English Morphosyntax (C & S)

Oana Macari & Mădălina Mandici

Autumn 2021

/Course contents

Date Lecture topics Take-home assignments

Week 1 Introductory course Course description and policies

Week 2 Basic concepts Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 3 Grammatical roles and linguistic units Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 4 Clauses, phrases and words Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 5 Clause functional categories and functions – the Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture
Subject and the Verbal

Week 6 Clause functional categories and functions – the Object Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture
and the Adverbial, clause complementation patterns

Week 7 The phrase. The noun phrase Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 8 The phrase. The verb phrase, adjective phrase, adverb Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture
phrase and prepositional phrase

Week 9 Word classes Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 10 Revision Questions to ask in class

Week 11 Grammatical categories of word classes Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 12 Open classes. Nouns and verbs Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 13 Open classes. Adjectives and adverbs Study notes and exercises at the end of lecture

Week 14 Revision and discussion Questions to ask in class

Seminar contents

Date Topics Seminar classwork/ Take-home assignments

Week 1 Introductory Office Forms (259 responses; 50/60 average score)

seminar
Diagnostic test

Week 2 Diagnostic test In-class discussion (Diagnostic test review, instructions for further seminar classes)
results Supplementary focus: examination requirements and student workload
Class
expectations

Week 3 Sentence types. Essential English

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Sentence Tabel 37. Topica normală în diferite tipuri de propoziții. Table 36. Construcțiile cu
elements. there is/there are și it is.
Word order How English Works
Be, do and have, p. 94; Basic sentence-structures, p. 210
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key
Statements and questions (pp. 86-94), Changing sentence structure, p. 158
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior:
Agreement, p. 138, The major parts of the sentence, p. 135 & Direct, indirect and
prepositional objects, p. 138, Interrogative questions, p. 150, Negation, p. 152 & Word
order, p. 173

Week 4 Nouns Essential English

A) Sistemul grammatical al substantivului. 1. Numărul substantivelor. Substantivele
numărabile și nenumărabile. (tabelele 1-6).
How English Works
Prounouns and nouns: nouns (pp. 56-66)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Word formation, p. 192
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior:
The noun, p. 9 onward

Week 5 Pronouns and Essential English

determiners 2. Funcțiile pronumelui it. (tabelele 13-15)
How English Works
determiners: articles, possessives and demonstratives (pp. 17-30), other determinatives
(pp. 31-46), pronouns (pp. 48-55).
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
nouns, pronouns, determiners and articles (4-22)
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
The pronoun (p. 45)

Week 6 Adjectives and Essential English

adverbs Adjectivul (Tabelele 7-11), Table 32. Adverbe care fac excepție de la regulile de
formare a gradelor de comparatie.
How English Works
adjectives and adverbs (pp. 68-78), comparison, degree (pp. 79-93)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Adjectives, adverbs and comparison (pp. 24-38)
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior:
The adjective; The adverb

Week 7 Verbs (I) Essential English

Verbe neregulate (Tab. 16, pp. 30-35). 3. Clasificarea verbelor dupa formele de baza.
4. Diateza. 5. Aspectul grammatical al verbului. 6. Modurile; modul indicativ; 7.
Timpul prezent; 8. Funcțiile prezentului nedefinit; 9. Funcțiile prezentului progresiv;
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How English Works
passives (176-182), tenses: present (142-150)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Tenses, pp.40-52
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
The simple present and the present continuous (p. 58), Passive sentences (p. 144)

Week 8 Verbs (II) Essential English

10. Funcțiile preteritului (The past indefinite). 11. Funcțiile preteritului (The past
continuous). 12. Trecutul nedefinit. 13. Folosirea mai-mult-ca-perfectului (Past
perfect).
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Grammar in use, by Raymond Murphy - study notes (English tenses)
How English Works
tenses: perfect and past (151-172)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Tenses, pp.52-70
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
The present perfect simple and continuous – The simple past, the past continuous, the
past perfect and the past perfect continuous (pp. 63-74)

Week 9 Verbs (III) Essential English

14. Viitorul simplu/nedefinit. 15. Viitorul față de trecut. Tabel 40. Modificari solicitate
de corespondenta timpurilor in vorbirea indirecta (p. 90)
How English Works
Tenses: future (130-141); indirect speech (246-255)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Future forms (p. 62), Reported speech, p. 107
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
The simple future and the future continuous (p. 75), The future perfect and the future
perfect continuous (p. 77), Indirect or reported speech (p. 166), The sequence of tenses
(168)

Week 10 Verbs (IV) Essential English

16. Utilizarea modului subjonctiv în limba engleză contemporană. 18. Cele patru forme
de –ing.
How English Works
Structures after verbs, adjectives and nouns (183-208)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
-ing forms and infinitives, p. 95
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
Non-finite forms of the verb, p. 95; The subjunctive, p. 101

Week 11 Verbs (V) Essential English

17. Modul conditional.
How English Works
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Structures with if, unless, in case (p. 256)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Conditionals (p. 146)
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
Conditional clauses, p. 159

Week 12 Verbs (VI) Essential English

tabelul 17, 18, 19 (pp. 38-42)
How English Works
modal auxiliary verbs (p. 161)
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Modal verbs (p. 72)
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
Modal verbs, p. 83.

Week 13 Connectors Essential English

C) Conectori (tabelele 33-35).
How English Works
Conjunctions: 236-244; Prepositions: 284-293
Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key:
Adjectives, adverbs and comparison, p. 24; Prepositions, p. 170;
Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior
The preposition; Coordination

Week 14 Revision

Seminar reference books

 Essential English, Limba engleză în liste și tabele, Bantaș, Andrei, ed. Teora, București,
1991
 How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book, Swan, Michael & Catherine Walter,
Oxford University Press, 2000
 Grammar practice for upper-intermediate students with key, Powell, D with Elaine
Walker and Steve Elsworth, Pearson Longman, 2007
 Limba Engleză, Exerciţii pentru admiterea în învăţământul superior, Editura Didactică
şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 1978