Suggested answer for Exercise 10
The adjuncts are given in brackets.
| a | The [little] boy gave a [nice] drawing to his mother [for her birthday]. | |
| b | The teacher wanted to know whether the [new] students would know what to do [[when] they arrive]. | |
| c | [Why] do you ask me whether I want to buy a [new] computer [next year]? | |
| d | The [new] [guest] professor of Mathematics [from Germany] will [probably] arrive at the [[recently] renovated] [railway] station [at 2:15]. | |
| e | [How] can you decide whether a loaf of bread [on the shelf] is fresh or not? | |
| f | Jack and Jane saw a [very interesting] [new] film [at the cinema [in the [city] centre]]. | |
| g | [Sometimes] it is difficult for students to find the adjuncts [in sentences [like this]]. | |
| h | The mayor of the city said that the river is unlikely to flood the city. | |
| i | The workers didn’t believe that they didn’t have to work [on the following week]. |