Delprøve 1 HF Engelsk B 18. august 2015

Her er Studienets vejledning til delprøve 1 fra skriftlig eksamen i Engelsk B på HF fra 18. august 2015. Til hver af de 5 underopgaver i sættet giver vi dig en grundig vejledning til, hvordan spørgsmålene skal forstås, forklaret grammatikken og givet dig et eksempel på, hvordan du løser opgaven. Langs ad vejen giver vi dig også henvisninger til vores grammatik og vores hjælp til fejlsætninger. 

Hensigten med denne vejledning er at gøre dig i stand til at løse alle opgaver på egen hånd. Til fejlsætningerne i opgave A har vi tilmed udarbejdet en komplet svarliste, som du kan bruge til at tjekke, om du har svaret rigtigt.

I dette sæt finder du følgende spørgsmål:

Opgave A - Fejlsætninger

Ret fejlene i følgende sætninger. I hver sætning er der 1 eller 2 fejl. Skriv den korrekte sætning på linjerne nedenunder.

1. The author is come to the library to read aloud from her latest novel
2. Usually people behave themself in public
3. She did not even said that she afterwards would call him.
4. The history shows us that nothing good ever come from war.
5. This is the girl which I told you about yesterda
6. In United Kingdom many children still wear a school uniforms.
7. I love the month of may when the sun becomes brighter and it gets more warm.
8. His wife is going to the baker’s shop every Tuesday to buy bread
9. Lori were trying to get to school on time, even though it was probably to late
10. They work desperate to save their belongings from the flood, but in the same time they don’t want to leave.

Opgave B - Konjunktioner

Vælg den korrekte konjunktion (bindeord) fra parentesen, og indsæt den på den tomme plads i sætningen.

I was accepted by Marco as a member of the family,        so        (that/so/while) from being a guide of tourists I had suddenly become a guide of a single family. Marco was an impractical man ______ (but/after/and) an absolutely helpless fool. All that he could do was to copy ancient documents __________ (but/before/as) writing about them. Perhaps he married out of a desire to have somebody care for his practical life, __________ (but/if/as) unfortunately his choice was wrong. This girl herself was a dreamer __________ (and/unless/if) ever there was one. She would have greatly benefited by a husband who could care for her career __________ (but/since/or) she was completely incapable of that herself. __________ (That/Because/So) it was here that a handy man like me proved invaluable.
I nearly gave up all my routine jobs in order to be of constant service to them, __________ (if/yet/until) they barely noticed my presence. __________ (Yet/While/And) Marco stayed at Peak House, I was in entire charge of all his affairs. Now he never made an expensive purchase __________ (so/since/unless) I had approved it.

Opgave C - Verbernes tider

Omskriv sætningerne fra perfektum (førnutid) til præsens (nutid), som vist i eksemplet.

Eksempel: Jill and Jim (have moved) ___move___ to the States.

1. Dave (has brought) __     __ his parents to the party.
2. I (have searched) _________ the Internet for a cheap hotel room.
3. The family (has travelled) _________ all day to get to Rome.
4. They (have waited) _________ for hours to see the sunset.
5. There (has been) _________ a shortage of water in California this year.
6. The man with the two mobile phones (has lost) _________ sight of his son.
7. My grandmother and grandfather (have been) _________ on vacation.
8. The teacher (has looked) _________ through the student’s essay.
9. The police (have investigated) _________ the case.
10. Everybody (has been) _________ extremely helpful.

Opgave D - Substantiver i pluralis

Indsæt substantivet (navneordet) i pluralis (flertal) i sætningerne nedenunder, som vist i eksemplet.

Eksempel: He was looking at the (car) ___cars____ parked across the road.

1. The family left a lot of (thing) ___      ___ behind when they moved to Florida.
2. Their (life) _________ were saved by the firefighters.
3. The painter uses different (brush) _________ for different colours.
4. We will see the results of our work in a few (year) _________.
5. The (company) _________ will do anything to sell you their products.
6. Caroline had three (tooth) _________ knocked out in the bicycle crash.
7. The soldiers were welcomed back as (hero) _________.
8. The carpenter made some new (shelf) _________ for the cupboard.
9. They expect to visit a lot of different (country) _________ when they retire.
10. Conrad had washed all the (fork) _________ and (knife) _________ but was still far from finished washing up.

Opgave C - Oversættelser

Oversæt følgende sætninger til engelsk. Skriv oversættelsen på linjerne nedenunder.

1. De fleste mennesker tænder deres fjernsyn mindst en gang om dagen.
2. John mistede sin nye mobiltelefon for to dage siden.
3. De drømte i mange år om at løbe et maraton.
4. Børnene får at vide, at de skal lave deres lektier.
5. Medierne har brugt meget tid på at analysere præsidentens tale.
6. Johns cykel står ved siden af hendes.
7. Hun var skuffet, fordi hun ikke blev inviteret med til festen.
8. Jeg har set alle seriens afsnit, men jeg ved ikke, hvilket et jeg foretrækker.
9. Da hun brækkede armen, kørte hendes forældre hende på sygehuset.
10. Vi ser frem til at møde hendes nye kæreste.