Grammar home assignment

Class 10E4_Group: Bi Thin Sao

Nguyn Th Lan Hng
Hong Th Hoa
Nguyn Mai Ngn
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Week 5: Noun Phrase
Text (258 words):
Neville and Ron both gave Harry an it's-his-problem-not-yours look, but Harry was not
much consoled.(1) How much more of this was he going to have to take?(2)
'What's the matter?' asked Hermione five minutes later, catching up with Harry and Ron
halfway across the common room as they all headed towards breakfast.(3) 'You look
absolutely - Oh for heavens sake.'(4)
She was staring at the common-room noticeboard, where a large new sign had been put
up.(5)
GALLONS OF GALLEONS!(6)
Pocket money failing to keep pace with your outgoings?(7)
Like to earn a little extra gold? (8)
(Contact Fred and George Weasley,
Gryffindor common room,
for simple, part-time, virtually painless jobs. (9)
(WE REGRET THAT ALLWORK IS UNDERTAKEN AT APPLICANTS OWN RISK)(10)
'They are the limit,' said Hermione grimly, taking down the sign, which Fred and
George had pinned up over a poster giving the date of the first Hogsmeade weekend in
October.(11) 'We'll have to talk to them, Ron.'(12)
Ron looked positively alarmed.(13)
'Why?'(14)
'Because we're prefects!' said Hermione, as they climbed out through the portrait
hole.(15) 'It's up to us to stop this kind of thing!'(16) Ron said nothing; Harry could tell from
his glum expression that the prospect of stopping Fred and George doing exactly what they
liked was not one he found inviting.(17)
Grammar home assignment
Class 10E4_Group: Bi Thin Sao
Nguyn Th Lan Hng
Hong Th Hoa
Nguyn Mai Ngn
Trnh Th Kim Lng
Week 5: Noun Phrase


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'Anyway, what's up, Harry?' Hermione continued, as they walked down a flight of stairs
lined with portraits of old witches and wizards, all of whom ignored them, being engrossed in
their own conversation.(18) 'You look really angry about something.'(19)
Source:
Rowling, J.K. (2003). Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York: Scholastic Inc.
Examples of noun phrases in the text:
Sentence Noun Phrases
Basic
NP
Complex
NP
1
Nevilleon and Ron both, Harry (1), Harry (2)
an its-his-problem-not-yours look
2
How much more of this
He
3
the matter
Hermione
they all
five minutes
Harry and Ron halfway across the common room
Breakfast
4
You
heavens sake
5
she
the common room notice board put up
a large new sign
6 Gallons of Galleons
7
Pocket money
your outgoings
8 a little extra gold
9
Fred, George Weasley
Gryffindor common room
Grammar home assignment
Class 10E4_Group: Bi Thin Sao
Nguyn Th Lan Hng
Hong Th Hoa
Nguyn Mai Ngn
Trnh Th Kim Lng
Week 5: Noun Phrase


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simple, part time, virtually painless jobs
10
We
all work
applicants own risk
11
They
the limit
Hermione
the sign, which Fred in October.
a poster giving in October.
the date of the first Hogsmeade weekend in October
the first Hogsmeade weekend in October

12
We, them
Ron
13 Ron
15
We, they
prefects
Hermione
the portrait hole
16
It, us
this kind of thing
17
Ron,nothing, Harry, Fred, George, they, he
his glum expression


the prospect of what they liked


what they liked


one he found inviting


18
what, Harry, Hermione, they, them

a flight of stairs their own conversation

old witches and wizards conversation

Grammar home assignment
Class 10E4_Group: Bi Thin Sao
Nguyn Th Lan Hng
Hong Th Hoa
Nguyn Mai Ngn
Trnh Th Kim Lng
Week 5: Noun Phrase


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19
You, something


Examples of grammar issues:
1. NOUN AND NOUN CLASSES
1.1. Noun:
- A person: Neville, Ron, Harry, Hermione.
- A thing: room
- An abstract concept: sake
1.2. Noun classes:
- Proper nouns:
Personal names: Harry, Hermione
Calendar items: October
- Common nouns:
Count Ns, concrete: room
Count Ns, abstract: jobs
Non-count Ns, concrete: gold
Non-count Ns, abstract: risk
2. REFERENCE AND THE ARTICLES
2.1. Reference:
- Unique: Neville, Harry, Hermione
- Generic: Gallons of Galleons
a little extra gold
- Specific: a flight of stairs lined with portraits of old witches and wizards, all of whom
ignored them, being engrossed in their own conversation
2.2. The articles:
- Definite article the
Anaphoric reference: the sign, which Fred and George had pinned up ewer a poster
giving the date of the first Hogsmeade weekend
Immediate situation: the portrait hole
Logical use of THE: a poster giving the date of the first Hogsmeade weekend
- Indefinite articles a/an
Non-refering uses:
Complement function: a large new sign
Substitution uses for ONE>numerical or quantifying function>
In expression: a flight of stair
Grammar home assignment
Class 10E4_Group: Bi Thin Sao
Nguyn Th Lan Hng
Hong Th Hoa
Nguyn Mai Ngn
Trnh Th Kim Lng
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In quantifiers: a little extra gold
- Zero article:
Noun phrases in a copular relation: prefects
Noun phrases with sporadic reference: breakfast
Fixed phrase: keep pace with
3. GRAMMAR CATEGORIES OF NOUNS:
3.1. Number
- Invariables:
Singular only (Non-count Ns): gold
Plural only (Pluraliatamtums): outgoings
- Variables:
Regular plural: gallons; witches; portraits
3.2. Case
- s genitive: heavens sake; applicants own risk
- of genitive: the date of the first Hogsmeade weekend in October
3.3. Gender
- Common: prefects, witches, wizards
- Neuter: breakfast, poster, sign
4. PRONOUNS
4.1. Features:
- Person: we (first person); you (second person); he, she (third person)
- Case: we, he (subjective); them, us (objective); his (genitive)
- Genitive: his
4.2. Types:
- Personal Pronouns:'We'll have to talk to them, Ron.'
(subjective form) (objective form)
- Possessive Pronouns:his glum expression
- Relative Pronouns:
a flight of stairs lined with portraits of old witches and wizards, all of whom ignored
them, being engrossed in their own conversation
the sign, which Fred and George had pinned up over a poster giving the date of the
first Hogsmeade weekend in October
- Interrogative Pronouns: 'Anyway, what's up, Harry?'
- Demonstrative Pronouns: How much more of this
- Quantifying Pronouns: one he found inviting
Grammar home assignment
Class 10E4_Group: Bi Thin Sao
Nguyn Th Lan Hng
Hong Th Hoa
Nguyn Mai Ngn
Trnh Th Kim Lng
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- Univeral ProNs & determiners: old witches and wizards, all of whom ignored them, being
engrossed in their own conversation
- Partitive Pronouns: 'You look really angry about something.'
5. DETERMINERS
5.1. Pre-determiners:
- all, both, half: Neville and Ron both
They all
5.2. Central determiners:
- The, possessive, wh-words, some, any(stressed), no: The portrait hole
The limit
Your outgoings
How much more of this
- Zero article, some, any (unstressed), enough:Were prefects
- A(n), every, each, either, neither:
She was staring at the common-room noticeboard, where a large new sign had
been put up.
the sign, which Fred and George had pinned up over a poster giving the date of
the first Hogsmeade weekend in October
- This, that:this kind of things
5.3. Post-determiners:
- Cardinal numerals: five minutes
- Ordinal numerals/general ordinals: the first Hogsmeade weekend
- Close-system quantifiers:a little extra gold
6. MODIFICATION
6.1. Function:
- Restrictive: a flight of stairs lined with portraits of old witches and wizards, all of whom
ignored them, being engrossed in their own conversation
- Non-restrictive: an its-his-problem-not-yours look
simple, part-time, virtually painless jobs
6.2. Status:
- Permanent:a large new sign
- Temporary: old witches and wizards, all of whom ignored them, being engrossed in their
own conversation
6.3. Premodification:
- s genitive: applicants own risk
Grammar home assignment
Class 10E4_Group: Bi Thin Sao
Nguyn Th Lan Hng
Hong Th Hoa
Nguyn Mai Ngn
Trnh Th Kim Lng
Week 5: Noun Phrase


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- Sentence: an its-his-problem-not-yours look
- Noun : the common-room noticeboard
the portrait hole
- Adjectives: simple, part-time, virtually painless jobs
old witches and wizards
- Multiple premodification: a large new sign
a little extra gold
6.4. Postmodification:
- Relative clauses: the sign, which Fred and George had pinned up ewer a poster giving the
date of the first Hogsmeade weekend
- Prepositional phrase:the first Hogsmeade weekendin October
- Non-finite clause: a flight of stairs lined with portraits of old witches and wizards
- Clause of time, place, manner,reason: the common-room notice board,where a large new
sign had been put up
- Adverb: Harry and Ron half way across the common room
- Multiple postmodification: old witches and wizards, all of whom ignored them, being
engrossed in their own conversation
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