Catalan Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises

Posted on Sep 29, 2024 in Language

Catalan Grammar Exercises

Punctuation and Prepositions

Exercise 1: Put a comma, period, or ellipsis in the place corresponding to the colored squares. Also, write the missing letters at the triangle:

Food is a way to find pleasure………..(,) (,) (sadness, boredom, loneliness) (.) Found (.) express @ @ @ @ before.

Exercise 2: Put, if necessary, a comma, period, or dashes in the place of the square. Also, write the missing vowels:

It remains curious that bilingual @ Replace (.) languages (,) Bilingualism (,) league (.) monolingualism (-) (-) (-) (-) bilingualism.

Exercise 3: Enter, if necessary, a comma, period, colon, ellipses, or hyphens in place of the corresponding squares. Also, write the missing glyphs:

Large corporations – companies and multinational corporations (-) @ relocate poverty figures (:) (-) (,) (..-) countries (.) (,) (,) Poland (,) Poland (,) ( ,) (,) do.

Exercise 4: Write the following sentences, adding the correct preposition (to, from, in, for):

to, from, to, from, from, to, from, to, from, to, of, a, a, a, of, of, of.

Sentence Transformation

Exercise 5: Rewrite the sentences, replacing the sequences in bold with a verb + direct complement. Put the direct complement in bold:

  • He used to kissing girls
  • The opposition leader has criticized the Prime Minister
  • She has proposed visiting their grandparents more often from the residence
  • She does not want her baby pet
  • They have slapped his companion
  • The reply container annoyed the neighbors
  • The more you tweak the creatures of habit
  • That drunk he beat a poor beggar
  • They have embraced the winners

Exercise 6: Rewrite each sentence by replacing the highlighted elements with direct complement pronouns:

  • Thus, we lose it if we continue shopping in the square.
  • I would like to smell them.
  • They were imposed, with that business, they were not ennobled.
  • First of all, we washed the wool with rancid butter.

Exercise 7: Replace with the direct or indirect object pronoun (and more):

  • Beech, horse, and foot to defend it.
  • The mayor promised to do it.
  • Have you seen Lhasa?
  • He has also requested it.
  • He is willing to see him.

Syntactic Analysis

Exercise 8: As a syntagma, the unlimited cloth model is resumed in the text as follows:

so, the, l, the, the, him.

Exercise 9: Write the definite article and the preposition:

al, the, the, the, the, the, the, the.

Exercise 10: Replace the items in bold and indicate their function:

  • Many years ago, he conducted the CD (Direct Complement).
  • Not long ago, he addressed the IC (Indirect Complement).
  • He will open the IC card (Indirect Complement).
  • As you can see how he will open it using the parsimony of my CD (Direct Complement).
  • I have put the plaster on the CI (Indirect Complement).
  • Reserve CDs tomorrow (Direct Complement).
  • I intend to give the parking bays to the IC (Indirect Complement).

Exercise 11: Replace the items in bold and indicate the syntactic function:

  • This morning a dog bit the CD (Direct Complement).
  • This morning a dog has bitten the feet of the IC (Indirect Complement).
  • They have paid tribute to the CI (Indirect Complement).
  • They paid tribute to the CD (Direct Complement).
  • He did it to the IC (Indirect Complement).
  • Lions scared the CD (Direct Complement).
  • We will make these pink for the CI (Indirect Complement).
  • These junks disturbed the IC (Indirect Complement).

Pronominalization

Exercise 12: Pronominalize the function of the prepositional complement in the oral regime:

  • They laugh at him.
  • Don’t trust him.
  • They subjected him to it.
  • Don’t make fun of him.
  • He will always talk about it because he is used to it.
  • We have resigned ourselves to it.

Exercise 13: Pronominalize the phrases with adjectival function or attributive predicates:

  • The uncle fell down (Predicative Complement).
  • After the peak, everyone is tired (Attributive).
  • So this guy is boring (Attributive).
  • It seems that he is approaching (Attributive).
  • Your proposal has been considered insufficient (Predicative Complement).
  • As the plants have not been watered, they have withered (Predicative Complement).
  • These breadsticks are so hard (Attributive).

Exercise 14: Replace the highlighted phrases and get a combination of two pronouns:

  • He has taken it from her.
  • Three men take him all day long.
  • He regrets that you didn’t notice it.
  • We left him there.
  • Give it to him if you have it.

Exercise 15: Progressively replace pronominal elements: 1) only the indirect complement, 2) only the direct complement, 3) both

a) I sold it to Griselda. I have sold the blouse. I’ve sold it to her.

b) He soon returned it to Luisa. Soon he returned the material. He returned it to her soon.

c) They have raised it for Sergi. We have raised his salary. We have raised it for him.

d) We charge the boys for it. We have charged them for the dessert. We have charged them for it.

e) Return them to the girls. Try the cards on them. Try them all on them.

f) The individual emptied the passenger’s pockets separately. He has taken his whiskers. This individual has taken his shoes. This individual has taken them from him.

g) His parents write letters to them. Type them for them.

h) They have ceded it to the delegates. The loan is the word. They have handed it over to them.

Exercise 16: Enter the appropriate pronominal combination after the syntactic reconstruction:

a) Take it there. Bring lemonade to the rosebush. Take it there for her.

b) Take them there. Take these bulbs to your father. Take them there for him.

c) Give them there. Give the sandwiches to the child. Give them there to him.

d) Comment on it to him. Tell the president about the ceremony. Comment on it to him.

e) Play it for him. Play the sheet music for the pianist. Play it for him.

g) Reveal it to him. Keep Rita’s things safe. Reveal it to him.

h) Ask her for it. Ask Margarita for more favors. Ask her for them.

Articles and Prepositions

Exercise 17: Add the definite article or the definite article + preposition as necessary:

to, to the, of the, the, the, in the art, the of the, the, for, database, database, the of the, the, of the, the of the, of, database, database of, the of, the, the of the.

Exercise 18: Write the definite article, the preposition, or preposition + definite article, and apostrophes where necessary:

the of the, to the, the, the of the, the, the, of the, the, the, the, of the, with the, the of, the, the of, the, the, of the, of the, the, the, the, of the, and the.

Commonly Confused Words

While / At the same time: while, at the same time, at the same time.

Then / At that time: at that time, at that hour, then.

At least / At the very least: at least, at least, at least.

Apart / Part: apart, separate, apart.

Cue / Ready: ready, ready, ready.

Instead / In place: instead, instead, anywhere.

Nearly / Almost: almost, almost, almost.

Headache / Headache: headache, headache, headache.

Midday / Noon: midday, noon, midday.

Midnight / Midnight: midnight, midnight, midnight.

Only / No more: no more, enough, no more.

May / Maybe: may, perhaps, maybe.

Especially / Above all: above all, about everything.

Everywhere / For everything: for everything, for everything, everywhere.

Nor / So little: neither, nor, so little.

Also / As well: as well, so well, too.

Per / So: why, why, why, why, why.

But / No: no, but if not, but if not.

When / How: when, when, how, how, when, how and when.

So / So much: so much, so much so, so, so, so, so.

Com / As: as, as, as.