Opgave 1-4 | HHX Engelsk A | 18. maj 2017

Her kan du få hjælp og vejledning til Opgave 1-4 fra HHX A-eksamenssættet fra den 18. maj 2017.

Vi giver dig gode råd til besvarelsen af de fire opgaver, kombineret med relevante links til vores Engelsk Grammatik og hjælp til fejlsætninger.

Til sidst giver vi dig Studienets bud på løsningsforslag, så du kan tjekke din besvarelse igennem for fejl. 

Opgaverne, som du får hjælp til, er:

Opgave 1

Nedenstående sætninger er fra novellen "Streamlining". 

Find og skriv hjælpeverbet i hver af sætningerne, og forklar for hver sætning, hvorfor der er anvendt hjælpeverbum. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi. 

1. She’d left home when she was seventeen for God’s sake.
2. Do you want money from her?
3. The feeling of dread was working its way through her system.
4. He just didn’t know he was irresponsible; the word wasn’t in his vocabulary.
5. You’ve always been weird.
6. Besides, they hadn’t been talking about burying anyone.

Opgave 2

Nedenstående eksempler er fra teksterne “My social mobility journey feels more like an exhausting, endless quest” og “Middle-income families, young and poor being 'left behind economically', government warned”. 
Gør rede for brugen af komma i følgende sætninger. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi. 

1. Although I may appear to be a success story, my background still remains the biggest barrier to earning a decent living.
2. Being expected to work for free is a scourge for all young people, but it feels insurmountable if you don’t have money from your family.
3. For people from working-class backgrounds, this inability to take up the opportunities required for the careers we want is often used against us.
4. The problem is insidious, institutional and unfair.
5. The Government’s “Starter Home” scheme should focus on households with average incomes, and when sold these homes should go to other low-income households with the same discount.
6. Alan Milburn, who chairs the commission, welcomed Theresa May’s pledge to make social mobility a key priority but said it was time for her to match her “big ambition” with “big action.”
7. The Social Mobility Commission said that families earning £22,500 a year have now joined young people and those on low incomes in being unable to climb the social and economic ladder.

Opgave 3

Hver af nedenstående sætninger indeholder en grammatisk fejl, som er understreget. Ret fejlen, og forklar din rettelse. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi. 

1. There are a growing need for affordable houses in Britain.
2. In November 2016, warned the Social Mobility Commission of increasing inequality.
3. Working class Britons are the least social mobile group in the UK.
4. The author with which she was going to dine sent her a text.
5. Education is important for you're future.
6. Much attention has been giving to social mobility.
7. Thomas was sure of that Samantha was having an affair.
8. There is a clear different between house prices in cities and towns.

Opgave 4

Du arbejder som indkøbsassistent hos juice- og cafékæden Tuttifrutti i London. Kæden har besluttet kun at føre bæredygtige produkter i fremtiden. Du kontakter Jean Mendez hos Sun Fruit og forklarer, at I ønsker en fast levering af økologisk frugt af en høj kvalitet og til en konkurrencedygtig pris. Du beder om oplysninger vedr. sortiment, leveringstider og betalingsbetingelser. 

Du skriver en e-mail til: jean.mendez@sunfruit.com

Skriv e-mailen på engelsk, og brug alle de nedenstående ord og vendinger. 
Ordene/vendingerne skal bruges, som de står, men du må gerne ændre på rækkefølgen og skrive dem med stort begyndelsesbogstav. 

I din besvarelse skal du fremhæve de anvendte ord og vendinger med farve eller fed skrift. 
Omfang: 50-150 ord