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Take the section starting with
luckily on line 11 and ending with
mouth on
line (14) and transform it into ‘written’ English. What needs to be changed
apart from punctuation? Does the result seem like normal written English?
Look at the use of conjunctions and subordinators in the first ten lines of
the passage (up to
as well). How complex are the noun phrases in terms of
postmodification?
Is there any contextual ellipsis (see A12)?
Are there any interruptions to the flow of her story?
Listen to the recording of this passage. How careful do you think the speaker
is being? What does this suggest?
B) Study these two extracts from conversations between housemates at a UK univer
sity and answer the questions underneath. The second can be listened to on the
website.
B1. Two of them are sitting in the livingroom.
A. Lecture earlier?
B. Yeh – had a fire alarm in it.
What grammatical feature typical of speech does this demonstrate? How
would the lines appear without it?
B2. In this extract several of the students are talking about golf.
1 A. it’s gotta be the best professional sport
2 B. racing driver
3 C. footballer
4 A. think how much effort you have to put in to play football
5 D. yeh think about the danger involved in racing driving
6 B. yeh but that – it makes you feel alive=
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