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Functional Grammar - Mood

The document provides exercises for analyzing Mood structures in sentences and dialogues, focusing on elements such as Subject, Finite, Predicator, Complement, and Adjunct. It includes practical examples for students to practice their understanding of Mood and Residue in functional grammar. The exercises are designed for internal use by the Faculty of Linguistics and Cultures of English-speaking countries at ULIS - VNU.

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Functional Grammar - Mood

The document provides exercises for analyzing Mood structures in sentences and dialogues, focusing on elements such as Subject, Finite, Predicator, Complement, and Adjunct. It includes practical examples for students to practice their understanding of Mood and Residue in functional grammar. The exercises are designed for internal use by the Faculty of Linguistics and Cultures of English-speaking countries at ULIS - VNU.

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FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR - A06_2

Mood structure analysis


practice

Mood and Residue

For Internal Use Only

Faculty of Linguistics and Cultures of English


speaking countries/ ULIS - VNU 1
FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR - A06_2

My son bought a new car last


week.

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speaking countries/ ULIS - VNU 2
FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR - A06_2

Practice: Analyze the Mood structure in the following:


1. The secretary has sent the letter to London.
2. Last week the man came to my house.
3. Will they be coming to the party next week?
4. Yesterday we went to the beach with a friend.
5. She ran very quickly to the station.

Exercise 1: Analyze the following conversation with


reference to speech function and Mood

• A: Did you attend the party yesterday?


• B: What?
• A: Did you go to the party
• B: Yes
• A: How do you like?
• B: Oh, it’s really great.

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Exercise 2:Identify the mood and the speech function of


each numbered utterance in the following dialogue:

Exercise 3: Analyze the following clauses into its elements of


Subject, Finite, Predicator, Complement and Adjunct. Group
the elements belonging to MOOD and RESIDUE respectively.

1. She was usually seen by someone.


2. John, did you see the man?
3. In general she stopped in some fashionable streets.
4. Frankly, she’d hardly visited some of the sights.
5. Where did they go at the weekends?
6. Ben did not buy the book.
7. Why did they sell the new house?
8. We will leave soon.
9. My professor has moved to another city.
10. My son graduated from the university.

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