Skanderborg Gymnasium

SKRIFTLIG ENGELSK

Lille Aflevering, 2f #1

Date of submission – see Lectio.

Answer these four tasks:

1. These sentences contain one mistake each. Find them and write the correct sentence. Then use your grammar book to try to explain in Danish what the mistake is.

a. She was so sorry that she had already throwed it away. – She was so sorry that she had already threw it away (Fordi det i er 1 pers. sg. datid.)

b. Hemingway’s famous novel The Sun Also Rises is telling the story about Americans in Europe. - Hemingway's famous novel The Sun Also Rises tells a story about Americans i Europe. Ingen udvidet tid.

c. Unless someone shows up, has she to do it herself. – Unless someone shows up, she has to do it herself. (Ordstilling)

d. This test is extremely hardly. – This test is extremely hard. (extremely lægger sig til udsagnsordet + kun et ord i en sætning kan ende på +ly)

e. She saw not the horse before it hit her, sending her head first into the lake. – She didn’t see the horse before it hit her, sending her head first into the lake. (do omskrivning)

f. Everyone in the class always participate in the activities. – Everyone in the class always participates in the activities. (flertals S)

2. Explain the difference in meaning between these two sentences – and use grammatical terms to describe the difference between them. Write your answer in Danish.

a. He says so many interesting things which fascinate me - Det at han kan sige så mange ting, gør det fascinerende.

b. He says so many interesting things which fascinates me - Alle de ting han siger er fascinerende. Fascinates ligger sig til "he says" i 3 pers. sing.

3. Translate these sentences to English. Use dictionary and grammar rules.

a. Tom Hanks har tænkt meget på, at hans hår i The Da Vinci Code var alt for langt. – Tom Hanks has thought about, the fact that his hair in The Da Vinci Code was way too long.

b. Billen var i gang med at æde et stykke franskbrød, da Barney ramte den. – The beetle was eating a peace of white loaf, when Barny hit it.

c. Ironman lagde sig ned på maven og krøb ind i den smalle hule. – Ironman lay down on his stomach, and snuggled into the narrow cave.

d. Skulpturen lignede borgmesterens fætter. - The sculpture looked like the mayors cousin.

e. Hun havde ikke regnet med at få lige præcis den nyhed. – She didn’t expect that she would get that exact news.

f. De, der deltog i mødet, havde meget mere at sige, end de, der ikke gjorde. – Those who participated in the meeting, had a lot more to say, than those, who didn’t.

g. Sumobryderen viste sig at være i stand til at spise ekstremt hurtigt. The Sumo wrestler showed, that he was capable of eating extremely fast.

4. Read the text below – the opening of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Then describe FIVE aspects of the style and language of the extract – giving examples from the text to support your analysis. Do not interpret or read between the lines – only describe. Characterize the language used – in five points. Write about 150 words. Write your answer in Danish. For example, look at:

• vocabulary (word choice (simple/complicated), use of word classes), mood (tone of voice) etc.

• syntax and sentence structure: location of sentence parts (subjects, verbals (nexus), conjunctions etc.), main clauses (hovedsætninger), subordinated clauses (ledsætninger), sentence length, punctuation etc.

Det er et meget rodet sprog. Ordene passer ikke til hinanden, da de ikke er bøjet i de rigtige grader f.eks. "I had been and am". Stemningen i teksten er en smule spændingsfuldt. Det ser vi i starten hvor der står "nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been..". Men på en måde så er teksten også en smule anspændt. Det kan vi se i teksten hvor der står: "the disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them". Nexus er ikke kun ligefrem eller omvendt. Det veksler meget om det skal være det ene eller det andet. Sætningerne er meget lange, da der stort set ikke er brugt nogle kommaer. og når der endelig kommer et punktum eller et ophold i teksten, så er det efter lang tid. Så for at opsummere, så er det en meget kringlet tekst, uden nogle specifik syntaks. Stemningen er en anelse dyster og anspændt.

Elevtid: 2 timer.

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”TRUE! – nervous – very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses – not destroyed - not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily – how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
Edgar Allan Poe, ”The Tell-Tale Heart”