FILOLOŠKI FAKULTET UNIVERZITETA U BEOGRADU

DESKRIPTIVNA GRAMATIKA 3
Školska 2013/2014 gdoina
Ime i prezime:______________________ Br. indeksa:______________

I In the following sentences identify all the nouns according to their class, number, case and
gender.
a) The girls walked around the rows selling peanuts and soda to the audience. [5×0,5=2,5]
girls – common, countable, plural, subjective case, feminine
rows –
peanuts –
soda –
audience –

b) The staff treated the patients with love and affection of their relatives. [5×0,5=2,5]

c) In some parts of the city it feels as though time is standing still, with never-changing views of
landmarks.

d) Some of the most beautiful streets and buildings are near the station in the south of
Cambridge.

II In the following sentences state the function and the meaning of determinators: 5p

a) He was a (1) large, handsome man who opened the (2) door with a (3) slight haughtiness and a (4)
trace of anger in his manner filling the (5) room with his charismatic personality.

1) indefinite article, specific reference, individualizing function

2)
3)
4)
5)
b) From the (1) Browns' they decided to walk down the (2) street which was filled with a (3)
strong whiff of the (4) fresh eucalyptus from the (5) garden .

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

III Use appropriate articles (a, the or X) to fill in the blanks (20×0,25=5)
X M/most working people have fewer hours to give to time-consuming activities of X clubs than
they used to have, but most people in a small town belong to a club or two. One of the clubs is
likely to be a social and x benevolent organization, such as the Rotary. Business people are
likely to belong to x various organizations or clubs. Such X business people's organizations may
meet as often as once a week in one of the private dining rooms of the town's leading hotel for x
lunch.
If maintaining your presence on social media is becoming a burden, Google may be able to help.
The search giant has patented x plans for x software which slowly learns how you react on x
social networks. The software can mimic your usual responses to help cope with loads of data.

IV For the following nouns identify their gender and then provide the noun in opposite
gender: 2p

a) manservant m____ maidservant f

b) masseur_____________________
c) niece______________________
d) emperor_______________________ ×0,5 = 2

V Use appropriate partitive phrase (use each phrase ONLY ONCE): 3p

a) He insisted that they play with a fresh deck of cards. b) ‘Indian Summer’ refers to a spell of
warm weather. c) He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towards her. d) We keep a flock of
sheep and a small herd of cattle on Box Hill. e) It was her birthday and I decided to send her a
box of chocolates.
VI Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of determiners or pronouns, and then identify
the form. Use each form ONLY ONCE: 10p

A) "Who (1) told you that(2)?" "The man ______(3) house was burnt in the fire suspects
_____(4) B) ______(5) man is an island. ______(6) can live on _____(7) own. C) Give me
some juice please if there is ________(8) left. D) John hurried up and seizing one of us by the
collar and the _______(9) by the arm shoved us _______(10) through the kitchen door.
1) interrogative pronoun 6)
2) demonstrative pronoun 7)
3) 8)
4) 9)
5) 10)

VII Circle the most appropriate answer: 10p5

1. In the case of son-daughter the gender is marked________.

a) distributively b) by suppletion c) derivatively d) by syncretism

2. In the sentence Mr. Smith is a friend of my father's, the underlined part is ________ genitive.
a) Saxon b) double c) analytic d) group

3. The verb to host is formed by the process of ___________.

a) conversion b) blending c) back-formation d) compounding

4. The pronouns that are marked for grammatical category of number are_______.
a) possessive, reflexive, personal b) possessive, personal, relative
c) personal, possessive, indefinite d) relative, reflexive, personal

5. In the sentence I like this, the underlined form is a demonstrative_______.

a) pronoun with anaphoric usage b) determiner with anticipatory meaning
c) pronoun with deictic meaning d) determiner with classifying meaning

6. In the sentence I ordered a cup of coffee, the underlined form is a _________ noun.
a) common b) mass
c) proper d) collective
7. In the sentence Who wants to join me? the underlined form is a _______
a) pronoun, relative b) pronoun, interrogative
c) determiner, possessive c) determiner, relative

8. Circle the correct plural form (p. = page):

a) p’s b) ps
c) pp. d) pps

9. Circle the group of nouns which do not have plural forms:

a) information, housework, baggage b) housework, fish, deer
c) information, fish, baggage d) housework, deer, rabbit

10. Circle the item which contains universal determiners only:

a) no, nobody, neither b) such, other, all
c) another, each, that d) all, every, each

VIII Identify the case in the following examples: 5p

I told him not to do anything. objective case

This time of year is always cold subjective case, genitive
Will the smartphone replace the traditional camera? subjective case, objective case