregular plural forms of the following nouns and indicate the rule applied. If the nouns are resistant to number contrast, write the type of nouns (ordinarily plural or singular).

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Wife ____________________________________________________________________________ Hero ____________________________________________________________________________ Acoustics________________________________________________________________________ Mouse ___________________________________________________________________________ Album ___________________________________________________________________________ Scissors __________________________________________________________________________

7- News ____________________________________________________________________________ 8- Match ___________________________________________________________________________

3- Classify the following nouns according to gender (feminine or masculine). Then, write down the dual gender for each noun whenever possible. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

Aunt ______________________________________________________________________ Singer _________________________________________________________________________ Sister __________________________________________________________________________ Cow __________________________________________________________________________ Widow ________________________________________________________________________

4- Write the corresponding “genitive‘s” when possible. 123456-

The car of the boy______________________________________________________________ The poverty of America __________________________________________________________ The bottom of the box ____________________________________________________________ The price of fame_________________________________________________________________ The desks of the students __________________________________________________________ The graduation of Juan ___________________________________________________________

5- Fill in the blank with the appropriate partitive construction.

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A _________ Matches ____________Chocolate _____________dust _____________news _____________paper _____________water _____________salt ____________ smoke