SECTION B : BASIC GRAMMAR

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Essay Question

1. In the following paragraph, certain words and groups of words are italicized. In the spaces provided,
a) identify what part of speech each italicized word is.
b) identify what kind of phrase or clause each italicized group of words is.

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     One of the more intriguing elements of the American professional golf tour is the special inducements offered players to get them to attend certain tournaments. The European golf tour, a tour rapidly gaining in popularity, offers direct financial bribes to top flight golfers; Tiger Woods receives $500 000 to play in the German Open, for instance. The American tour, which most would agree has the highest profile of all, is much more subtle in its approach, but it is no less manipulative in its attempts to get good fields of players for all its sponsored tournaments. The first method it uses is quite simple. Every PGA member is required to play in each PGA tournament once every four years ... unless their name is Tiger Woods or one of the other top stars. Also, each qualified golfer must play twelve tournaments a year to keep his playing card. The third inducement is the most interesting one. You probably know that each PGA tournament has four successive days of play, but you might not know that a cut is made after the second day's play and roughly half the field of 150 players is dropped, losing out on any chance at prize money. Playing on the weekend therefore involves surviving the cut. For every player who survives the cut, the PGA puts up to $1000 into his retirement fund. The more cuts you make, the larger your retirement fund. Understanding the attraction of financial security, the PGA expects this feature will attract players to play in tournaments they might otherwise skip. Canada's own Dave Barr was, until recently, the third highest ranked player in lifetime cuts made, so he can count on a handsome pension. Wow, you say. That's a good deal for the players. Don't forget, however, that the corporate sponsors are the key to the rich purses at each tour stop. Because the contract these sponsors sign with the PGA enriches both parties, the PGA has to try and guarantee a strong field of players. Whatever else the PGA is about, it is first and foremost a business. So it treats its sponsors well. With more than a hundred million dollars of prize money, the players do rather well also.