Consider the following text:

Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday, producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched. The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec.

1. Identify the only modal adjunct in the text.

"in Helsinki"
"in the morning"
"ever"
"astonishing"

2. What type of modal adjunct is it?

Mood
Comment
Epistemic
Root

3. Analyse the mood element in the following clause: "and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec".

No subject, "burst" (F/P)
"The Russian Olympic champion" (ellipsed S), "burst" (F/P)
"The Russian Olympic champion" (ellipsed S), "burst" (F), "out" (P)
"The Russian Olympic champion" (ellipsed S), "burst" (F/P--) "out" (--P)

4. Which of the following (re-written) sentences contains a modal adjunct?

"The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and then burst out in the evening with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec."
"The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and, amazingly, burst out with a semi-final swim of 48.34sec."
"The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and then came back strongly with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec."
"The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and then burst out with a remarkable semi-final swim of 48.34sec."

5. What is the subject of the ranking clause in "producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched"?

"freestyle time"
"a sizzling 100m freestyle time"
"producing"
There isn't any

6. Using the same clause in (5), identify the finite element in the ranking clause.

"has"
"has ... matched"
There isn't any, because the clause is non-finite
There isn't any, because the finite element has been ellipsed

7. What is the clausal mood of the independent clauses in the text?

Sentence
Interrogative
Declarative
Imperative

8. Which of the following is an AR?

"Alexander Popov"
"the show"
"in the morning"
"a languid heat"

9. Which of the following is a Complement?

"The Russian Olympic champion"
"an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec"
"in Helsinki"
"a languid heat"

10. Which of the following is not part of mood or residue?

"and"
"on Tuesday"
"48.34sec"
None of the above