Catalan Grammar Exercises: Mastering Language Skills

Posted on Sep 29, 2024 in Language

Catalan Grammar Exercises

Punctuation and Vocabulary

Exercise 1: Put a comma, ellipsis point, or period in the place corresponding to the colored squares. Also, write the missing letters at the locations corresponding to the triangles if necessary.

  • Food is a way to find pleasure………..(,)(,)(sadness, boredom, loneliness)(.) found(.) express@@@ before.
  • It remains curious that bilingual@ replace(.) languages(, ) bilingualism(, ) league(.) monolingualism(-)(-)(-)(-) bilingualism.
  • Large corporations – companies and multinational corporations(-)@ relocate poverty figures(:)(-)(,)(..- ) countries(.)(,)(,) Poland(, ) Poland(,)(,)(,) do.

Exercise 2: 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.

Exercise 3: 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 leader of the opposition has criticized the Prime Minister
  • He has proposed visiting their grandparents more often from the residence
  • He does not want her baby pet
  • He has slapped his companion
  • The reply container annoyed the neighbors
  • The more you tweak the creatures of habit
  • That drunk, he beat a poor beggar
  • He has embraced the winners

Pronouns and Syntax

Exercise 4: 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.
  • It was imposed, with that business.
  • The Garis did not ennoble it.
  • First of all, we untava the wool of Courel with rancid butter.

Exercise 5: Replace with the direct or indirect object pronoun (and more):

  • It beech, horse and foot to defend
  • The fight without much effort
  • The mayor promised to do it
  • Have you seen Lhasa?
  • He has also requested it
  • He is willing to see him

Exercise 6: As a syntagma, the unlimited cloth model is resumed in the text as: so, the, l, the, the, him.

Exercise 7: Write the definite article and the preposition:

  • al, the, the, the, the, the, the, the

Exercise 8: Replace the items in bold and indicate their function:

  • Many years 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 put the plaster on him (Indirect Complement)
  • Reserve CDs tomorrow (Direct Complement)
  • I intend to give the parking bays to the IC (Indirect Complement)

Exercise 9: Replace the items in bold and indicate the syntactic function:

  • This morning, a dog bit him (Direct Complement)
  • This morning, a dog has bitten his feet (Indirect Complement)
  • They have paid tribute to them (Indirect Complement)
  • He did it to the lions (Indirect Complement)
  • The lions scared them (Direct Complement)
  • We will make these pink for them (Indirect Complement)
  • These junk disturbed them (Indirect Complement)

Exercise 10: Pronominalize the function of the prepositional complement in the oral regime:

  • They laugh at him
  • Do not trust him
  • They subjected him there
  • Do not make fun of him
  • He will always speak because he is used to it
  • We have resigned ourselves to it

Exercise 11: Pronominalize the phrases with adjectival function or predicate attributes:

  • The uncle fell there (Predicative Complement)
  • After the peak, everyone is happy (Attributive)
  • So this guy is boring (Attributive)
  • It seems that the approach is boring (Attributive)
  • Your proposal has been rejected (Predicative Complement)
  • As the plants have not been watered, there has been a drought (Predicative Complement)
  • These bread sticks are so hard (Attributive)

Exercise 12: Replace the highlighted phrases and get a combination of two pronouns:

  • He has taken it from her
  • Three men take it throughout the day
  • He regrets it very much
  • You did not notice it
  • We left it there
  • If you are there

Exercise 13: Progressively replace pronominal elements: 1) only the indirect complement, 2) only the direct complement, 3) both

  • a) I sold the blouse to Griselda. I have sold it to her. I’ve sold it to her.
  • b) He soon returned the material to Luisa. Soon he returned it to her. He soon returned it to her.
  • c) We have raised the salary to Sergi. We have raised it to him. We have raised it to him.
  • d) We have commissioned the dessert to the boys. We have commissioned it to them. We have commissioned it to them.
  • e) Return the cards to the girls, try them all. Return them to them, try them all. Return them to them, try them all.
  • f) This individual has taken the shoes from the passenger. This individual has taken them from him. This individual has taken them from him.
  • g) Write letters to their parents. Write them to them. Write them to them.
  • h) They have ceded the word to the delegates. They have ceded it to them. They have ceded it to them.

Exercise 14: Enter the appropriate pronominal combination after the syntactic reconstruction:

  • a) Take the lemonade to the rosebush. Take it there.
  • b) Give these bulbs to the father. Give them to him there.
  • c) Give the sandwiches to the child. Give them to him there.
  • d) He said the ceremony to the President. He said it to him.
  • e) He toured the sheet to the pianist. He toured it to him there.
  • g) He revealed his things to Rita. He revealed them to her.
  • h) Ask for more favors from Margarita. Ask them from her.

Exercise 15: Add the definite article or definite article + preposition as necessary:

  • to, to the, of the, the, the, in the, of the, the, for, to the, to the, of the, the, of the, of the, of, to the, to the, of, of the, of the, of the, of the

Exercise 16: Write the definite article, the preposition, or preposition + definite article, and apostrophes where necessary:

  • of the, to, the, of the, the, the, of, the, the, the, of the, with, of the, the, of the, the, the, of, of, the, the, the, of the, and the

Commonly Confused Words

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

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

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

Apart / Part: apart, separate, apart.

Cue / Ready: ready, ready, ready.

Instead / In place: instead, rather, anywhere.

Nearly / Almost: almost, nearly, almost, almost.

Headache / Headache: headache, headache, headache.

Midday / Noon: midday, noon, lunch.

Midnight / Midnight: midnight, midnight, midnight.

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

May / Maybe: may, perhaps, maybe it will be seven.

Especially / Above all: above all, especially, about everything.

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

Neither / Nor: neither, nor, either, so little.

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

Per / So: so, why, because, 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, so much so, so, so, so.

Com / As: as, as, as