Annie Claire E.

Tejam July 26, 2019

Structure of English-Activity 3

1. Provide an original sentence illustrating each of the following terms. Underline the
pertinent word(s) or parts in your example.

a. verbs requiring a locative prepositional phrase.

The victim was found in an abandoned building.

b. determiner requiring a mass noun

The measles caught the witness why he was not able to testify. (The-determiner;
measles-mass noun

c. conversion
He put the poison in his drink. He poisoned his drink.

d. change-of-state verb
He removed the jalousies. The jalousies were removed.

e. compound word
The witness has difficulty identifying the assailant, he is nearsighted.

f. derivational affix
The argument of the defense is misplaced. (argue – argument)

g. inflectional affix
The facts stated in the affidavit are true and correct and based on personal knowledge.

h. transitive adjective
The victim was brought to a secluded place. (The victim was brought.)

i. semantic field
The witness testified that he saw Mario killed Pedro. (Determiner-noun-verb-determiner-
noun-verb-noun-verb-noun)

j. transitive verb
The man hid inside the cabinet. The man is hidden in a cabinet. (hid-hidden)

k. verb with three arguments

The accused buried the victim in the backyard. (The verb is buried. One noun accused
function as the direct object, the noun victim is the indirect object or recipient and the
phrase in the backyard function as the locative prepositional phrase)

l. irregular plural
The thieves were caught by the police. (irregular plural noun)

m. lexical phrase
The jurisprudence dictates that objects taken without observing the constitutional rights
of the accused is inadmissible as evidence is court.
n. durative verb
The labor law provides that a worker is deemed to be a regular employee if he has
continuously worked in the establishment for more than six months.

o. verb-direct object collocation

Mr. witness, please answer the question.

p. co-occurrence with a preposition

John hid the knife under the kitchen sink.

q. adjective-noun collocation
It is universally known that piracy and mutiny can only be committed in high seas.

r. polysemy
Sara paid the interest of loan of Jean because she has an interest to the mortgage lot.

4. How would you answer an ESL/EFL student who asks you what the difference is
among the following verbs: see, look, watch, stare, peer and glance?

The words see, look, watch, stare, peer (peek) and glance all relate to visual sense. However,
the meaning and usage differ as to the perception and awareness of the speaker of what is
appearing visibly in his two eyes. For example, in seeing the speaker process and
comprehends what was seen; in looking there is the visual aspect but awareness is not
certain; in watching, there is visual and process but comprehension is uncertain; in staring,
the visual is longer than the others; in peeking the visual in act is done secretly and for a brief
and momentary period; and in glancing, the act is the visual act is accompanied by emotion.

5. How about you answer an ESL/EFL student who asks you why pretty, which has to
do with beauty, is used with soon, in the phrase pretty soon?

The word pretty was changed from an adjective to a durative verb. Although, there is a
change of state, the word pretty connotes something that is positive.

6. How would you answer an ESL/EFL student who asked you what the difference was
between owing to and due to.

The phrase owing to relates to a person while the phrase due to relates to an object or event
other than a person.