Assignment V Roll No.

: 14308

Ans.I.

a. Hard: adverb of manner, gradable and focusing.

b. Hard: basic predicative adjective, quality, gradable, and intransitive.

a. Naturally: adverb of manner, adjunct, and positively.

b. Naturally: clausal adverb, responsive adverb, disjunct.

a. Change: refers to exchange money (noun).

b. Change: refers to making difference (verb).

a. Treasure: verb, to feel happy for meeting because the speaker enjoys it.
b. Treasure: noun, a collection of valuable things.

a. Clear: predicative adjective, quality, gradable, intransitive, basic (means transparent)

b. Clear: verb, transitive (to mean remove things from the table).

a. Light: noun, a piece of electrical equipment that produces brightness.

b. Light: adjective, quality, transitive, predicative, basic, qualitative, gradable ( to mean
not weighing much)

Ans.II.
1. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. Infinitive
to visit is not needed at all after the verb gone. To make the sentence acceptable,
visit should be eliminated.
Acceptable: He has gone to United States of America.

2. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. The
comparative degree of adjective old, older is followed by than and not to which
is not acceptable. Therefore, to should be replaced with than to make the sentence
acceptable.
Acceptable: Samuel is older than me.

3. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. Two
negatives cannot be used together in the same clause. Either of the two: dont and
no should be done away with to make the sentence acceptable.
Acceptable: I dont want any trouble. / I want no any trouble.

4. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. Most
smartest is not acceptable at all. Smart is a one syllable word, therefore its
superlative degree is formed by adding -est to it. Most in this case in not needed at
all. Therefore, to make the sentence acceptable, most should be eliminated.
Acceptable: She is the smartest girl in the class.

5. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. The
preposition since in the time phrase is not acceptable. It is used for a point of time
and for for the period of time. Here, the time phrase refers to period. Above all a
determiner whole is also attached and the sentence is positive that together null the
necessity of for.
Acceptable: I have been waiting here the whole morning.

6. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. The
singular countable noun lion violates the norm by not using a determiner before it.
The appropriate determiner in this case will be a.
Acceptable: Disappointed man is more dangerous than a wounded lion.

7. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. The phrase
in my abode sounds very unnatural and fabricated owing to the use of abode in the
lieu of home. Therefore, abode should be replaced with home.
Acceptable: Please come and stay in my home.

8. The sentence is not acceptable from the point of view of Standard English. To accept
is not acceptable after the verb deny. Deny is a verb that takes gerund after it not
infinitive. Therefore, to make the sentence acceptable, to accept should be replaced
with accepting.
Acceptable: The judge denied accepting the thiefs explanation.