Self-evaluation 04
LAS Activity 309. Self-evaluation 04
Instructions
In the folloiwing paragraph (taken from a TOEFL reading test section), you have to do all of the following. Once you finish, save it as PDF and you'll be able to check the correct answers.
This is a complex activity so take your time to read the instructions and then to do it, and don’t worry if you don’t get all of the exact answers; once you can check and see all the correct answers, make sure you understand them and feel free to discuss any doubts in the Unit 3 Phrases and Sentences forum.
Alpha Centauri is a triple-star simple system. One of the three stars in Alpha Centauri is Proxima Centauri, which is the nearest star to the Earth, except of course for the Sun. The name “Proxima” comes from a Latin word which means “close”. Even though Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Earth outside of our solar system, it is not really close. Interstellar distances are so large that they are almost impossible to imagine. A person traveling in a modern spacecraft would not arrive at Proxima Centauri within this lifetime, or the next, or even ten lifetimes because the distance is so great. Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles per second, and it still takes light more than four years to travel from Proxima Centauri to the Earth.
LAS Activity 309
- Classify the noun phrases in the corresponding box. Write all of them in the order in which they appear in the paragraph. The same phrase may appear more than once.
- Classify the prepositional phrases in the corresponding box. Again, write all of them in the order in which they appear in the paragraph. The same phrase may appear more than once.
- Classify the sentences into simple or complex in the corresponding table. Write them in the order in which they appear in the paragraph.
- Classify the complex sentences into clauses (main, coordinate or subordinate: adverb or adjective) in the corresponding table and writing them in each case in the order in which they appear in the paragraph.
Bibliography
Instruction: Click on the button below to read the information.
Crystal, D. (2010). The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language. Cambridge University Press.
Farrell, T. S. C. (2019). Reflective Practice in ELT. Equinox.
Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., & Hyams, N. (2017). An Introduction to Language (11th ed.). Cengage.
Jacobs, R. A. (1995). English Syntax: A Grammar for English Language Professionals. Oxford University Press.
Li, Y., & Yang, R. (2023). Assessing the writing quality of English research articles based on absolute and relative measures of syntactic complexity. Assessing Writing, 55, 100692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2022.100692 opens a new tab
Phillip, D. (2001). Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test. Longman.
Thornbury, S. (2002). How to Teach Grammar. Longman.
Wiprayanti, N. P. K. (2023). Analyzing frequency, structure, and function of lexical bundles in covid-19 articles by using ant conc application. World Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 2(1), 31-40. https://www.ojs.wahanapublikasi.com/index.php/corpus/article/view/56 opens a new tab
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